What Humans Actually Need to Flourish

Strip everything. No departments. No agencies. No forms. No "services."
Just: what does a person need?

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The real list

1. Food that's safe

Grow it, buy it, share it. It shouldn't poison you. That's it. That's the entire food policy.

What exists now: Food Standards Australia, FSANZ, state health inspectors, food labelling laws, agricultural subsidies, import regulations, 14 agencies across federal/state.
What's actually needed: A rule — if it's not proven safe, it doesn't go in food. A database anyone can search. Done.

2. Water

Clean. Available. Free.

What exists now: State water authorities, local council water, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, water trading markets (yes, they trade water like stocks).
What's actually needed: Pipes. Maintenance. Testing. That's a local job. Not a federal department.

3. Shelter

A place to sleep that's warm and dry and yours.

What exists now: State housing authorities, homelessness services, rental tribunals, foreign investment rules (barely enforced), negative gearing, capital gains discounts, first home buyer schemes that inflate prices, housing affordability inquiries that conclude "it's complicated."
What's actually needed: Houses are for living in (Goal 9 (housing for living) (housing for living)). Stop foreign speculation. Stop treating housing as investment. Supply exists — distribution is broken.

4. Health

When something's wrong with your body or mind, help is available.

What exists now: Medicare, PBS, state hospitals, private health insurance rebate, PHNs, LHDs, NDIS, mental health plans (10 sessions lol), My Health Record, TGA, AHPRA, 6 state health departments, hundreds of local health districts.
What's actually needed: If you're sick, you get hel