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Government | Economic Development | Industrial Relations
The Law | External Affairs Issues |
Social Issues | Local Issues
Good Government
A Federation of Equals: not just states driven from Canberra.
Better Representation: members to represent their constituents
before party solidarity.
Recall of Members: members who lose their confidence of their electorate
to be recalled by electorate.
MP Pension, Pay and Perks: should be brought into line with the rest
of Australia. Fixed Parliamentary Terms, that elections should be held on a
fixed date not a political convenience.
Citizen Initiatives: referendums to be held in conjunction with
Federal/State elections.
Cutting the Size of Governments: by reducing the duplication, red
tape and intrusions into the lives of individuals and businesses.
Federal Transfers: there should be guaranteed funding to states.
Tax Reform: reassessment and simplification of the system to
encourage increased reward for increased effort.
Government Contracting: contracts should be awarded on the basis of
merit not patronage.
Constitutional Reform: support the submission of constitutional
changes to referendum and not directly by parliament.
States Rights: that there is clarification of Federal and State
jurisdiction.
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Economic Development
Job Creation: real, permanent jobs, basically through the private
sector.
Balanced Budgets: by curbing the government expenditure no rising
taxes.
Spending Priorities: to be determined by real need.
Preserving Key Programs: especially social programs.
Economic Development: should nurture our human resources and
economic infrastructure and add value to our projects.
Sustainable Development: that all considerations carry equal weight
in assessesment of projects.
Infrastructure Development: should support long term economic
development, not create temporary jobs for political reasons.
Marketing Reform: agricultural producer organisations be controlled
by producers not government bureaucrats.
Fisheries: an economic and sustainable fishing industry.
Natural Resource Development: should proceed with minimum of
government single issue group interference.
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Good Industrial Relations
Unions: the right of workers to organise democratically, to bargain
collectively and to strike peacefully.
Workers Rights: Suitably qualified persons should be able to engage
in their chosen employment whether a member of a union or not.
Labour/Management Relations: that labour and management have a
common interest in ensuring the success of Australian enterprises.
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The Law
Criminal Justice: a fair system that adequately punishes real
criminals.
Victims Rights: that victims be allowed input into all criminal
cases.
Property Rights: that property rights be entrenched in
constitutions.
Firearm Laws: that actually improve public safety and uphold the
right of law abiding citizens to own and use firearms.
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External Affairs Issues
External Affairs: that Australian sovereignty and self determination
should remain in the hands of Australians and that neither should be signed
away to international assemblies unless authorised by referendum.
Trade Policies: should reflect the trade policies of our
competitors.
Defence: that there be a well trained and well equipped Australian
defence force of suitable size.
Foreign Aid: should be tied to projects to which there is only
Australian technical input and equipment used.
Agricultural Safety Nets: should protect producers from unfair
foreign trade subsidies and natural hazards.
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Social Issues
Family: the family is the very foundation of Australian society and
that government interference in this area be minimised.
Focusing Social Spending: to deliver maximum benefit for minimum
cost.
Alternatives to Welfare State: that viable alternatives to
government welfare be sought.
Health Care: that all Australians have access to quality health
care.
Multiculturalism: that all citizens and private groups have the
right to preserve their cultural heritage using their own resources.
Moral Issues: that moral issues such as abortion, euthanasia and
capital punishment etc., should be submitted to the people in referendum.
National Identity: all Australians should be encouraged to foster a
continuing sense of national identity and commitment.
Education: that a quality education system embracing civics, with an
emphasis on literacy and numeracy be available to all Australian children.
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Local Issues
- Law - make access to justice
available for all Australians, not simply the rich. Possibly with the
establishment of fixed hourly fees. Truth in sentencing laws.
- Police - establish adequate
police presence in rural and urban areas to enforce current laws. With
special attention to drugs and alchohol abuse, and violent crime.
Releasing police from the collection of traffic taxes.
- Government - governments to serve
fixed terms with elections at fixed dates. The subsequent savings to
be passed on to the people.
- Transport - infrastructure to be
adequately funded. Stop using transport taxes for general revenue.
- Education - development and
maintenance of existing buildings. Review of class sizes and equipment
for students use.
- Health - Adequate hospital
funding to enable proper health care, including mental and disabled
care.
- Water Levies - stop the further
development of levy fees on Dams and Bores used by the farming
community.
- Redevelop government departments
to assist rural industries.
- Water - open investigation of
the effect of logging in catchment areas.
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