What would you do with a billion bucks?

I am guessing you mean a brittish billion not an american billion...

in america a billion is one thousand millions...

in brittish terms a billion is a million millions...

soooooooooo I will take the british billion thanks...

and with a million millions I could do a great deal..

Firstly I would create a family trust account for myself my partner and our kids and also my ex husbands new family would have to be included... honestly couldnt favour some kids but not their siblings..and the generations to come...In that account I would park a neat hundred million... 80% of the interest would be divided between the people and 20% would be turned back in to build capital

that leaves 999 900 million to deal with...

I would create a second trust fund and park another hundred million in it.... this second trust fund would be for the establishment of a boarding and day school and post school day care for children and adults with brain injuries,,, (Yep you can tell I have a kid with a brain injury hey!) This hundred million would remain untouched but 90% of the interest each year would support the programme while 10% of the interest would be turned back in to build the capital......

that leaves 999 800 millions ahhhh....

I would create a third trust fund and deposit 800 millions in it and make this also a perpetual trust that supports a range of charitable organisations...

that leaves 999 000 millions ahhhhhh now what next...

I would then spend 100 millions on purchasing food and transportation for the food and take it to the nations that are starving.... I would do this through organisations already providing food...

I would spend 100 millions on purchasing farming equipment seeds, and tools, and general household machines and take them to the places that needed them too.

I would purchase well drilling machines and hire crews to travel to places where well were needed along with all the accessories that go along with wells....

I would build large community buildings in every aboriginal community in Australia that are each designed by the members of the community to enable them to live in the manner to which they would prefer..... ie possibly even two or three large shelters where people could work sleep live how they like rather than trying to enforce european standard housing on them... Also suitable ablutions blocks and laundry facilities too.

I would also create an education system for aboriginal people that enables them to remain within their family support systems while they attend higher education...this education system would provide facilities for young parents to bring their kids to school with them...to encourage them to continue with their education..The aim of the education system will be to encourage all aboriginal people to get all the education they would like to have right through to tertiary level... without them having to leave their own country... so that eventually the whole system will support itself... producing the teachers and trainers and lecturers that are needed. I would create a perpetual trust for this as well and deposit 1000 millions in it...

I would create a perpetual trust with another 1000 millions and with 75% of the interest from this fund I would provide the wages and associated costs for doctors and nurses to travel throughout the outback and attend to the medical needs and health education needs of the communities. The 25% interest left over would be turned back in to increase the capital so that every year there is more money to meet increasing costs.

ahh there is so much to do and so little time......