Policies

• For a carbon price

  55 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For a citizenship test

  3 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For a declared area offence

  5 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For a fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy

  32 divisions edited 19 days ago

• For a Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

  3 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration

  2 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For a Free Trade Agreement with China

  4 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For a minerals resource rent tax

  22 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For a national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors

  2 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For a plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism

  1 division edited about 4 years ago

• For a publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land

  2 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For a review of our representatives' eligibility

  4 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For a review of parliamentary entitlements

  2 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For a Royal Commission into banking

  4 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability

  5 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For a same-sex marriage plebiscite

  4 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For a travel ban on people from certain countries

  1 division edited over 1 year ago

• For Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin

  27 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)

  6 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For an emissions reduction fund

  5 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For an inquiry into the Iraq War

  2 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For an NBN (using fibre to the premises)

  4 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic

  3 divisions edited 4 months ago

• For Australia's timber industry

  7 divisions edited 2 months ago

• For banning all investment in cluster munitions

  2 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For banning new thermal coal mines

  6 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For buffer zones around abortion clinics

  2 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia

  3 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For building community climate change resilience

  4 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For carbon farming

  8 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For changing the date of Australia Day

  7 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

  3 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For charging postgraduate research students fees

  4 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples

  9 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites

  3 divisions edited about 1 month ago

• For compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack

  2 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)

  3 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission

  14 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For criminalising "revenge porn"

  3 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For decreasing ABC and SBS funding

  15 divisions edited 2 months ago

• For decreasing availability of welfare payments

  37 divisions edited 5 months ago

• For decreasing the gender pay gap

  6 divisions edited 5 months ago

• For decreasing the private health insurance rebate

  18 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For deregulating undergraduate university fees

  5 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers

  9 divisions edited 4 months ago

• For drug testing welfare recipients

  9 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For encouraging Australian-based industry

  18 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct

  2 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For ending illegal logging

  6 divisions edited 11 months ago

• For ending immigration detention on Manus Island

  11 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For ending immigration detention on Nauru

  14 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For equal treatment for all couples

  3 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For expanding Medicare-funded dental care

  3 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For extending government benefits to same-sex couples

  6 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For federal action on public housing

  7 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For for increasing the Youth Allowance rate

  8 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For funding the national school chaplaincy program

  3 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates

  6 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass

  4 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan

  1 division edited about 4 years ago

• For giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains

  3 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For government action on animal & plant extinctions

  8 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For government administered paid parental leave

  7 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres

  2 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations

  5 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For high speed rail on the east coast

  1 division edited about 4 years ago

• For implementing refugee and protection conventions

  37 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work

  4 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For increasing Aboriginal land rights

  9 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For increasing access to medicinal cannabis products

  4 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment

  20 divisions edited 27 days ago

• For increasing access under Freedom of Information law

  6 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For increasing accessibility of government data and documents

  80 divisions edited 27 days ago

• For increasing availability of abortion drugs

  7 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For increasing beef import standards

  2 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For increasing competition in bulk wheat export

  7 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For increasing consumer protections

  27 divisions edited 2 months ago

• For increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship

  3 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For increasing federal government support for child care

  4 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For increasing fishing restrictions

  11 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For increasing freedom of political communication

  13 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For increasing funding for legal aid

  3 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For increasing funding for public schools

  3 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For increasing funding for road infrastructure

  6 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For increasing funding for university education

  12 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For increasing funding for vocational education

  6 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For increasing government support for the dairy industry

  8 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For increasing housing affordability

  6 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts

  4 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For increasing investment in renewable energy

  50 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For increasing investment in the coal industry

  31 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For increasing legal protections for LGBTI people

  4 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For increasing marine conservation

  43 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For increasing or removing the Government debt limit

  9 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators

  6 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For increasing penalties for breach of data

  2 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For increasing political transparency

  8 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites

  9 divisions edited 2 months ago

• For increasing protection of Australia's fresh water

  58 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For increasing restrictions on gambling

  13 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management

  40 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For increasing scrutiny of unions

  7 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For increasing support for community radio and TV

  1 division edited over 5 years ago

• For increasing surveillance powers

  24 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For increasing the age pension

  7 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For increasing the diversity of media ownership

  15 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income

  6 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%

  2 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%

  3 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

  2 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For increasing the Newstart Allowance rate

  18 divisions edited 11 months ago

• For increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')

