Rise of Australia

Chapter 227 New Cabinet, New Plan

On June 1907, 6, three days after the elections, the first meeting of the new cabinet government officially began.

Because this term of the cabinet government has many new faces, coupled with the transfer of old employees' positions, this meeting is very necessary, and Arthur also sits in person.

For newcomers to politics like Agriculture Secretary Mark and Transportation Secretary Lauren, they also need more time to adapt to their positions and more time to understand all the materials and information in their departments.

Of course, for the new cabinet government Prime Minister Walter, he also needs a certain amount of time to adapt to his identity. After all, the prime minister is the one who coordinates the cabinet. Task.

This meeting was held at the Sydney Palace, attended by the Prime Minister of the cabinet government and the ministers, as well as the deputies chosen by these ministers, that is, the deputy ministers of various departments.

Of course, although these deputy ministers can also participate in this meeting, their more role is to assist their respective ministers, especially for those newcomers, to provide materials and information from various departments.

Of course, before the cabinet meeting started, there was a more solemn ceremony, that is, all members of the cabinet government swore their allegiance to Arthur.

This has been a tradition since Australia, and it is the best way for these cabinet members to understand who they are working for.

Arthur has been calm about such a scene. After accepting the oath of allegiance from all cabinet members, Arthur said: "Everyone, I am very happy to see the establishment of a new cabinet government in Australasia. Become the cabinet After the members, your every move represents the government and the country. I hope that all of you can maintain your heart, be loyal and unswerving, maintain the Constitution of the Kingdom of Australasia, love all the people of the kingdom, and be loyal to the royal family. Fearless and firm belief, to develop our great country together. I believe that in the past few days, you have also understood the current status of various departments. Now, it is time to formulate a new plan to determine the development of the country during your tenure. a new goal."

In any case, the new cabinet is definitely different from the previous Prime Minister Evan's style.

Whether it is the completely different personalities of Prime Minister Evan and Prime Minister Walter, or the current situation in Australasia, it means that the policies of Australasia will be different from before.

After Prime Minister Walter took office, he was bound to make some moves.If it continues to remain the same as the previous Prime Minister Evan's actions, this will not be a good thing for Prime Minister Walter.

"Let's briefly talk about each department's situation first! Let's get to know the country's situation first, and then discuss specific plans." Arthur said with a smile.

The main thing is to let the new Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Transport, as well as Prime Minister Walter and Minister Henris, who have changed positions, understand the situation.If you want to formulate a detailed and reasonable development plan, you must first understand the current development of the department.

This link naturally starts with veteran employees like Minister Pierre who have been re-elected for two or three terms.

"Your Majesty, the industrial sector is currently developing well. With the help of the Germans, we have made up for the basic industry, especially the chemical industry, and solved the problem of our basic industry shortage." Industry Minister Pierre said.

"On top of this, our industrial scale is also developing rapidly. At present, we have more than eight large-scale industrial zones, and the total number of small and medium-sized industrial zones has reached nearly fifteen." Minister Pierre introduced with a little pride arrive.

The industrial development of Australasia can be said to be smooth, and the speed of industrial development is also very smooth, basically without encountering too many obstacles.

Coupled with the fact that Australasia has a large amount of industrial equipment from the United Kingdom, aid from Germany, and its own rich mineral resources, it took only seven years for Australasia to become the current industrial powerhouse One, the total amount of steel production has even surpassed the top ten in the world such as Italy.

Of course, this does not mean that the total industrial scale of Australasia has reached the first level under the great powers.

Compared with European countries with strong background, Australasia still has many shortcomings, and it will take some time to make up for it.

But in any case, the development potential of Australasia is visible to the naked eye, and the industrial development is much smoother than imagined.

"At present, we have been vigorously cultivating domestic factories. So far, Australasia has a total of hundreds of private factories, including machinery, paper, cement, glass, wood, chemicals, etc., and some even have certain The scale can achieve sustainable profitability." Minister Pierre continued to introduce.

While most of the small factories still require funding from the Ministry of Industry, there are also factories that are profitable on their own.

These various factories, large and small, filled the Australasian market with the finished products they produced, and they were potential stocks of Australasian civil industry.

Of course, most of the military industry is currently controlled by Arthur, and a small part is also a joint venture between the royal family and the government.

Australasia has not yet had a private military industry enterprise. After all, Arthur’s military factory and shipyard have achieved technological crushing. This kind of technological advancement cannot be compensated by the current capital of Australasia.

After the Ministry of Industry, the next one to introduce is Minister of Public Security Thomas.

"Your Majesty, everyone. After a long period of development, our police training system has achieved initial results. So far, Australasia has a total of more than [-] police officers distributed in more than [-] police stations, large and small. Our police training system can also train us more than [-] police officers every year, which can basically meet our public security needs due to the increase in population.” Thomas, the Minister of Public Security, introduced.

"According to last year's statistics, within the Kingdom of Australasia, there were less than a thousand crimes in 1906, and less than one-tenth of them involved human life."

