Alex Australis for a Second Term in NT
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by Alex Australis
Dear eCitizens of the Northern Territory,
I have decided to run for a seat in the Senate again as an Australian Independent Senator, it’s important for me to explain that if you chose to vote for me it is because of the principles I alone advocate as each member of the AIP runs on different ideals and as such we do not share a common voice on all things.
What I have done this month
During this last month as a Senator I have helped protect the Northern Territory Iron Industry by successfully lobbying against the Prime Ministers Executive Order to drop the weapons and iron Tariffs to levels detrimental (10😵
to the eAustralian industries and instead put them to a more sustainable level (45😵
.
I have instigated an enquiry by the Inspector General into the workings of Centrelink and where its expenditure is going which I am hoping the Inspector General will publish in the next few days.
What I will continue to do
I understand that the general consensus is that the eAustralian people are not happy with Centrelink expenditure as they cannot see where it is going, many senators used “Transparency in the Government” as their platform and it is sad to say that many did not uphold this.
I have decided to put my money where my mouth is and have voted NO to this month’s Budget asking the Government to print more AUD to fund Centrelink. While taking such a hard line approach with the Government may be seen as reckless, I believe it is the only leverage we have to see where the money is being spent. I applaud Kharos for doing the same even if his motives maybe different.
I want to assure my constitutes that I will continue to vote NO to any proposal asking for money for Centrelink until the eAustralian people see where the money is being spent.
Major concerns for the coming month
The Economy is this month’s largest concern, as I outlined in my article, eAustralia is still facing a labour shortage which is driving up the average wage, this in turn is leading to inflation in the market with the price of goods in food and weapons increasing by $1 AUD on average.
Two major camps have set up, one calling for Government intervention in the form of a Government owned food manufacturer which can sell Q1 food at low prices, the other asks for no Government intervention and let the market fluctuate until it stabilizes itself.
I propose a balance between the two camps, the overall goal between the two ideals is competition forcing companies to correct themselves. Both fail because as stated we do not have the work force to fix the problem in a timely fashion, I advocate the reduction in Tariffs to allow for over sea’s resources to enter the country the country at levels comparable to our own industry, which means the Medium regions will not be disadvantaged by over sea’s High regions and our own High regions will need to be more competitive in their prices which in turn will begin to solve the wage and inflation crisis.
To Conclude
With your support I hope to enter into parliament again for this month and see my idea’s come to spring, I cannot do this alone though!
Last month I doubled what was needed in votes to be elected, this month I ask that people who share these ideals to not vote for me if it is clear that I will be safely elected but instead vote for someone who shares the same ideals if it looks like they may miss out in the senate.
The more likeminded people we have in the senate this month increases the chances of getting the change we want to see in eAustralia.
Thank you for your time and I hope I can count on your vote this month.
Regards
Senator Alex Australis
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Sure why not? your awesomeness!
Alex, you've shown you've an understanding of economics - *why* are you protecting the iron industry?
Also: Not only is the Iron industry a weight around the countries neck, the NT's on the border with eIndo: by encouraging local weapons firms to rely on NT Iron, you're turning NT into a target, as the eIndos will know that taking NT out first will cripple our Weapons companies.
Oh well, keep up the good work dealing with esatanlink.
@ ANZ, The bill actually affected all of eAus but since I'm a resident of the NT and only the people of NT voted for me I chose to present it as a state problem.
The bill also centred on weapons as well which had its tariffs reduced to 10% and due to neglect (mine included) this was not corrected to its voted on amount of 45% until just the other day.
From my understanding what you advocate is the complete lowering of the Tariffs on any Medium resources we have which will include Iron, Wood and Oil, while I see the benefits economically it would mean a lot of job loss with in eAustralia and the loss of time and money for a lot of GM’s in the country which would more than likely lead to players leaving the game or resenting the Government.
I don’t feel there is any harm in protecting eAustralian jobs above another nations.
The other reason why I would never advocate for a lower then sustainable tariff is that it will leave us more susceptible to trade embargo’s if eAustralia ever became a more active nation on the war side of eRepublik. We are seeing in the UK what can happen when war games decimate an economy due to the adverse effect of wars.
I honestly feel the eIndo points don’t need discussing, if eIndo chose’s to turn their eye onto us again, I doubt they would stop with NT.
Having said that I doubt they would choose this action with the current standings between eIndo and eAustralia.
Best of luck Alex, youv'e proven you can handle the Job as a Independant Senator.
Good luck Alex!
Just a thought, but wouldn't us allowing foreign companies to export to eAus actually be beneficial?
Then it would allow us "focus" the workers we do have into the existing companies that have a shortage instead of trying to spread them across the entire board.
good luck Alex 😉
@ Derek,
Thats exactly my point, but we must find a balance with allowing foreign countries to export into eAustralia which will not negativly effect our ability to remain self sufficent and our industries sustainable.
If we set the Tariff's to high then we suffer from a worker shortage, to low and businesses go under which on one hand solves the worker shortage but leaves us at the mercy of foreign prices and trade embargos.
I would actually like to support eAustralians opening up businesses over sea's for the sole purpose of exporting back into eAustralia , not only is this profitable for the GM but it helps lessen the worker shortage as well as lower our own inflation.
Lowering import taxes for RM's isn't going to fix the situation. ORG's and black market trades already allow our companies to buy cheap overseas materials. Possibly the setting up of overseas RM ORG's to import into eAus, would benefit eAus, but it already occurs just not on a very large scale.
eAus does need more government help in industry. Helping support those who start up in "critical" industries could help stabilise our economy. At the least i feel the government needs to look much harder at our economy and try to work out effective and flexible solutions.
Also inflation is simply caused by buying goods on the market. As long as they're offered on the eAus market, they count towards our inflation (regardless of being an import or local made product). So gathering companies to import into australia will not 'decrease inflation'.
I agree with the fact that government needs to be more transparent, especially with the distribution of centrelink 'gifts'. However to their credit, it would appear the current administration is currently gathering this information for public release.
Congrats on a good term and good luck with your campaign 😉
I'm going to have to disagree with you SoR (if I can call you that), increasing the competition on resources makes our industries more cost productive which means they will have to stop paying this higher then normal wages that we are seeing.
I cant see how inflation is produced by the simple act of buying goods, there are a lot more variables involved then a simple purchase. Wages are a main factor at the moment, GM's are having to pay more to get the labour due to the shortage, they are adding that cost into the final price which is causing the inflation.