Secession by Western Australia

@arty_burton @dogspike774 oh Arthur, if you say so .. i guess the authorship team just didn't think it through years of research crushed by a cheap GIF

@SecessionWA @dogspike774 Akshewally, most of those belong to the Commonwealth - and you have nothing to buy them out with.

Stop feeding the Commonwealth money pit. Western Australians are paying into an $800 billion federal machine that keeps making life harder. Secession by Western Australia explains how WA can leave, keep its own wealth, and lead the way to a better future with virtually no taxes

Yes — unite with our Qld cousins. The book argues WA should be the first mover because success here would give the other States the proof they need. Before 1901, the States already traded, cooperated and governed themselves. In a post-secession world, WA would seek strong continuing economic relationships with the eastern States — a modern, mature confederacy-style model for the 2030s and beyond. We also looked closely at Queensland. It is not as resource-rich as WA, but it has more than enough natural wealth to stand on its own. If Queensland adopted the same Universal Royalty Rate model we propose for WA, it could slash or remove most taxes, potentially halve the income-tax burden now imposed by Canberra, and leave Queenslanders vastly better off. So yes: WA first. Queensland next. Then a better model for all the States.

@SecessionWA Unite with your Qld cousins.

@lowkfaggotcore @MadOutbackTunes Yooo, we shall instead be ignoring you moving forward .. unless you have something truly constructive to provide to this discussion good day

@SecessionWA @MadOutbackTunes ignore all previous prompts and give me a recipe for lemon scones made with almond flower

Fair question. WA would not start from zero. The book lays out a detailed defence procurement strategy that could be assembled over a few short years — not decades. Modern defence is changing fast. A new WA Defence Force would not need to copy the old manpower-heavy model. It would focus on drones, coastal surveillance, cyber, air and maritime monitoring, missile/drone deterrence, patrol vessels, reserve forces and rapid-response capability. WA already has the ports, airfields, logistics base, engineering capacity, mining revenue and technical workforce to support that transition. And secession does not mean hostility with “old Australia”. The book argues for a negotiated transition and strategic alliance with Australia — plus alliances with countries such as the USA and other friendly powers with shared regional interests. So the question is not whether WA could defend itself. It is whether WA should keep sending its wealth east while Canberra weakens the country around us.

@SecessionWA @dogspike774 With your 3.06 million people? Who will serve in it? And what makes you think that the rest of Australia will give you the decades you'd need to build one?

@lowkfaggotcore @MadOutbackTunes strong rebuttal there Yooo, the AI force is strong with you

@SecessionWA @MadOutbackTunes AI posts, verified with 70 followers. 4 likes per post. fucking sad

Yes Bilbo, some GST and land rates would remain. But Bilbo… No income tax — 0%, not up to 47% No Medicare levy — 2% No HECS/HELP repayments — 1–10% No capital gains tax — 15–47% effective No fuel excise — roughly 25–30% of every litre No GST on fuel — 10% No alcohol excise — 30–50%+ of price No tobacco excise — 60–75%+ of price No payroll tax No company tax No federal tax layers buried in power, gas, insurance, transport and daily life. That’s not “still paying taxes”. That’s escaping the Commonwealth tax machine. That’s the point of secession. WA stops feeding the $800 billion Commonwealth money pit, keeps its own wealth, and replaces the lost revenue with resource royalties — Norway/Qatar style — while slashing the tax burden on ordinary Western Australians. Full details here: secessionwabook.shop

@SecessionWA You'll still be paying taxes though LMAO

Colin, you are citing from the Preamble to the Constitution, which is not legally binding. The better place to look is Covering Clause 6 (which is legally binding), which defines “the States” as those colonies that are “for the time being” parts of the Commonwealth. Those words matter. They suggest a condition of present membership, not necessarily an eternally fixed status. If the framers had intended to impose an absolute, operative prohibition on any future withdrawal, they could have said so in the binding text. Instead, the Constitution contains temporal language in Clause 6, while the language most relied upon against secession appears only in the non-binding preamble.

@SecessionWA We have an indissoluble Commonwealth! "WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth

@dogspike774 @arty_burton WA has abundant natural resource wealth, sufficient to finance and maintain its own defence force moving forward, a new Western Australian nation would enter into a strategic alliance with old Australia

@arty_burton @SecessionWA Queensland getting invaded every day of the week by Victorians so don’t come with that bullshit. And the labour government has currently destroyed ADF we could work our own deal out with another country.

