The Australian Democrats are currently reviewing all of their policies as part of our rebuilding process.
Draft Policies open for Public Comment
The following draft policies have been releasesd by the Australian Democrats for public comment.
Biosecurity
Farm Management
Promoting and supporting the Arts through education
End of Life care and options
Reproductive health and sexual choice
A simplified classification system*
Supporting the Internet and technology industries*
Click on the name of the policy to open a PDF of the current draft language. You can comment on any of these policies be emailing policy@democrats.org.au. You can also join in forum discussion on the *two relevant policies on our campaign website, www.nointernetcensorship.com
Please note comment on these policies will close February 28. If required, changes will be made to the draft language before the policy is submitted for either further comment or membership ballot in March. If you are not a member and want to be involved in policy development or vote on the final policy, please join today.
If you would like to view past policies of the party you can check out our balloted policies or our action plans from the 2007 election.
If you are a member and want to contribute to the development of our new policies please get involved in the members forum or email policy@democrats.org.au.
All formal policies of the Australian Democrats are formulated in accordance with the principle of participatory democracy. They are finally determined by secret ballot of all members. This is not available to members of any other major political party in Australia.
