The BOM Website Debacle: The legacy Political Parties like to blame each other, but is there a more fundamental issue

Article by Mark Neugebauer

The controversy surrounding the Bureau of Meteorology’s website overhaul is not just a story of a bungled IT project or a cost blowout. It is a symptom of a deeper, structural problem in Australian governance—one that neither major party seems willing to confront, because both are complicit in creating and maintaining it. For Australians for Better Government (ABG), the BOM saga is precisely the sort of failure that exposes why our country needs a more transparent, accountable and modern system of executive leadership.

PRESS RELEASE: Australians MUST be given a say on immigration

Australians for Better Government calls for the Australian people to be given the power to set immigration levels

In reaction to Sunday’s horrific terrorist incident at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, in which innocent lives were tragically lost, Australians for Better Government (ABG) is calling for public plebiscites to determine Australia’s immigration intake.

“ABG is loathed to politicise the tragic shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday,” announced ABG President Steven Tripp. “But unfortunately, the incident is a clear failure of Governance.” 

South Australia’s Uluru Statement: Recognising History Without Redefining Equality

Article by Mark Neugebauer

Reconciliation must unite South Australians. Policies that divide us along ancestry cannot foster genuine equality

South Australia is currently progressing elements of the Uluru Statement from the Heart at a state level, including the establishment of a First Nations Voice, the development of truth-telling processes, and the intention to explore treaty negotiations with South Australian Aborigines.

50th Anniversary of the Gough Whitlam Dismissal - What it reveals of our Constitution - Australians for Better Government - Newsletter 14

Earlier this month saw the 50th Anniversary of the dismissal of the Gough Whitlam Government by the then Governor-General, Sir John Kerr.

'The Dismissal' was described as a Constitutional crisis, as it pitted the power of the Governor-General against a sitting Prime Minister and the Government of the day.

Why Should We Value the Importance of Better Government? - Australians for Better Government - Newsletter 13

It was fantastic to meet so many great people in Adelaide at ABG Revival last Sunday. It proves that there a lot good people in this Country who are interested in the solutions and proposals that ABG are presenting for better Government.

Our message is clearly resonating with people around Australia.

In my speech I posed the question: Why should we want better Government?

ABG Movement Spreads to Adelaide - Australians for Better Government - Newsletter 12

Adelaide was once a major hub for car manufacturing, with companies like General Motors Holden operating large plants. Not only cars, but Adelaide manufacturing also extended to defence industries, such as shipbuilding, and significant electronics manufacturing, with firms like Mitsubishi Electric producing consumer goods and components.

Manufacturing provided thousands of jobs and contributed significantly to South Australia’s economy, peaking in the 1960s-1980s. The sector employed around 20% of the state’s workforce at its height.