Although nearly 600 crimes may seem like a lot, Australasia has a population of more than [-] million, and the crime rate is even less than [-]/[-].

Even compared with the data of later generations, such a crime rate is definitely very low.

In fact, it is also understandable that chaotic order and a turbulent environment often lead to an increase in crime rates.

However, the environment in Australasia is very stable. Even if it merges with New Zealand, it will be carried out through a peaceful referendum.

Coupled with Arthur's emphasis on the poor civilians at the bottom, the Royal Relief Committee pays a lot of money every year to relieve all the poor civilians.

This is also the reason why the crime rate in Australasia is so low.

Of course, the current case statistics basically only include all relatively serious criminal cases, such as ordinary incidents like fights, even if the police are alerted, they are basically just a few words of advice.

However, for more serious incidents such as theft and robbery, the supervision of the public security department is still relatively strict.

This is also Arthur's request. In order to create a good immigration environment for Australasia, theft and robbery are also serious crimes in Australasia. If it is more serious, it may even lead to life imprisonment and the death penalty.

After all, the Royal Relief Committee has guaranteed that every civilian in Australasia will not be starved to death. Under such a premise, those who can still steal and rob are basically criminals who are looking for money, and they will die Not a pity.

Arthur nodded in satisfaction.

Arthur was very pleased with the crime rate in Australasia.You know, guns are not banned in Australasia at the moment.Although large-scale gun ownership is not supported, herdsmen and residents living in remote areas can also legally hold shotguns to protect their lives when encountering wild animals or other dangerous situations.

You know, Australasia has a lot of barren areas, as well as a lot of virgin forests and mountains.

These areas have not been explored by humans, and they also have a large number of wild animals and poisonous insects.

If there is no shotgun for self-defense, I am afraid that the safety of people close to the suburbs cannot be guaranteed.

After the security department, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Health also followed up to introduce the situation.

The development of education and medical care in Australasia is also very smooth.Especially after the Victoria Award resolved the source of high-end talents, the development of medical care in Australasia has been going smoothly, and the construction and development of hospitals can basically meet domestic needs.

Not counting the Royal Hospital built by Arthur in Sydney Palace, there are more than fifteen large hospitals and more than ten medium-sized hospitals in Australasia.

In particular, the Capital Territory, currently the most developed region in Australasia, has two large hospitals and one medium-sized hospital.

Even Western Australia and South Australia, which are relatively deserted, each have a large hospital and a small hospital.

Coupled with the current private clinics blooming all over Australasia, it finally solves the medical problems in Australasia.

In particular, the first few large hospitals built, as well as the Royal Hospital built by Arthur, accommodated many medical experts from Europe, and the medical level was advanced.

Especially the Royal Hospital, although it has been established for a relatively short time, it is prepared for the royal family and senior government officials, and its medical level and equipment can even reach the top level in Europe.

The education situation in Australasia is also very good, and the six universities can barely meet the needs of college students.

On this basis, primary and secondary schools blooming everywhere are the foundation of the development of education in Australasia, and also the key to the continuous increase in the population literacy rate.

Even some factories in Australasia have set academic requirements for some key positions.

But fortunately, immigrants from the UK and Germany have at least a primary school education, and there are even many people with a secondary school education.

Those with relatively low education are Russian immigrants, but fortunately, these immigrants are more obedient and can obey the kingdom's rule more.

Anyway, Australasia also has supplementary education for adults, so it is not difficult for the vast majority of the Russian population to have a primary school degree.

The current main plan of the Ministry of Education is to build the current six universities in Australasia into top universities, attract more European students, and keep them in Australasia to play.

At the same time, the number of universities in Australasia is still too small, at least two or three times the number, in order to temporarily satisfy Arthur's appetite.

Minister Andrew has nothing to report. Australasia basically does not participate in international affairs. Apart from communicating with a few better countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs basically has nothing to do.

The Minister of Defense Kent simply reported the number of soldiers and the current training status. The Ministry of Defense is quite special at present. Although it is a part of the cabinet, the Ministry of Defense is only responsible to the Royal Council and Arthur.

Next up is Treasury Secretary Roger.Australasia's financial situation is fairly good. Not only does it have 3000 million Australian dollars on the books, but its fiscal revenue has also broken through a new high in the past six months, reaching a gratifying 530 million Australian dollars.

If it can continue, the total government fiscal revenue in 1907 is expected to exceed 3000 million Australian dollars, which is the first time that the government has achieved a fiscal surplus.

Because the government's total financial expenditure in the first half of the year was only 410 million Australian dollars, this is still the case when the northern railway construction plan was started.

Construction of the industrial railway is nearing completion in the second half of this year, which also represents one less major spending program for the government.

The government's finances turned from deficit to profit also made many ministers smile.

The improvement of the government's finances also means that various departments will receive more financial budgets, and they will be more able to use their fists.

Minister Henry has directly become the Minister of People's Livelihood from a low-ranking Minister of Agriculture, and has come to one of the top levels of the cabinet government.

