2026-10-06 · Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
🔮 By contrast, the gung-ho “Australia is open for business” rhetoric coming from the major parties can be noted in relation to the following, to take just a few examples:
- New data centres – yes, we’re happy to open new fossil fuel projects to service their enormous energy needs;
- AI large language models – yes, you can help yourself to Australian artists’ creative material… and check out Medicare while you’re at it;
- And various defence-adjacent operations – yes, you may extract the minerals in the soils beneath our precious Northern Jarrah forests to build weapons of war.
To be clear, most Australians would quite like to keep our jarrah forests standing, get a fair deal for our gas, and our creative output protected.
Numbers wise, none of these “we’re open for business” examples feel like they’re especially beneficial for the majority Australian people, given that small businesses make up over 97 per cent of all businesses in our country, contribute close to a third of the national gross domestic product, and employ the largest hunk of the private sector workforce. assertive
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