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AUSTRALIA'S
UNEMPLOYMENT
Without doubt,
the major underlying factor that urgently needs attention is obviously
UNEMPLOYMENT and/or UNDER-EMPLOYMENT.
In Queensland, one project alone has the potential to
create over 90,000 permanent jobs, stimulate local
shire economies, and give a massive boost to small and large businesses. This project will
cost hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars, but is totally returnable, with
enormous monetary gains to the public purse.
I refer to a National Water Grid
(Revised
Bradfield
Scheme), the proposed diversion of the upper Tully, Herbert and the Burdekin
Rivers on to the inland plains of North and Central Queensland.
You may say, great project, but look at the cost. I hasten
to emphasis the reality that billions of taxpayer dollars are currently being
allocated annually to fund Social Security payments without any return. I am
confident that a visit to the Queensland offices of Centrelink, (formerly the CES)
will find thousands of willing unemployed people genuinely looking for permanent
employment.
This project is potentially on such a scale that it will
eclipse the achievements of the Snowy Mountains
Scheme, create a clean energy source by way of hydro-electric power harnessed by the
rivers system, apply conservation and utilisation of water resources by irrigation of the
drought effected areas of North and Central Queensland. The design will also divert
floodwaters into the Scheme, dramatically reducing the hardships and burdens placed on
"the man on the land" in terms of stock and crop losses.
It will assist in the
reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and will facilitate a fully sustainable energy
system in Queensland.
The Federal Government MUST instigate massive infrastructure
projects of the magnitude such as the Revised
Bradfield
Scheme, to revitalise the Australian
economy, or face the real possibility of joining the current economic crisis's of the
South East Asian countries.
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