My Message to the Voters of Kurwongbah

When there’s disagreement between what the voters want and what their elected member, or the member’s party or the donors & mates want then in a properly functioning democracy it must be what the voters want.

Unfortunately, in Queensland and all the other so-called democracies there’s no constitutional or legislative mechanism for voters to have the final say on how their elected member votes in parliament.

I’ve addressed this problem by signing a Statutory Declaration legally pledging that if I’m elected as the member for Kurwongbah I will vote as the majority want or potentially face up to 7 years in jail.

To determine what the majority want I’ll use a Direct / Representative model of democracy that allows each voter to choose how engaged they wish to be in the democratic process. For information on this model see www.dicksonreps.net

About Me

I was born & raised in North Queensland, lived in Victoria, NSW, & SA. Never been overseas. Worked as a labourer, public servant, sales representative, taxi driver, and for most of my career, IT. I've lived in the electorate of PineRivers / Kurwongbah for 18 years raising a family of 4.

I've been concerned about the lack of Democracy in Australia for many decades. From as early as I can remember I have sensed that there was something not right about how Australia was run. This lead me to seek what the problem actually was and what could be done to fix it. My day job is to analyse complex systems to find issues, problems & defects and to propose solutions to fix these. I've used this ability, to analyse our democracy and the conclusion I have come to is that we are missing a key element of what makes a democracy a democracy. That is that when push comes to shove the majority of voters in each electorate must have the final say on how their elected represetnatives vote in parliament. The sad fact is that there are no real democracies anywhere in the world. All the so called democracies are in fact Oligarchies, which is govt run by the few for the few. And simple reality is that the Oligarchs and thier supporters who benefit from the status quo have no incentive to support real democracy. In fact they strive at every turn to block anything that benfits the majorty and threatens their power to take what is not rightly theirs at our expense. The only way this is going to change is when enough of us get of our backsides and make it happen. Australia's future is up to you.

I have stood for elected office 6 times since 2013. With this experince behind me and the insights I've gained in looking for a solution to our lack of democracy I have come up with a plan that blends the best aspects of direct & representative democracy. To implement this plan to give every Australian a Voice To Parliament we are working to prove in the federal electorate of Dickson & the state electorate of Kurwongbah that this can be done. The proof will be in the election of a truely democratic voice for the voters of Dickson and/or Kurwongbah. If we can do it here then we can roll it out to the rest of Australia. Remember, that in the 1800's Australia was a leader in democratic invovations such as the secret ballot and giving women the vote & the right to stand for parliament. We've led before and we can do it again. There is no one person or group who has all the answers to all the challanges we face. But when we all work together then I say we do have all the answers to all these challanges. We must take action now before it is too late! No one else will do it for us!

The organised political gangs have got the current electoral game sewn up. We can't beat them at thier own game. But we can change the game by raising an army of voters who will work together to put policy before party in the national intrest. We need your help in Dickson / Kurwongbah to do this so we can show Australia and the world that there is a practical path back to real democracy.

Represention History

Candidate for elected office:

• 2020 Qld - Kurwongbah - Independent - % tba

• 2019 Federal - Dickson - Independent - 2.37%

• 2017 Qld - Kurwongbah - Independent - 3.83%

• 2016 Federal - Dickson - Independent - 3.54%

• 2015 Qld - Pine Rivers - Independent - 4.66%

• 2013 Federal - Petrie - PUP - 10.4%

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