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Why All the Blather?

You know, I’ve been thinking…

Those who are a) not American citizens, b) do not reside in America, and c) are ineligible to register to vote in American elections because of a and b, should perhaps refrain from getting themselves so het up over what’s currently going down with Donald.  Let’s face it, people rarely go on about leaders in other countries unless said leader is an entitled narcissistic sociopath, who is  hell-bent on causing chaos, and capable of creating international incidents that could cause a major world conflict.

Oh, wait…

Anyway, what I have found so senseless is the number of non-Americans who not only blindly worship at Donald’s feet, but have spent his Presidency obsessively posting and sharing provoking pro-Donald nonsense on social media, and every Trumped-up piece of fabricated “truth” they have found on Parler and MeWe, while ignoring what was really going on..

As time went by, proclaiming anything that showed him or his supporters in a bad light as “fake news” they went absolutely nuts on social media. The things that showed up in my Facebook newsfeed had me almost choking on my Fruit Tingles (my go-to fix when online). Didn’t matter that the evidence was staring them in the face. “It didn’t happen!”

Well sorry, but it did. Donald Trump was never going to be a good choice to run a country. He is vain, he is arrogant, he is a true sociopath and if those who voted him into the Presidency in the first place had not been so “starstruck” they might have voted for Hilary instead and saved America from the mess it has found itself in now. I’m not saying Hilary is as pure as the driven snow either, but at least she has her wits about her. Donald, on the other hand…

Yes, I’ve seen some funny posts that have targeted him, have even shared some of them, but that’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is the long-winded drivel that some avid Trump supporters have lifted from Parler, MeWe or some other Pro-Donald site and shared all over the place in an effort to convince us that he is the Second Coming and heaven help us if we dared to contradict it with cold hard facts.  I never shared any of those. Sometimes I have had to wonder if they really do believe what they’re posting, or are they trying to start an online war. Or perhaps just hoping to get noticed. Whatever, whitewashing him to the point of sainthood is not going to cut it. He’s a loooong way from sainthood.

But Donald has been voted out now and he and his followers need to accept that the trash party is over, so therefore, pack it in and go home. The fact that so many Americans finally saw the light and voted in favour of Joe Biden says it all. Donald’s tirades and actions since his fall from Office also says a lot and the behaviour of his diehard followers just confirms everything that was ever predicted back when he was voted in!

I am not American, don’t live in the US,  am ineligible to vote in their elections and am baffled by others, who aren’t American either, deliberately inciting violent online brawls via mind-boggling tripe and misinformation.  For goodness sake, it’s done!

Grow up!

 

 

 

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SocialTrash Media

Tired of Facebook blocking your posts and/or flagging what you’re posting with their fact checks? Has the social media giant dumped you in “gaol” because you failed to get the message about the content of some of your posts? Are you sick of having your content censored? Then you are probably looking for somewhere else to spout your spleen and your deliberate and damaging misinformation. Therefore, what you really really want is another social media site where you can feel right at home amongst like-minded individuals who are as mouthy as you are.

And I’m not talking about a healthy differing of opinions here, I’m talking about the deliberate promotion of rabidly inaccurate inflammatory trash.

Therefore…welcome to MeWe and Parler! Both these alternative social media networking sites will be right up your alley because you can say what’s really on your mind, no matter how nonsensical it is, with very little (if any) censorship on what you’re posting, and where you can interact with others of the same ilk. If you believe it, you can post about it any old how you want.

MeWe calls itself the “next gen social network” and is owned by a company called Sgrouples, which was founded by a guy named Mark Weinstein, who thinks he has the potential to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Well, in 1988, Mark Weinstein did create a very early social network type site called SuperGroups, but it only lasted three years because the site’s investors shut it down in 2001. Okay then, not quite in Mr Zuckerberg’s league yet…

Both MeWe and Parler have become very attractive, however, with Donald Trump’s supporters over the last twelve months or so, as well as with a motley crew of anti-vaxxers, racist types, QAnon and various other extremists since Facebook and Twitter started coming down on those spreading damaging misinformation (anti-vaxxers mainly) and bile (Trump supporters mainly) via their stance on blocking  posts where the content is blatantly wrong or deliberately misleading, and if you are one of those who posts that type of content then that would definitely pee you off, because how can you stir up controversy if no one can read your rubbish?

