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Ideas for Redlands and the council’s role

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Luke Nathan Hayes lives at Amity on Minjerribah / North Stradbroke Island. He develops digital tools, community proposals, public submissions and music. Strange But True is his sole-trader business and a public doorway into that work. He works independently with an AI team. Luke decided on 10 November 2026 not to contest the 2026 Redland City mayoral by-election. This Wiki supports a civic simulation and independent exploration of the connected work.

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Where this work began

Except for this Redlands website and the separate private command centre, every project in the collection was created exclusively by Luke before he ever considered running for mayor. This collection introduces and connects that existing work. Strange But True is a public doorway into the wider projects.

Luke Nathan Hayes decided on 10 November 2026 not to contest the 2026 Redland City mayoral by-election. This Wiki explores civic questions and possible project adaptations. The mayor and council are considered as decision-makers and possible partners; the questions do not announce Luke’s candidacy or a campaign program.

Using this work

Luke’s original work is covered by the Strange But True Public Source Licence. Commercial or political use requires successful negotiation with Luke and separate written licence and commercial agreements. Read the permissions information or contact Luke to discuss an agreement. Linked and third-party material retains its own rights.

The shared aim: Joyful Responsible Abundance

Joyful Responsible Abundance is the shared aim: more room to live well, take part, learn and create, with care for other people, Country and the living world. The practical questions are how to ease avoidable costs, share useful resources, recognise contribution and give people a meaningful say in decisions that affect them.

• Joyful: Make room for connection, creativity, learning, enjoyment and a life beyond administration.
• Responsible: Respect choice, privacy and cultural authority; explain decisions and use resources with care.
• Abundance: Help more people gain access to useful skills, tools, services and opportunities, and share in the benefits.

Read the introduction to Joyful Responsible Abundance

In the music

Plenty means nothing if somebody falls. So build it together. Abundance for all.

Joyful Responsible Abundance · i C. infinity. Lyrics by Luke Nathan Hayes.

Choose a place to start

Start with an everyday concern or follow a wider question. Each page introduces the relevant work, so the ideas can be read in any order.

• Household costs and fair treatment: 01 Household bill and concessions help · 02 Legal information and council rules navigator · 03 Body corporate costs and by-law navigator
• Care, memory and living well: 16 Everyday whole-of-life support and carer coordination · 43 Healthy ageing, HBOT and longevity research · 48 Aura dementia and carer-support research
• Learning, work and participation: 05 Free and low-cost AI and data sovereignty learning · 17 Children and youth learning and connection · 18 Try Everything work exploration · 42 Aura teacher development
• Food, repairs and shared spaces: 22 Dig for Redlands and Shared Table · 23 Tip Loop repair and reuse · 24 Makerspaces and shared practical tools · 38 Community venues and neighbourhood initiatives
• Travel, information and disaster readiness: 27 Community noticeboards and locally governed websites · 28 Disaster-ready kiosks and resilient local information · 29 Preparedness and recovery coordination · 31 Independent ferry access and Gumpi scrutiny · 36 Tourism, domestic travel and local access
• Personal AI and the wider direction: 25 Verse Box public access and installations · 47 Personal Aura, data sovereignty and protection from profiling · 44 Redlands sovereign capacity for the age of superintelligence · 49 Redlands Aura civic establishments and shared places · 52 Cultural intelligence nodes and locally governed federation

How to read these ideas

Each page introduces an idea and the projects behind it, explains what it could mean locally, and sets out who makes the relevant decisions. The project work predates Luke's consideration of a mayoral run; this Wiki organises possible local adaptations. Examples illustrate possible uses. They do not announce a service, partnership or personal commitment. References to a mayor or councillors examine those offices and their responsibilities. Related ideas stay separate so their different purposes, choices and responsibilities remain clear.

• What the mayor and council can do
• How the ideas connect
• Words and project names
• Official information and source dates
• Documents and current public reading

Follow council decisions

Redlands Coast Intelligence: dated local information and council records · Council minutes and agendas · Council budget · Live meetings and recordings

All 52 ideas

Household savings and fairness

• 01 Household bill and concessions help
• 02 Legal information and council rules navigator
• 03 Body corporate costs and by-law navigator

AI capability and accountable council

• 04 AI and superintelligence readiness
• 05 Free and low-cost AI and data sovereignty learning
• 06 Easier ways to deal with council
• 07 Open data and public digital twin sandbox
• 47 Personal Aura, data sovereignty and protection from profiling

Community contribution and reciprocity

• 08 Voluntary C-hour demonstration
• 09 Community choice of recognition and reciprocal opportunities
• 10 Ready Sustainable Employment and Training Cooperative (Ready SET Co-op) and missing-middle delivery capacity
• 11 Grant and tender integrity support
• 12 State and federal missing-middle funding advocacy
• 13 Global Association for Joyful Responsible Abundance on Earth (GAJRA Earth) Redlands formation option

