Ian Mott is a Climate Sceptic and interested in the potential for new regional states in Australia, concerned by the erosion of property rights and the social contract, and promoter of the ecology and management of Private Native Forests and enhancing biodiversity through free market ecology.
This was the subject of a recent interview by Michael Duffy on ABC Radio National's 'Counterpoint' programme.
posted by Ian Mott @ 2:09 pm
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Raised on a farm at Mullumbimby NSW, studied Accounting and worked in Sydney before riding a bicycle from Singapore to Bangkok, running a backpacker hostel in Athens, contract accounting in London, teaching English in Athens and painting boats in Vancouver. Married to Joan, they have three children, Oscar, Sasha and Angus. Back in Sydney, as one of our first non-smokers rights activists, he worked on successful campaigns for smoke-free buses, trains, planes, and high profile prosecutions. His day job was as a ‘headhunter’ of stockbrokers and merchant bankers before moving to Brisbane (1990) and establishing his own agency. He bought the farm in 1994 and was gradually drawn into forest and farm politics, on national council of Australian Forest Growers, advisory boards and test cases etc. By 2001 he retired from recruiting to concentrate on milling his own timber, building a new homestead, renovating rental houses and dealing with policy issues. He was a founder of "Bushvision" a community TV station for the bush, Secretary of rural 'think tank' the Landholders Institute and member of NSW Farmer's New States Task Force.
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Name: Charlie
Subject: New States
Postcode: 2372
Visit Time: 19/03/2006 9:22
Remark: Hello Michael,
Re New States, this is a good idea. At present regional folks are basically living under a dictatorship. The people who hold our future in their hands don't understand us and don't know what they are doing is so painful. These people are of course the voters of metropolitan Australia. It is not intentional I am sure but the effect is devastating, in reduced services, unworkable or unfair legislation, (Native veg, OH&S)and ongoing social decline. This could all be rectified through a greater level of self government for regional people. At present everyone loses, cities grow bigger then they should as regional people leave perfectly pleasant surroundings in order to get a job or build a career. Our constitution was designed to allow for the creation of New States, the founding fathers expected it would happen, as time goes on the cost of not doing it will increase, so your short interview was a cool tonic in an intellectual desert as far as long term strategic policy for the benefit of all Australians is concerned.
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