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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


Swearing in of Prime Minister Ranger Bob and members of his Cabinet.

The results are in and Ranger Bob has been e-sworn in as the Country President/Prime Minister of e-Australia. Congratulations, Prime Minister.

Parsing the inauguration speech, the Prime Minister said, "I'm going to be very active this term, and you are all going to see a lot going on. Not [just] 'behind the scenes' .. but up front .. I want your questions, your criticisms, your comments and most of all, your input. This is your community too".


Reorganising post-election

CHANGES TO BOARD COMPOSITION

With the election of Ranger Bob as Country President/Prime Minister - and with it the designated appointment of Tim Holtz is also now in effect as Minister of Foreign Affairs - Prime Minister Ranger and Minister Holtz have been given Government Member status on the Board.

Symbolic in nature, it shows FACA's commitment in partnership with the government and a collective desire on the part of all concerned to access the foreign policy community day or night. There are ambitious plans ahead and all hands need to be on deck to help.

BOARD MEMBER WELCOME

Since the last update, Adam Beck has joined the board. Adam is also a former Minister for Foreign Affairs and his connections with our friends in the Atlantic region will provide a lot of insight and history.

NEW BOARD MAKE-UP

Co Chairs: TJ Norton and Tim Holtz
Members: Sir_C0nstant, Ranger Bob, DocterDry2, Xavier Griffith, Majester, Louise Brooks, irule777, Adam Beck
Government Members: Ranger Bob (CP/PM), Tim Holtz (MoFA)

Tim Holtz will remain co-chair of FACA. This is a commitment by the government to support the development of the foreign policy think-tank.


Preparing to debate

THE FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA: THE UNITED PATHWAY

I wish to address a subject briefly that has attempted to be maligned by trolls: FACA and the Ranger government are united in their objectives and agenda. There have been deliberate attempts, without justification, to attempt to paint a picture eluding to it being otherwise. Everyone has disagreements along the way and we have made those positions clear. To say anyone never disagrees is a lie. These were a good example of what's to come.

On the same day during the election cycle, FACA and the Ranger campaign proposed a platform to address the challenge of a new foreign policy - one that's relevant to eAustralia today.

Here are both articles:

FACA: Board-Agenda-Future (Policy outline)

RANGER CAMPAIGN: Foreign Affairs - Part 2 (Policy outline)

In both those articles, albeit worded and approached differently, there is obvious consensus. Both agree on policy adoptions re. alliances (MPP and meta), defence relationships (Domestic and foreign govt. and MUs) and relations with states (allied and enemy). I can't speak to the government's approach, but my position is clear: if someone has nothing better to do than try to derail relations between the two - push off and be irrelevant elsewhere. Alternatively, come on board with either FACA or DoFA and make a contribution.


L-R: Foreign Minister Diablo101 briefs Prime Minister Ranger Bob, flanked by the eAustralian Ambassador to the eUnited States.

THE FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA: ROLLOUT

FACA and the Government have agreed on a set template for one of these discussion topics.

The first to be developed is Alliances (MPP and meta). This is being spearheaded by FACA co-chair and MoFA Tim Holtz and his colleague MoFA Diablo101. I have committed our resources to the workload and negotiations with the Prime Minister, in consultation with Minister Holtz, will be undertaken.

Here is the Prime Minister's statement on the advocacy debate and how it works:

They will be appointed following a call for interested people prepared to take on a case, and will start no later than 10 November. Their identities, and the case they are assigned will be announced publicly.

THEY THEN, have 5 days through whatever means (eg, submissions from the public who support their "case", talking to alliance nations) to provide to the MoFAs their brief or manifesto as to why that position is the BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD (NO NOT LITERALLY).

In other words, it is their job to sell the argument. The better the argument, the more kudos to them in showing they can actually pull together a good argument. Basically they will lead their case entirely and run it how they see fit to achieve their goal.

Following this, all 5 papers will be released publicly and people (including the other advocates) can then use comments to add a final rebuttal section, taking in account any arguments from the other cases put forward to deliver a final picture to YOU, the people.

This will inform public opinion, and potentially, any subsequent public votes on these.

Thanks to all for your support.


TJ Norton
CHAIR, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL of eAUSTRALIA

Previous articles:

[FACA Update] Board-Agenda-Future

Announcement article