Chapter 09 of 13 | A fair go

A fair go needs better machinery

I want people to have more say in decisions that affect their lives. That has led me into law, public records, community tools and some fairly big questions about what Australia could do differently.

I want more ways for people to participate in public decisions than voting every few years. My work connects everyday complaints, local knowledge, law, public records and longer-term choices.

Sometimes I work through those questions in a website or a model. Sometimes I write a document for a parliamentary submission. Humour is part of it too, including the purple toilet mat and a friendly bet that found their way into the music.

Shared tools and local capability

I’m exploring ways to connect useful work, learning and public participation.

Taking the ideas further

A friendly bet and a purple toilet mat are part of this story too.

Capability beside AUKUS

In my AUKUS-related writing, I explore opportunity costs and what investment in civic, technical and scientific capability could offer Australia.

Purple Party for Australia artwork
Purple Party for Australia artwork

Let this chapter sound like

The Purple Mat That Could

Album 4: A Protopian Gambit

It keeps the toilet-mat origin, friendly humour and serious democratic curiosity in the same story.

Play the lyric video here, or open it full size.

Open the video full size

Adult-only branch

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Grey Area Commons is a separate adult-only self-reflection project about intimacy and connection. It is not part of this general, non-explicit site.