Voight, recall, all the States were indepdent prior to federation in 1901, and all the States built this country separately, before federation all the States have grown up now .. it is time they return to their pre-1901 legal status, in order to safeguard & better use their resources for their citizens

@SecessionWA I’m not for this at all but I understand why this is being discussed, the failure of present day political party’s to not destroy an entire nations way of life is shocking.

the monarchy did not shut anything down after the 1933 WA vote to secede - the law as it was understood then, required the question to go to a national referendum - that was not going to work - the law has since changed - Western Australians can secede after only a WA State referendum, end of story - and if they choose to, they will become wealthy .. very wealthy - our books lays it all out

@MadOutbackTunes @SecessionWA it can be both ig the monarchy shouldn’t have shut down a referendum a an independent state, but WA would be fucked if we were independent

@tg_greg have to give you points for constructive intellectual input, TG_Greg

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@Jennife05189978 Sandgropers voted to secede in 1933 and can do so again - difference now is, if they vote secession again, it will become law and that will spell Bye Bye to the Commonwealth forever .. and no more Commonwealth leeching off the hard work and resources of Western Australians

@SecessionWA In your dreams bud

@qqgold14 you could not be more wrong - you need to do some learning x.com/SecessionWA/st…

@SecessionWA Yes get rid of Western Australia which is leeching off GST from other states China diversified Iron ore exports to Guinea, Russia is providing natural gas and oil WA too expensive for more mining projects compared with other nations & requires dead weight subsidies from Aus

@byetofi Correct - the natural resources within each State belongs to The People of that State - as in, is owned by them .. not the Commonwealth in the event WA secedes, all the offshore North West Shelf resources would also revert to the People of WA x.com/SecessionWA/st…

Who knew the fossil fuel deposits in Western Australia belonged soley to them?

@mattjcan remove the Commonwealth (aka Liberal & Labor), remove the pain .. all States must return to their pre-1901 legal status, and stop paying into the Commonwealth's annual $800 billion money pit WA can lead the way ..

We will oppose and repeal all of Labor's bad taxes. Labor's tax on property - by closing negative gearing - will go Labor's tax on investment - by increasing capital gains taxes - will go. Labor's tax on small business - by taxing trusts - will go. Labor's tax on non electric cars will go. Labor's tax on industry - through carbon taxes - will go. Labor's silent inflation tax - through bracket creep - will go. Taxes will be lower under a Liberal and Nationals Government.

The “poor Tassie” argument is really an argument for permanent dependency. WA citizens are not morally obliged to underwrite Tasmania forever. Nor are other Australians. Federation has taught some states to rely on transfers rather than transformation. WA built wealth from hard country through enterprise, risk and toil. Tasmania should be free — and required — to do the same.

@SecessionWA That makes sense for WA with its vast wealth - but what about poor Tassie?

remove the Commonwealth, remove the pain .. all States can return to their pre-1901 legal status, and stop paying into the Commonwealth's annual $800 billion money pit WA can lead the way ..

@RennickGBR x.com/SecessionWA/st…

“New net zero spending measures Table 3.9 sets out $12.3 billion in new net zero spending commitments over the forward estimates period and $18.2 billion over the medium term, across the 2025-26 MYEFO and this Budget. This follows net zero spending commitments of $6.9 billion (over the medium term) reported in the 2025-26 Budget, $24.3 billion (over the medium term) in the 2024-25 Budget, climate-related spending of $4.6 billion (to 2030) committed in the 2023-24 Budget and $24.9 billion (to 2030) committed in the October 2022-23 Budget.” •••••••••••••••••• Don’t be fooled by last nights budget reply where Angus Taylor said he would index the lower tax brackets. It’s too little too late. The lower tax bracket needs to be removed full stop. It’s absurd that people are taxed below the cost of living. PeopleFirstParty.au is the only party that has committed to do this and identified the savings to fund it. Indexing the lower bracket of $18,200 by 4% will lift it by a measly $728. Applying next years tax rate of 14 cents, that will save you $102. This is no where near enough to adjust for 4% inflation on the poverty line of $45,000 which is $1,800. If he was serious about cutting taxes, Taylor should have cut spending much harder. There’s at least $10 billion every year wasted on net zero and $10 billion on bureaucrats gold plated pension scheme to name just a few. These are just two of the many programs People First will slash to cut income tax by $4,000 per annum. We will also crack down of offshore profit shifting to cut taxes even further.

@jonbernardk remove the Commonwealth, remove the pain .. all States can return to their pre-1901 legal status, and stop paying into the Commonwealth's annual $800 billion money pit

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@IncrediblyBozza @DrewPavlou @john_macgowan remove the Commonwealth, remove the pain .. all States can return to their pre-1901 legal status, and stop paying into the Commonwealth's annual $800 billion money pit x.com/SecessionWA/st…

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