The Liberals relentless cuts are likely to be impacting on the AFP operations in Tasmania. Tasmanians have exactly the same right as any other Australian to the protection of the AFP. Labor’s plan will boost the number of AFP in Tasmania from five personnel to 21 to ensure more effective cooperation with state police and federal authorities to keep Tasmanians safe.
Tasmanians have exactly the same right as any other Australian to the protection of the AFP. Labor’s plan will boost the number of AFP in Tasmania from five personnel to 21 to ensure more effective cooperation with state police and federal authorities to keep Tasmanians safe. This policy has a budget cost $41 million over the budget forward estimates.
Labor’s plan will boost the number of AFP in Tasmania from five personnel to 21 to ensure more effective cooperation with state police and federal authorities to keep Tasmanians safe. This policy has a budget cost $41 million over the budget forward estimates. We will pay for this policy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
This policy has a budget cost $41 million over the budget forward estimates. We will pay for this policy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For Urgent Humanitarian Relief
We will pay for this policy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For Urgent Humanitarian Relief A Shorten Labor Government will commit $30 million in new urgent humanitarian relief funding to help address some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises.
Labor's Plan For Urgent Humanitarian Relief A Shorten Labor Government will commit $30 million in new urgent humanitarian relief funding to help address some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises. LABOR’S PLAN
A Shorten Labor Government will commit $30 million in new urgent humanitarian relief funding to help address some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises. LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will increase Australia’s funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by $20 million.
LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will increase Australia’s funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by $20 million. Labor will also provide an additional commitment of $10 million to address the urgent humanitarian crisis affecting the Rohingya people.
A Shorten Labor Government will increase Australia’s funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by $20 million. Labor will also provide an additional commitment of $10 million to address the urgent humanitarian crisis affecting the Rohingya people. Since coming to power the Liberals have cut well over $11 billion from the development budget, driving Australia’s aid spending down to its lowest level on record.
Labor will also provide an additional commitment of $10 million to address the urgent humanitarian crisis affecting the Rohingya people. Since coming to power the Liberals have cut well over $11 billion from the development budget, driving Australia’s aid spending down to its lowest level on record. These cuts to development assistance are a source of international embarrassment for Australia, and are at odds with the generous spirit of the Australian people.
Since coming to power the Liberals have cut well over $11 billion from the development budget, driving Australia’s aid spending down to its lowest level on record. These cuts to development assistance are a source of international embarrassment for Australia, and are at odds with the generous spirit of the Australian people. We will pay for these initiatives by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
These cuts to development assistance are a source of international embarrassment for Australia, and are at odds with the generous spirit of the Australian people. We will pay for these initiatives by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Employment Package
We will pay for these initiatives by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Employment Package A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a comprehensive Veterans Employment Package to provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life.
Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Employment Package A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a comprehensive Veterans Employment Package to provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life. Labor’s plan will better support our veterans who are moving into the civilian workforce by doing more to boost recognition of their significant skills and experiences.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a comprehensive Veterans Employment Package to provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life. Labor’s plan will better support our veterans who are moving into the civilian workforce by doing more to boost recognition of their significant skills and experiences. It is estimated that the unemployment rate for veterans is sitting at 30 per cent.
Labor’s plan will better support our veterans who are moving into the civilian workforce by doing more to boost recognition of their significant skills and experiences. It is estimated that the unemployment rate for veterans is sitting at 30 per cent. For those who did not medically discharge, there is an estimated 11.2 per cent unemployment rate – which is more than double the national rate.
It is estimated that the unemployment rate for veterans is sitting at 30 per cent. For those who did not medically discharge, there is an estimated 11.2 per cent unemployment rate – which is more than double the national rate. This is unacceptable.
For those who did not medically discharge, there is an estimated 11.2 per cent unemployment rate – which is more than double the national rate. This is unacceptable. LABOR’S PLAN
This is unacceptable. LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s comprehensive package will provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life and will focus on the following;Helping businesses to train veterans.
LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s comprehensive package will provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life and will focus on the following;Helping businesses to train veterans. A new veterans employment service.
Labor’s comprehensive package will provide greater support to our defence personnel as they transition to civilian life and will focus on the following;Helping businesses to train veterans. A new veterans employment service. Expanding access to additional education and civilian training.
A new veterans employment service. Expanding access to additional education and civilian training. Translating the experience of veterans.
Expanding access to additional education and civilian training. Translating the experience of veterans. The policy has a budget cost of $121.1 million over the forward estimates.
Translating the experience of veterans. The policy has a budget cost of $121.1 million over the forward estimates. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
The policy has a budget cost of $121.1 million over the forward estimates. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Recovery Centre (Ipswich)
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Recovery Centre (Ipswich) A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the welfare of veterans and ex-service personnel in the wider Ipswich area by providing funding for a Veterans Recovery Centre (VRC).
Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Recovery Centre (Ipswich) A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the welfare of veterans and ex-service personnel in the wider Ipswich area by providing funding for a Veterans Recovery Centre (VRC). Throughout the wider Ipswich region there are more than 16,000 veterans and their families who access support through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and ex-service organisations.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the welfare of veterans and ex-service personnel in the wider Ipswich area by providing funding for a Veterans Recovery Centre (VRC). Throughout the wider Ipswich region there are more than 16,000 veterans and their families who access support through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and ex-service organisations. A VRC will provide a location to access a number of key support services for our veterans, ex-Service personnel and their families.
Throughout the wider Ipswich region there are more than 16,000 veterans and their families who access support through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and ex-service organisations. A VRC will provide a location to access a number of key support services for our veterans, ex-Service personnel and their families. Despite promises from the LNP at the last Federal Election to fund this project there has been no action taken.
A VRC will provide a location to access a number of key support services for our veterans, ex-Service personnel and their families. Despite promises from the LNP at the last Federal Election to fund this project there has been no action taken. As such, Labor has stepped up by committing the $1 million the Liberals have failed to deliver for the establishment of this VRC.
Despite promises from the LNP at the last Federal Election to fund this project there has been no action taken. As such, Labor has stepped up by committing the $1 million the Liberals have failed to deliver for the establishment of this VRC. LABOR’S PLAN
As such, Labor has stepped up by committing the $1 million the Liberals have failed to deliver for the establishment of this VRC. LABOR’S PLAN The VRC will be a family friendly space which will provide greater support services to all ex-service personnel including our younger veterans and their families, ensuring they can access a number of services under the one roof.
LABOR’S PLAN The VRC will be a family friendly space which will provide greater support services to all ex-service personnel including our younger veterans and their families, ensuring they can access a number of services under the one roof. VRC services and support will include access to advocate and pension officers; access to JP services; a library; conference room; communal areas; kitchen and barbeque amenities.
The VRC will be a family friendly space which will provide greater support services to all ex-service personnel including our younger veterans and their families, ensuring they can access a number of services under the one roof. VRC services and support will include access to advocate and pension officers; access to JP services; a library; conference room; communal areas; kitchen and barbeque amenities. Importantly, this centre will also provide a space to engage in peer-to-peer support.
VRC services and support will include access to advocate and pension officers; access to JP services; a library; conference room; communal areas; kitchen and barbeque amenities. Importantly, this centre will also provide a space to engage in peer-to-peer support. This centre will also work as a conduit and support service for our service men and women and their families as they transition from the ADF to civilian life.
