From:	Marty <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: NAGTW Iceland part
Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:01:02 +1000

> Hmmm... looking at my response, and thinking about what I"ve heard of
> most european and american countries, perhaps we *are* justified as
> setting Iceland and Australia as two relatively "nice" countries,
> although not without their own problems of course.
>
We (Clavin and I) were thinking perhaps that the mana storms should be most
severe in those areas that have suffered some kind of environmental
damage..... either through over-mining or over-farming

Also, what do you guys (collectively) think of the possibility that the
remaining aboriginals are learning to control the mana storms to some
exent? It means that the outback of Australia could be opening up again
to exploration (and explotation), but it has to be done in a way that
doesn't slot the aborigines off.

> Hey... there's a thought. Marty? How about say Australia USED to be like
> that, then say around the 2020s-2030s there was a HUGE immigration influx
> when it became apparent that Australia was one of the few countries left
> that was tolerable to live in.
>
My thoughts exactly; I was condisering making the active part of the
Aus. military mostly small naval craft and helicopters, in order to stop
smuggling, stop (dissappear) immigrants, and fight the occasional
skirmish with the neighbours.

> You might need your "papers" a lot more than you do now (reminiscent of
> the old despotic regimes!) just to prove that you're legitimately allowed
> to be in the country, if there's a big problem with illegals.
>
Heh heh; The much maligned 'Australia card'..... One thing that I was
considering was beefing up the Fed. Police, giving them more power
compared to today. Perhaps if they are the 'thought police', and if
they policed immigrant's affairs they'd be suitably scary... Perhaps a
merger of ASIO and The Feds?

Any thoughts or comments out there guys?

Bleach