PRINCIPLES. EVIDENCE. PROGRESS.
- Double research funding to $18.4bn
- Create an Australian space agency
- Legalise driverless car testing
- Increase health research to end aging
- Implement Gonski 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
- Remove 50% capital gains tax discount
- Replace stamp duty with land tax
- Remove superannuation tax loopholes
- Affordable childcare for all
- Renewable energy
- Carbon emissions trading scheme
- Promote density to improve house prices
- Bullet train: BNE-SYD-MEL
Recent Updates
Report of the outgoing Leader, James Jansson
The beginning
Six years ago, I was overseas in Europe, travelling largely by myself which gave me a long time to think. I was thinking about the report that I had just given at a Glasgow conference, which focused heavily on longevity. In this case, I was showing that people with HIV were living a long time and that currently available treatments were largely sufficient to treat those with HIV into old age.
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It was all wentworth it!
The Wentworth by-election saw a historic swing away from the Liberal Party. Wentworth was, until Saturday, one of the safest blue-ribbon seats in the country.
Independence is paramount for the ABC
OPINION
The legends at ABC Friends sent a questionnaire to the Wentworth by-election candidates to gauge their support for the national public broadcaster. I've been listed as a "moderate" supporter, which is justifiable because of how I answered two questions relating to funding.
Here's what I think, so you can make your own judgement:
Read moreTransparent Government
When we discuss good government, transparency is usually a feature we value. It seems the coalition also values transparency, but in a much more literal sense…
If they make information invisible, perhaps we won’t notice their terrible actions.
Where has our government gone?
This is a guest blog post by Alex Lester.
If you think that the revolving door of Australian prime ministers is a cause for concern, what's even more shocking is what's happened in the Senate. Here it seems to be difficult for people to even stay with the same party, let alone the same leader.
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