Importantly, this centre will also provide a space to engage in peer-to-peer support. This centre will also work as a conduit and support service for our service men and women and their families as they transition from the ADF to civilian life. We will pay for the VRC by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
This centre will also work as a conduit and support service for our service men and women and their families as they transition from the ADF to civilian life. We will pay for the VRC by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For An Anti-Slavery Commissioner
We will pay for the VRC by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For An Anti-Slavery Commissioner A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen the Modern Slavery Act by creating an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and introducing penalties for offences.
Labor's Plan For An Anti-Slavery Commissioner A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen the Modern Slavery Act by creating an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and introducing penalties for offences. There are an estimated 48.5 million people in slavery worldwide, many of whom are victims of exploitation in private sector activities, such as manufacturing, construction and agriculture.
A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen the Modern Slavery Act by creating an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and introducing penalties for offences. There are an estimated 48.5 million people in slavery worldwide, many of whom are victims of exploitation in private sector activities, such as manufacturing, construction and agriculture. LABOR’S PLAN
There are an estimated 48.5 million people in slavery worldwide, many of whom are victims of exploitation in private sector activities, such as manufacturing, construction and agriculture. LABOR’S PLAN Labor believes Australia has an important role to play in fighting modern slavery.
LABOR’S PLAN Labor believes Australia has an important role to play in fighting modern slavery. Two-thirds of people trapped in slavery worldwide are reported to be in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is estimated that an unbelievable 4,300 people are currently trapped in slavery right here in Australia in exploitative criminal syndicates involved in forced labour, sex trafficking and debt bondage.
Labor believes Australia has an important role to play in fighting modern slavery. Two-thirds of people trapped in slavery worldwide are reported to be in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is estimated that an unbelievable 4,300 people are currently trapped in slavery right here in Australia in exploitative criminal syndicates involved in forced labour, sex trafficking and debt bondage. After Labor committed to introducing a Modern Slavery Act in 2017 – with penalties for non-compliance and an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Two-thirds of people trapped in slavery worldwide are reported to be in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is estimated that an unbelievable 4,300 people are currently trapped in slavery right here in Australia in exploitative criminal syndicates involved in forced labour, sex trafficking and debt bondage. After Labor committed to introducing a Modern Slavery Act in 2017 – with penalties for non-compliance and an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. The Government finally brought legislation through the Parliament last year, which passed with Labor’s support, but the Government refused to commit to penalties for non-compliance or an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
After Labor committed to introducing a Modern Slavery Act in 2017 – with penalties for non-compliance and an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. The Government finally brought legislation through the Parliament last year, which passed with Labor’s support, but the Government refused to commit to penalties for non-compliance or an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. Labor believes we should not be leaving it to big business to police themselves on slavery.
The Government finally brought legislation through the Parliament last year, which passed with Labor’s support, but the Government refused to commit to penalties for non-compliance or an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. Labor believes we should not be leaving it to big business to police themselves on slavery. And we urgently need more support for victims of this awful practice.
Labor believes we should not be leaving it to big business to police themselves on slavery. And we urgently need more support for victims of this awful practice. That’s why, if elected, Labor will introduce penalties for big businesses who breach the Modern Slavery Act,
And we urgently need more support for victims of this awful practice. That’s why, if elected, Labor will introduce penalties for big businesses who breach the Modern Slavery Act, and establish an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to help the people trapped in slavery right here in Australia.
That’s why, if elected, Labor will introduce penalties for big businesses who breach the Modern Slavery Act, and establish an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to help the people trapped in slavery right here in Australia. Labor's Plan For A Western Front Fellowship
and establish an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to help the people trapped in slavery right here in Australia. Labor's Plan For A Western Front Fellowship A Shorten Labor Government will establish a fellowship program based within the Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Labor's Plan For A Western Front Fellowship A Shorten Labor Government will establish a fellowship program based within the Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France. With the conclusion of the Centenary of Anzac, it is important we consider how best we can continue to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the brave men who served on the Western Front, ensuring the legacy which is ingrained in our history remains relevant.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish a fellowship program based within the Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France. With the conclusion of the Centenary of Anzac, it is important we consider how best we can continue to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the brave men who served on the Western Front, ensuring the legacy which is ingrained in our history remains relevant. This program will serve as a tangible and fitting memorial to the contribution of our diggers on the Western Front.
With the conclusion of the Centenary of Anzac, it is important we consider how best we can continue to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the brave men who served on the Western Front, ensuring the legacy which is ingrained in our history remains relevant. This program will serve as a tangible and fitting memorial to the contribution of our diggers on the Western Front. LABOR’S PLAN
This program will serve as a tangible and fitting memorial to the contribution of our diggers on the Western Front. LABOR’S PLAN Villers-Bretonneux is a site of significance for Australians, following the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in 1918.
LABOR’S PLAN Villers-Bretonneux is a site of significance for Australians, following the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in 1918. This Battle, described as a crucial turning point in the War, saw approximately 3,900 men participate in the ferocious night attack which took back the town from German troops.
Villers-Bretonneux is a site of significance for Australians, following the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in 1918. This Battle, described as a crucial turning point in the War, saw approximately 3,900 men participate in the ferocious night attack which took back the town from German troops. Participants in Labor’s fellowship program will be based at the Sir John Monash Centre and provide tours to both Australian and International tourists, offering an Australian perspective on the conflict and its ongoing significance.
This Battle, described as a crucial turning point in the War, saw approximately 3,900 men participate in the ferocious night attack which took back the town from German troops. Participants in Labor’s fellowship program will be based at the Sir John Monash Centre and provide tours to both Australian and International tourists, offering an Australian perspective on the conflict and its ongoing significance. Applications will be open to full time post-secondary students undertaking study who have a passion for history.
Participants in Labor’s fellowship program will be based at the Sir John Monash Centre and provide tours to both Australian and International tourists, offering an Australian perspective on the conflict and its ongoing significance. Applications will be open to full time post-secondary students undertaking study who have a passion for history. Participants will explain the significance of the site and answer questions from the public on Australian military history, including sites, local attractions and points of interest in the region.
Applications will be open to full time post-secondary students undertaking study who have a passion for history. Participants will explain the significance of the site and answer questions from the public on Australian military history, including sites, local attractions and points of interest in the region. Supported by a stipend, successful applicants will be based in Villers-Bretonneux for a period of four months.
Participants will explain the significance of the site and answer questions from the public on Australian military history, including sites, local attractions and points of interest in the region. Supported by a stipend, successful applicants will be based in Villers-Bretonneux for a period of four months. We will pay for the fellowship by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
Supported by a stipend, successful applicants will be based in Villers-Bretonneux for a period of four months. We will pay for the fellowship by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For Food And Fibre Manufacturing
We will pay for the fellowship by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For Food And Fibre Manufacturing A Shorten Labor Government will back Australians working in the manufacturing industry with a new $25 million food and fibre industry plan to drive local jobs
Labor's Plan For Food And Fibre Manufacturing A Shorten Labor Government will back Australians working in the manufacturing industry with a new $25 million food and fibre industry plan to drive local jobs and innovation,
A Shorten Labor Government will back Australians working in the manufacturing industry with a new $25 million food and fibre industry plan to drive local jobs and innovation, as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas.
and innovation, as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas. There are huge opportunities to grow our food and fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers.
as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas. There are huge opportunities to grow our food and fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers. These industries are creating new opportunities for local jobs
There are huge opportunities to grow our food and fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers. These industries are creating new opportunities for local jobs and investment, both along the food and fibre value chain and throughout other manufacturing sectors.
