Election 2022: The reforms our democracy needs

Published: Fri, 04/29/22

At this federal election, we want to see commitment from all candidates to, first and foremost, restore trust and confidence in our democracy.

We think there are at least two key reforms that can help achieve this – promoting integrity in government, including through the establishment of an independent integrity commission, and introducing laws to ensure truth in political advertising.

Today, we’re announcing the addition of these new policies to our platform. This means that we will remain actively engaged in campaigning and lobbying for these reforms.

We’ve also added a third new policy – valuing science – to our platform. We want to ensure that Australia is a leader in scientific research and innovation.

We encourage you to find out more about these policies on our website and to raise these issues with your local candidates.

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In the next term of the federal parliament, we will continue our campaigning and lobbying efforts on a number of issues where we want to see secular change.

Plus, we’ll be backing the need for stronger public broadcasters and for voluntary assisted dying laws in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. We’ll have more to say about these issues in the coming days!

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