A GEN X WOG’s Fair Go Manifesto - Cut the Crap, Keep the Fairness!

A WOG’s Fair Go Manifesto - Cut the Crap, Keep the Fairness!

Bring it all back to pre-1975. Enough of the bloated rules, fees, and fake “progress” that’s made life more expensive, more restricted, and less free.

You want a smoke? Light up wherever you damn well please. In the pub, the park, at home, wherever—nobody used to care and the world didn’t fall apart. Alcohol? Drink at home without the moral police breathing down your neck. Out in public? Fine at concerts, events, festivals—no need to act like adults can’t handle a drink in the open without society crumbling.

Speed bumps? Scrap them. They’re car wreckers and fuel wasters. People aren’t children, they know how to cross a street—so give us proper crossings instead. And speed limits? Back to sanity. 50 in suburbs, 60 in normal zones, 70 where it used to be, 80 where it belongs, 100 max. Stop dragging everything into 40 zones that feel like punishment.

Construction? Cut the red tape strangling builders. Councils? State governments fund them again—no more hiking rates to kingdom come. Bureaucracy? Reduce it. A government is supposed to make life run smoother, not weigh everyone down with paperwork and rules nobody asked for.

Equality? Don’t make me laugh. There’s never been true equality in history, no matter what law or slogan you slap on it. Stop guilt-tripping the public with hollow talk and pretending perfection can be legislated into existence.

Speed cameras? Out. They’re cash cows dressed up as “safety.” If the real goal is safer roads, use those flashing radar signs that tell drivers their speed and warn them to slow down. That works without emptying wallets. Same goes for petrol. No excise. No more double and triple-dipping when we already pay GST, rego, tolls. Enough. Government needs to live within its means like the rest of us.

And while we’re at it—superannuation? Put it into high-interest savings accounts and let people access their money. Stop pretending super will ever cover retirements properly. We’ll still need the pension anyway. The whole thing was a tax dodge dreamt up decades ago, and now they’re talking about taxing balances over 3 million? Joke’s on us.

Infrastructure? Water, power, telecoms, transport, aviation—nation gets at least 51% ownership. Better still, 100% when possible. Because infrastructure should serve the people, not shareholders or overseas investors. If contracts are bad, renegotiate. That’s what sovereignty is.

And resources? The miners pay up. No more free rides. These are the people’s resources—not private jackpots. How would you feel if someone dug up your backyard, hauled off the gold, and told you to be grateful? It’s ridiculous. Our land, our share—a big share.

Taxes? Back to the 1970s system. High earners actually pay with steep top rates. Everyone else gets breathing room—first $20,000 tax-free. That way low incomes aren’t squeezed dry. And clamp down on the financial circus: buybacks, asset games, borrowing against shares to dodge tax. End it.

Land rights? Respect them where they’re real and living, but don’t rewrite history. Don’t hand out giant tracts to people who can’t prove ongoing connection. This is a modern nation of 15 million Saxo-Frank heritage plus everyone else. Let’s balance fairness with reality—present, not fantasy.

And before anyone says this is just some Anglo-Saxon rant—listen. This is coming from a WOG. I might not be seen as “one of them Australians” by some, but I still believe in fairness—for the new natives and the old. That’s fair enough.

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