These industries are creating new opportunities for local jobs and investment, both along the food and fibre value chain and throughout other manufacturing sectors. Both food and fibre manufacturing industries are concentrated in regional areas and both these industries and workers face the same challenges from the increased use of technology and moving to Industry 4.0.
and investment, both along the food and fibre value chain and throughout other manufacturing sectors. Both food and fibre manufacturing industries are concentrated in regional areas and both these industries and workers face the same challenges from the increased use of technology and moving to Industry 4.0. Only Labor understands there is a continuing need for innovation, enterprise capability and commercialisation support in these strategic industries.
Both food and fibre manufacturing industries are concentrated in regional areas and both these industries and workers face the same challenges from the increased use of technology and moving to Industry 4.0. Only Labor understands there is a continuing need for innovation, enterprise capability and commercialisation support in these strategic industries. LABOR’S PLAN:
Only Labor understands there is a continuing need for innovation, enterprise capability and commercialisation support in these strategic industries. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor’s plan will support Australian made food and fibre manufacturing.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor’s plan will support Australian made food and fibre manufacturing. Labor has also announced that a Shorten Labor Government would prioritise Australian made and locally made products through procurement policies, including in the food and fibre industries.
Labor’s plan will support Australian made food and fibre manufacturing. Labor has also announced that a Shorten Labor Government would prioritise Australian made and locally made products through procurement policies, including in the food and fibre industries. Labor’s $25 million food and fibre industry strategy will:Provide a 21st century industry national innovation and industry framework for the food and fibre industries.
Labor has also announced that a Shorten Labor Government would prioritise Australian made and locally made products through procurement policies, including in the food and fibre industries. Labor’s $25 million food and fibre industry strategy will:Provide a 21st century industry national innovation and industry framework for the food and fibre industries. Establish a national tripartite innovation council for food and fibre manufacturing, bringing together industry, researchers and unions that would articulate a vision for the future of the sector.
Labor’s $25 million food and fibre industry strategy will:Provide a 21st century industry national innovation and industry framework for the food and fibre industries. Establish a national tripartite innovation council for food and fibre manufacturing, bringing together industry, researchers and unions that would articulate a vision for the future of the sector. The council would:Prepare an innovation roadmap.
Establish a national tripartite innovation council for food and fibre manufacturing, bringing together industry, researchers and unions that would articulate a vision for the future of the sector. The council would:Prepare an innovation roadmap. Stimulate new research and investment in new products and systems.
The council would:Prepare an innovation roadmap. Stimulate new research and investment in new products and systems. Prepare the industry for future growth.
Stimulate new research and investment in new products and systems. Prepare the industry for future growth. Provide funding for strategic innovation and co-investment initiatives in the food and fibre industries that demonstrate the way ahead.
Prepare the industry for future growth. Provide funding for strategic innovation and co-investment initiatives in the food and fibre industries that demonstrate the way ahead. Appoint a Supplier Advocate to coordinate delivery of the plan.
Provide funding for strategic innovation and co-investment initiatives in the food and fibre industries that demonstrate the way ahead. Appoint a Supplier Advocate to coordinate delivery of the plan. Strengthen the sector’s engagement with the science and research sector and support Labor’s goal of a national investment of 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Research and Development each year.
Appoint a Supplier Advocate to coordinate delivery of the plan. Strengthen the sector’s engagement with the science and research sector and support Labor’s goal of a national investment of 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Research and Development each year. Ensure there is a joined-up national effort to support the industry and provide a strong basis for collaboration with the states and regional bodies.
Strengthen the sector’s engagement with the science and research sector and support Labor’s goal of a national investment of 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in Research and Development each year. Ensure there is a joined-up national effort to support the industry and provide a strong basis for collaboration with the states and regional bodies. Link the sector more effectively to our science and research workforce and infrastructure, to skill development and opportunities for new products and markets.
Ensure there is a joined-up national effort to support the industry and provide a strong basis for collaboration with the states and regional bodies. Link the sector more effectively to our science and research workforce and infrastructure, to skill development and opportunities for new products and markets. Complement Labor’s specific industry plans in meat and forestry.
Link the sector more effectively to our science and research workforce and infrastructure, to skill development and opportunities for new products and markets. Complement Labor’s specific industry plans in meat and forestry. Labor will also make an additional $10 million investment to expand the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant so it can develop new fermentation, separation and product purification technologies, and develop new product types, including green chemicals and biotechnology products.
Complement Labor’s specific industry plans in meat and forestry. Labor will also make an additional $10 million investment to expand the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant so it can develop new fermentation, separation and product purification technologies, and develop new product types, including green chemicals and biotechnology products. This is all part of Labor’s plan for a 21st century manufacturing economy.
Labor will also make an additional $10 million investment to expand the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant so it can develop new fermentation, separation and product purification technologies, and develop new product types, including green chemicals and biotechnology products. This is all part of Labor’s plan for a 21st century manufacturing economy. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
This is all part of Labor’s plan for a 21st century manufacturing economy. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Support Hub In The Northern Territory
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Support Hub In The Northern Territory A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the health and wellbeing of our veterans in the Top End by establishing the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub.
Labor's Plan For A Veterans' Support Hub In The Northern Territory A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the health and wellbeing of our veterans in the Top End by establishing the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub. The Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub will be a dedicated centre to provide support to our current and ex-serving Defence personnel, first responders and their families.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest in the health and wellbeing of our veterans in the Top End by establishing the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub. The Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub will be a dedicated centre to provide support to our current and ex-serving Defence personnel, first responders and their families. The Hub is named after Private Scott Travis Palmer who tragically lost his life on operational service in Afghanistan in 2010.
The Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub will be a dedicated centre to provide support to our current and ex-serving Defence personnel, first responders and their families. The Hub is named after Private Scott Travis Palmer who tragically lost his life on operational service in Afghanistan in 2010. LABOR’S PLAN
The Hub is named after Private Scott Travis Palmer who tragically lost his life on operational service in Afghanistan in 2010. LABOR’S PLAN With this $4.9 million investment from Federal Labor, NT will finally have a centre for current and ex-serving ADF members, first responders and their families that will provide services and support in health and wellbeing, access to counsellors and a place to go for assistance in accessing community, state, federal and cross-sector services.
LABOR’S PLAN With this $4.9 million investment from Federal Labor, NT will finally have a centre for current and ex-serving ADF members, first responders and their families that will provide services and support in health and wellbeing, access to counsellors and a place to go for assistance in accessing community, state, federal and cross-sector services. The Hub will also be a place where people can go to connect, meet and relax; with a children’s play area, recreational rooms and indoor and outdoor reflection spaces.
With this $4.9 million investment from Federal Labor, NT will finally have a centre for current and ex-serving ADF members, first responders and their families that will provide services and support in health and wellbeing, access to counsellors and a place to go for assistance in accessing community, state, federal and cross-sector services. The Hub will also be a place where people can go to connect, meet and relax; with a children’s play area, recreational rooms and indoor and outdoor reflection spaces. Federal Labor will partner with the Northern Territory Government which has committed to providing land for this Hub.