Anyway, as well as those who sign up to MeWe as members, any random individual can set up an account on the network and pretend to be an official outlet for various genuine individuals or groups and, naturally, this appeals to MeWe as it makes the site appear to be attracting more active growth than it actually is. What makes it so attractive to those with nonsense to share though, is that there are no filters regarding fake news items and information that is just plain wrong. The site prefers to view posts such as these as “opinions” which apparently make them okay. Could be why there is so much QAnon content on MeWe.

The type of users MeWe has been attracting lately though are making it look an awful lot like Parler. Like MeWe, Parler is based in America and is another site which has become very popular with Trump supporters, right wing extremists,  anyone into antisemitism, QAnon, and those who live and breathe conspiracy theories and generally see Big Brother everywhere they look.

So what is Parler? Parler is also a social media platform which resembles Twitter in many ways and was first launched in 2018. It has become the go-to site for those who have been banned from mainstream social media networks because of their rabidly over-the-top and/or potentially dangerous posts. The site markets itself as a “free speech” unbiased alternative to the other mainstream social networks, and yet it censors conservatives.  So I’m guessing “free speech” only applies if you are spewing the same trash as all  the  other OTT types Parler appears to attract. Talk sense and you’re outta there, hon.

So why would any normal person want to go there? Well that’s just it, normal people don’t. It’s the other lot which find MeWe and Parler so attractive and what could be worrying is the growing number of members drawn to these two sites, and their dogged belief in the content they see there. With luck, the lot of them are simply all talk and no action.

With luck…

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Calling-out Cancel Culture

So how did cancel culture manage to get such a big foot in the door?

Also know as “call-out culture” cancel culture is the current Big Thing for those always on the look-out for something to get stuck into, whether they fully understand who, what, or why they are calling it out or not, because in most cases they haven’t really checked for authenticity, yet will blindly compound it by “cancelling” him, her or whatever anyway, and then it turns into a thing and the rest follow suit. Very unfair.

But initially cancel culture was only about catching out an individual, or an organisation, doing something confirmed legally or morally wrong and then publicly exposing them for their actions. Especially if the person/organisation was still doing it. The idea was to inform others, who could then choose to boycott that person or organisation if they so wished. But like with anything along these lines, social movements tend to attract all kinds, which is how we have ended up with a new wave of cancel culture hell bent on exposing someone, anyone really, on anything the movement can dredge up, no matter how far back they have to trawl to find something. Assuming they do. Find something, that is.

It is a breeding ground for toxicity, a hate culture hellbent on ruining free speech, reputations and livelihoods, while hiding behind a facade of holier-than-thou moral righteousness, and on social media it is mob mentality at its worst. Especially on Twitter, where anyone can be called-out and cancelled over just about anything. It only takes one person to get the ball rolling and before the day is done, a horde will be kicking it along because their followers will have mindlessly jumped onto it. The “offending” party may only have had an original thought, an opinion that differed and then expressed it, but more often than not, that is all it takes.

Those into cancel culture are very easily offended. Even when they cannot define why they’re offended, other than that everyone else in their group is offended. But they have become a shouty and annoying subset of our society who have taken it upon themselves to call-out every single wrong thing, no matter how minor or how long ago, committed by anyone and everyone, at any time in their life, and turned it into a major offence against the world and humanity. They jump to  conclusions, post rants on social media that take it out of proportion and context, and then vehemently call whoever they have targeted out, cancelling the person/business over whatever the perceived “breach” of their woke moral high ground was. Targets are often celebrities or other public figures who have offered an opinion that doesn’t gel with the mob. But sometimes it’s just an ordinary individual. Whatever, the mob gets offended and once that happens, it’s open slather. The cancel culture crews will find a way into the minutiae of that person’s life and use anything they find, no matter how insignificant, to ruin them.

Which is where the threat to free speech and the right to have and voice an opinion is being wrought. And I’m not talking about the genuinely rude and offensive here. I am talking about an individual’s right to express a different take on things (which excludes those into cancel culture because they don’t have opinions, only unsubstantiated rants). None of us think alike on everything, nor are we all perfect. No one is, and many of us will have said or done something in the past that came across in the wrong way. Even the best of us. But does that give someone the right to dig it up and put it out there to discredit someone, ruin their career or even their life? No it doesn’t. Like I said, I am not talking about genuinely morally wrong or criminal speech or behaviour, I’m talking about the everyday things and the faux pas and the nonsense we were all guilty of in out teens, when we all thought we knew everything. What gives the cancel culture movement the right to go looking for something and then use it out of context to destroy someone? But that’s what cancel culture has become and people are almost afraid to open their mouths these days, let alone post a comment somewhere, and that is wrong.