Although the affairs in charge are completely different, Minister Henry's years of experience in government affairs have also quickly familiarized him with the situation of the Ministry of People's Livelihood, and he is more comfortable handling government affairs.

Although it is only half a year, the population of Australasia is growing rapidly.

As of now, Australasia has a total population of 6707 million, of which Australia has a total population of 540 million and New Zealand has a total population of 130 million.

It can be seen with the naked eye that Australia's population size and development speed are much faster than New Zealand's, which depends on Australia's land area and also depends on Australia's original population size.

However, this is also a good thing for the current Australasia. Arthur's basic market is Australia. The stronger Australia is, the more stable the situation of Australasia's unification will be.

While the growing gap between Australia and New Zealand will upset some New Zealanders, Arthur has the tools to deal with it.

In addition to building a large number of constructions in New Zealand, so that New Zealand can truly feel the changes brought about by joining the kingdom, it also hypes up the idea of ​​Australasians, subtly merging Australians and New Zealanders into one nation. It can eliminate the possibility of estrangement between two ethnic groups and regions.

Next is the report of the two new ministers, namely the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Transport.

The first is the Ministry of Agriculture, which is the report of Minister Mark.

Agricultural development in Australasia was also very rapid, which was also attributed to the large number of indigenous labor.

Because of the investment of a large number of indigenous peoples, the total area of ​​cultivated land in Australasia has been steadily increasing at a rate of at least 200% every year, and the growth rate of food production is even more gratifying. The annual output is more than 1906 million tons.

Such food production is already able to feed a population of 2000 million, but Australasia also has a large amount of arable land, which is a valuable resource in Australasia and is the key to feeding a larger population.

What can be felt clearly different from before is the area of ​​arable land currently granted to immigrants in Australasia.

Although each immigrant was allocated three acres of land before, less than one-fifth of it was ready-made arable land, and the rest needed to be reclaimed by the immigrants themselves.

But at present, the immigration policy of Australasia has been upgraded again.Each immigrant can not only obtain at least five acres of land, at least one-third of which is arable land, but can also hire aboriginals at low prices for reclamation.

Especially in the New Guinea colony, the immigrants who went to the New Guinea colony could even get ten acres of land, and the colonial government would send the aborigines for reclamation, even farming and harvesting could hire the aborigines at a low price, as if they had become farmers.

There is also an episode in this, the Dutch East Indies also felt the speed of the crazy development of Australasia, and also did some tricks on the aborigines.

At present, the frequency of aborigines in the Dutch East Indies is significantly lower, and most of them are women or the elderly, who are not qualified as labor force.

Australasians don't need to spend money on waste, although they're also cheaper.

According to the estimation of the indigenous population of the Dutch East Indies, there are at least 4000 million indigenous populations within the entire Dutch East Indies.

At present, in the Dutch East Indies, the aboriginal population transported to Australasia is only a little over 100 million, which is completely a drop in the bucket for the Dutch East Indies.

Therefore, the reason why the Dutch East Indies reduced the frequency of indigenous transfers is most likely due to the taboo on the development speed of Australasia.

Perhaps they also realized that continuing to transport a large number of indigenous people would only increase the speed of Australasia's development.

When Australasia has developed to a certain level and has sufficient military strength, the Dutch East Indies, as Australasia's nearest neighbor to the north, will definitely suffer first.

Arthur understood the fear of the Dutch, but it was too late for the Dutch to react now.

Judging from the current development of Australasia, the Dutch may not be the opponent of Australasia.

If the Dutch East Indies wanted to reduce the number of natives transported, it would depend on whether Arthur's loyal army agreed.

This is an important issue about national development, and it can definitely tear two friendly countries apart.

If the Dutch are unwilling to continue to maintain the previous scale of indigenous transportation, then they can only have a taste of the power of the Australasian army.

Of course, this also requires an opportunity.Before there is no good reason, Arthur will not take the initiative to attack the Netherlands.

After all, this is a legal colony recognized by the great powers, and Arthur doesn't want to spoil the goodwill of Australasia in the eyes of the great powers too much.

The reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Transport are basically based on the data, and the construction of transport in Australasia is also very smooth. At that time, it was estimated that the construction of the industrial railway for ten years had already been completed in just over six years. It will be officially completed and opened to traffic in the second half of this year.

This will greatly alleviate the traffic problems at the east and west ends of the Australian continent, and the rich mineral resources in Western Australia and South Australia can also be efficiently and quickly transported to the most developed southeastern region of Australia.

If the construction of the Northern Railway is completed, the exchanges between the Australian states will also become very effective, which is also a good thing for the development of Australasia.

Of course, if the Northern Railway can be successfully built, Australasia will be able to better control the northern part of Australia.

The northern part of the Australian mainland is very close to Southeast Asia, especially some islands in the Dutch East Indies.

This also sets the stage for possible expansion in Australasia, for which parts of Southeast Asia are also important.

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