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

Science & Technology

Double research funding to $18.4bn
Create an Australian space agency
Legalise driverless car testing
Increase health research to end aging

Education

Needs based funding reforms
Computer programming in schools
Support disadvantaged schools
Publicly funded extension school

Rights

Close offshore detention centres
Marriage equality
Decriminalise drug use
Treaty with Indigenous Australia

Good government

Transparent, open government
Whistleblower protection
End metadata retention
Secularism
Anti-corruption commission

Economy

Remove 50% capital gains tax discount
Replace stamp duty with land tax
Remove superannuation tax loopholes
Affordable childcare for all

Environment & Infrastructure

800% Renewable energy
Carbon emissions trading scheme
Promote density to improve house prices
Bullet train: BNE-SYD-MEL

Recent Updates

Nostalgia

Posted by · November 02, 2019 2:42 PM

Without forgetting that some structural inequities have a long history and continue to this day, our 2019 senate candidate Greg Parker recounts some of the Australian institutions that are being whittled away. Now retired, Greg's professional experience includes working in Indigenous Housing and in the Job Network.

Photo: Greg Parker
Image: supplied

Submission on the adequacy of Newstart and related payments

Posted by · October 15, 2019 4:57 PM

Download this submission:

Submission to the Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia (PDF, 200 KB, 13 September 2019)

See all the submissions on the inquiry website.

Finalised rules on high power rockets and launch permits

Posted by · September 05, 2019 8:00 AM

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.