My own ideas for the future of South Australia from a member of the Liberal Party.
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By:
Loris Erik Kent Hemlof.
lekh@bigpond.com
2010 June 23rd
up-date.
1/ Southern O-Bahn. O-Bahn to southern suburbs of
Adelaide. ($1billion) O-bahn guideway next to tram line then through
back streets, and under the train line and daws road to connect up
with the redundant Tonsley rail line, then over Sturt Road and across
the science park. Some buses could go under south road, up to Sturt
Creek to the Flinders University, Main O-bahn line next to southern
expressway all the way down to and over Main south road the
Onkaparing River [National Park] Passing through but not developing
the McLaren Vale wine growing region. Opening up the south for mass
development. In addition to the Nourlunga train line extension to
Sellicks Beach. Bus feeder station every 1km. [Obahn guideway are
concrete side walls for o-bahn buses] To service all other suburbs,
country towns, and beyond not just a narrow band of commuters along
the railway track as with trains and trams. An elevated o-bahn
guide-way would provide a much better transport experience for South
Australians and visitors with views of the city, the hills, the
gardens, and the sea for passengers and residents. Free public
transport.
2/ Development,-
($2billion) for first marriage new home construction grant for 10,000
new family homes per year each grant worth $200,000. Allow
subdivision developers to compulsory acquire vacant potential housing
land for $5,000 per hectare. To prevent restricted supply induced
bubble profiteering of millions of dollars per hectare. For mass
subdivisions [25,000 new lots per year in S.A.] . Each builder
limited to construction of up to 10% of housing and other property in
each suburb. No GST on new housing, but GST paid on second hand
housing for more revenue and to encourage construction. The youth of
today should not have to be homeless for to boost inflation for the
benefit of pre-existing home owners who have blocked alternative
construction. Wealth Tax of 5% per year of private gross wealth in
Australia over $200,000 per person in the household, not deducting
debt, Buildings less than 20 years old exempt. Reserved for
agricultural use 50,000 hectares at each of Mclaren Vale, Clare
Valley, Barrossa Valley, and Virginia except as approved by local
councils.
3/Health vouchers,- $5billion per year. For $2,500
in voucher account for each South Australian per year. For direct
purchase of dental care, pharmaceuticals, nutritional medicine,
accommodation full hospital beds nights, health insurance, or given
to the local council health minister to administer a public option.
4/Health computer network,- $2billion. For medical voucher, debt and insurance account card. Tele-health-direct for referral and booking with private medical specialists with own chemist and some mobile services. Computer on-line diagnosis. Automatic electronic sending of prescriptions to chemist for courier delivery of medications to patients for hygiene, speed, and convenience for the ill. Health records database.
5-Mandatory investment by people who have lived in South Australia more than any other place of 90% of wealth over $1,000,000 into any Australian company.
6-Leave original RAH as is and add new off the shelf apartment building to serve as a medical center wing with 2,000 hospital rooms and rooms for medical staff; bedroom units with bathroom, diagnosis rooms, and surgeries and accommodation x $500,000 = $1,000,000,000 on the east side of the existing RAH in the botanic gardens. Also $100,000,000 to moving the botanical gardens North and East to Hackney Road. For no disruption and extra beds. Privatization of all public hospitals.
7/$300million for extension of Rundle mall under King William street down Hindly street to Morphett road and under Pultney Street Down Rundle Street to East Terraces. With 2 x 1 meter bicycle lanes in opposite direction up middle.- From railway station arcade under North Terrace up or down bicycle escalator to Hindly Street Mall and up the middle of Rundle Street Mall and western side of east terrace to bicycle escalator up and down under North terrace to underground two way bicycle highway connecting Convention center to Royal Adelaide Hospital. For free electric tricycles for plug into power point along the way. With battery between 2 small rear wheels with hub motors and luggage tray on top. For 2 tricycle freeways one up on Rundle mall and the other under north side of North terrace both going all the way from west end to to east end. Carriages on trains without any seats and with an auto ramp at every stop for bicycles, tricycles, wheelchairs and gofers.
8/10% levy x corporate
revenue for the payers choice of private children's school. Resources
stretched at private school so any Australian citizen child may
attend any private school free of charge. Privatization of public
school system.
9/10% levy x corporate revenue for the payers choice of public domain technology development.
10/10% levy x corporate revenue for the payers choice of private boarding house for life as wanted. Resources stretched so any citizen may live at any private corporate boarding house free of charge.
11/20% levy x corporate revenue for an hourly budget from which any citizen may obtain an equal wage or scholarship.
10/ State government
political party funding of top 10 parties each paid $10,000,000.
13/
Redevelopment of government house [on the NE corner of North Terrace
and King William Street]. (Design and construction of $1billion
traditional white house. With rooftop parade ground and monument to
fallen soldiers. With a tunnel to Parliament House and secure car
park.
14/ Large live video
monitor above chair person in parliament, so members would tend to
look towards the chair-person, and to make politicians see themselves
in a real perspective. Video camera vehicle rear vision camera
mandatory in S.A. To have images transposed to be as looking at real
object (instead of normal reverse image mirror) to make drivers calm
and anti-confrontational.
15/Government.-
Voting
voluntary from age 10 and compulsory from age 20.
1 x National
budget making parliament with 1,000 house of representatives single
member electorates; 1,000 locals councils each with 15 elected
representatives to put spending submissions to the Australian
national senate with 1,000 member senate elected to single national
electorate.
10 x State and regional parliaments across Australia
networked into a single constitutional conference every 3 months for
4 weeks comprising a lower house appointed by randomly selection from
candidates for 100 state jurists who also appoint a proxy to attend
sessions, plus an upper house a house of state lords comprising 100
lords in each states by virtue of being the owners of the largest
investments in enterprises in South Australia.
16/Open the
city Torrens river weir below Torrens lake, build a trash filter
before the city, and re-vegetation of the city river Torrens with a
through city linear park, garden, bicycle way, and walking
trail.
17/ Junk mail delivery on weekends only. A junk mail
round usually takes 2 days. Weekday junk mail is a big nuisance for
Australia Post posties. 1 weekly trip would be easier then 2 weekly
trips for junk mail walkers.
18/Anti-gravity research: $1billion for to develop anti gravity technologies,- Searl Effect Levity Disk by John Searl of London with funding by 20 pensioners which financed 500 orbits of the earth by remote control anti-gravity [Gravity modification] craft in 1960's as reported for 1 year by BBC. Searl was then forgotten about and made homeless as Searl's superior craft was suppressed and turned against by the left wing communist and capitalist media in favor to technologically inferior $multi-tens of billion government spectacularly expensive, explosive, and threatening cold war Apollo space program.
19/$2billion for $100,000 per year grant to every farm over 1,000 hectares for agricultural assets.
21/100% death and gift duty except 50% of wealth given to natural children and grandchildren. To raise $20billion / year in S.A.