Less than five per cent of Americans own more than 90 per cent of the wealth and control over 60 per cent of the world’s resources. In 1962 Australian businesses were 80 per cent foreign owned. We have allowed international lobbyists access to our parliament to influence decision making. Australia has become beholden to China as a major trading nation due to our sale of iron ore and our purchase of industrial products from them.
So why aren’t the multinationals defending Australian shores from the so-called aggressors?
For us to determine our own destiny would involve us extricating ourselves from the grips of the multinational corporations. This process could be assisted by us generating our own Australian Bill of Rights. We would need to look at the resources of Australia and figure out what might best serve our interests as a nation into the future.
In social terms we might be interested in the best outcomes for gender, culture and age. In physical terms we might look at giving the trees, the rocks and water their own rights. In economic terms we would look at deriving an economy that is uniquely Australian, allowing for a socially, physically and economically sustainable future.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
