Apparently Reports are coming out about the situation in Australia's Outback. At first I thought who cares about the Outback until I realized that was essentially what the articles are about. Turns out almost everyone is moving out of the outback, the government is underfunding the area and crime is out of control.
Australia the Failed State
If they worry about the fact that it is so desolate that their sovereignty is questioned, then they should just do what Canada does. I mean driving some soldiers through on snow mobiles wouldn't quite work there but you know 4x4s or something.
The mining companies are complaining that too many people are leaving the area which will jeopardize their interests. Here is a thought, increase your wages and maybe people will stay?
Why not give the outback some amount of self determination and let the aborigines deal with everything like we did the Inuit in Nunavut.
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On a slightly related topic, read this:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/australia.ugly.women.ap/index.html
They need several things here:
1. Tax Incentives: for mining industry and developing business in these remote locations that support the mining industry (e.g. Canada gives money to Nunavut residents, just for living in Nunavut).
2. Infrastructure Investment: they completely admitted the infrastructure is "crumbling." Who wants to live in ghost towns?
3. Enforce The Law: nobody will move there permanently if they feel their life or the life of their family is in danger.
The only way they will be able to pull out of this problem is to give people economic incentive to live in a safe environment, since it is off the beaten path. Without this, they will prefer the air conditioned subways of Sydney to the tumble weeds of the Outback.
The amount we give is a lot isn't? Like 7.50/day in tax rebates right?
The crime is likely the most difficult to fix. If there are financial incentives it will cut down on the less severe crimes (like theft which is endemic in poor areas) but I bet a lot of people out there are just more aggressive in nature because the nature is more aggressive.
nice one Bryce HA - where do you come up with this stuff?
The mining industries should be given incentives but also targeted incentives to increase real wages.
A massive investment in the infrastructure would help.
i cant see bryces link?
im not really sure where you two are going though (tim and noah). you are kind of saying that the way to stave off a failed state is to have a state.
i get it, but i don't really get it.
my question is, are the 3 things that you have listed actually worth the benefits in the end? the US government has been propping up the Big 3 for years to no avail.
why prop up the outback when you can just as easily go to the Keg?
One outbakc Queensland town has come up with a plan to lure in new tenants. Blocks of land are going for a dollar as long as you can get bank pre approval for a building loan. There will be a lottery to decide who gets them and the town known as Richmond is in desperate need of a hairdresser amongst other things.
It is an interesting incentive but if you have to develop the land yourself it is not necessarily a great deal. I mean the land is probably not worth much more than a dollar anyways relative to the cost of developing it.
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