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A response to the Digital Rights Watch 2019 federal election survey
Posted by Andrea Finno · May 07, 2019 8:00 AM
In the 2016 federal election we were featured on the EFA's score card regarding digital rights. Unfortunately we weren't afforded this opportunity with the 2019 score card published by Digital Rights Watch. While we understand it can be difficult for a small organisation to collect, collate and distribute this information, we also feel it is important to inform people of our position.
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Australia should build new cities if we want to protect our environment and increase quality of life
Posted by James Jansson · May 06, 2019 8:38 PM
Our cities are straining. They are sprawling ever further out. This means that we need more transport infrastructure per person as people have to travel further and further. Housing costs are increasingly unaffordable.
But there is a solution: build new cities with new ideas, which is what the Science Party plans to do. We'll build Turing between between Sydney and Canberra on a high-speed rail line.
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Science Party Treaty Policy
Posted by Andrea Leong · May 05, 2019 10:14 AM
Science Party policy is to establish a Treaty Organisation to develop a treaty or treaties for ratification by Parliament and Indigenous groups in Australia. This Treaty Organisation will allow for real and meaningful agreements with Governments and traditional owners and groups. Read our policy here.
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Climate Changes Cities
Posted by Andrea Leong · May 05, 2019 9:50 AM
This blog post is also shared as a video.
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When we think of climate change, we probably think of the effect on our land, waterways and oceans, which is of course a huge aspect of climate change. That's our cultural heritage at risk; and agriculture makes up 14% of our exports, so climate stability for us is food security and economic security.
But climate change impacts our cities as well, and that's a big deal, because 90% of Australians live in cities.
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Sydney Candidates Forum
Posted by Aaron Hammond · April 13, 2019 3:59 PM
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the Sydney Candidates Forum where Labor's Tanya Plibersek, the Greens' Matt Thompson, and I, told a packed room of locals our visions for the future.
We covered climate change, corruption, and housing issues, as well as various questions from the floor.
Read on to hear my thoughts...
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The road ahead and our path on it
Posted by Andrea Leong · March 19, 2019 1:45 PM
By Andrea Leong, Science Party Leader
I was at the School Strike for Climate when I heard the devastating news from Christchurch. It was a clash of the best and worst of humanity. We heard more throughout the day, with the death toll finally reported at 49. Dozens of lives lost to violence fuelled by white supremacist ideology.
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It's no yolk: Egging shows the high risk of pollies endorsing violence
Posted by James Jansson · March 18, 2019 3:19 PM
It was only an egg, thankfully. Politicians routinely interact with large numbers of people. They aren't all background checked and security scanned. Some of those people hold grudges. It's a good thing that the public can walk up to a pollie and have a go, speak their mind and make for interesting news. -
Response to the Christchurch shooting
Posted by Andrea Leong · March 17, 2019 11:58 AM
Our deepest sympathies are with everyone affected by Friday's terror attack in Christchurch.
The Science Party condemns the violent actions of the shooter, and we commend the professional response from the New Zealand police and government during and after the attack.
We support the evidence-based call to not share the shooter's video or manifesto, and call on the media to refrain from sensationalism.
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The Medevac Bill and what comes next
Posted by Andrea Leong · February 14, 2019 9:34 PM
The medical evacuation bill has passed both houses of parliament, and that's a good thing for the people who are currently detained on Manus Island or Nauru. Many thanks to the activists who kept this issue constantly in the public eye.
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Sovereign Risk
Posted by Aaron Hammond · February 07, 2019 12:30 PM
Chris Bowen has finally provided some certainty in Labor’s stance on stopping the Adani coal mine: “Not on my watch,” he said, fearing sovereign risk; as though it were the one political frontier we can never cross. But that horse has long since bolted.