The Hub will also be a place where people can go to connect, meet and relax; with a children’s play area, recreational rooms and indoor and outdoor reflection spaces. Federal Labor will partner with the Northern Territory Government which has committed to providing land for this Hub. This partnership will continue to work with local stakeholders to support our veterans, Defence personnel, first responders and their families.
Federal Labor will partner with the Northern Territory Government which has committed to providing land for this Hub. This partnership will continue to work with local stakeholders to support our veterans, Defence personnel, first responders and their families. The hub will provide specialist support assisting former personnel deal with the impact of their deployment, separation and family integration, PTSD, stress-related issues and other health issues caused during their service.
This partnership will continue to work with local stakeholders to support our veterans, Defence personnel, first responders and their families. The hub will provide specialist support assisting former personnel deal with the impact of their deployment, separation and family integration, PTSD, stress-related issues and other health issues caused during their service. It will also provide community outreach programs and initiatives to our veterans and their families.
The hub will provide specialist support assisting former personnel deal with the impact of their deployment, separation and family integration, PTSD, stress-related issues and other health issues caused during their service. It will also provide community outreach programs and initiatives to our veterans and their families. We will pay for the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
It will also provide community outreach programs and initiatives to our veterans and their families. We will pay for the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Family Engagement And Support Strategy For Defence Personnel And Veterans
We will pay for the Scott Palmer Service and Veterans’ Support Hub by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan For A Family Engagement And Support Strategy For Defence Personnel And Veterans A Shorten Labor Government will develop a Family Engagement and Support Strategy for Defence Personnel and Veterans to provide greater support to our military families.
Labor's Plan For A Family Engagement And Support Strategy For Defence Personnel And Veterans A Shorten Labor Government will develop a Family Engagement and Support Strategy for Defence Personnel and Veterans to provide greater support to our military families. ADF families play a pivotal role in supporting our current serving ADF men, women and veterans, which is why it is important we ensure they have the support they need to address the unique challenges of military family life.
A Shorten Labor Government will develop a Family Engagement and Support Strategy for Defence Personnel and Veterans to provide greater support to our military families. ADF families play a pivotal role in supporting our current serving ADF men, women and veterans, which is why it is important we ensure they have the support they need to address the unique challenges of military family life. LABOR’S PLAN
ADF families play a pivotal role in supporting our current serving ADF men, women and veterans, which is why it is important we ensure they have the support they need to address the unique challenges of military family life. LABOR’S PLAN This strategy will implement a key recommendation of the National Mental Health Commissions’ review into Services Available to Veterans and Current Serving Members of the Australian Defence Force in Relation to the Prevention of Self-harm and Suicide.
LABOR’S PLAN This strategy will implement a key recommendation of the National Mental Health Commissions’ review into Services Available to Veterans and Current Serving Members of the Australian Defence Force in Relation to the Prevention of Self-harm and Suicide. In responding to the review recommendations, the Liberals have failed to commit to developing a strategy to provide greater support and resources to military families.
This strategy will implement a key recommendation of the National Mental Health Commissions’ review into Services Available to Veterans and Current Serving Members of the Australian Defence Force in Relation to the Prevention of Self-harm and Suicide. In responding to the review recommendations, the Liberals have failed to commit to developing a strategy to provide greater support and resources to military families. There is no doubt that families play a critical role in providing support to our serving and ex-service personnel and developing a family strategy also acknowledges the important role of families in the rehabilitation of ADF members and veterans from both physical and mental injury and illness.
In responding to the review recommendations, the Liberals have failed to commit to developing a strategy to provide greater support and resources to military families. There is no doubt that families play a critical role in providing support to our serving and ex-service personnel and developing a family strategy also acknowledges the important role of families in the rehabilitation of ADF members and veterans from both physical and mental injury and illness. The development of this strategy has a budget cost of $2.0 million.
There is no doubt that families play a critical role in providing support to our serving and ex-service personnel and developing a family strategy also acknowledges the important role of families in the rehabilitation of ADF members and veterans from both physical and mental injury and illness. The development of this strategy has a budget cost of $2.0 million. We will pay for the strategy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
The development of this strategy has a budget cost of $2.0 million. We will pay for the strategy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. University Future Fund
We will pay for the strategy by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. University Future Fund A Shorten Labor Government will create a $300 million University Future Fund for higher education infrastructure and priorities.
University Future Fund A Shorten Labor Government will create a $300 million University Future Fund for higher education infrastructure and priorities. Labor is making this investment in our universities so that they can continue to ensure they have the best facilities and infrastructure to deliver world-class teaching, research and engagement.
A Shorten Labor Government will create a $300 million University Future Fund for higher education infrastructure and priorities. Labor is making this investment in our universities so that they can continue to ensure they have the best facilities and infrastructure to deliver world-class teaching, research and engagement. Funding will be made available to fast-track small to medium funding grants so that universities can update or renovate facilities;
Labor is making this investment in our universities so that they can continue to ensure they have the best facilities and infrastructure to deliver world-class teaching, research and engagement. Funding will be made available to fast-track small to medium funding grants so that universities can update or renovate facilities; or invest in new or updated research equipment, labs or other important facilities.
Funding will be made available to fast-track small to medium funding grants so that universities can update or renovate facilities; or invest in new or updated research equipment, labs or other important facilities. Since the Liberals decision to effectively abandon the highly successful Education Investment Fund (EIF), Australia’s universities have had no access to funds to support infrastructure and facilities investment.
or invest in new or updated research equipment, labs or other important facilities. Since the Liberals decision to effectively abandon the highly successful Education Investment Fund (EIF), Australia’s universities have had no access to funds to support infrastructure and facilities investment. Labor stood strong against the Liberals plans to abolish the EIF.
Since the Liberals decision to effectively abandon the highly successful Education Investment Fund (EIF), Australia’s universities have had no access to funds to support infrastructure and facilities investment. Labor stood strong against the Liberals plans to abolish the EIF. We know that we can’t ensure Australia’s universities continue to be world-leading if we don’t provide certainty of funding as well as access to infrastructure funding.
Labor stood strong against the Liberals plans to abolish the EIF. We know that we can’t ensure Australia’s universities continue to be world-leading if we don’t provide certainty of funding as well as access to infrastructure funding. Unfortunately, the Liberals have left the EIF in a very uncertain state.
We know that we can’t ensure Australia’s universities continue to be world-leading if we don’t provide certainty of funding as well as access to infrastructure funding. Unfortunately, the Liberals have left the EIF in a very uncertain state. Labor’s new funding commitment will ensure that funding is available in the coming years for critical infrastructure.
Unfortunately, the Liberals have left the EIF in a very uncertain state. Labor’s new funding commitment will ensure that funding is available in the coming years for critical infrastructure. We will pay for the fund by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
Labor’s new funding commitment will ensure that funding is available in the coming years for critical infrastructure. We will pay for the fund by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Pensioner Dental Plan
We will pay for the fund by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Pensioner Dental Plan A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan.
Pensioner Dental Plan A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan. LABOR’S PLAN
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan. LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan – giving up to three million Australians access to free dental care and taking the next step towards Labor’s vision for universal access to dental care in Australia.
LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan – giving up to three million Australians access to free dental care and taking the next step towards Labor’s vision for universal access to dental care in Australia. Each year, over 185,000 older Australians skip getting the dental care they need due to the cost.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan – giving up to three million Australians access to free dental care and taking the next step towards Labor’s vision for universal access to dental care in Australia. Each year, over 185,000 older Australians skip getting the dental care they need due to the cost. And yet, more than half of Australians aged 65 and over have moderate or severe gum disease1 and one in five have no natural teeth.
Each year, over 185,000 older Australians skip getting the dental care they need due to the cost. And yet, more than half of Australians aged 65 and over have moderate or severe gum disease1 and one in five have no natural teeth. Poor oral health undermines the broader physical and mental health of older Australians, as well as their social and economic participation.
And yet, more than half of Australians aged 65 and over have moderate or severe gum disease1 and one in five have no natural teeth. Poor oral health undermines the broader physical and mental health of older Australians, as well as their social and economic participation. Poor oral health also imposes a substantial burden on Australia’s health system – in 2015-16 there were more than 67,000 potentially preventable hospitalisations for dental conditions.
Poor oral health undermines the broader physical and mental health of older Australians, as well as their social and economic participation. Poor oral health also imposes a substantial burden on Australia’s health system – in 2015-16 there were more than 67,000 potentially preventable hospitalisations for dental conditions. Under Labor’s Pensioner Dental Plan, age pensioners and Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders will be able to access $1,000 worth of dental services every two years.
Poor oral health also imposes a substantial burden on Australia’s health system – in 2015-16 there were more than 67,000 potentially preventable hospitalisations for dental conditions. Under Labor’s Pensioner Dental Plan, age pensioners and Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders will be able to access $1,000 worth of dental services every two years. Within this cap, Medicare will cover a wide range of dental services such as: examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fluoride treatment, fissure sealants, fillings, root canals, extractions, periodontal treatment and dentures.
Under Labor’s Pensioner Dental Plan, age pensioners and Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders will be able to access $1,000 worth of dental services every two years. Within this cap, Medicare will cover a wide range of dental services such as: examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fluoride treatment, fissure sealants, fillings, root canals, extractions, periodontal treatment and dentures. Labor will work with dentists and to roll out the scheme and work with the states and territories to enable public dentists to access the scheme, providing a substantial boost to federal funding for public dental services.
Within this cap, Medicare will cover a wide range of dental services such as: examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fluoride treatment, fissure sealants, fillings, root canals, extractions, periodontal treatment and dentures. Labor will work with dentists and to roll out the scheme and work with the states and territories to enable public dentists to access the scheme, providing a substantial boost to federal funding for public dental services. Aboriginal Medical Services, which provide vital dental care for First Nations peoples, will also be able to access the scheme.
Labor will work with dentists and to roll out the scheme and work with the states and territories to enable public dentists to access the scheme, providing a substantial boost to federal funding for public dental services. Aboriginal Medical Services, which provide vital dental care for First Nations peoples, will also be able to access the scheme. Labor will pay for our Pensioner Dental Plan by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
Aboriginal Medical Services, which provide vital dental care for First Nations peoples, will also be able to access the scheme. Labor will pay for our Pensioner Dental Plan by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan To Support Women's Reproductive Rights
Labor will pay for our Pensioner Dental Plan by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan To Support Women's Reproductive Rights A Shorten Labor Government will deliver Australia’s first ever National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to make sure all Australian women can access legal, safe, affordable reproductive health services.
Labor's Plan To Support Women's Reproductive Rights A Shorten Labor Government will deliver Australia’s first ever National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to make sure all Australian women can access legal, safe, affordable reproductive health services. Reproductive choice and access to basic health care are fundamental rights.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver Australia’s first ever National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to make sure all Australian women can access legal, safe, affordable reproductive health services. Reproductive choice and access to basic health care are fundamental rights. Labor’s plan will improve access to contraception and ensure women can access the health services they need, where and when they need them.
Reproductive choice and access to basic health care are fundamental rights. Labor’s plan will improve access to contraception and ensure women can access the health services they need, where and when they need them. The Liberal Government has refused to support improved reproductive health services, saying that the debate about women’s access to basic health care needs isn’t “good for our country.”
Labor’s plan will improve access to contraception and ensure women can access the health services they need, where and when they need them. The Liberal Government has refused to support improved reproductive health services, saying that the debate about women’s access to basic health care needs isn’t “good for our country.” LABOR’S PLAN:
The Liberal Government has refused to support improved reproductive health services, saying that the debate about women’s access to basic health care needs isn’t “good for our country.” LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will develop and implement Australia’s first National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to deliver improved reproductive choice and better health outcomes for Australian women and their families.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will develop and implement Australia’s first National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to deliver improved reproductive choice and better health outcomes for Australian women and their families. Labor will:Take national leadership to progress the decriminalisation of abortion across Australia.
Labor will develop and implement Australia’s first National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy to deliver improved reproductive choice and better health outcomes for Australian women and their families. Labor will:Take national leadership to progress the decriminalisation of abortion across Australia. Support all women to access termination services in public hospitals.
Labor will:Take national leadership to progress the decriminalisation of abortion across Australia. Support all women to access termination services in public hospitals. Establish a new Tasmanian Reproductive Health Hub so women aren’t forced to travel interstate to have a termination.
Support all women to access termination services in public hospitals. Establish a new Tasmanian Reproductive Health Hub so women aren’t forced to travel interstate to have a termination. Improve access to effective contraceptives to reduce rates of unplanned pregnancies by reviewing the Medicare rebate for long-acting reversible contraceptives.
Establish a new Tasmanian Reproductive Health Hub so women aren’t forced to travel interstate to have a termination. Improve access to effective contraceptives to reduce rates of unplanned pregnancies by reviewing the Medicare rebate for long-acting reversible contraceptives. Ask the Therapeutic Goods Administration to advise government on options to reduce barriers to improve access to the contraceptive pill.
Improve access to effective contraceptives to reduce rates of unplanned pregnancies by reviewing the Medicare rebate for long-acting reversible contraceptives. Ask the Therapeutic Goods Administration to advise government on options to reduce barriers to improve access to the contraceptive pill. Support medical practitioners who prescribe medical terminations through a new online community of practice so GPs can access peer support and advice, as well as connect with pharmacists and other service providers.
Ask the Therapeutic Goods Administration to advise government on options to reduce barriers to improve access to the contraceptive pill. Support medical practitioners who prescribe medical terminations through a new online community of practice so GPs can access peer support and advice, as well as connect with pharmacists and other service providers. Review Medicare rebates associated with medical terminations to address access and affordability issues.
Support medical practitioners who prescribe medical terminations through a new online community of practice so GPs can access peer support and advice, as well as connect with pharmacists and other service providers. Review Medicare rebates associated with medical terminations to address access and affordability issues. Fund a national telephone referral service linking women to safe, credentialed providers of termination services.
Review Medicare rebates associated with medical terminations to address access and affordability issues. Fund a national telephone referral service linking women to safe, credentialed providers of termination services. Restore funding to the Australian Women’s Health Network.
