I accuse Treasurer Scott Morrison …

I accuse the Treasurer Scott Morrison – or a Government minister or member representing him – of not understanding finance. To me 1970 was a watershed year when Australia and all of the developed countries chose to reduce tariffs leading to Universal Free Trade.

Before 1970, Australia and Australians borrowed money and paid it back. We were self sufficient, farmers were among the richest people in Australia, there was lots of work and there was basically no debt. Those who had endured the economic depression starting in 1929 were savers not borrowers.

Rural debt is now more than $70bn and credit card debt is now $34bn. Until about 3 years ago Australia had no debt. Scott Morrison says that $36bn of debt will increase to $40bn and then he will balance the budget in 2021.

3.1% GDP growth is needed to stave off debt. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) projections are that we will not go higher than 2.8% at least until 2020. This equates to increasing debt every year until then.

How can we pay interest and then a whopping $8bn every year? We have a Facebook group ‘Minor Party and/or Independents Balance of Power.’ We have people in 5 electorates trying to discuss this with their Federal member.

We have been unsuccessful in trying to get mainstream media to present our case.

We are hoping that being able to present logical analysis will help us to communicate with the voters and achieve balance of power.

Production-based minor parties have policies of more revenue and less cost which puts them in direct opposition to the policies of the major parties.

Greatly reduced (or the elimination of) former politicians entitlements, Government contracts to use Australian steel, dollar at 60 cents or less (China reduces its currency to assist China – we do not reduce ours to suit Australia), countervailing duty as accepted by WTO (World Trade Organisation) to assist countries like Australia, phase out cancerous carbendazim in imported orange concentrate to save the Valencia oranges industry; return irrigation water to farmers, the list goes on.

• More … including an explanation of carbendazim …

The attached view of perfectly formed orange trees have fruit on the ground because far less healthy (but cheaper) orange concentrate from Brazil means that they will be left to die, be dug up and the skeletons of the trees will be what you would see a few months down the track. It is devastating!

It is tropical in Brazil so they need to spray with carbendazim which is a fungicide. It is banned for use by Australian farmers and it is cancerous. The concentrate has no Vitamin C and no antioxidants. Due to the change in boundaries the Health Minister Sussan Ley is my member and she knows that she is being attacked.

Michael McCormack was my member. While we were still talking he arranged for Barnaby Joyce to write to me. That letter was a real disaster. He would not talk to me and Michael had a minder send me a letter that we had nothing more to talk about.

Valencia orange production has reduced from 400,000 tonnes per yer in 1970 to less than 200,000 by now and headed for oblivion. Barnaby fobbed off juice manufacture to Ian Macfarlane. I am now working with the candidate contesting Ian’s electorate of Groom to knock him off his perch.

When i contested my first election last year the NSW Education Minister (who has a policy of closing small country schools) dodged the three independents all the way.

Brian Mills is a former engineer and consultant in most parts of Australia. He enjoyed working on projects in the US, Japan and Indonesia. Returning to look after his Mum in Griffith, NSW, he found farmers going broke, property prices going down and shops closing. He is part of a Brains Trust to find political solutions to Australia’s problems. Has written 4 books with more to come. Stood for Parliament once and will be standing for Federal Parliament in September.