Our government is putting forward the proposed plan for Australian and in deed South Australia to become the dumping ground for the worlds spent uranium. This is a decision that once made is irrevocable and any adverse consequence of such a project
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Our government is putting forward the proposed plan for Australian and in deed South Australia to become the dumping ground for the worlds spent uranium.
This is a decision that once made is irrevocable and any adverse consequence of such a project would be catastrophic and literally with us to the end of time.
Start thinking is designed to create the awareness in our community, start discussion and make the point that we can change our future, today.
The song has been written from “a person in the future”, looking back at us asking us what were you thinking, giving us the opportunity to change the course of events, now.
When considering how to communicate this, our national anthem came into mind. ‘Advance Australia Fair.” My take on this is that whatever plans we make as a nation, must advance our country in the best way possible.
So, I’ve manipulated the words in the first verse of the anthem, in the bridge of the song:
“You had golden soil and natures gifts not to spoil.
With beauty so rich and life so rare.
In history’s stag, did you blot the page.
Or did you advance Australia fair?”
“Click your ruby slippers now, take me home and I’ll show you how to start thinking, start thinking of me.” Refers to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, where she clicks here ruby slippers and wants to go home. In doing this it helps us to identify that people in the future are real. We have seen Dorothy on the screen, we can visualize her. We speak of future generations, but we really need to see somebody in the flesh, someone like Dorothy - who just wanted to go back, go home and lucky for her she could.
Australia has so much to offer the world. We are fast becoming the ‘food bowl of the world”. Wouldn’t we rather make our living from our rural industry with clean, healthy food, using clean energy resources, rather than become a uranium dumping ground, making Australia “a dirty and dangerous place.”