Sadly Tony all I read is of bankrupt minds regurgitating grandiose bankrupt ideas. Ffs we haven't even got a national employment service capable of rapidly responding to national employment needs let alone progressive thinkers creating the avenues for sensible ongoing restructuring of societal industry.

Instead self interested people have been co-opted into positions to enable them to continue to milk the citizens in return for ultimately wortheless industry like fracking and water basin & land destruction.

Eg. On a personal level 4 months ago I requested to install at my own expense an electricity saving hot water service in my leased property in place of the all electric service. The agent has said what a wonderful idea we will have a talk fest about it. Yes 4 months later approval for the installation of an Australian manufactured system approved by Federal Government is still withheld. The local plumber wants to install another all electric, virtually guaranteed to require replacing in 7 years time all electric service. - And I will not be paying the $1600 plus on going electic costs! As a friend probably suggested "the right corrupt palms have not been adequately greased".
Definitely not Keating's promised "Clever Country".

@FrayedBear Sorry for your troubles FrayedBear, truly sorry BUT I'm not a maker of Miracles, etc, etc, so sometimes we all have to sort out our own problems for ourselves, how ever hard and arduous that/they/it may be.
But, on the other hand, perhaps this up-heaval from Covid may just the catalyst that Australia has always needed to get the whole country off of its apathetic arse for once and for all and make changes for the betterment of ALL Australians.

@Triphid Not asking for miracles just using a close to home example of Australian stupidity. What you are describing in the latter part of your response is the opposite of stupidity - intelligence.

@FrayedBear Well, ponder on this question for a while if you will.
The Government wants us ALL to eat better for better health, correct?
So, IF that be correct, then WHY is it that, for example, Wholemeal bread is more expensive than white bread?
Why is diesel more expensive than petrol when diesel is (a) cheaper to produce, diesel vehicles are far more fuel efficent, less polluting atmospherically speaking than petrol vehicles and easier and cheaper to maintain, etc.
WHY, if the Governments want to lessen, etc, pollution from Coal Fired Power Stations, etc, have they repeatedly reduced the rebate from home Solar Power Panels?
Why have they NOT made Solar Power Panels available to ALL homes and buildings as a kind of Government Sponsored Grant as they tried to do with Home Insulation?

@Triphid Just goes to show that we are not governed intelligently. The backhanders from damaging products win out with the greedy.