Kindly Yours

  The Illawarra region depends significantly on only the normal surface commute trains for public transport to and from Greater Sydney. There are no underground Metro trains, no light rail gliders and no ferry services between Circular Quay in Sydney and Port Kembla. No regular bus services operate between the Illawarra and southern Sydney border. Many baby boomers from the Illawarra area and NSW south coast use the rail to get to Sydney Airport flights or Circular Quay Sydney Harbour for their cruise ships.  It is an almost two hour trip one way. There is an over dependence on private cars on the long highway from Sutherland to Wollongong and vice versa. There is under developed infrastructure in the Illawarra, whose voters have always elected Labor - and which Labor at State, Council and National levels may possibly have taken the region for granted. I am told that AUKUS submarines paid for by Canberra to the USA, if realised, are going to be stationed at Port Kembla....

  Viewing New Zealand as only a refuge from nuclear war is to under rate the country's potential, its advantageous features and uniqueness. When NZ as a nation signed the nuclear non profileration Treaty, it was quickly recognised as likely safe geographically away from military nuclear impact, especially when it was perceived nuclear risks were higher in the Northern Hemisphere. The rather more pure nature of the NZ environment has potential for hosting technology industries that do not tolerate pollution.  When congestion, industry and energy needs have significantly caused low and bad quality of air, water and resources in many countries, the refreshing alternative in NZ is not sufficiently recognised. As the rest of world gets quagmired in more military, trade and cultural squabbles, NZ's value can rise in the background - provided NZ does not get involved in geopolitical alliances that can unnecessarily drag any nation down fighting for the causes and agenda of other ...