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
Science Party Vision
The Science Party believes that our quality of life is improved primarily through technological developments, sourced through a scientific approach to knowledge in the context of democracy and peace. Technological development is something that we can all be excited about and should try to accelerate. We, as a society and as individuals, should plan for the future in order to maximise the benefit we derive from our technological development. We see innovation, education and economic reforms as key to the success of Australia.
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Recent Updates
Submission to the Religious Freedom Review 2018
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Submission to the Religious Freedom Review 2018 (PDF, 138 KB, 14 February 2018)
A review into religious freedom announced late last year was explicitly linked to concerns raised during the marriage equality debate. Should bakers be able to refuse to bake cakes for gay weddings without the risk of legal repercussions? We suggest not.
Read moreSecular Policy Announcement
Secular Government is one of the Science Party's twelve core principles and today we announce a suite of policies to further this objective. These policies affect areas including taxation, education, healthcare, and child protection.
Read moreMedia release: Bennelong By-Election Candidate, Science Party Leader James Jansson
For immediate release
The Science Party has announced that it will field a candidate for the upcoming Bennelong by-election. Party leader Dr James Jansson will contest the seat on a platform of open and efficient government, housing affordability, and increased funding for science, technology and education.
Read moreA federal anti-corruption watchdog is long overdue
No matter the frequency or severity of scandals that emerge from federal government, the major political parties can always agree on one thing: we don't need to do anything about it.
Read moreDual citizenship and eligibility for parliament
The shock resignation of both Deputy Co-Leaders of the Australian Greens over dual citizenship kicked off bizarre scenes in Canberra. While the saga drags on, the Science Party has defined its views on section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution:
- dual citizens should be eligible for nomination, and renounce their second citizenship if elected to federal parliament; and
- dual citizenship of another country that was gained without the person's knowledge, if the person was not born there and did not apply for citizenship, should not be considered a breach of section 44(i).