Born in Yarloop Hospital, in the 1950s, first generation Australian from parents, fleeing war torn Europe.  The hospital  burned down in the 2016 bush fires that swept across the Darling scarpe and my family members only narrowly managed to save their farm house in the Wagerup hills.  I lived on a farm next door as toddler, waking up to the screeches of abundant red tailed black cockatoos, in the tall tree tops of a pristine forest. Today the only farm left in those beloved hills is surrounded by bare scorched earth and kilometres of rubber belts carrying the soul earth of our jarrah to the crushing plants.  Black cockatoos are so displaced, with loss of natural food sources and nesting trees in their native forest that they are now forced to invade suburbia, stripping what ever tree berries and nuts they can find, just to try and get some sustenance, to survive another day.  I see them in my Liquid amber tree scrounging for its meagre berries, and it breaks my heart. How cruel can our political leaders and Environmental Ministers be ?  Mistreating a domestic pet is punishable by law. But they turn a blind eye to Corporate greed, extinction of species  and mass destruction of biodiversity. As a teenager, I lived in Waroona when Dwellingup went up in flames. I spent many weekends and school holidays in those Northern Jarrah Forests and my uncles farms.  When I had kids, we went camping on the Murray river up in Dwellingup. Now they plan to extend the destruction. Strip mining through a European War  memorial. We may need jobs , revenue and aluminium - although easily substituted. But we need fresh air, fresh water and biodiversity even more -to survive.

too many people are being put at risk on the Stuart Highway every day. This highway is a major route through Australia, connecting remote towns and many Indigenous communities, but long distances, fatigue, high speeds and limited services make it dangerous. Families rely on this road for school, work, health care and visiting loved ones, so it should be as safe as possible. By raising money and awareness, we hope to support improvements that will reduce crashes, protect communities, and ensure everyone can travel safely and confidently.

We demonstrate that: · The minimum wage adequacy benchmark remains at approximately 36% of required living standards, where it should be approximately 50% post-GST · This 14-point gap creates systemic underpayment of low-income Australians · It generates unfunded liabilities in workers' compensation schemes · It produces impossible compliance contradictions between social security and injury compensation systems · It results in significant revenue shortfalls for state and federal governments Fiscal Domino Effect Revenue Stream Annual Shortfall Cause WorkCover Premiums ~$780 million Suppressed wage base State Payroll Tax ~$1.5 billion Suppressed wage base Federal Income Tax ~$6.24 billion Suppressed wages GST Collections ~$2 billion Suppressed consumption Total Estimated ~$10.52 billion/year This submission provides the evidence, analysis, and pathway for correction. We urge all addressed parties to: 1. Formally acknowledge the 2000 GST anomaly 2. Commit to the LECI development and implementation 3. Begin the systemic recalibration Australia needs   The time for temporary fixes has passed. We must complete the social policy framework that should have accompanied the 2000 tax reform.