Fund a national telephone referral service linking women to safe, credentialed providers of termination services. Restore funding to the Australian Women’s Health Network. Labor’s ground-breaking strategy will focus on five key priority areas:Restoring national leadership to ensure that Australians can access safe, legal, quality sexual and reproductive health services and supports based on health care need – not geography, socioeconomic status or other characteristics.
Restore funding to the Australian Women’s Health Network. Labor’s ground-breaking strategy will focus on five key priority areas:Restoring national leadership to ensure that Australians can access safe, legal, quality sexual and reproductive health services and supports based on health care need – not geography, socioeconomic status or other characteristics. Improving access to services to support reproductive rights so that women can access safe, legal, affordable termination services if they need them.
Labor’s ground-breaking strategy will focus on five key priority areas:Restoring national leadership to ensure that Australians can access safe, legal, quality sexual and reproductive health services and supports based on health care need – not geography, socioeconomic status or other characteristics. Improving access to services to support reproductive rights so that women can access safe, legal, affordable termination services if they need them. Supporting women to manage their ability to conceive a child to reduce unplanned pregnancies and boost women’s control over their fertility.
Improving access to services to support reproductive rights so that women can access safe, legal, affordable termination services if they need them. Supporting women to manage their ability to conceive a child to reduce unplanned pregnancies and boost women’s control over their fertility. Preventing, diagnosing and treating sexually transmissible infections to reduce their impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health.
Supporting women to manage their ability to conceive a child to reduce unplanned pregnancies and boost women’s control over their fertility. Preventing, diagnosing and treating sexually transmissible infections to reduce their impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health. Addressing specific reproductive health issues such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, transvaginal mesh and female genital mutilation.
Preventing, diagnosing and treating sexually transmissible infections to reduce their impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health. Addressing specific reproductive health issues such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, transvaginal mesh and female genital mutilation. Labor's FutureAsia Plan
Addressing specific reproductive health issues such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, transvaginal mesh and female genital mutilation. Labor's FutureAsia Plan A Shorten Government will deliver a FutureAsia plan which continues and builds on Labor’s tradition of regional engagement.
Labor's FutureAsia Plan A Shorten Government will deliver a FutureAsia plan which continues and builds on Labor’s tradition of regional engagement. Our approach will grow our Asia relevant capabilities, including through better trade, investment, education and cultural links.
A Shorten Government will deliver a FutureAsia plan which continues and builds on Labor’s tradition of regional engagement. Our approach will grow our Asia relevant capabilities, including through better trade, investment, education and cultural links. Our economic future and our place amongst the G20 nations in decades to come will increasingly rely on our engagement with Asia.
Our approach will grow our Asia relevant capabilities, including through better trade, investment, education and cultural links. Our economic future and our place amongst the G20 nations in decades to come will increasingly rely on our engagement with Asia. There are few more important things for our economic future than significantly improving our trade, investment, diplomatic, education and cultural links with Asia, home to the fastest growing middle class on earth, and right on Australia’s doorstep.
Our economic future and our place amongst the G20 nations in decades to come will increasingly rely on our engagement with Asia. There are few more important things for our economic future than significantly improving our trade, investment, diplomatic, education and cultural links with Asia, home to the fastest growing middle class on earth, and right on Australia’s doorstep. For Australian business to realise the greatest economic benefit from growth in our region, we must urgently improve our Asian languages and literacy.
There are few more important things for our economic future than significantly improving our trade, investment, diplomatic, education and cultural links with Asia, home to the fastest growing middle class on earth, and right on Australia’s doorstep. For Australian business to realise the greatest economic benefit from growth in our region, we must urgently improve our Asian languages and literacy. We need a step change in our thinking – a fundamental whole of government effort to deepen and broaden our engagement with Asia.
For Australian business to realise the greatest economic benefit from growth in our region, we must urgently improve our Asian languages and literacy. We need a step change in our thinking – a fundamental whole of government effort to deepen and broaden our engagement with Asia. Engagement with Asia requires more than words.
We need a step change in our thinking – a fundamental whole of government effort to deepen and broaden our engagement with Asia. Engagement with Asia requires more than words. It requires a commitment to working across government and with business, the education sector, industry and across the community to deepen our ties, to improve our Asia capability and to enable more opportunities for Australians.
Engagement with Asia requires more than words. It requires a commitment to working across government and with business, the education sector, industry and across the community to deepen our ties, to improve our Asia capability and to enable more opportunities for Australians. We need to ensure Australians are prepared for the jobs and economic opportunities of the Asian century, which is why lifting Australia’s Asia relevant capabilities is an economic imperative.
It requires a commitment to working across government and with business, the education sector, industry and across the community to deepen our ties, to improve our Asia capability and to enable more opportunities for Australians. We need to ensure Australians are prepared for the jobs and economic opportunities of the Asian century, which is why lifting Australia’s Asia relevant capabilities is an economic imperative. LABOR’S PLAN:
We need to ensure Australians are prepared for the jobs and economic opportunities of the Asian century, which is why lifting Australia’s Asia relevant capabilities is an economic imperative. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will establish FutureAsia - a new whole of government plan to underpin our efforts to deepen and broaden our engagement through:A new Asia Capable Schools program that will train up to 5,000 principals and senior teachers to drive sustained whole of school change by supporting them to make the necessary updates to their curriculum and teacher capability.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will establish FutureAsia - a new whole of government plan to underpin our efforts to deepen and broaden our engagement through:A new Asia Capable Schools program that will train up to 5,000 principals and senior teachers to drive sustained whole of school change by supporting them to make the necessary updates to their curriculum and teacher capability. Providing up to 100 scholarships a year for Australians who are Asian language native speakers and for top performers in priority Asian languages in Year 12, to go on to study a teaching qualification.
Labor will establish FutureAsia - a new whole of government plan to underpin our efforts to deepen and broaden our engagement through:A new Asia Capable Schools program that will train up to 5,000 principals and senior teachers to drive sustained whole of school change by supporting them to make the necessary updates to their curriculum and teacher capability. Providing up to 100 scholarships a year for Australians who are Asian language native speakers and for top performers in priority Asian languages in Year 12, to go on to study a teaching qualification. Improving Asian languages curriculum materials from preschool to year 12.
Providing up to 100 scholarships a year for Australians who are Asian language native speakers and for top performers in priority Asian languages in Year 12, to go on to study a teaching qualification. Improving Asian languages curriculum materials from preschool to year 12. Establishing an Advisory Council on Asia Capabilities headed by experts from academia, business, and not-for-profits to drive research and generate new ideas to boost teaching and learning about Asia across all levels of Australia’s education system.
Improving Asian languages curriculum materials from preschool to year 12. Establishing an Advisory Council on Asia Capabilities headed by experts from academia, business, and not-for-profits to drive research and generate new ideas to boost teaching and learning about Asia across all levels of Australia’s education system. Establishing an Asian Diaspora program that better harnesses the people-to-people and business links of our existing Asian diaspora population.
Establishing an Advisory Council on Asia Capabilities headed by experts from academia, business, and not-for-profits to drive research and generate new ideas to boost teaching and learning about Asia across all levels of Australia’s education system. Establishing an Asian Diaspora program that better harnesses the people-to-people and business links of our existing Asian diaspora population. Establishing the Australian-ASEAN Studies Centre.
