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Submission to the Commonwealth Government’s exposure draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill (PDF, 130 KB, 13 January 2017).

The Science Party is proud of its involvement in the push for marriage equality in Australia. Our latest effort is this submission which argues that civil celebrants should not have the right to refuse to perform a marriage on the basis that a couple is not made up of one man and one woman.

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Submission to the Inquiry into the 2016 Census (PDF, 122 KB, 21 September 2016)

The Science Party cares about the right to privacy as well as good data collection. The 2016 Census threatened both of these ideals with the introduction of dataset matching, leaving respondents vulnerable to having their data re-identified. Download our submission to the Inquiry into the 2016 Census above and see all of our blog posts on the subject.

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Submission to the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Capability Issues Paper (PDF, 333 KB, 9 September 2016)

The Science Party responded to the call for submissions to the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Capability Issues Paper. The Roadmap is a periodical initiative of the Office of the Chief Scientist that aims to identify research infrastructure priorities.

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Submission regarding Establishment of a National Integrity Commission (PDF, 49.2 KB, 20 April 2016)

Brendan Clarke, Science Party member and candidate for Berowra in the 2016 Federal Election, made this submission on behalf of the Science Party to the Senate Select Committee on the Establishment of a National Integrity Commission. The submission points out the successes of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and expresses support for a similar national body to oversee federal matters.

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Vision for a Science Nation ‐ Responding to STEM: Australia's Future (PDF, 235 KB)

"We at the Future Party are surprised that the government is even considering a review into science, considering its position on the funding of science and the decision to abolish the position of Science Minister."

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Tax White Paper submission (PDF, 338 KB, April 2015)

The Future Party made a submission to the 2015 Tax White Paper, with a focus on superannuation reform, abolishing the capital gains tax discount and creating a land tax.

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Submission to the Inquiry into and report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2013 Federal Election and matters related thereto (PDF, 175 KB, 12 April 2014)

Our submission to this inquiry argued that the Group Voting Ticket system for Senate voting needed reform. It incentivised the registration of non-serious parties and complicated preference deals not based on values or issues.

We also argued that simply making party registration more difficult would harm democracy. Establishing a new political party is no mean feat, especially when political party membership is uncommon in Australia (in 2010, only about 1% of Labor voters were signed-up party members).

We recommended an above-the-line voting system for the Senate ballot, which was indeed the solution implemented before the 2016 federal election.

Our assertion, along with two other small parties, that the 4% primary vote threshold for public funding is a barrier to entry was noted in the JSCEM's final report to the inquiry. This point was summarily dismissed on the basis that it was raised only a few minor parties.

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