This unique continent of Australia. separated from the supercontinent Gondwana about 40 million years ago. Since then, it has evolved into an amazing island without any human intervention. This remained until at least 60,000 years ago when humans migrated from Asia.
These humans eventually established over 250 nations and lived lightly on the land, causing little environmental degradation in that time.
If those 60,000 years are reduced to a one-hour time scale, European settlers have been here for about 4 1/2 seconds. In that brief moment of geological time, we have lost more than 100 endemic species to extinction: 40 mammals, 9 birds, and 30-40 plants, representing one of the world’s highest rates of biodiversity loss.
This deplorable result was caused by slaughtering our native wildlife and introducing exotic species of animals and plants. Then polluting our skies with carbon emissions, poisoning our oceans and rivers with chemicals and plastics and by clearing wildlife habitat for farming, using herbicides that kill beneficial insects.
I have been observing all these generation-threatening decisions made by the skulduggery, corruption and incompetence of both major political parties during my 50-year career in media.
And it's still happening!
We are a fearful nation, kept that way by the two Big Brothers depicted on my new flag, who, over many years, have kept us that way by warning us of the dangers of the "Yellow Peril” from Asia.
Only two Australian prime ministers have ever stood up to the Big Brothers featured on my redesigned Australian flag in the logo picture. The first wasJohn Curtin in 1942, who redirected Australian troops from Europe to New Guinea. He died of stress in office. The other was Gough Whitlam, who threatened to close the USA spy base at Pine Gap, which led to the overthrow of his government.
Ever since, no Australian prime minister has had the backbone to stand up to our latest big brother, who, along with his cohort of AI billionaires, is leading us down the road to Neo-Feudalism.
I have started this blog for the few people who might appreciate my commentary, laugh at my satire and share my bloody outrage about the way this country has been mishandled
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