Establishing an Asian Diaspora program that better harnesses the people-to-people and business links of our existing Asian diaspora population. Establishing the Australian-ASEAN Studies Centre. Working with key trading partners to establish reciprocal internship programs to allow recent Australian graduates to help build the Asian business capability of young Australian professionals.
Establishing the Australian-ASEAN Studies Centre. Working with key trading partners to establish reciprocal internship programs to allow recent Australian graduates to help build the Asian business capability of young Australian professionals. Improving economic and trade links through regular meetings of Asia-Pacific Finance Ministers in advance of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, while also establishing a 2+2 of Australia’s and Indonesia’s Finance and Trade Ministers.
Working with key trading partners to establish reciprocal internship programs to allow recent Australian graduates to help build the Asian business capability of young Australian professionals. Improving economic and trade links through regular meetings of Asia-Pacific Finance Ministers in advance of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, while also establishing a 2+2 of Australia’s and Indonesia’s Finance and Trade Ministers. Implementing the recommendations of Peter Varghese’s ‘An Indian Economic Strategy to 2035,’ and commissioning a similar report to boost trade and investment with Indonesia.
Improving economic and trade links through regular meetings of Asia-Pacific Finance Ministers in advance of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, while also establishing a 2+2 of Australia’s and Indonesia’s Finance and Trade Ministers. Implementing the recommendations of Peter Varghese’s ‘An Indian Economic Strategy to 2035,’ and commissioning a similar report to boost trade and investment with Indonesia. Conducting annual trade missions to China, Indonesia and India.
Implementing the recommendations of Peter Varghese’s ‘An Indian Economic Strategy to 2035,’ and commissioning a similar report to boost trade and investment with Indonesia. Conducting annual trade missions to China, Indonesia and India. Strengthening Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, including by establishing four new diplomatic posts and establishing a new category of geo-economic counsellor across our diplomatic network.
Conducting annual trade missions to China, Indonesia and India. Strengthening Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, including by establishing four new diplomatic posts and establishing a new category of geo-economic counsellor across our diplomatic network. Working with the Australian Institute of Company Directors to boost the Asian capability of Australian boards.
Strengthening Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, including by establishing four new diplomatic posts and establishing a new category of geo-economic counsellor across our diplomatic network. Working with the Australian Institute of Company Directors to boost the Asian capability of Australian boards. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
Working with the Australian Institute of Company Directors to boost the Asian capability of Australian boards. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor Loves Live Music
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor Loves Live Music A Shorten Labor Government will put forward the most comprehensive contemporary music policy ever introduced by an Australian government.
Labor Loves Live Music A Shorten Labor Government will put forward the most comprehensive contemporary music policy ever introduced by an Australian government. From encouraging more Australian children to learn and play music, to assisting young bands reach overseas markets, providing more support for live music and ensuring fans aren’t being ripped off when they buy tickets - Labor wants to see more Australians making music, listening to music, and seeing music live.
A Shorten Labor Government will put forward the most comprehensive contemporary music policy ever introduced by an Australian government. From encouraging more Australian children to learn and play music, to assisting young bands reach overseas markets, providing more support for live music and ensuring fans aren’t being ripped off when they buy tickets - Labor wants to see more Australians making music, listening to music, and seeing music live. The music industry contributes nearly $6 billion to the Australian economy each year.
From encouraging more Australian children to learn and play music, to assisting young bands reach overseas markets, providing more support for live music and ensuring fans aren’t being ripped off when they buy tickets - Labor wants to see more Australians making music, listening to music, and seeing music live. The music industry contributes nearly $6 billion to the Australian economy each year. According to the Australian Recording Industry Association, the Australian music industry will be worth $100 billion globally within a decade.
The music industry contributes nearly $6 billion to the Australian economy each year. According to the Australian Recording Industry Association, the Australian music industry will be worth $100 billion globally within a decade. Live music alone supports around 64,000 jobs in Australia.
According to the Australian Recording Industry Association, the Australian music industry will be worth $100 billion globally within a decade. Live music alone supports around 64,000 jobs in Australia. More Australians attend live music than sport.
Live music alone supports around 64,000 jobs in Australia. More Australians attend live music than sport. Labor wants to make sure the live music industry continues to grow and see more Australians with stable jobs in a thriving local industry.
More Australians attend live music than sport. Labor wants to make sure the live music industry continues to grow and see more Australians with stable jobs in a thriving local industry. Labor’s music policy all comes back to one single objective: we want to inspire the next generation of Australian artists and see more international success stories.
Labor wants to make sure the live music industry continues to grow and see more Australians with stable jobs in a thriving local industry. Labor’s music policy all comes back to one single objective: we want to inspire the next generation of Australian artists and see more international success stories. Labor wants to make sure Australian kids have the chance to learn music, regardless of where they live.
Labor’s music policy all comes back to one single objective: we want to inspire the next generation of Australian artists and see more international success stories. Labor wants to make sure Australian kids have the chance to learn music, regardless of where they live. While many Australian kids are lucky enough to have parents who encourage them to learn an instrument at a young age, more and more kids now rely on their school to learn to play an instrument.
Labor wants to make sure Australian kids have the chance to learn music, regardless of where they live. While many Australian kids are lucky enough to have parents who encourage them to learn an instrument at a young age, more and more kids now rely on their school to learn to play an instrument. To help schools facilitate learning, a Shorten Labor Government will provide $7 million in extra support for music education and music teachers.
While many Australian kids are lucky enough to have parents who encourage them to learn an instrument at a young age, more and more kids now rely on their school to learn to play an instrument. To help schools facilitate learning, a Shorten Labor Government will provide $7 million in extra support for music education and music teachers. The funding will go towards expanding school programs such as SongMakers which brings musicians into schools, and The Song Room, dedicated to providing music and art lessons to disadvantaged kids.
To help schools facilitate learning, a Shorten Labor Government will provide $7 million in extra support for music education and music teachers. The funding will go towards expanding school programs such as SongMakers which brings musicians into schools, and The Song Room, dedicated to providing music and art lessons to disadvantaged kids. One of the biggest barriers for younger musicians is having a space to practice together.
The funding will go towards expanding school programs such as SongMakers which brings musicians into schools, and The Song Room, dedicated to providing music and art lessons to disadvantaged kids. One of the biggest barriers for younger musicians is having a space to practice together. Labor will provide $5 million in grant funding to establish and grow music hubs around the country.
One of the biggest barriers for younger musicians is having a space to practice together. Labor will provide $5 million in grant funding to establish and grow music hubs around the country. This funding will provide support to councils, schools, neighbourhood centres or community spaces to set up a music hub where students and musicians in the local area can come together to learn, collaborate and practice.
Labor will provide $5 million in grant funding to establish and grow music hubs around the country. This funding will provide support to councils, schools, neighbourhood centres or community spaces to set up a music hub where students and musicians in the local area can come together to learn, collaborate and practice. Funding could be used for soundproofing, equipment, instruments, acoustic assessments or refurbishments.
This funding will provide support to councils, schools, neighbourhood centres or community spaces to set up a music hub where students and musicians in the local area can come together to learn, collaborate and practice. Funding could be used for soundproofing, equipment, instruments, acoustic assessments or refurbishments. Labor will commit over $10 million to the new Sounds Australia to deliver the functions of the office of live music to help them work with local governments to remove barriers for live music venues around the country.