I think it’s time to cease playing into this type of extreme cancel culture. We don’t have to follow the trend and we shouldn’t if we don’t have a shred of evidence to back a “cancel” up. A difference of opinion is not enough to warrant a torrent of abuse or a “cancelled” status from a bloodthirsty mob. Save the drama for something we know is really wrong and cancel the rest.

I’m calling it out.

 

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Spreading the Dread

So tell me, how does allowing a protest to go ahead, while social distancing is still in place, help with containing a global virus? Don’t get me wrong, I understand the desire to protest, especially to be a voice where there is injustice, but right now  is really not the time.

But I have seen the smug grins on the faces of the lawyers who have managed to get judgements banning the various protests from happening overruled and to be honest, I just want to slap them. What is it they are not getting here?

I mean, the claims that the protests will be safe and those joining it will practice social distancing has my eyes popping in disbelief because when have you ever seen a large gathering of people keeping a metre or so distant from each other while marching en mass through the streets? Seriously, show me a crowd of protesters practising social distancing while getting all het up and spitting spleen, and I’ll show you a herd of vegans grazing at McDonalds.

Exactly. Never going to happen.

But organisers and protesters are trying to convince the rest of us that an angry mob is capable of being responsible about social distancing because the very last thing they would want to do is fast-track the COVID-19 infection rate by gathering too closely together in a large group. Well please excuse me while I fall down laughing. Actually, I’m not laughing. We really are in the grip of a pandemic right now and people really are dying from it, yet authorities are being prevented from acting against entitled self-centred idiots who appear to be of the opinion the restrictions just don’t apply to them.

And so they’re out in force, probably aiding the spread of the virus and getting all bent out of shape over anyone attempting to quell their stupidity. What is it that they just do not get about this pandemic? It is highly contagious and spreads rapidly, hence the social distancing rules. Kind of rules out protest marches, doesn’t it?

Yes it does.

So what happens when they all start getting sick? When they pick it up on the march, take it home with them and spread it to their families and friends and throughout their communities? Which they will do because these people just don’t stay home. They go out for coffee, visit people and shopping centres and wherever they go they will spread the virus they picked up while taking part in a protest that should never have been allowed to go ahead in the first place, and they will do that because they seem to be incapable of getting their empty heads around the fact that COVID-19 can infect anyone, including them.

It is unfair on the rest of us, who are trying to do all the right things no matter how difficult, that there are some out there who cannot, or more likely will not, accept that doing what they like, when they like, is not a good idea right now.  I’m not only fed up with them, I am fed up with the smug lawyers who believe it is right to challenge the courts and have right decisions overruled to support wrong ones. Like large groups of people getting together, too closely together, in the middle of a global pandemic where distancing from each other is vital in slowing the infection rate, thumbing their noses at the rest of us as they go their merry way. Stupid, stupid people, and right now, the world seems to be full of stupid people. And stupid lawyers. Talk about a total disregard for the wellbeing of others.

Just plain stupid.

 

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Believe It or Not

I recently witnessed an exchange between a potential shopper and a retail assistant at the door of an Op Shop, where the shopper was asked to please use the complimentary hand sanitiser at the doorway, which was a condition of entering the shop. The shop assistant was pleasant and polite, but the shopper backed up as though she had been asked to swallow razorblades with a bleach chaser.

The woman refused to use the sanitiser, claiming she never used it because she was not “buying into the fear”. When the shop assistant politely advised that using the sanitiser first was a condition of entry, the woman stomped off in a huff.

Right now the planet is not in a good place, health wise, and whether you believe the virus is a hoax, a conspiracy, an  immune system killer via waves from the 5G satellites, or just plain evil dust being sprinkled on us from above by same, the fact remains that there is something out there and a lot of people around the world are dropping down dead when they contract it. Even those who recover are being left with after effects which will not necessarily go away.

So it’s not good.

