First thing that springs to mind which is worthy to report on is the Australia 2020 Summit. For those of you who haven’t heard, its an event that went for two days, where 1000 people gathered together to just dream up ideas for Australia’s future. This group of people consisted of random people of the general public as well as politicians and some celebrities such as Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman.
This is such a huge waste of time. What do celebrities know about anything? What sort of valuable contribution can a random person make when trying to think up ideas that will help Australia be a better place? These people dont know anything about setting appropriate objectives for the whole country. All they bring to the table is their own perspective from what they have experienced. This is not helpful when trying to think of things that will be best for Australia as a whole. It just results in biased opinions and narrow minded goals. The whole summit can’t achieve anything worthwhile.
But please dont just take my word for it. Go to this link and see for yourself.
http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2231/Canberra2020_summit_summary.pdf
This is the summary of what sort of ideas they came up with from the weekend. Just some of the painfully useless suggestions included the following:
“recognise we are a community by 2020 - all members are respected, everybody is important.” - Hasn’t this already been achieved?
“build on infrastructure” - no shit sherlock..
“canbera has a bohemian nature” - not even an idea.. just a statement
“national breast feeding policy” - …
“incentives for all new buildings to incorporate arts facilities” - what the hell does this achieve?
ARE THESE PEOPLE SERIOUS?
The Australian Labor Party has run out of ideas and they haven’t even been in office for a year. They turn to the general public to suggest some things and this is what they come up with. I think Australia is doomed in the hands of these drop kicks. Please don’t let Kevin Rudd run this country into the ground. Next time you go to vote for who will run the country.. DO NOT base your decision on who looks the best, who is the youngest, how long they have been around, who is the most likable person.. base your decision on intelligence and who can run the country better.
