Dear Sir,

First, I would like to say that your low rating in the polls is largely the fault of the standard set by Ley, Dutton, Morrison, and Turnbull who preceded you. All of whom lacked the skills or policy to attract voters.

You came to this job as Opposition Leader at a time when people are waiting to punish Albanese at the polls, which is opportune, but you need to be aware that many conservatives have already decided to vote for One Nation. Attacking Pauline Hanson, in any way, will lose the Liberal Party support. Do not underestimate the nationwide backing for the policies being promoted by One Nation.

To counter this, I believe the Liberals should research plausible nation-building policy that will bring the budget into surplus, pay off the national debt, increase productivity, and make the Australian people proud of their enterprise.

The Australian people must believe they can beat anyone in a fair fight.

At the moment, they are being hampered by climate change nonsense and over regulation by a government that has communist tendencies.

Taylor, if you are to succeed and ultimately become Prime Minister, it would be wise to develop and promote policy that will make Australia great. Greatness such as that we experienced a decade or two after the second world war. There is still within the Australian character a rich ‘can do’ belief in ourselves and our ability to be the best. These traits are wonderful building blocks with which to start. You must build on this foundation with not just ‘nation-building’ policy, but policy in which the average Australian believes and will support.

The Liberal Party should begin by abandoning all climate change abatement policy and halt all taxpayer support to ‘renewable energy’. Completely withdraw from the Paris Agreement and call out the whole Climate Change imbroglio as a scam.

Next, there should be a policy to restart low-cost power production from the vast brown coal reserves in Victoria, ensuring that the Victorian government does not charge unreasonable royalties. Then build two ‘state of the art’ coal-fired power stations. One on the coal fields of central Queensland and the other on the yet to be developed coal seam near Oaklands in southern NSW.

Having provided for our foreseeable power needs, a government led by you could commission a company to produce diesel from our vast coal reserves in quantities to make us self-sufficient and to put in storage at least a year’s supply of this vital input to our economy. Be aware that little moves in Australia without diesel power and removing excise from this vital input would make us more efficient.

We have not built a significant dam in Australia for over 40 years, during which time our population has increased by 12 million people our stored water capacity is critically low. A Liberal government must urgently commission the building of dams on the Shoalhaven, Mitchell, Murray, Clarence, and Burdekin Rivers. The money for these major constructions can be borrowed and repaid from the sale of low-cost hydro power, as we did with the Snowy Scheme.

Having now provided the people with the power and water to develop our resources for our use and development we make Australia stronger and more secure. The next step is to now start producing our own Urea and other chemicals used on farms and in factories across Australia. The people will support you for making Australia more adaptable, more productive and a more reliable workplace. Your ratings in the polls will rise exponentially.

Good luck,

Ron Pike.