I worked for the State Government as long as I did because I enjoyed the work and the experience was useful. In the end, I felt it was mostly a waste of my time as I and my work was having very little positive impact. Leaving was also difficult as opportunities for economists in Brisbane outside of Government is limited. Even when I ran my own business, the Government were still my customers.

The world is at a huge tipping point. Countries are either going to break free from repressive Governments or become like Australia. There are some tough years ahead.