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I thought that but if I'm standing Infront of my sandwich boards then I think people will know who I am. Plus im trying my best to stand out from all the other politicians and I don't know a single one who doesn't put their face on their poster. If the posters don't work I will change them, guess we will have to wait til next week to find out. Thanks Sean.

I gotta look into that sounds cool, thanks.

Yes

dave I don't know how to explain it too, its more just someone I've created in my imagination who I believe is looking over me. I'm delusional because he is not real but I've made him real in my mind if that makes sense.

@@MRbookworm Everything in the world makes sense. Everything has a cause.

Ur gnostic m8, not christian

That’s actually not true, just a “claim” that is easily spouted

That's not true. Dogmatists in positions of political power is what does this. The religion itself doesn't do this collectively. It is always men of power and men with greed in their hearts

Don't forget persecution and hatred!

Do it. Nothing better than taking action rather than all theory. This is something I'm very passionate about so it's twice as good. 💪💪

I understand where your coming from but I don't see myself as a yes man. I spend a lot of time reading and would love some book recommendations if you have any. The policies I've outlined are not perfect by any means but that is were people like you come in. I want to create my policies around issues that people have brought to me rather than what I think is best for Australia. Are there any policies you think Australia would really benefit from that aren't in the public eye at the moment?

You are right Sean. I have taken my favourite policies from each party and stitched them together for my campaign but that is what makes independent so great in my opinion. Each party has a lot of good policies but also a lot of policies that I don't fully align with so its hard to back one entirely. I've spoken to a lot of people and the policies I have incorporated to my campaign seem to be very popular and what a lot of people would think will help Australia without needing to vote in a party that a lot of their beliefs don't fully align with. Personally, I think mental health is super important in the world we live in today but I don't support greens policies to legalize cannabis so its hard to get a party that fully aligns with you. If you disagree with any of my policies or you have any suggestions to improve them id love to hear about it. A good politician in my opinion is not one that thinks he knows what's best for everyone but one that listens to everyone and makes changes accordingly.

Also if you wanna decrease noise pollution, provide some more alternatives to cars (bikes).

There's a lot right in what you've said Andrew and for the most party I agree but I believe nuclear has a strong future in Australia. Traditional nuclear powerplants are very expensive and take decades to build but I want to propose building Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) instead which produce less power overall but are safer, cheaper and take a hell of a lot less time to build. With fission just around the corner they would be perfect to setup and use for a few decades then slowly replace with fission with a lot of the grids already setup. With solar, I honestly want renewables to make up the majority of the power generated in Australia. My target by 2050 would be 60-70% by renewables like solar and wind and 40-30% nuclear/fission. Looking at how much power we currently use and the amount of solar panels installed each year I don't know if this is a figure we can hit thou. More realistically might be 60-70% fission/nuclear and 40-30% renewables. Currently Australia uses around 200 Terawatt-hours per year and and at the moment we have 4 million solar panels in Australia. For us to hit the target of 60-70% power generation from them we would need 94 million panels and that's if the amount of power consumed doesn't increase which it naturally as the population increases. That means by 2050 we would need to build 3-4 million each year which is a lil tricky. There are a lot of problems to get nuclear and fission setup in Australia but I honestly believe it will do wonders for our country. Great take thou Andrew, thank you.

Anytime haha

facts.

Good question. They have large budgets and I don't so I need to be a little bit more creative with my approach. I want to use social media as much as possible to my advantage as its much cheaper than traditional ads and also more relatable I feel. I will also be making shirts that I'll be giving out for free when I have pop-up offices in each suburb very soon. That would be a bit more costly for me but defiantly manageable. I think the best way to win people over too would be just to speak with them. I'll most likely walk around each suburb or have a pop-up table to have conversations with people. Real like connection can never be beat. If you have any other suggestions I'm all ears my friend.

@ sounds like you’ve got a plan! I think something that works well are flyers in letterboxes however that could be costly. Overall social media mostly likely is where you need to put energy as well as meeting people ofc.

Well spoken, you are completely right. I'll make sure to change my wording for the future, thanks for catching that.

If everything was free what would make people build homes and grow food for everyone? I wish and believe in the late future people will prioritize what's important for humanity instead of financial gains but that is how the game is played at the moment. Food for thought 🤔

​@@MRbookworm People should be able to enjoy life by doing what they really love in life with the support of the government by providing houses and foods instead of spending a lot of time at work. The word "work" should be deleted in any language. People should use passion instead of work. What do you think?

​​@@MRbookwormGreed will find its own unbeatable enemy in the future.

@@MRbookworm Then why accept the game right now? Why not try to change society into a place where everyone can get their needs met?

I could not agree with you more. Personally, I hate the 9-5 system we have in place right now forcing people to work at a job they dislike to get paid by the hour and also making people just less productive overall because there is no incentive to go above and beyond because regardless if you respond to 10 emails in an hour or 100 emails in an hour your still going to get paid the same. Instead I prefer people getting paid per task but obviously that is a lot more difficult to implement because how can you measure what task is being completed and how many tasks each person gets. I think people should do what they love but find a way to monetise it or find a job that doesn't feel like work but feels like play. Did I miss anything? Great take thou, thinking outside the box .

I think most people who argue that they want to boost housing supply want the capitalists to do it but capitalists only want to build profitable houses.