  3 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For increasing the price of subsidised medicine

  3 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For increasing the price of tobacco

  1 division edited almost 4 years ago

• For increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace

  30 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For increasing transparency of big business by making information public

  15 divisions edited 20 days ago

• For increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship

  6 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For investing in climate science

  2 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration

  9 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For legalising euthanasia

  1 division edited almost 2 years ago

• For legalising pepper spray

  2 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)

  150 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions

  4 divisions edited about 3 years ago

• For live animal export

  17 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For local community consultation on infrastructure projects

  3 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin

  1 division edited over 1 year ago

• For maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding

  3 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For maintaining or increasing defence spending

  2 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For making Australians working overseas repay their student debts

  1 division edited over 4 years ago

• For making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use

  27 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For making sanitary items GST-free

  2 divisions edited about 3 years ago

• For making the cashless debit card program voluntary

  3 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences

  3 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For more scrutiny of intelligence services & police

  30 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force

  4 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For nuclear energy

  3 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For offshore oil mining

  10 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia

  4 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads

  1 division edited about 1 month ago

• For parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic

  2 divisions edited 3 months ago

• For pill testing

  2 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For political interference in research funding

  4 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)

  3 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For prioritising religious freedom

  3 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For privatising government assets

  8 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For privatising government services

  10 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For privatising the ABC

  3 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For promoting multiculturalism

  3 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements

  7 divisions edited 13 days ago

• For protecting citizens' privacy

  7 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For protecting the Great Barrier Reef

  18 divisions edited 5 months ago

• For protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats

  15 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For protecting whales within Australian waters

  5 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For protecting whistleblowers

  10 divisions edited 11 months ago

• For public transport

  8 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For putting a time limit on immigration detention

  3 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards

  21 divisions edited 6 months ago

• For re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals

  4 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For recognising local government in the Constitution

  4 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For reducing air pollution

  5 divisions edited 10 months ago

• For reducing personal income tax

  2 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For reducing the corporate tax rate

  7 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For refugee family reunification

  3 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For regional processing of asylum seekers

  32 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For removing children from immigration detention

  12 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For removing parallel import restrictions for books

  1 division edited about 4 years ago

• For requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records

  9 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements

  2 divisions edited about 3 years ago

• For requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments

  3 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For restricting donations to political parties

  24 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For restricting foreign ownership

  16 divisions edited 9 months ago

• For revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister

  2 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For same-sex marriage equality

  18 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For Senate electoral reform

  6 divisions edited about 4 years ago

• For speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

  161 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For stem cell research

  6 divisions edited almost 6 years ago

• For stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years

  4 divisions edited 11 months ago

• For stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia

  2 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation

  14 divisions edited 20 days ago

• For storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies

  3 divisions edited over 4 years ago

• For strengthening gun control laws

  6 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

  163 divisions edited 6 days ago

• For targeting foreign interference in Australia

  7 divisions edited 7 months ago

• For technology neutral emission reduction targets

  1 division edited about 3 years ago

• For Temporary Exclusion Orders

  2 divisions edited about 1 year ago

• For temporary protection visas

  14 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

  11 divisions edited almost 4 years ago

• For the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

  27 divisions edited 8 months ago

• For the Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")

  5 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For the Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH

  2 divisions edited about 3 years ago

• For the Intervention in the Northern Territory

  20 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For the Paris Climate Agreement

  4 divisions edited 10 months ago

• For the right to protest

  2 divisions edited about 2 years ago

• For the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

  7 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For the use of strong encryption technologies

  5 divisions edited over 1 year ago

• For tighter means testing of family payments

  15 divisions edited over 3 years ago

• For tobacco plain packaging

  4 divisions edited almost 2 years ago

• For transgender rights

  3 divisions edited 4 months ago

• For treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency

  41 divisions edited 5 months ago

• For turning back asylum boats when possible

  9 divisions edited over 2 years ago

• For unconventional gas mining

  46 divisions edited about 2 months ago

• For universal access to abortion services

  4 divisions edited 10 months ago

• For uranium export

  17 divisions edited over 5 years ago

• For using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians

  2 divisions edited over 4 years ago

• For voluntary student union fees

  10 divisions edited almost 3 years ago

• For withdrawing troops from Afghanistan

  2 divisions edited over 2 years ago

See also draft policies.