Supporting the Indigenous Voice
Our submission: The Australian Democrats strongly support a First Nations Voice proposed by the Uluru Statement from the Heart. As Professor Marcia Langton says, the only way to overcome the …
Relocation policy on the run
The Government’s Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job scheme – to provide a financial incentive for people to relocate to rural areas to take up seasonal work on farms …
Fossil-fuelled divisiveness
The PM reached a new low this week, pitting rural people against city-dwellers over action on global warming. He said: We will not achieve net zero in the cafes, dinner …
Increase the minimum wage in female-dominated awards and raise the wages of the lowest earners in the workforce, the majority being women.
Holgate: A gender issue? Absolutely.
Bullied out of her job, humiliated and unlawfully stood down, Christine Holdgate deserves justice. As everyone knows, Scott Morrison directed that she stand down – one of the most public, …
Had enough?
Have you had enough of vested interests running the country? Sick of divisive, partisan politics? Think it’s way time for serious action on global warming? Got the sense the major …
Biden: you’re invited
President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to his virtual Whitehouse Summit on Climate in 2 week’s time. It remains to be seen who turns up and it will …
Feminist Foreign Affairs
Why we need a feminist foreign policy Australia is still a long way from having equal representation in the Parliament and this matters because the evidence shows that increased female …
Will Andrews drop 501 deportations?
Dutton is finally gone and Home Affairs has a new minister, Karen Andrews. The question now is whether she will follow in the needlessly hardline footsteps of her predecessor or …
More listening, less lecturing to young people
The new National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds, says children and young people are speaking up about their experiences of abuse and now we must act on what they say. They …