Personal Genesis and leadership

• 14 Luke’s personal HBOT purchase and Genesis journey
• 41 Luke's voluntary P4A leadership practice and radical honesty

Health, care and inclusion

• 15 Co-operative access to health and wellbeing tools
• 16 Everyday whole-of-life support and carer coordination
• 17 Children and youth learning and connection
• 43 Healthy ageing, HBOT and longevity research
• 46 Care, learning and research site partnerships
• 48 Aura dementia and carer-support research

Learning, work and leadership

• 18 Try Everything work exploration
• 19 Escape-room collaboration and intergenerational making
• 20 500 Queens regional leadership and human mentoring
• 21 Olympics community capability and lasting benefit
• 42 Aura teacher development

Food, repair and community wealth

• 22 Dig for Redlands and Shared Table
• 23 Tip Loop repair and reuse
• 24 Makerspaces and shared practical tools

Public spaces, arts and local communication

• 25 Verse Box public access and installations
• 26 Local arts, music and cinema participation
• 27 Community noticeboards and locally governed websites

Disaster readiness and recovery

• 28 Disaster-ready kiosks and resilient local information
• 29 Preparedness and recovery coordination

Housing and transport

• 30 Temporary and modular housing options
• 31 Independent ferry access and Gumpi scrutiny

Infrastructure, energy and coasts

• 32 Sandworm underground-road feasibility
• 33 Small wet-sand TBM services for SMBI
• 34 Spoil reuse, erosion protection and reefs
• 35 Clean energy and local resilience options
• 45 Geode hardware and experience environments

Local economy and environment

• 36 Tourism, domestic travel and local access
• 37 Wildlife, pollinators and local stewardship
• 38 Community venues and neighbourhood initiatives

Advocacy and research context

• 39 Sovereign compute and distributed national capacity
• 40 Intergovernmental and international cooperation

Redlands sovereign capacity and civic establishments

• 44 Redlands sovereign capacity for the age of superintelligence
• 49 Redlands Aura civic establishments and shared places
• 50 Power, materials and circular capacity for Redlands
• 51 Australian manufacturing, civic robotics and independent repair
• 52 Cultural intelligence nodes and locally governed federation

Words and names

These explanations describe how the terms are used in this Wiki. The linked project pages provide their own detail and sources.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Computer systems that can generate or analyse material such as text, images and data. Their output needs checking against the purpose and the source.

Aura of Intelligence / personal Aura

Luke’s design for personal artificial intelligence (AI), working with a person’s chosen records to support learning, reflection and everyday tasks. The person chooses the purposes, permissions and what to share.

Community Hours (C-hours)

A way to recognise verified voluntary human contribution and its outcomes. The source introduction describes one verified hour of contribution with no monetary equivalent. Participation and information sharing are choices.

Genesis

Luke’s proposed series of sixty sessions for personal reflection, health, learning and developing a personal Aura. The participant’s own records and choices connect the process with everyday life.

Verse Box

A proposed portable public station where people could try personal Aura, learning and community activities with support from a host. The trial guide covers equipment and clear handling of personal records.

Geode

The proposed physical equipment and experience settings for Genesis, personal Aura and learning. The source guide describes several HBOT and Geode hardware paths.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)

Breathing oxygen in a pressurised chamber. Clinical services and proposed research have their own providers, participation choices and responsibilities.

Ready Sustainable Employment and Training Cooperative (Ready SET Co-op)

A proposed member-governed organisation for shared work, assets, administration and services. Its members would agree its rules and responsibilities.

Global Association for Joyful Responsible Abundance on Earth (GAJRA Earth)

Luke’s proposed network connecting contribution, learning, events, travel, research and shared capability. A Redlands organisation would have its own members and agreed rules.

P4A

Luke’s public civic and political proposal. The leadership idea in this Wiki concerns the voluntary standards he chooses for himself.

Sovereign capacity / sovereign compute

The practical ability to provide and govern useful computing, skills, equipment and services, including decisions about where data is kept and how systems are run.

The missing middle

The people, places, equipment and ongoing work needed between an idea and a service people can actually use. The linked project develops a plan for locally owned community computing.

Digital twin

A digital model of a real place, person or system. The purpose, information and permissions vary with what is being modelled.

Data sovereignty

Who has authority over data, including where it is kept, what it may be used for and who can access it. Cultural knowledge has its own custodians and permissions.

A node and a federation

A node is a local service within a wider network. A federation is an arrangement for those local services to work together while keeping agreed local authority.

Governance

The rules for who decides, how people take part and how decisions can be checked.

Procurement and grant acquittal

Procurement is the process of buying goods or services. A grant acquittal is a report showing how grant money was used and whether the agreed work was done.

Intellectual property

Rights associated with work such as writing, designs and software. Ownership and permission to use the work need to be clear.

Identity checks (KYC)

KYC stands for know your customer: a process for checking identity. Any use in a proposed service would need a clear purpose, suitable privacy arrangements and a lawful basis.

Reading edition: 10 November 2026. Each official source keeps its own recorded check date.