Tony Abbott has lamented that the introduction of the carbon tax has not been “absolutely catastrophic” but warned Australians they will be $5000 worse off by 2050 unless it is abolished. Because of that dastardly Julia Gillard the carbon tax will take $2.53 a week out of our pockets for the next 38 years, quipped Blogotariat.
So that’s the worse thing Abbott reckons can happen to us and our future generations over the next 38 years. I can live with that.
In 2050 Australia will probably be a good place. Thanks to a long-gone Prime Minister way back in 2012 we’ll awake to clear blue skies and we’ll have jobs to go to. Our economy will continue to be the envy of the world and our telecommunication systems have been modeled around the world, as have our green technologies.
There is no such thing as a minority group as Australia will be a country where all people are equal. Even our Indigenous brothers and sisters can walk down the street without being racially vilified.
Tertiary education is affordable and there are enough hospital beds to house the sick.
The image of Australia in 2050 paints a very attractive picture.
But I wonder what it’ll look like had Tony Abbott have been Prime Minister way back in 2012. Allow me to amuse myself with the following picture.
Those people lucky enough to have jobs – and there aren’t many of them – will don face masks before they leave for work. The streets will be empty; acid rain has been forecast.
Twenty people have been killed by the riot police in Melbourne’s shanty town.
The nation’s capital, Port Hedland, now has a population of four million.
Areas of Western Australia that were once sacred sites containing art work from a lost civilisation are now big holes in the ground.
Prime Minister Thomas Rinehart dismisses calls to end Australia’s ties to the monarchy.
Meanwhile, the war with Malaysia goes well. It’s also good for the economy and helps line the pockets of the billionaires.
The unemployment rate of 46% is steady.
Refugee boats are sank as soon as they enter Australian waters. Tony Abbott’s long ago promise to stop the boats has been a success.
The reintroduction of the assimilation policies have failed so Aborigines are again sent to reserves.
Gay marriage is illegal.
It’s now been 12 years since a fish has been caught in the Murray. The waters are too polluted to sustain life.
Plans are being drawn up to move the major coastal cities inland due to the rising tides. This should help employment.
Meanwhile the war with India goes well.
There is great excitement in the country after the Government announces the go-ahead of a National Broadband Network.
In the finance sectors, interest rates have dropped to 26% and the dollar is 35 cents against the Greenback.
A new university is planned for Port Hedland. The country will then have five universities.
Religious Instructions are compulsory in primary schools.
The skies are black, the riverways are murky and the beaches are sludge. Nothing grows.
The billionaires thank Tony Abbott for their lucky life. And for a white Australia.
Meanwhile, the war with Somalia goes well.
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