On Page 5 of todays Australian perhaps an illustration of a possible solution to the turbidness of our political process and a lesson for our industry on how to give the political class and via them the bureaucrats that torment us a very bloody nose.
The headline:
"Irrigator taps into torrent of anger on water theft"
The story centres around a Guy called Chris Brooks, a farmer a tad pissed off with the way the bureaucrats screwed up water management. Just a simple irrigation farmer who tapped into the powerful emotions around water, or lack of it, gripping rural communities in the region and in less than twelve months went from simple farmer to the most influential political activist outside the capital cities. With less than 1800 followers he has managed to put the fear of god into the political class and the bureaucrats by Organised rallies, simple messages, and the threat, that mess with us and direct action will follow, which has been very successful in recent NSW elections, along with class actions in the courts if necessary.
General aviation is small, and growing smaller everyday, thanks to the corrupt self serving bureaucrats, the irrigation farmers are equally small but together are showing the way.
Chris Brooks is a beacon of light into our dark world and shows us what can be achieved, if we can put our ego's away and unite with one voice. If we don't we are condemned to never ending purgatory of CAsA's regulatory miasma.