Good question. It's a tough predicament to be in. Do we want faster but worse sleep or better sleep abd slower. I can think of a few solutions that might work. I personally don't think it's a huge loss if we sacrifice the construction taking a little longer for much higher sleep quality so my main solution would be to change late night construction (12-4am) to early morning (6-11am) or mid afternoon (6-11pm). If it is too difficult to do construction at those times and it's impossible not to do it late night then I'd prefer some actions to at least reduce the noise such as temporary sound barriers and other noise reduced equipment. Again just my ideas nothing set in stone. If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Wow that is super interesting. I did a little bit of research it seems Germany is making some great strives for net zero emissions by 2045 putting most of its focus in wind and solar. Do you think it could reach 100% wind and solar by 2045?

​@@MRbookwormperhaps but there are many strides happening in other areas like underwater turbines and cables, so it's more than possibly, net zero is more important than 100 percent renewable though, for example if Germany had 100 percent solar and wind, but then 100% of its industry was beef it would have high methane emissions which would cancel eachother out. The topic of climate change isn't just about power consumption, but consumption overall, we need overall habitual change at global scale, like consuming less disposable technology, consuming less meat overall, reforestation, which needs to be implemented at the local level in many places at once. For one we need a more efecient method of commerce that the sole goal of which isn't to just provide investors with profits as this leads to destructive consumption habits. Its a big topic with alot if nuance, but it would be prudent of you to do a little more research on the issues before providing solutions based on made up facts like, solar goes like this "makes wave gesture with arm* 😂

@@takerefuge3d very well put! 👏

Who is that Mr proman?

I work for the people 💪

@@MRbookworm Which people? The ones who seek profits from the working class?

very true, i think solar is great but I can't see it contributing to 100% of Australia's energy. At the moment it contributed roughly 30% with coal and fossil fuels making up the majority. Solar panels are becoming cheaper each year but commercially usable nuclear plants are being created right now making an affordable, quicker way of getting into nuclear power without the billions of dollars and decades of construction. We are in this weird time period where we shouldve built nuclear powerplants decades ago and newer, better energy sources are being created like fusion right around the corner. Do we build nuclear powerplants now or should we wait for these newer emerging technologies? Tough question, what do you think?

@@MRbookworm fusion is a big gamble for the next decades. We don’t know if it will take 2 decades or 5. I think the safest thing now is go mostly solar and a bit of nuclear

You make a very good point but I wouldn't say exactly. There are a range of different visas Australia gives out for different reasons one of which is a skilled workers visa. I believe a reduction in the right kind of visa acceptance won't disrupt the economy negatively whilst reducing strain on the house market making them more affordable. As for manufacturing Ive been thinking about it for a while. I think the best approach is to incentivize companies to boost their manufacturing with tax cuts and grants and subsidize manufacturing related courses in TAFE. If you have any other ideas I'd love to hear them. Finally education. I think education is in a good spot right now, Ive taught at a few schools with different demographics and I think a lot of them are going in the right direction. My only gripes would be to improve teacher pay or benefits, enforce stricter rules on teachers to make sure they are teaching and not protesting personal interests (I've personally experienced before) and make some tweaks to the curriculum to teach more practical skills (tax, credit score, stocks, problem solving, etc). Let me know what you think

what word is that? nuclear, noise pollution or maybe negative gearing?

@@MRbookworm Nuclear. Your view on negative gearing I also disagreed with, moreso from a personal perspective and can however see the merit in getting rid of it. But your stance on energy was what I couldn't reconcile, and was the N word i was refering to.

I respect that tomp, I know plenty of people currently using negative gearing in real estate so when I said I was changing it they all said to get rid of it haha. I'm curious what your perspective on nuclear is if you don't mind me asking?

​@@MRbookworm First thing I'll get out of the way is that I don't think nuclear is inherently bad, but I also don't believ it is a better solution to energy demand than solar/wind for Australia at the moment. The reasons i don't support nuclear in australia can be split into three main areas. Firstly, the cost of constructing nuclear powerplants is absurd and often goes way over budget (e.g. Hinkley Nuclear Powerstation in the UK, went 31 billion pounds over budget). The CSIRO 2023/4 GenCost analysis found that a singular nuclear powerplant in Australia would cost approxiamately $17B... for ONE station. Secondly the time to build nuclear powerplants is not viable given the current urgency to switch to green energy, the same CSIRO study found that a nuclear powerstation would take "at least 15 years to develop", it's not feasable to continue burning coal for 15 years while waiting for nuclear power. My final main objection I have to nuclear power stations is that they aren't renewable. the urnaium must be continued to be mined to generate power, which is costly and dangerous, with the threat of uranium dust from mining enterning into the environment. Uranium is a finite resource, just like coal, and will also eventually run out. Other side reasons I disagree with nuclear is that it requires a lot of water to run and keep the uranium cool, and water is already a valuable resource in Australia. Your stance that "it's not sunny" or that "it's not windy" every day is an absolute cop out and shows a lack of understanding of wind/solar energy, whereby energy is stored in batteries and not dependent on whether it's sunny or whether it's windy. If it's not sunny, guess what? You have batteries storing massive amounts of energy from when it was sunny/windy that can be put into the grid, all the energy captured from solar and wind is not instanly used. Additionally, this is a quote from the CSIRO's website "modelling found that renewables - including costs associated with additional storage and transmission - remain the lowest cost, new build technology". The writing is on the wall, solar and wind are, cheaper, quicker and better for the environment, if you can't acknowledge that, then your are purposefully ignorant to the facts. I encourage you to do further research on the issue, and hopefully change your policy. To end this though, i don't want to put you down, I think that it's great to see a young person such as yourself (I'm 16 lol) interested in politics and wanting to make positive change, keep up the good work - Tom

@@tomp.214 holy yap

I've been bullied so much for saying fusion instead of fission haha, how do you say it??

They are two different things, completely

Thank you, love to hear your opinions on my policies.