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A recent address by the first Aboriginal minister for Aboriginal Australians to the National Press Club on possibly finding "common ground" for constutional reform was momentus. It got a lot of people thinking about new ideas, for the first time.

The following notes of "possible constitutional change" attempt to raise ideas & assist in the possibilities of broader debate, not to influence the outcome.

It is prepared in response to:

This is the greatest look at the boundaries of the Great Artesian Basin we've seen in common public availability to date thanks to NT government & @abcnews

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/great-artesian-map/6833130

Time magazine

https://time.com/5622632/thwaites-glacier-antarctica-melting/?xid=tcoshare

Climate Action Hobart https://www.facebook.com/ClimateActionHobart/

Climate Action Launceston https://www.facebook.com/groups/331326137531075/

Climate Action Hobart http://www.climateactionhobart.org/

ICAN https://www.facebook.com/ICANAusPol/

ICAN https://i-c-a-n.com.au/

This blog will continue to grow, at least until after the next election:

(Independents & meaningful cross-benchers)

ACT Senate https://www.anthonypesec.com.au/ @AnthonyPesec

Introduction

The Commonwealth, through the ACCC, have highlighted the fact that (a) greater consumer power and (b) lower marginal cost of supply are two ways of reducing electricity costs to consumers. I'm proposing that (c) consumer trading in electricity is an enabler for greater competition in both the electricity supply markets and the electricity retail markets.

This is a proposal for community decision making bodies based on FOWTOR regions. One could argue that the current division of Australia into states and territories was really an accident of history, and is not an ideal division of authority. The recent problems with water flows down the Murray, and the difficulty of getting state agreements on water use, highlights at least one problem with the current state/territory divisions.

What I am proposing is 'citizen parliaments' for each FOWTOR region.  

Synopsis

• The crisis Australia is suffering did not start with the dropping by China. We have been suffering this for decades. But the China crisis brings it to a head.
• This crisis in dealing with waste calls for new initiatives and for a new era in which real bi-(multi-)partisan cooperation is a real possibility.
• The COAG get together of ministers for the environment is a real opportunity to take a completely new approach.

The number of people that have enough money to benefit from ‘neoliberalism’ is vanishingly small, compared with the number that don’t.