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For a full list of the views of politicians of all parties go to:
House of Reps: https://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/election-2013/#comment-3824 Senate: http://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/election-2013-senate/ Abbott confused about carbon tax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lJlWyRIflYI#at=46 |
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Abbott’s business adviser despises wind, doubts climate changeYesterday (28th Jan 2013) Opposition Leader Tony Abbott launched a policy statement which was described as the direction, values and policy priorities of the next Coalition government. It contained no additional detail on climate change policy beyond what was outlined in the Coalition's 2010 election policy, which was largely expected. But what was more unnerving was outlined under economic policy:
Maurice Newman has an impressive business pedigree. He was Chairman of the Australian Securities Exchange and also rose through the management of what is now Deutsche Bank’s Australian subsidiary (acquired by Deutsche Bank in the 1990s) before becoming its executive chairman. This comes on top of a range of other senior business and government positions including chair of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
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On the issue of whether human activity is leading to warming of the atmosphere he wrote in The Australian on November 5 last year:
He then elaborated that:
What would Newman think of the Coalition’s pledge to allocate $3 billion to an emission reduction fund or maintaining the Renewable Energy Target at its current settings? He stated in The Spectator:
Tristan Edis Climate spectator Published 10:59 AM, 29 Jan 2013 |
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Barry O'Farrell - Premier NSWBarry O’Farrell when he was asked about “climate change and the floods” he responded with, “Let's not turn this near disaster, this episode that has damaged so many properties and other things, farm properties and other things, into some politically correct debate about climate change,” he said. “Give me a break.” Jan 2013 |
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Liberal PartyOne of the Liberal Party’s star recruits, Angus Taylor, from the consulting firm Port Jackson partners, has issued a detailed report recommending that the RET be diluted because of the “high cost” of abatement from wind farms, and even suggests that gas-fired generation by included in the RET. Another of the Coalition’s other star recruits, Zed Seselja from the ACT, has also spoken out against wind and solar, and both the national and ACT renewable energy targets. All the coalition state premiers oppose the RET as well. Renew Economy |
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IPA - Institute of Public affairs - wish listThe IPA is a far right think tank funded by its membership which include both private individuals and businesses. Among these businesses are ExxonMobil, Telstra, WMC Resources, BHP Billiton, Phillip Morris, Murray Irrigation Limited,[6] and Visy Industries. IPA donors have also included Clough Engineering, Caltex, Shell, Esso, electricity and mining companies, and British American Tobacco (BAT). Wikipedia They have drawn up a wish list of policies for the Liberal National part to adopt. Tony Abbott said he will look favorably on the list. It reflects the wishes of the sponsors, but to a citizen, it looks like a picture of hell. 1 Repeal the carbon tax, and don't replace it. It will be one thing to remove the burden of the carbon tax from the Australian economy. But if it is just replaced by another costly scheme, most of the benefits will be undone. 2 Abolish the Department of Climate Change 3 Abolish the Clean Energy Fund 4 Repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 5 Abandon Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council 6 Repeal the renewable energy target 7 Return income taxing powers to the states 8 Abolish the Commonwealth Grants Commission 9 Abolish the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 10 Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol 11 Introduce fee competition to Australian universities 12 Repeal the National Curriculum 13 Introduce competing private secondary school curriculums 14 Abolish the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) 15 Eliminate laws that require radio and television broadcasters to be 'balanced' 16 Abolish television spectrum licensing and devolve spectrum management to the common law 17 End local content requirements for Australian television stations 18 Eliminate family tax benefits 19 Abandon the paid parental leave scheme 20 Means-test Medicare 21 End all corporate welfare and subsidies by closing the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 22 Introduce voluntary voting 23 End mandatory disclosures on political donations 24 End media blackout in final days of election campaigns 25 End public funding to political parties 26 Remove anti-dumping laws 27 Eliminate media ownership restrictions 28 Abolish the Foreign Investment Review