Right, so you don’t believe there is a deadly virus out there. Okay, then feel free to have your  like-minded friends all come to visit you, all at the same time, and you can all hug and party like there’s no tomorrow. That’s your prerogative. Chances are though, that one or more of them may have been exposed to and infected by another like-minded individual and before you know it, your tomorrows may be severely compromised or worse, definitely numbered, because you have all come down with what feels like the worst flu you can ever remember having…

Well you can’t say you weren’t warned.

If by some stroke of luck you all survive the defiant group hug in your own homes, that doesn’t let you off the hook when it comes to the general directives when you are outdoors, and if that directive includes keeping physically-distanced from others and using hand sanitiser, when asked, before you enter a premises, then what’s the problem? It’s not a biggie. The thousands of people dying around the globe are not dropping all at the same time from natural causes and no, it is not “just flu” either.

You see, despite what you may or may not believe, there are many others out there in your community who are taking COVID-19 a little more seriously. As a result they are following all the directives currently in place to protect themselves and others, and while it may be impacting their lives to a greater or lesser extent, depending on their circumstances, at least they are still alive and not threatening the lives of those around them.

It is not that difficult!

No one is asking us to leap through hoops of fire, do the razorblades and bleach thingy (okay, maybe someone I just can’t be bothered naming here did mention bleach), or lock ourselves up so securely as to never see the light of day again. Even at the peak of the threat, we could make a visit to the chemist or the supermarket. We could go out onto a balcony or into a backyard. Walk, cycle or jog around the block or the park. We were just asked to stay distant and make good with the hand sanitiser and keep our socialising to the phone, social media and Face Time, and if you think that has flushed your whole life down the toilet, then you might want to rethink your whole life.

As for the woman who refused to use the hand sanitiser and stomped off in a huff; perhaps that was a blessing because I don’t know whether it was her clothes, or her, or both, but she smelt like there had been no laundry or showering done  in while. Quite a while to be honest, and I wondered whether not washing at all may have been part of her protest over the “fear” she was not “buying into”.  I mean, general hygiene has always been a thing, not a request that has just popped up recently because we have all been asked to be more diligent about it. But  hey, if you don’t want to wash  yourself or your clothes or sanitise your hands, stay home.

Trust me, no one won’t miss you.

 

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Beware What You Share

Despite the popular trend to share selfies and all sorts of personal information on social media, it is something I have never done, because in the back of my mind was a little niggle that made me pause, and then opt Not to plaster my Facebook page with pics of myself, posts about where I am at any particular time, or any personal information or issues on what I am doing or experiencing. If anything, I have kept it really light.

And now I am soooo glad I did that. Why? Because of Hoan Ton-That (born Cam-Hoan Ton-That) and his company, Clearview AI.

A very clever boy, Hoan Ton-That grew up in Lyneham, Canberra, where he attended Lyneham High School, finishing Year 10 in 2003. He completed Years 11 and 12 at Hawker College and from there went on to the Australian National University (ANU) to study for his Bachelor of Information Technology degree. Ton-That registered a company in 2006 named Software for Mom Pty Ltd and appeared to be on his way to a bright future. Then he dropped out of university in 2007, before finishing his studies, and took himself off to Silicon Valley.

The first hiccup in what appeared to be the start of a promising career was the accusation that surfaced in America in 2009, which alleged Hoan Ton-That was behind two phishing scams, and in a court case currently running in the US against CLearview AI, it has been alleged that Ton-Than was also involved in other companies, including ViddyHo.com (another alleged phishing site which conned users into sharing access to their gmail accounts, which allowed the site to then generate spam to those on the users’ contact list). Not good.

The other alleged phishing site apparently connected to Ton-That was Fastforwarded.com, which attempted to extract passwords from users by fraudulent means. Also not good.

And then there’s Clearview AI. This company was founded in 2017, initially under the name Smartcheckr, and is a powerful facial recognition technology which sells access to the site to various law enforcement agencies, commercial businesses and a number of government agencies who can then upload images and, with the aid of artificial intelligence, make comparisons to the huge store of photographs in Ton-That’s database. If they find any matches, the database will then provide all the information it has available on those people; information that has been mainly accessed from their social media accounts.

