GINA RINEHART: All I want for Christmas… is to make Australia great

Yes, I know December isn’t looking too good. Chrissy is prepared, with rising electricity costs, air conditioning in the summer dependent on government planning – that looks quite unreliable, record bankruptcies, farmers and herders struggling especially under government burden (like the rest of us), declining investment , the list of resources that changes to the list of causalities of 80 percent, and the costs and housing and crime and hospital crises fueled by far too many government-selected immigrants, such crises are affecting too many Australians. And seven consecutive quarters of decline in living standards, this long decline is a record.

Isn’t it time for Gina’s Chrissie wish list? Yes, I was inspired by the President of Argentina: when his list items are reached, he crosses them all off, he can’t wait for the crosses!

Gina’s Chrissie wish list to help the forgotten

For anyone struggling with the cost of living

Immediately reduce fuel taxes, this would reduce costs everywhere. And reduce payroll taxes, stamp duties and licensing fees that were supposed to disappear decades ago when GST came in.

For struggling retirees, veterans, college and university students and the marginally disabled

All the above, plus let all Aussies work as much as they want, without burdensome paperwork and without unfair consequences, and just pay income tax on their earnings.

For companies that are having a hard time

All of the above, and because the government rules and regulations have become too high, even according to the ASIC chairman, the ASIC has been reduced for all those private companies that are not in the stock market.

For those who work in agriculture

All of the above, plus the appreciation for fire season, allows farmers, ranchers and others in the agriculture industry to clear as much land as they think will help them keep families, staff and pets safe, as well as their infrastructure. Immediately release everyone in prison for acquittal, and pay back any fines they had to pay. And let farmers and herders graze cattle in national parks (as they used to do) to help prevent the national parks from becoming giant tinderboxes.

Let farmers drill for water, build turkey nests, store and use the flood water of rivers, build and install water pipes, water tanks, pivots, irrigation, troughs and trough shelters, install solar water pumps, without any government regulations or regulations.

And let farmers kill all the bugs that can kill people.

For people with lower wages

All of the above, plus reduction of all tax on tips.

For those in northern Queensland and northern Western Australia

Who are already struggling with a lot of things, all of the above, plus increasing their tax credits so they’re essentially not paying taxes, encouraging people to work in those tougher northern regions.

For those in the Northern Territory

All of the above, plus full ANDEV policy, cut government rules and regulations (NT is a territory, not a state, so you can’t argue that the constitution could impose restrictions).

For the indigenous and the scared, terribly abused people

All of the above, plus moving the Indigenous Department from Canberra to Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing so that the bureaucracy can better understand the needs of actual Indigenous people and redirect its $30 billion plus in ways that help Indigenous people.

Turn Indigenous Department Canberra offices into safe housing for women and children, Indigenous or otherwise, suffering from domestic violence, boys up to 12 years old. No rent, no water or electricity costs (note: the bureaucrats don’t pay these costs either, so why should the sufferers forget about them? And note: with the increasing provision for working from home, offices are already available and need to be quickly adapted. assigned to the women and children in need).

For our effectively underfunded defense and fantastic veterans

Move the defense department to the north of the NT, for example Tindal, so they can concentrate better on defense. Turn their Canberra offices into accommodation for veterans and their families. No rent, no electricity or water costs.

For the Ministry of Finance, especially for retirees

Move the department to the Pilbara region so they can better understand where the majority of their taxpayers’ income comes from. Turn their offices in Canberra into housing for retirees, who have been contributing to the Treasury for years. No rent, no water or electricity costs.

To the taxpayers and other contributors, DOGE

All of the above, plus closing the departments that duplicate the states, for example the federal agriculture, for example the resource departments. Their offices can be used for all the aforementioned forgotten Australians, again without rent, electricity or water costs. Plus, take advantage of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office to eliminate government waste and significantly reduce government spending, tape and regulations so Australians can benefit from opportunity, higher living standards and tax cuts.

This would bring a lot of Chrissie cheers to those who are struggling, and to those who work hard to support their families and save and build their businesses, i.e. all the forgotten people!

And a New Year’s message for the companies that want to satisfy everything that is left or awake. Just like the famous book ‘River of Tears’, appeasing the crocodile in the hope that it will devour you last does not work. Woke is not a true friend of business or companies. Woke is declining due to the support of the Aussies, too many companies are out of touch.

The left is also no true friend of business, except for those who wrongly pursue tax dollars or other precious privileges. Hopefully a well-managed DOGE will put an end to that abuse anyway.

As mosquito season approaches for the Australian summer, let’s not forget the saying, “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito.”

Haven’t we had enough of the downward path our country has been on, please, fellow patriotic ‘mosquitoes’, join me on the upward path.

And let’s act quickly, because the US will be after the inauguration in January and we will be left behind.

Gina Rinehart is executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting and related primary producing and contributing companies, and proud founder of National Agriculture and National Mining and Related Industries Days.

Originally published in The Spectator Australia