Chapter 148 Government Annual Report Meeting
Of course, before the National Day arrives, the Australian government has another very important meeting, which is the annual government annual report summary.
This time of year is also a time when all the things and achievements of various departments and all officials have been measured during the year, and it can even determine whether they can stay in this position in the next election.
Although Australia's political landscape is not very competitive, these ministers have a good chance of being re-elected without making mistakes.
But there is also an x factor, and that is Arthur's attitude. As Australia's most powerful Duke, Arthur has the power to appoint cabinet members.
Once these officials caused Arthur's dissatisfaction due to incompetence or laziness, it would be a huge loss to lose their official positions in vain.
You know, although Australia has a very low reputation internationally, it is also a huge country with a territory of millions of square kilometers and a population of millions.
In such a country, becoming a cabinet minister or cabinet member has far more power than being an ordinary official.
What's more, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After these officials tasted the huge power of cabinet members, asking them to give up these powers was tantamount to cutting a piece of flesh from their hearts.
Therefore, these cabinet members were very serious about this government annual report summary meeting. They not only summarized all the evidence produced by their respective departments during the year, but also collected a large amount of information to prepare their respective departments' plans for the next year. A clear layout is made.
December 31, 1902, the last day of 1902, was also the day when the Australian Cabinet Government held its annual summary report meeting.
In the early morning of this day, several cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Evan, arrived at the conference room early. They each took the information in their hands and studied it carefully, lest they forget some data.
It would be great fun if Arthur suddenly asked them about some data from their respective departments and they didn't know it.
Can a person who does not know the data of his department be interpreted as incompetent or derelict in his duties?
At eight o'clock in the morning, Arthur arrived at the conference room on the top floor of the National Government Building on time.
Everyone quickly stood up and saluted, and then sat down at Arthur's signal.
"Everyone, 1902 has come to the last day, and we are about to usher in a brand new 1903. Similarly, our cabinet government has also gone through a full year of work, and it must have achieved a lot. Now, it is also This is the time for all of us to test the performance of the government. Prime Minister Evan, you should do it first! Introduce the general performance of the cabinet government so that everyone can understand the changes in Australia." After everyone took their seats , Arthur said straight to the point.
"Yes, Your Highness." Prime Minister Evan nodded slightly respectfully, took the information report he prepared, and walked step by step to the central podium of the circular conference table.
"Your Highness, everyone. Looking closely at 1902, the most striking changes in Australia are industry and economy. In terms of industry, our steel production, industrial areas, number of large, medium and small factories and other indicators continue to rise. In some aspects We have already stood shoulder to shoulder with some small European countries. Of course, our goal is far beyond that. Australia's various construction and development needs to continue and be vigorously promoted." Prime Minister Evan said.
"I would like to ask Industry Minister Pierre to talk about the changes in industry in detail. There are many changes in this area, and it is also one of the most changed aspects in Australia." Prime Minister Evan looked at Industry Minister Pierre. Said with a smile.
"I'm happy to oblige." Industry Minister Pierre nodded with a smile and walked to the podium to temporarily take over Prime Minister Alvin's position. "Your Highness, Your Excellency Prime Minister, colleagues. If you look closely at the entire year of 1902, Australia's industrial changes have been earth-shaking. If we had initially achieved some industrial output a year ago, then now we have initially become an industrial country. "Minister Pierre took out the information he had prepared and spoke in a neither humble nor condescending manner.
"First of all, the biggest and most obvious change is our steel production. Last year our steel production reached 61,000 tons and 93,000 tons, which can be compared with some European countries." Minister Pierre reported: "Now we It has far exceeded this figure. So far, our steel production has been 263,100 tons and 422,200 tons respectively. The growth rate is 3.8 times and 4.5 times respectively. In terms of steel production, we are already one-sixth of France. One, one-thirtieth of Germany."
Is it shameful that one-sixth of France and one-thirtieth of Germany? It’s not a shame, it’s even an honor.
You must know that one of these two countries is one of the old powers that once dominated Europe, and the other is the current hegemon and second power in Central Europe.
These two countries already have relatively complete industrial systems, and their industrial strength is definitely at the level of great powers.
Although France's weakness is already obvious, Australia's steel production can reach one-sixth of France's, which is enough to prove how rapidly Australia's industry has developed.
You know, when the Principality of Australia was first established, the total steel production was less than 10,000 tons.
In just over two years since Arthur came to Australia, steel production has reached a terrifying level of more than 260,000 tons, and the total steel production has even exceeded 680,000 tons.
This level has even surpassed that of the island country that has undergone reforms for decades. In terms of steel production alone, it can already be called the top fifteen in the world.
Of course, this ranking is actually very false. The industrial scale of any major country is several times or even dozens of times that of Australia.
Hearing about the huge results in steel production, Arthur nodded with satisfaction.
Various construction and development projects in Australia require a large amount of steel production, and current steel production has only just been able to meet domestic construction and development needs.
For Australia, which has large and very rich mineral resources, the scale of industry can only be large and not small.
As long as there is a sufficient supply of mineral resources, Arthur's expectation for Australia's industry is to reach a level above that of the great powers.
Seeing that Arthur had nothing to ask, Minister Pierre continued: "At present, we have added three new industrial zones, bringing the total number to five. These five industrial zones are located in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. New South Wales is currently the only state with two industrial zones because of its larger population.” The
establishment of industrial zones previously depended on the population of each state. Especially in a state with a small population like Tasmania, there is no need to set up industrial zones for the time being.
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