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LABOR COALITION
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Climate change and environment
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction target
25% below 2000 levels by 2020 if
60% reduction on 1990 levels by A minimum of 40% reduction on
gglobal agreement. Otherwise 5%‐
g 5% below 1990 levels
2020 May need to be higher
2020. May need to be higher 1990 levels by 2020
1990 levels by 2020
15% below 2000 levels
Renewable energy target, investment
Immediate and large‐scale public Ensure that renewable electricity
20% Mandatory Renewable Energy 20% Mandatory Renewable Energy
investment for 100% renewable provides 30% of national demand by
Target by 2020 Target by 2020
energy by 2020 2020
Water
ae
National review of social, economic
and ecological impacts of Australian
No privatisation of water and Implementing Water for the
water allocations and water trading
water infrastructure; no trading of Future plan; promise to bridge any
systems; ensure water trading
water “rights” for speculative remaining gap between water Buy 150 billion litres of water on
systems are based on scientific
purposes; create an all‐round returned to the Murray‐Darling the short‐term water market to
studies of the hydrological systems
water conservation plan; restore
water conservation plan; restore basin and volume required to be
basin and volume required to be flow into Murray‐Darling system
flow into Murray‐Darling system
involved (both surface water and
adequate river flows; full support returned by the Murray‐Darling
groundwater), and that water
to affected communities Basin Authority
trading boundaries and allocations
are ecologically appropriate
Poverty, unemployment and welfare
Work Bonus for age pensioners
who choose to do part time work;
Lift all welfare payments above Simplify the system of targeted "relocation assistance" to $200 voucher to couples getting
the poverty line, create useful jobs pensions and allowances into a unemployed; increase family married that can be utilised on a
in housing, public transport and universal guaranteed adequate payments to support teenagers; marriage education, counselling or
renewable energy. income scheme spread income management to parenting program
non‐Indigenous communities;
tougher rules for jobseekers
Health
Boost funding for preventative Establish National Health and
Develop a community‐controlled
care; free dental care; end Universal access to publicly funded Hospitals Network; Australian
public hospital system; commit the
subsidies to private insurers; primary dental care; develop a government the dominant funder
Federal Government to fund set
expand community‐based health National Health Care Strategy, with a of public hospitals; takeover
share of public hospital services;
; g
care networks; boost funding on p y
focus on primary health care g p y ;
funding for GP and primary care;
fund 2800 new public beds
fund 2800 new public beds
mental health. takeover funding for aged care
Housing
Tackle homelessness and the
200,000 housing shortfall with a Develop a national housing plan and
21,000 social housing over four
social and community housing significantly increase funding to Nothing
yyears
program Cap rent and mortgage
program. Cap rent and mortgage public
public and community housing
and community housing
repayments at 20% of income.
Election 2010: Policy Summary from Left to Right
LABOR COALITION
Asylum seekers and refugees
Reintroduce TPVs, all processing to
Honour Australia’s UNHCR
be offshore, reopen Nauru
obligations; close detention Abolish mandatory and indefinite Maintain Christmas Island and
detention centre, turn boats back
centres; end “excisions” of detention of asylum seekers; end create other detention centres,
"where circumstances allow",
Australian territory; end “excisions” of Australian territory; including in East Timor
mutual obligation for benefits,
deportations.
restore 45‐day rule
Afghanistan, foreign policy
Bring back all troops from Iraq and
Remove troops from Afghanistan;
Afghanistan; isolate apartheid Maintain presence in Afghanistan:
ensure Australia acts decisively Possibly increase Australian
Israel; end ANZUS; boost support increased projection of
within UN supported operations; ; presence in Afghanistan
development and climate change Australia in the region
Regional Non‐Aggression Pact
aid to poor countries.
Public transport
Boost investment in suburban and Raise the rail network to standard Feasibility study to determine the
Would undertake a feasibility study
high‐speed intercity rail. Make which allows the operation of fast economic viability of high speed
into high speed rail. Increased road
public transport free and freight and passenger trains, rail network. Increased road
funding
frequent. including between capital cities. funding
Indigenous
Maintain NT Intervention. Establish
a Director‐General of Indigenous
Policy Implementation; referendum
to recognise Indigenous Australians
Repeal the Northern Territory Maintain NT Intervention; instal
in Constitution; new Indigenous
intervention laws; abolish welfare National Congress of Australia's
Dental Partnership; expand
quarantining; no uranium waste
quarantining; no uranium waste Compensate Stolen Generation; end
Compensate Stolen Generation; end First Peoples; $20 million to reduce
First Peoples; $20 million to reduce
example of Noel Pearson‐inspired
dumps; close the gap in Aboriginal the NT intervention; action to close drug and acohol abuse; Indigenous
Cape York Family Responsibilities
health, education and housing by the gap Economic Development Strategy;
Commission; expand capacity of
2020. Compensate Stolen Expert Panel on Indigenous
Aboriginal Employment Strategy;
Generation and stolen wages Constitutional Recognition
fast‐track school boarding facilities;
support the growth of tourism;
reverse ALP "theft" of Cape York
wild rivers
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex rights
Marriage rights for same‐sex
Marriage for all; equal right to No recognition of non‐ No recognition of non‐
couples; full rights for trans and
parenting; Identity recognition hetersosexual marriage hetersosexual marriage
intersex people
Workers rights
Maintain Fair Work Act (bans Work Choices is "dead, buried,
pattern bargaining, restricts cremated", but if in power could
Abolish the Howard‐era ABCC and Repeal 45D / E of TPA, protect right
allowables matters in awards, reintroduce Work Choices content
scrap all anti‐union laws. to strike, abolish secret ballots,
restricts right of entry, severely via regulation (i.e., without
Recognise workers’ rights in law. guarantee right of entry
restricts industrial action); Fair amending or repealing Fair Work
Entitlements Guarantee Act)
LABOR COALITION
Parental leave
Parental leave
26 weeks paid parental leave, at
Legislated period of two years to
full replacement wage (up to
enable sharing of leave between
$150,000 maximum); include
parents; additional period of leave Eligible working parents of babies
26 weeks’ leave ‐ paid for by the superannuation contributions;
up to three months for the non‐ born or adopted 18 weeks’
Federal Government, with payments allow two out of the 26 weeks to be
birth parent on a use‐it or lose‐it parental leave pay at the federal
made at the minimum wage, plus dedicated paternity leave (usable
; p
basis; scheme portable for g , $
minimum wage, around $544 a
superannuation simultaneously or separately), paid
simultaneously or separately) paid
workers; fund managed publicly, week, from 1 January 2011
at father’s replacement wage up to
which employers pay into
$150,000 maximum, plus
according to sliding scale
superannuation.
