PRINCIPLES. EVIDENCE. PROGRESS.
Our Vision
Our quality of life is improved by the continued application of reason, and by scientific discovery.
The Science Party aims to increase the opportunity for all individuals, and push society towards the pursuit of knowledge, for the benefit of all of humanity.
What We'll Do
- Double research funding to $18.4bn
- Create an Australian space agency
- Legalise driverless car testing
- Increase health research to end aging
- Needs based funding reforms
- Computer programming in schools
- Support disadvantaged schools
- Publicly funded extension school
- Close offshore detention centres
- Marriage equality
- Decriminalise drug use
- Treaty with Indigenous Australia
- Transparent, open government
- Whistleblower protection
- End metadata retention
- Secularism
- Anti-corruption commission
- Remove 50% capital gains tax discount
- Replace stamp duty with land tax
- Remove superannuation tax loopholes
- Affordable childcare for all
- 800% Renewable energy
- Carbon emissions trading scheme
- Promote density to improve house prices
- Bullet train: BNE-SYD-MEL
Recent Updates
Finalised rules on high power rockets and launch permits
The Australian Space Agency has finalised three sets of rules in support of the refreshed Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018:
- the Space (Launches and Returns)(General) Rules 2019, effective immediately;
- the Space (Launches and Returns)(High Power Rockets) Rules 2019, effective 30 June 2020; and
- the Space (Launches and Returns)(Insurance) Rules 2019, effective immediately.
The finalised Rules, together with refreshes of the Flight Safety Code and the Maximum Probable Loss Methodology, and the Act, have modernised access to and participation in space commerce for local sector participants.
Read moreSubmissions on Citizenship Loss
Download these submissions:
1. Submission to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill 2018 (PDF, 134 KB, 13 January 2019)
2. Submission to the Review of the Australian Citizenship renunciation by conduct and cessation provisions (PDF, 141 KB, 9 July 2018)
Submission to the Copyright Modernisation Consultation Paper
Download this submission:
Submission to the Copyright Modernisation Consultation Paper (PDF, 223 KB, 2 July 2018)
Submission on the program design for the International Space Investment (ISI) initiative
This submission was prepared jointly by the Science Party and Taha Khan, who shares our vision for an effective, competitive space sector.
In June 2019, the Australian Space Agency called for submissions in response to its draft program design for the International Space Investment (ISI) initiative, a program under the Advancing Space: Australian Civil Space Strategy 2019–28 to allocate $15 million in funding over a three year period. Applications are scheduled to open in September 2019.
The consultation sought views on the appropriateness of the initiative's program design and nominated priority counterpart agencies.
Our submission makes specific recommendations that would add transparency and certainty to the funding and application process, the assessment committee's composition, and the government's expected terms with successful applicants. A copy will appear here in full once the Space Agency has considered and published the submissions.
Read moreWhat if: Adani Mine Site vs Solar Farm
With approval for Adani’s Carmichael mine imminent, and a surge in support for renewable alternatives, a simple hypothetical arises:
What if the Adani mine site were covered with solar panels instead of holes?
To be clear, digging holes is part of Australian life1, and the special dirt that comes out can help keep our nation prosperous, but while some types of this dirt will remain important into the future2, some may contribute to catastrophe.3
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