What Good Onya Australia is all about

The situation

Over the last few months, newspaper, television and online headlines have been increasingly dominated by negative stories about business and the economy – ‘share market plunge’, ‘huge job cuts’, ‘recession looming’ and so on. The bad press is so widespread that a November 2008 study by the Australian Retailer’s Association, showed more than 60% of Australians wrongfully believe that our country is already in recession!

The media seems to thrive on negative stories, and unfortunately for all of us, this is actually making the economic situation worse. The constant bad news drives down consumer and business confidence levels and as a result, people are cutting back on spending and downsizing their businesses. This has had a ripple effect and is causing our country to experience a far greater downturn than is justified.

In reality, there are lots of positive things happening in our country and our economy is actually in a pretty good state. The Federal Government has money in the bank, our GDP is solid, our banking system is one of the soundest in the world and we are well-positioned to avoid a recession.

Our mission

The people of Australia are now at the stage where we are not prepared to just sit back and let this doom and gloom take over the country! We want to make a stand against those that are promoting the negatives and creating fear about our economy just because bad news sells. Good Onya Australia brings all these people together so we can spread the positivity and work together to pull our country out of this negative spiral.

Our aim is to spread the positive news about businesses and people achieving success and highlight the areas where our country is doing well, so we can restore people’s confidence and start to have a positive affect on business and the economy. To achieve this, we need to have lots of people behind the Good Onya Australia cause, so we can stand up and say ‘no more!’ - we are creators of our own destinies and we refuse to just sit back and let this negativity take over!

We are not trying to simplify the economic situation or encourage people to bury their heads in the sand. And we definitely aren’t about taking political sides. Good Onya Australia is simply about bringing Australians together to support each other and focus on the good stuff, so we can make a positive difference for our country.

Robert F Kennedy once said - "Each time a man stands up for an idea, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Good Onya Australia is the first ripple of hope. With your help, it can grow into a wave of change that will sweep across the country and make a real positive difference.