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FCP Australia is a place for thoughtful writing and podcast conversations shaped by lived experience, conscience, and a concern for how decisions made at a distance affect ordinary Australians.
For most of my life, I was focused on family, work, faith, and getting on with life. Like many people, I trusted that our institutions broadly worked as they should. That changed during the COVID era, when policies began to touch children, vulnerable people, livelihoods, and conscience in very real ways.
Persistence Pays Off: Australia Day Ceremonies Return to 26 January in the Adelaide Hills
After nearly three years of letters, petitions, deputations and community pressure, Adelaide Hills Council has reversed course and will return citizenship and civic award ceremonies to 26 January from 2027.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Sep 1013 min read
THE MOUTHPIECE
In November 2021, AMA Queensland President Dr Chris Perry told Australians that life without vaccination would be “miserable” and that their livelihood was “on the line.” This investigation traces the medical ethics, government messaging and unanswered questions behind those words.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Sep 621 min read
They Said the Agents Were Isolated
OpenAI’s July containment failure showed what can happen when persistent AI agents find paths their designers did not intend. With South Australia partnering with OpenAI and preparing a Royal Commission into artificial intelligence, this article asks what safeguards, accountability and human oversight should be required before agentic AI is trusted with public authority.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Sep 127 min read
The State and the Sanctuary
India’s 2026 FCRA Amendment Bill would expand the state’s powers over foreign-funded assets when an organisation’s registration ends. After opposition from Christian leaders, minority representatives and state governments, the Bill is heading for further parliamentary scrutiny. What does the debate reveal about religious freedom, institutional independence and the proper limits of state authority?
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Aug 128 min read
The Fox Writing the Rules
Days after South Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI, Premier Peter Malinauskas announced a Royal Commission into artificial intelligence. The timing raises a larger question: as technological capability expands, how do we ensure government, industry and AI remain servants of the human person rather than its masters?
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Aug 1111 min read
What It Costs
How does a state grow without a single defining vote? Part Three examines Australian tax, debt, regulation, public administration and the Fabian concepts of gradualism and permeation, while asking what Australians receive in return.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Aug 1015 min read
The State We Actually Have
Part One traced Fabian socialism into Australian Labor. Part Two asks what that inheritance looks like in practice, examining public consent, union power, institutional loyalty and the gradual expansion of government influence across Australian political and civic life.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Aug 714 min read
Who Must Justify Their Existence?
George Bernard Shaw’s chilling 1931 remarks raise a question that reaches far beyond their time: who decides what makes a human life valuable? Part One examines Fabian socialism, gradualism, population thinking and the movement’s early connection to Australian Labor before turning to the Christian foundation of human dignity.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Aug 610 min read
Who Pays for the Cloud?
Australia is racing to build the data centres needed to power artificial intelligence. They promise investment, jobs and sovereign capability—but they also place large, concentrated demands on electricity, water and public infrastructure. This article asks who bears those costs, when communities are consulted, and what faithful stewardship should require before the next wave of construction is locked in.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Jul 2015 min read
The Accountability Gap
Governments routinely ask citizens to consent to medical treatment. During the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, Australia publicly affirmed a standard requiring consent to be voluntary, informed, and free from undue pressure. This article examines whether the conditions under which vaccination decisions were made consistently met that standard, drawing on regulatory records, parliamentary evidence, transparency requests, and the government's own published guidance.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Jul 1021 min read
Hidden in Plain Sight: Freedom of Information, the COVID Procurement Contracts, and Australia's Transparency Gap
Most Australians assume that if they wanted to understand what their government decided and why, they could simply ask. This second instalment in The Accountability Gap examines Australia's Freedom of Information framework, the secrecy surrounding COVID procurement contracts, and the structural barriers citizens encounter when they seek answers.
Mark Neugebauer - FCP Australia
Jul 115 min read
These annexures are shared for transparency and historical context. They reflect my thinking at the time they were written, not necessarily my current conclusions.
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