A call to Build Australia
Build Australia is a movement to shake us out of stagnation and reignite Australian industry, excellence, and ambition. We exist to ensure our luck persists for generations to come.
We believe Australia is the best country in the world, and with enough courage, we can be better still.
We will tell a story of forward-looking optimism. A future that inspires Australians to build, dream bigger and unlock our full potential.
The best way to raise living standards for all Australians is to create value at scale, unlocking builders today so future generations can thrive.
Principles for a new national ambition
Bias to build.
We wish to re-industrialise Australia and make things again. This means that capital must flow into productive enterprises, not passive assets.
Strategy over symbolism.
Not everything must be built onshore, but where national capacity matters, we build.
Structural change.
Australia needs audacious leaps, not timid tweaks.
Think in decades.
Politicians think in terms; builders think in generations.
Love of risk.
We must valourise risk-takers and normalise failure as a precondition of creativity, innovation, and invention.
Restoring the fair go.
Egalitarianism and hard yakka are fading to nostalgia. We must revive them as living principles of a culture that builds together and shares its prosperity.
A cultural reset
Australia is firmly in the grips of a cultural malaise. We have lost the optimism and reformist zeal of eras past, when building great things was a duty rather than an ideal. Build Australia champions a cultural reset:
Celebrate builders.
Job creation and company building are acts of national service, not slogans. We are pro-excellence, and champion those having a crack.
Anti-doomer optimism.
Pessimism is easy; building requires courage. We will champion the great in our society, and stand against tall poppy syndrome.
Community and connection.
Building does not mean sterile industry alone; it means culture, arts, sport—cities, regions, and expanses alive with possibility, rich local communities, and mateship between all Australians.
Beauty matters.
Aesthetics, design and taste are intrinsic to things that are worth building. Acts of creation should inspire.
Building an Australia to be proud of.
Many young Australians are no longer proud of Australia nor proud to be Australian. We need to change that.
An economic imperative
We are pro-growth, pro-innovation, pro-dynamism. We put productivity and prosperity first. We believe this is achieved through a mix of state capacity, markets and individuals alike.
We reject the archaic mercantilism of eras past and are eager to usher in a new era of economic prosperity defined by risk-taking, dynamism, and Australian excellence.
We disrespect rent-seeking of all forms—we don't need handbrakes holding our builders back, but abundant energy, an empowered people, and accessible opportunity.
We champion innovation, research, creativity, and ownership; undertakings that expand the frontier of possibility, creating and sustaining value. We are a movement made of entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, and tradespeople: builders of all kinds.
We stand against pessimism, zero-sum politics or those that say it can't be done because it's too hard.
Building the new Australian Dream
The old Australian dream was a quarter-acre block in quiet coastal suburbia. The new dream must be bigger: a nation that makes things, that exports ideas, not just resources, that builds companies and culture the world admires, that inspires its young with projects grander than themselves.
From expansive lands, abundant energy and material resources, to a highly educated workforce, innovative culture, and access to mountains of capital—we have everything we need today to build this dream.
With the right balance of values and ambition, we believe we can build products, industries, and cultural institutions that endure for decades. That we can once again make Australia a country defined not by what it digs up, but by what it builds.
Now is the time to reset the narrative, reject inertia, and restore national pride and prosperity for ourselves, and every Australian to come.
The new Australian Dream must promise something larger: shared prosperity built on what we create, so young people and their families can look forward to a future of genuine prosperity once again.
This is a call to all who seek a brighter future.
It's time to Build Australia.