Education
Disability support
Self‐determination;
10‐year National Disability Strategy Education card for students with
Expand disability services Social participation;
(COAG plan) disabilities
Appropriate services;
Child care
Pay childcare rebate fortnightly
instead of quarterly; create
A massive expansion of funding Seek to have the Child Care Rebate
nationally consistent early
for community/employee‐ paid weekly; reintroduce
education standards; Improve staff‐
controlled, good quality, free child‐ indexation of the Child Care
Improve the affordability of to‐child ratios in childcare centres;
care services in communities and Rebate; oppose unnecessary
childcare for low and middle income cut fees for students taking
workplaces, funded by employers ranking measures for Child Care
families Diploma and Advanced Diploma
in large workplaces; services to Centres; review the National
courses in Children s Services;
courses in Children’s Services;
i l d f h
include after‐hours, vacation and
i d Q li A d f E l Childh d
Quality Agenda for Early Childhood
improve wages and conditions to
occasional care Education and Care
assist in the recruitment of new
qualified workers
Women
Pay equity now; remove abortion
No discrimination; Equal pay for
from the criminal code; National plan to reduce violence
l k i ht t h f il
equal work; right to choose; family‐ N
Nothing
thi
strengthen laws against sexual against women and their children
friendly work arrangements
harassment.
Election 2010: Policy Summary from Left to Right
LABOR COALITION
Young people
Young people
8‐point National Strategy for Young
Australians: improve health and
wellbeing; shape futures through
education; support within families;
Right to vote at 16; scrap “learn or Raise Youth Allowance; Coordinated empower to take part in
earn”;; boost funding to youth
earn boost funding to youth Youth Policy; Lower voting age to 16;
Youth Policy; Lower voting age to 16; communities; equip with skills and
communities; equip with skills and
Nothing
services; end youth wage rates; fund high quality services for child networks to get work; enable to
public space for young people survivors of abuse and neglect participate online confidently; help
get lives back on track through
early intervention; establish clear‐
cut legal consequences for
behaviours that endanger others
Civil liberties and democratic rights
Repeal sedition laws; Bill of rights;
Stronger FOI laws; Whistleblower
National Knife Crime Action Plan;
Scrap ‘anti‐terror’ laws; adopt a protection; Community Legal No change, but getting tougher on
Community Crime Prevention
Bill of Rights Services; No corporate donors gangs
Programme
Truth in political ads
Finance sector and banks
"Better deal on credit card fees
Nationalise major banks, Ban major banks from charging $2 and charges"; "more say over
beginning with renationalisation fees for non‐customers to withdraw credit card products"; "Making it No change
of CBA cash from ATMs easier to understand credit card
products"
Development aid
Development aid target of 0.5 per
Earmark 1% of Gross National Australia's aid budget to meet the Development aid target of 0.5 per
cent of Gross National Income by
Income for development aid, no United Nation's goal of 0.7% of Gross cent of Gross National Income by
2015‐16. Will have Minister for
strings attached National Income 2015‐16
International Development
Taxation
Reduce tax breaks for high income 30 per cent Minerals Resource
earners; removing Fringe Benefits Rent Tax on iron ore and coal
Tax concessions which promote projects; Petroleum Resource Rent
Increase company tax rate from increased use of motor vehicles; Tax to apply to all onshore and
30% to 49% ; introduce super‐
30% to 49% ; introduce super‐ remove concessional arrangements
remove concessional arrangements offshore oil and gas projects;
offshore oil and gas projects;
profits tax; increase marginal tax for Capital Gains Tax; abolish Private immediately write off of new Remove the threat of Labor’s
rates on incomes over $100,000; Health Insurance Rebate; tax family business asset worth $5,000 of mining tax; remove the threat of
abolish GST; remove Fringe trusts like companies; eliminate high less; extend superannuation Labor’s carbon tax
Benefit Tax and Capital Gains Tax rates of effective marginal taxation guarantee to 12%; 50% tax
exemptions for those on welfare benefits; discount for up to $1,000 of
introduce top marginal tax rate of 50 interest income from saving
per cent on incomes of $1 million or deposits; move to ETS via
over; price on carbon leading to ETS
over; price on carbon leading to ETS community consultation
community consultation