Next election, Queensland voters will face a clear choice: the Liberal-National and Labor parties’ approach of ever-expanding government, or One Nation’s approach to shrinking government to fit the Constitution.
When Australia federated in 1901, the Commonwealth Constitution granted the federal government powers necessary to run Australia as a single country rather than six states – which included defence, immigration, currency, and taxation. Over the past 120 years, bureaucrats have expanded their reach into areas that are rightly the responsibility of the states, such as health, education, housing, and more.
A One Nation government will close down any Commonwealth department that lacks constitutional authority. This will not affect funding for frontline services. The federal government collects taxes on behalf of the states and One Nation will ensure that funding for schools and hospitals is not reduced. However, billions of dollars in savings will be achieved by eliminating the bureaucracy involved in this duplication of government services. One Nation in government will shrink the federal government to align with the Constitution and return these savings to taxpayers, allowing you to keep more of what you earn.
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As frequently happens, the Senate is dealing with a tangled mess of legislation that is flawed in design and will have unintended consequences. That’s inevitable when pressure groups run the government. It is a process that never involves the word ‘no’. Too many Australians think governments should solve all their problems, and too many in government think they can. One would have thought both would have sooner seen this folly.
When Australia federated in 1901, the state ceded only the powers necessary for the operation of Australia as a single country rather than six states. Today’s twisted, concocted federalism has given overlapping state, federal and local governments a bureaucratic tangle of incompetence and waste with no accountability and no consequences. It has allowed the Commonwealth government acquisition and abuse of power to go beyond anything our wise founding fathers envisaged. One Nation will honour our Constitution, withdraw the Commonwealth from areas that are none of the federal government’s business and return to competitive federalism, as Australia’s founding fathers designed.
This week I’ve called again for the abolition of the Commonwealth Department of Education, a move that will not take a single teacher out of a single classroom. I’ve called for abolition of the national curriculum, which is riddled with woke virtue signalling, victimhood and social engineering. Headmasters should determine and decide what’s best for students, not woke bureaucrats thousands of kilometres away. I’ve called for abolition of the department of climate change, along with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, the Clean Energy Regulator, the Climate Change Authority, the Australian Climate Service and the Net Zero Economy Authority. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will be rolled into a people’s bank, and there’s more to come. One Nation will shrink government to fit the Constitution and to serve the people.
Hello Malcolm, Here is a Massive Cut that the Federal Government can do. Abolish the Federal Department of Local Government.
Abolish All Local Government.
Both have already been approved by a Referendum in 1988.
Send all local council employees to work in the State government departments.
That would save $ 500 Billion a year. Gee what this country could do with that Money.
Maybe a NRL team in South Africa?? Las Vegas? England??
No I just
Thanks Malcolm.
You’re assuming that their paychecks would simply not exist. The figure is just wrong.
Bringing local into state would reduce productivity and simply bloat the state government’s bureaucracy. $500bn moved over to state.
This bloat would undoubtedly cause costs to rise, due to the lack of small-scale oversight that local performs.
Abolition was not approved by referendum. Simply rejecting constitutional enshrinement was the result.
Councils exist by legislative power and can be swiped away by a simple majority government, but again, this would only serve to weigh down the state government.
This will never happen, because who on earth would want to give more power to David Chrisafulli?
Good morning Malcolm, I think that this is an excellent idea. But let’s go a bit further and make Queensland bring back its upper house, which was I believe illegally removed. It is there for a reason and needs to be put back.
Thank you and keep up the great work
Faye
Hi Malcolm
Well thats the finest bit of information that I have heard for a very long time!
You are right on the ball – far too much bureaucracy by the Australian Govt and it needs to be addressed urgently!
Federal Govt is a shocking waste of money and FAR TOO cumbersome – your right much of what they are doing should be done by the States!!!
The problem is – how do we get ONE NATION with its limited numbers into power?
One Nation will need to pull a rabbit out of a hat but just how can it happen ,,,?
Aligning with a close ally / creating smaller satellite parties run by like minded younger gens / without getting away from root goals .