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January 1, 2101

Well, viewers, here we are at last, the first official day of the 22nd century! Looking back, what an age it was!

Who could forget that Australia will achieve 100% renewable energy by 2033?

Now, as we look at space images taken from the first spacecraft of the Australian-New Zealand Astro Core team, isn’t it amazing how the Navy’s 4 X 4 policy has transformed this island?

Just looking at some of the headlines from the usual suspects at the time, and all the whining and moaning when it was first announced, is it any wonder that we are governed by a parliament with left, centre-left, centre-right, right and centre leadership, all putting forward their programmes, and each case being assessed individually ever since that stupid idea of ​​eight nuclear power plants was put forward?

Of course, if four oceans for four types of ships – defence, commercial, scientific research and aviation – bring a smile to the face of the people of Western Australia,

the railway line running around the island, providing access to a million square kilometers of land, made the entire United Nations famous!

The lowering of the surface temperature finally caused the clouds to clear and the interior finally became a living reality!

The prophets of doom continued to speak their omens as the idiotic idea of ​​a coastal urban settlement gave way to a “mixed national eco-tecture” and people began to enjoy life again.

Isn’t it great to live in a country where education is a privilege of citizenship? And to think it all started with the removal of marine engineering and marine science from that hideous HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme)!

The creation of Australian Commonwealth Engineering Science and its sister company Australian Commonwealth Environmental Science literally put an end to all disputes by combining two of the most important fields of science into one and providing protection to Australian inventors through the National Patent Scheme.

American manufacturing entrepreneurs breathed a sigh of relief when they realized that we didn’t expect them to build our navy, and we trained our own engineers on the job!

That, and of course the re-embracing of our sister nation of New Zealand, really did that, because they studied the Treaty of Waitangi. The Commonwealth of Australian Local Government Areas became the foundation of both the Treaty and the Republic as 750 even peers of one local government, one local country, making 1500 members in the body. Of course, with our own Governor-General, we ended up with two Governors-General, just like in Westminster itself.

This provision of mutual checks and balances against tyranny was an incredible and exciting challenge for the AC and CC, as the formulation of the law earned them the Nobel Peace Prize in Constitutional Law!

Then, of course, came the economy, because country 888 created Mensa, after the genius of Mensa and employee stock companies had made the entire stock market go boom.

Of course, what really did it globally was the Australian Bee Farmers and its sister union, the Australian Dairy Farmers, who joined forces and made Jordan the sole distributor of Australian dairy and honey products in the Middle East. This gave a country that was burdened with administering the peace in Jerusalem a 365 economy for the first time in its history – people were shocked to discover that they had been operating on a seasonal economy all these years!

Of course, regionally, when the Commonwealth of Sovereign Territories of the Republic of Australia introduced its neighbours to the idea of ​​the Democratic Commonwealth of the South Pacific Islands as a Global Village (plural of the United Nations), other regions began to pick up the message and global trade became regional trade, sharing resources under treaties designed to benefit people, planet and wildlife everywhere.

Of course, the real deciding factor was the treaty with China, allowing trade in the area without having to maintain a military force there, and also the reciprocal treaty, allowing Australia and its allies to sail and trade in the China Sea, as other nations began to accept the idea again…

…United Nations.

Yes, it was a fantastic age, and we get to see Alpha Centauri up close and personal as the ANZACs approach the twin star system that gave rise to the idea of ​​a centaur thousands of years ago in ancient Greece. And speaking of which, let’s go to the Parthenon and see what our Greek correspondent is doing there.

Well, yes, it’s fantastic, isn’t it?

Here we are on the official first day of the 22nd century and everything is buzzing. Are we looking forward to what will happen next or are we looking back at this fantastic century that, to be fair, took 25 years to start but when it did start, it started in earnest? Who would have thought that taking the Rats out of Tobruk, turning the anagram backwards and creating a Sovereign Territorial Republic of Australia out of it could have accomplished so much?

Perhaps it was the re-establishment of education based on the five talents of sport, art, science, humanities and commerce that really allowed people to pursue such an incredible variety of pursuits. I mean, sport has always been big in Australia, but when the other four became equally big, the world’s largest island was inhabited by the world’s largest psyche, and possibility became probability, and probability became reality.

For example, the National Residential Solar Panel Program cut everyone’s electric bill in half overnight! And then, when they paid off the loan, the electricity was dirt cheap! I mean, how obvious that must have been to viewers; we had the highest UV index in the world, so why not use it?

So we did it – and here we are!

Yes, today is a wonderful day, at the threshold of the 22nd century, so let us raise a toast and remember:

They don’t grow old as we grow old,

They do not tire, nor do the years condemn,

At sunset,

And here, this morning,

We remember them,

Lest we forget.

Kaijin Solo is a general engineer by profession who has a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient Cultures and Creative Arts and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. He was also a candidate in the 2001 federal election. You can follow Kaijin on Twitter/X @KaijinSolo.

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