But according to Clearview AI’s lawyer, Tor Ekeland, it is all above board and Clearview AI’s primary purpose is “focused on providing it’s groundbreaking and effective technology to assist law enforcement in the US in identifying perpetrators of horrific crimes such as trafficking and child abuse…”. He goes on to say more of the same but disputing that, I suppose, would be the class action Clearview AI is also facing in Illinois for breaching privacy provisions, a similar action in Virginia also and as a result, the police force in New Jersey has been advised to stop using it.

Here in Australia, it has surfaced that police officers in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland have also held a number of registered accounts with Clearview AI. The Federal Police have too. So how did they get onto it? Clearview AI did offer a free pilot trial and the belief is that most of the officers with access had signed up for the freebie, as opposed to signing up for an account, which comes with a very expensive yearly fee.

An investigation into Clearview AI has been launched by The Australian Information Commissioner and the site has been disabled in Australia. That’s good news, but what isn’t all that great is that Hoan Ton-That has already built a database of over three billion photographs, almost all of which have been “scraped” from social media accounts via computer programs more commonly known as spiders, or web crawlers. Many Australians were scraped. Twitter, Google and Facebook have apparently served the company with “cease and desist” communications and Apple has also blocked the app from its store.

But that’s a bit like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted, isn’t it? Ton-That already has that enormous database and most of it was obtained with neither the knowledge, nor the permission of those he scraped, and he is happy to sell that information to the highest bidder. The photos and accompanying information were scraped intentionally and unfortunately, anyone who is good for the fee could get access to it, not just legitimate law enforcement agencies. Private commercial facial recognition databases are not bound by the same laws that apply to similar programs under government control and that leaves the door wide open to undesirables getting a hold of it, and once they have it… Fortunately, I am highly unlikely to be an attractive candidate for this site because of the lack of pics and info, but unfortunately I can’t say the same with any real assurance about some of my online friends and family members and that’s a concern.

So just be careful what you post, because there is probably another Hoan Ton-That out there somewhere. Possibly more than one.

And they’re looking for someone just like you.

 

 

 

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What Police State..?

I have to wonder about the groups of people out there protesting over the lockdown and isolation directives designed to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Mainly they are up in arms about their “rights” being trampled on and the emergence of a “police state” which is preventing them from living their lives the way they wish and doing whatever they want to do whenever they want to do it. They are demanding the lockdown and restrictions be lifted immediately because the whole situation has been either a set-up, or a conspiracy, depending on who you listen to.

Okay, so let’s look at rights. Here in Australia we have been asked to stay home, where possible, to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Many have been able to work from home, but those who haven’t are receiving government financial assistance to help them through. Yes, it’s tough right now. People have been asked not to congregate in groups. However, they can grab takeaway food and coffee. They can watch whatever they like on television, download movies, socialise on social media, go to the supermarket whenever they need to and to go outdoors to exercise via going for a walk, a jog or a bicycle ride if they wish. No hard or fast rules here, so even though we have been in a lockdown/social distancing situation, we have still had it pretty good because we have had a lot of options available to keep fit and stay healthy. As a result, I’m not seeing any trampled rights here. If our rights were being seriously compromised, we would not have all of those options.

Regarding those fined by the police, they were the ones who refused to abide by the directives to not travel to holiday destinations, not congregate and mingle in groups or attend/organise functions in large numbers. That was it. They refused to do as they had been asked and so naturally, the consequences they had been warned about repeatedly, followed.

Which brings us to the claims we are now living in a “police state”. My feeling here is that those claiming we are living in one, would not know a police state if they fell over it. As mentioned above, we have not had our lives locked up altogether. We still have the freedom to access the Internet, socialise online, talk on the phone, and go out on essential errands like doing a food shop etc. These activities are not restricted to certain days or times and the only restrictions we do have to abide by is keeping to that social distance thingy marked out on the floor. In a genuine police state, these options are just not there and people live in fear of reprisals every day, even when they are innocent of any wrongdoing. This is not happening here. The police in Australia have been enforcing the social distancing directive only, and only with those who have deliberately flouted it due to a misplaced sense of entitlement. No one is exempt from social distancing at the moment. But no one has been fined for being out for a walk or a jog either, or for a trip to the supermarket or takeaway food outlet, when they have adhered to the directive and kept apart from others they might meet along the way.