Board 29 Eliminate the National Preventative Health Agency 30 Cease subsidising the car industry 31 Formalise a one-in, one-out approach to regulatory reduction 32 Rule out federal funding for 2018 Commonwealth Games 33 Deregulate the parallel importation of books 34 End preferences for Industry Super Funds in workplace relations laws 35 Legislate a cap on government spending and tax as a percentage of GDP 36 Legislate a balanced budget amendment which strictly limits the size of budget deficits and the period the federal government can be in deficit 37 Force government agencies to put all of their spending online in a searchable database 38 Repeal plain packaging for cigarettes and rule it out for all other products, including alcohol and fast food 39 Reintroduce voluntary student unionism at universities 40 Introduce a voucher scheme for secondary schools 41 Repeal the alcopops tax 42 Introduce a special economic zone in the north of Australia including: 43 Repeal the mining tax 44 Devolve environmental approvals for major projects to the states 45 Introduce a single rate of income tax with a generous tax-free threshold 46 Cut company tax to an internationally competitive rate of 25 per cent 47 Cease funding the Australia Network 48 Privatise Australia Post 49 Privatise Medibank
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50 Break up the ABC and put out to tender each individual function 51 Privatise SBS 52 Reduce the size of the public service from current levels of more than 260,000 to at least the 2001 low of 212,784 53 Repeal the Fair Work Act 54 Allow individuals and employers to negotiate directly terms of employment that suit them 55 Encourage independent contracting by overturning new regulations designed to punish contractors 56 Abolish the Baby Bonus 57 Abolish the First Home Owners' Grant 58 Allow the Northern Territory to become a state 59 Halve the size of the Coalition front bench from 32 to 16 60 Remove all remaining tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade 61 Slash top public servant salaries to much lower international standards, like in the United States 62 End all public subsidies to sport and the arts 63 Privatise the Australian Institute of Sport 64 End all hidden protectionist measures, such as preferences for local manufacturers in government tendering 65 Abolish the Office for Film and Literature Classification 66 Rule out any government-supported or mandated internet censorship 67 Means test tertiary student loans 68 Allow people to opt out of superannuation in exchange for promising to forgo any government income support in retirement 69 Immediately halt construction of the National Broadband Network and privatise any sections that have already been built 70 End all government funded Nanny State advertising 71 Reject proposals for compulsory food and alcohol labelling 72 Privatise the CSIRO 73 Defund Harmony Day 74 Close the Office for Youth 75 Privatise the Snowy-Hydro Scheme
76 Have State Premiers appoint High Court justices 77 Allow ministers to be appointed from outside parliament 78 Extend the GST to cover all goods and services but return all extra revenue to taxpayers through cutting other taxes 79 Abolish the federal department of health and return health policy to the states 80 Abolish the federal department of education and return education policy to the states 81 Repeal any new mandatory data retention laws 82 Abolish the Australian Human Rights Commission 83 Have trade unions regulated like public companies, with ASIC responsible for their oversight 84 End all public funding to unions and employer associations 85 Repeal laws which protect unions from competition, such as the ‘conveniently belong' rules in the Fair Work Act 86 Extend unrestricted work visas currently granted to New Zealand citizens to citizens of the United States 87 Negotiate and sign free trade agreements with Australia's largest trading partners, including China, India, Japan and South Korea 88 Restore fundamental legal rights to all existing commonwealth legislation such as the right to silence and the presumption of innocence 89 Adhere to section 51(xxxi) of the Constitution by not taking or diminishing anyone's property without proper compensation 90 Repeal legislative restrictions on the use of nuclear power 91 Allow full competition on all foreign air routes 92 Abolish the Medicare levy surcharge 93 Abolish the luxury car tax 94 Halve the number of days parliament sits to reduce the amount of legislation passed 95 Abolish Tourism Australia and cease subsidising the tourism industry 96 Make all government payments to external parties publicly available including the terms and conditions of those payments 97 Abandon plans to restrict foreign investment in Australia's agricultural industry 98 Cease the practice of setting up government-funded lobby groups, such as YouMeUnity, which uses taxpayer funds to campaign to change the Australian Constitution 99 Rule out the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment for electronic gaming machines 100 Abolish the four pillars policy which prevents Australia's major banks from merging Source IPA
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