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This is the budget that rage built, and it will slowly start to chip away at gender inequality but it’s not doing much for the…
Now might be the time for you to consider joining a political party – one that takes positions based on evidence rather than ideology, one…
This year’s budget may have seen welcome spending for aged care, the National Audit Office and childcare but there are some key areas, which were…
The Royal Commission into Aged Care has found significant fault in the aged care system as a whole and uncovered neglect, abuse, indifference, and poor…
The Climate Council released its report today – Kicking the Gas Habit: How gas is harming our health. The findings of the report were that children…
The refugee assessment program in Australia is in crisis.. the ‘fast track’ process for assessing legacy Irregular Maritime Arrival cases is four years behind schedule;the…
CURRENT PROJECTS
The ABC $58.6 million went to SBS, AAP, community broadcasting and the media regulator but the ABC’s funding will drop by $10 million for 2021-22. Former ABC…
New funding for mental health and suicide prevention, women’s health – including long-sought-after investment in endometriosis research and treatment – is welcome in this budget…
Action on climate change and reducing Australia’s emissions continues to treated without the sense of urgency that the crisis demands. That’s the main takeaway from…
The Defence budget climbed to $44.6 billion in this budget. Most of the new acquisition money is going into platforms that are arguably obsolete now…
The $17.7 billion package for aged care is welcome but it is $3.5 billion/year whereas the Royal Commission recommended an additional $10 billion a year…
The budget has done nothing to address the crisis in university funding. The Age newspaper reported that the budget contained $19 billion dollars for universities.…
ELECTION PLATFORMS
The Royal Commission into Aged Care found significant fault in the aged care system as a whole and uncovered neglect, abuse, indifference, and poor leadership.…
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce. It is multi-dimensional, reflecting the variety of social…
Australia needs a strong and independent defence force that does not “project power” over nations far from our shores. This would save $100 billion that…
Governments cannot simply buy innovation. Innovation occurs when the right conditions exist; groups of educated and entrepreneurial individuals working in an environment conducive to new ideas are incentivised to bring these ideas into new…
Why we need this. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that career politicians in the major parties have neither the will nor the capacity to serve…
Agriculture is the cornerstone of stable society and it is of national importance to ensure the viability of Australian agriculture for the benefit of all…
