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Why the sovereign assemblies and citizens Have No Standing in Australia
In Australia, those rights exist only within the boundaries of the Australian Constitution, which defines how power is created, limited, and exercised. Claims that Australia’s corporate registration or its participation in international trade somehow cancels constitutional authority misunderstand the issue entirely: those registrations relate to taxation and external commerce, not to the source of law or legitimacy. The Constitution remains the supreme authority, and individu

Sam Wilks
Jan 35 min read


Can Canberra’s Migration Plans Work for Territorians?
Population growth is not a moral imperative. It is a logistical challenge. And when policies are made without listening to the people who live under them, the result is not harmony, it’s hostility.

Sam Wilks
Apr 28, 20255 min read


Growing the Territory, Is Federal Immigration Policy Straining NT Infrastructure?
Immigration is not inherently harmful. But when used to mask economic stagnation or prop up GDP figures while ignoring infrastructure, it becomes a liability. Federal policymakers must stop treating Darwin as a checkbox on a diversity spreadsheet and start treating it as a capital with finite capacity.

Sam Wilks
Apr 27, 20256 min read


Economic Policies for a Resilient NT
There is nothing moral about destroying incentives to work, invest, or create value.

Sam Wilks
Apr 27, 20253 min read


Can Canberra Help Restore Safety in NT Communities?
The idea that Federal legislation can override local judicial leniency is not without precedent. The Northern Territory is not a state. It is a legislative child of Canberra, and Canberra has acted before, during the Intervention, with alcohol bans, and through court-mandated reforms to sentencing.

Sam Wilks
Apr 26, 20256 min read


Modern Solutions Rooted in Timeless Ideas
Reform doesn’t require reinvention. It requires the courage to apply timeless truths in modern ways.

Sam Wilks
Apr 26, 20253 min read


Will Federal Policies Tackle Rising NT Crime Rates or Just Fund More Excuses?
Crime in the NT is not a mystery, it is the consequence of policies that reward excuses, punish self-defence, and defer to unelected legal elites.

Sam Wilks
Apr 25, 20256 min read


Community First
National governments should provide guardrails, not handcuffs.

Sam Wilks
Apr 25, 20253 min read


Healthy Territory, Healthy Future, Maybe not
Statistically, iatrogenesis is a silent epidemic. A recent meta-analysis found medical error to be the third leading cause of death in developed nations.

Sam Wilks
Apr 24, 20256 min read


A Blueprint for Change
This is not a call for perfection. It is a call for courage, the courage to speak plainly, act decisively, and govern with the people, not above them. If the Territory is to rise, it will be led not by those who pander, but by those who perform.

Sam Wilks
Apr 24, 20253 min read


Restoring Trust in the NT
To rebuild trust, decisions must be justified in real time, with evidence, logic, and accountability.

Sam Wilks
Apr 24, 20253 min read


Waiting for help in the Outback
What the NT needs is accountability, local autonomy, and a market-based system where results, not intentions, are rewarded.

Sam Wilks
Apr 23, 20257 min read


Practical Ideals
The lesson is clear. When people are paid to fail, they will. When they are rewarded for effort, they rise.

Sam Wilks
Apr 23, 20253 min read


Justice in Action
The first step toward real reform is to remove the perverse incentives that reward failure.

Sam Wilks
Apr 23, 20253 min read


Dreaming of a Home in the Territory
Until politicians stop treating housing as a platform for ideology or pity, the dream of owning a home in the Territory will remain just that, a dream.

Sam Wilks
Apr 22, 20256 min read


Empowering the Voter
The road forward isn’t paved with slogans. It’s paved with consequences.

Sam Wilks
Apr 22, 20253 min read


Why Territorians Are Locked Out of Affordable Homes
The housing crisis in the NT isn’t just numbers, it’s lives.

Sam Wilks
Apr 21, 20255 min read


Civic Renewal
The Northern Territory does not need another review. It needs a reckoning, with the ideas, policies, and people that have led it astray.

Sam Wilks
Apr 21, 20253 min read


From Tradition to Transformation
If the NT is to rise above this ideological fog, it must rediscover the principles that built stable societies long before bureaucrats tried to reinvent them.

Sam Wilks
Apr 21, 20253 min read


From Darwin to the Desert, Can Canberra Deliver Real Cost-of-Living Relief for Territorians?
True relief demands a blend of immediate aid and long-term investment.

Sam Wilks
Apr 20, 20255 min read
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