A former Australian Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel is the latest person to say they will be running as a candidate in the Eden-Monaro by-election.
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Riccardo Bosi said he will be nominating as an independent, because although he is the leader of soon-to-be new political party AustraliaOne the party still must finalise its registration requirements with the Australian Electoral Commission.
He stood as a NSW Senate candidate for the Australian Conservatives at the 2019 federal election. After the election Senator Cory Bernardi de-registered the party and Mr Bosi led a handful of volunteers to create AustraliaOne, a party he said will meet the neglected needs of the "silent majority" of the Australian people.
When outlining policies for Eden-Monaro, he focused on COVID-19, bushfires, globalisation, the economy and vaccinations.
"Our governments must end the [COVID-19] lockdown now, something which should have been fully completed a month ago," Mr Bosi said.
"The long-suffering people of Eden-Monaro, indeed of Australia, deserve a full explanation, complete with verifiable scientific data and opinions from a range of experts, as to why the lockdown was necessary in the first place for a virus little more severe than influenza."
He said the tinder left in the bush from a ban on backburning, a lack of water from bans on dam construction, and restrictions on farmers from managing their own land were all man-made factors that contributed to summer's devastating bushfires.
"Ignorance on Australia's natural climate and bushfire history has created hysteria among our young people to the point where they are at the forefront of a new global religion built on the hate for carbon dioxide, a gas every living creature needs to survive," Mr Bosi said.
He said the "sacred cow of environment" has been used once again to break the backs of Australian farmers, who should be free to use their land as they see fit.
"Surely, true 'green' ideology and environmental common sense lies with our farmers, who have a vested interest in protecting their land," Mr Bosi said.
"If government wants to really help, first it should get off the backs of farmers and leave them alone to do what they do best and ask them what they need to again become the most productive primary-producing nation that we once were."
When it came to globalisation, he said all international deals, whether they be with the United Nations or any foreign country, must be periodically reviewed in Australia's national interest.
Discussing the economy, he said in Australia politicians from both sides of the fence have over the past few decades "left us economically dependent on others (mainly China) rather than being economically self-reliant, as we once were".
Also, while he said he is "not an anti-vaxxer", he said Australia's vaccination policies "have been designed by individuals and organisations that have financial conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies and these individuals and organisations must be held accountable to the Australian community".
Albert McKnight
Journalist at Bega District News.
Journalist at Bega District News.
