If you're tired of the way electoral candidates are presented either through the media or their own advertising and would like something meatier than a 15 second sound byte, usually about why you shouldn't trust the other guy then, the Australian Student Christian Movement WA have put together a great resource outlining many of the parties policies about some key issues. I have reproduced most of that page below.
What is your vision for how government can best benefit the poor?
What is your vision for how government can best benefit the poor?
- Issue information: Vision (pdf - 22KB)
- Collated response: Vision (pdf - 32KB)
How do you intend to address global poverty? Will you be increasing Australia’s aid budget to at least 0.7% of GDP?
- Issue information: Global Inequality (pdf - 28KB)
- Collated response: Global Inequality (pdf - 33KB)
Links to more information:
- Poverty History Report Card (pdf) (compares policies of four major parties)
- AusAID Intro to Australian government aid program
How do you propose to support humanitarian entrants to Australia, including those who arrive informally to seek asylum?
- Issue information: Asylum Seekers (pdf - 26KB)
- Collated response: Asylum Seekers (pdf - 34KB)
Links to more information:
- CARAD Frequently Asked Questions
- Amnesty International Australia – refugees – Q&A
- Immigration Department detention statistics (Oct 2007) (pdf)
- A Just Australia comparison of party policies
- A Just Australia score sheet
- Issue information: Housing (pdf - 33KB)
- Collated response: Housing (pdf - 40KB)
Links to more information:
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Homeless People in SAAP: SAAP National Data Collection Annual Report 2004–05 (pdf)
- Real Estate Institute Australia 2007 market outlook (pdf)
- Shelter WA 2004 paper ‘State of Affordable Housing in WA’ (pdf)
- Youth Facts & Stats – Homelessness
- Tenants Advice Service WA
What is your national anti-poverty strategy?
- Issue information: Anti-Poverty Strategy (pdf - 29KB)
- Collated response: Anti-Poverty Strategy (pdf - 36KB)
How will you ensure low-income earners are supported through the tax and welfare system? Will you be introducing a less punitive welfare system?
- Issue information: Tax and Welfare (pdf - 29KB)
- Collated response: Tax and Welfare (pdf - 41KB)
How does your industrial relations policy protect the powerless, support family life and ensure adequate income for all?
- Issue information: Workplace Law (pdf - 31KB)
- Collated response: Workplace Law (pdf - 45KB)
Links to more information:
- Queensland Industrial Relations Commission Final Report: Inquiry into the Impact of Work Choices on Queensland Workplaces, Employees and Employers, 29 January 2007 (pdf) (report in full 2MB). An Executive Summary is available here (pdf - 87KB).
What policies do you have to support the development of indigenous Australians, including closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians’ health and well-being?
- Issue information: Indigenous (pdf - 29KB)
- Collated response: Indigenous (pdf - 43KB)
Links to more information:
What is your party’s policy response to student poverty and high levels of debt?
- Issue information: Student Poverty (pdf - 28KB)
- Collated response: Student Poverty (pdf - 32KB)
Links to more information:
How will you ensure universal access to high-quality education and health care?
Health
Health
- Issue information: Education (pdf - 25KB)
- Collated response: Education (pdf - 44KB)
Links to more information:
- Australian Medical Association Key Health Issues for 2007 Election (pdf)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics Health Care Delivery & Funding 2006
- Australian Nursing Journal Federal Election articles
- Doctors Reform Society Policy Statements
Education
- Issue information: Health (pdf - 26KB)
- Collated response: Health (pdf - 35KB)
Links to more information:
- March 2007 article about HECS in The Age
- Australian Bureau of Statistics report ‘Education and Work 2006’
- Australian Bureau of Statistics report ‘Schools 2006’
What is your plan to reduce Australia’s negative environmental impacts?
- Issue information: Environment (pdf - 29KB)
- Collated response: Environment (pdf - 63KB)
Links to more information:
What is your position regarding the loss of civil rights brought about by recent anti-terrorism legislation?
- Issue information: Civil rights and Anti-terrorism (pdf - 28KB)
- Collated response: Civil Rights and Anti-Terrorism (pdf - 29KB)
Links to more information:
How do you intend to work for peace, especially in Iraq and in our region?
- Issue information: Peace in our Region (pdf - 24KB)
- Collated response: Peace in our Region (pdf - 46KB)
Links to more information:
Responses by Party The full responses as received by the parties are available here.
- Australian Democrats (pdf - 69KB)
- Christian Democrats (pdf - 51KB)
- Coalition (pdf - 572KB)
- Family First (pdf - 7KB)
- Greens (pdf - 55KB)
- Socialist Alliance (pdf - 38KB)
- Socialist Equality (pdf - 38KB)
- Liberal
- Labor
- Nationals
- Democrats
- Greens
- Family First
- Socialist Equality Party
- Socialist Alliance
- Christian Democrats
- Uniting Church
- Anglican
- Catholic
- Centre for Ethical Studies - they are also collating responses from parties on justice issues
- Young Christian Workers (pdf)
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