In a genuine police state we’d all be pounced on the minute we walked outside our doors, so those claiming we are living in one now have absolutely no idea. Being free to use the Internet, perhaps they should have Googled “Police State” before  congregating with their placards, then perhaps they would have realised just how un-policed we are in comparison to the citizens of countries where a police state is very real and the people have no rights or freedom at all, and any form of protest is out of the question because the fear of reprisals is severe and very, very real. Australian citizens are so not living in a police state. The only thing we have been specifically asked to do is to stay home where possible and avoid close physical contact with each other. That’s it.  Our rights have not been taken away and the police are leaving us alone, so long as we follow that simple directive.

But there’s a lot of misinformation out there and too many people tend to take it as gospel. Do the research! COVID-19 is very real and is killing people world wide. Even those who survive it will be dealing with the after affects for a long time, some even for the rest of their lives, because the disease causes all manner of health complications. It is not a nice thing to contract and plays merry hell with the immune system, lungs, heart and a host of other things.

Personally, I doubt there is a link between it and the 5G network either, because I have yet to find any reliable information which proves that there is, but I remain openminded for the moment and if I ever find a link, I’ll get into it here. But right now, I think we can dismiss that one. The disease it real though, so I’m not dismissing that by any means, nor an I ignoring the practical ways of hopefully avoiding coming down with it.

The be honest, I think those protesting in large, close-contact groups need to take a step back and and a good look at how much they still have. Sure, we are dealing with sudden economical hardships, some more than others, but the nature of COVID-19 currently dictates that life is going to be very different for a while, but we have not been deprived of our rights or our freedom. We are just dealing with temporary parameters designed to slow the spread of a dangerous disease. So shelve the entitled perspective.

And drop the attitude.

 

 

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Buy Australian…

If there’s one positive thing that has come out of Coronavirus, it’s the shift towards buying food, clothing and whatever else that has been made here in Australia. From Australian products, produced on-shore by Australian-owned companies. This is a good thing.

For too long now, Australian companies have been either selling out to overseas investors or moving their operations to an off-shore location (often China or another Asian country) where they can get the work done far more cheaply, at the cost of their Australian workforce. Then they bring their products back into Australia but the price doesn’t come down so they are making huge profits. The items, especially clothing, are not as well made, yet customers are still paying top dollar for the label. But the ongoing selling of so many of our best assets to overseas interests is a national disgrace and the sales of large rural beef and dairy properties and our ports to foreign buyers is criminal.

Then there’s the companies labelling their products made in Australia, but from a high content of imported ingredients (visible only if you red the very tiny print on the back of the packaging).  A lot of Australians have fumed over this. They have been angered by the string of Australian-owned businesses, farms and other valuable assets that have had the green light to sell out to a foreign owner and it has become harder to find Australian-owned food and other products that are still produced and packaged here. It’s not beneficial for a country to be too dependent on another and even less so when the other country is allowed to buy up to much local real estate and so many local businesses. It’s just not good.

Like many others, I have often wondered why. Well yes, some people are just all about the money which tosses national pride out the window, but when you think about it, Australia can grow it’s own crops, it’s own beef, lamb, pork and poultry, even allowing for the impact on some industries due to drought. We produce some of the finest wool in the world, grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, so if you add all of that up it becomes obvious that we could easily sustain ourselves, just like Australia did decades ago. Certainly, trade is useful and often necessary, but it should not be used to supply the bulk of our needs when we can so easily do this ourselves.

And then came COVID-19 and everyone started to wake up to what a lot of us had already been thinking. Keep it local. Locally sourced, locally produced, locally made. Locally owned. This is what makes a country wealthy and sustainable in a situation like the one we are in now. It’s what keeps a nation’s citizens in employment and keeps the national debt to a minimum and stops the nation’s primary producers from going under, even in the event of drought or flood or other natural disaster. It’s what keeps a nation going in situation like this one.

So if every cloud has a silver lining, this could be ours, because the push to reject overseas imports for Australian owned, grown and produced products is not a bad thing. This should be our first line of supply and these products should be placed prominently on our supermarket shelves, on the racks in clothing stores and wherever else goods are sold. It should also apply to major industries too. Use Australian produced building products. If the Australian Government wants the country to survive the Coronavirus then it needs to put Australian businesses and their products first and promote them on a large scale. This will boost our economy because the money we spend on these products will stay here in Australia, not end up in the coffers of an overseas company.

It’s not difficult to do.