Funding could be used for soundproofing, equipment, instruments, acoustic assessments or refurbishments. Labor will commit over $10 million to the new Sounds Australia to deliver the functions of the office of live music to help them work with local governments to remove barriers for live music venues around the country. Labor will also double the funding to the New Recordings program to help a further ten new Australian artists record an EP.
Labor will commit over $10 million to the new Sounds Australia to deliver the functions of the office of live music to help them work with local governments to remove barriers for live music venues around the country. Labor will also double the funding to the New Recordings program to help a further ten new Australian artists record an EP. The current program allows for ten albums to be recorded a year and has helped artists such as Courtney Barnett and Alex the Astronaut gain an audience.
Labor will also double the funding to the New Recordings program to help a further ten new Australian artists record an EP. The current program allows for ten albums to be recorded a year and has helped artists such as Courtney Barnett and Alex the Astronaut gain an audience. Labor’s commitment to the new Sounds Australia will expand its reach and build on the 1,500 Australian groups that have been showcased at international events in over 23 countries.
The current program allows for ten albums to be recorded a year and has helped artists such as Courtney Barnett and Alex the Astronaut gain an audience. Labor’s commitment to the new Sounds Australia will expand its reach and build on the 1,500 Australian groups that have been showcased at international events in over 23 countries. Part of showcasing our music overseas will be small grants that are made available to help promote emerging Australian bands around the world, particularly in new markets such as Asia.
Labor’s commitment to the new Sounds Australia will expand its reach and build on the 1,500 Australian groups that have been showcased at international events in over 23 countries. Part of showcasing our music overseas will be small grants that are made available to help promote emerging Australian bands around the world, particularly in new markets such as Asia. Sounds Australia and the Association of Artists Managers will work together and, when needed, provide modest grants to assist with practical measures to help bands get a foothold including costs of airfares, local management and connections and assistance with booking venues.
Part of showcasing our music overseas will be small grants that are made available to help promote emerging Australian bands around the world, particularly in new markets such as Asia. Sounds Australia and the Association of Artists Managers will work together and, when needed, provide modest grants to assist with practical measures to help bands get a foothold including costs of airfares, local management and connections and assistance with booking venues. These grants could mean the difference between a new band making it in a new market or not.
Sounds Australia and the Association of Artists Managers will work together and, when needed, provide modest grants to assist with practical measures to help bands get a foothold including costs of airfares, local management and connections and assistance with booking venues. These grants could mean the difference between a new band making it in a new market or not. Labor’s music policy will also include measures such as: Cracking down on ticket scalping websites such as
These grants could mean the difference between a new band making it in a new market or not. Labor’s music policy will also include measures such as: Cracking down on ticket scalping websites such as A cap on reselling tickets at 110% of their price, so scalpers can't rip off fans.
Labor’s music policy will also include measures such as: Cracking down on ticket scalping websites such as A cap on reselling tickets at 110% of their price, so scalpers can't rip off fans. Increased funding for music and mental health programs.
A cap on reselling tickets at 110% of their price, so scalpers can't rip off fans. Increased funding for music and mental health programs. We want Australian music to be heard, Australian artists to stay in the industry and the next generation to be inspired.
Increased funding for music and mental health programs. We want Australian music to be heard, Australian artists to stay in the industry and the next generation to be inspired. And we want to make it easier for music fans to buy tickets to the bands they love.
We want Australian music to be heard, Australian artists to stay in the industry and the next generation to be inspired. And we want to make it easier for music fans to buy tickets to the bands they love. Labor will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
And we want to make it easier for music fans to buy tickets to the bands they love. Labor will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. National Inquiry Into Post-Secondary Education
Labor will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. National Inquiry Into Post-Secondary Education A Shorten Labor Government will establish a once in generation National Inquiry into Post-Secondary Education that will look at every aspect of the vocational and higher education systems.
National Inquiry Into Post-Secondary Education A Shorten Labor Government will establish a once in generation National Inquiry into Post-Secondary Education that will look at every aspect of the vocational and higher education systems. Labor’s proposal will ensure every student can best respond to the needs of Australia’s economy and society.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish a once in generation National Inquiry into Post-Secondary Education that will look at every aspect of the vocational and higher education systems. Labor’s proposal will ensure every student can best respond to the needs of Australia’s economy and society. This will be the first time a national inquiry has put TAFE and unis on an equal footing.
Labor’s proposal will ensure every student can best respond to the needs of Australia’s economy and society. This will be the first time a national inquiry has put TAFE and unis on an equal footing. This is about making sure Australians have access to the best post-secondary opportunities in the world.
This will be the first time a national inquiry has put TAFE and unis on an equal footing. This is about making sure Australians have access to the best post-secondary opportunities in the world. Labor believes we need to be thinking about children who are just starting school now – what will work and life look like for them in years to come, and what kind of post-secondary education will best prepare them?
This is about making sure Australians have access to the best post-secondary opportunities in the world. Labor believes we need to be thinking about children who are just starting school now – what will work and life look like for them in years to come, and what kind of post-secondary education will best prepare them? If Australia is to continue to be a wealthy, highly-educated nation, we must boost participation in quality post-secondary education.
Labor believes we need to be thinking about children who are just starting school now – what will work and life look like for them in years to come, and what kind of post-secondary education will best prepare them? If Australia is to continue to be a wealthy, highly-educated nation, we must boost participation in quality post-secondary education. Countries in our region are investing heavily in education and skills.
If Australia is to continue to be a wealthy, highly-educated nation, we must boost participation in quality post-secondary education. Countries in our region are investing heavily in education and skills. Experts have warned, if we rest on our laurels, Australia risks being left behind.
Countries in our region are investing heavily in education and skills. Experts have warned, if we rest on our laurels, Australia risks being left behind. We want this inquiry ready to go in the first 100 days of a Labor Government.
Experts have warned, if we rest on our laurels, Australia risks being left behind. We want this inquiry ready to go in the first 100 days of a Labor Government. The inquiry will be conducted within existing departmental resources.
We want this inquiry ready to go in the first 100 days of a Labor Government. The inquiry will be conducted within existing departmental resources. Labor's Plan For A Fair Deal For Australian Accommodation Providers And Consumers
The inquiry will be conducted within existing departmental resources. Labor's Plan For A Fair Deal For Australian Accommodation Providers And Consumers Labor will ban unfair contract terms imposed by multinational online travel booking platforms on Australian accommodation providers and support the competition watchdog to further inquire into so-called “price parity” clauses across other platforms.
Labor's Plan For A Fair Deal For Australian Accommodation Providers And Consumers Labor will ban unfair contract terms imposed by multinational online travel booking platforms on Australian accommodation providers and support the competition watchdog to further inquire into so-called “price parity” clauses across other platforms. Two overseas multinational companies control up to 85 per cent of online accommodation bookings in Australia.
Labor will ban unfair contract terms imposed by multinational online travel booking platforms on Australian accommodation providers and support the competition watchdog to further inquire into so-called “price parity” clauses across other platforms. Two overseas multinational companies control up to 85 per cent of online accommodation bookings in Australia. Most of the bookings are for the small businesses that provide accommodation such as hotels, serviced and holiday apartments, and guesthouses.
Two overseas multinational companies control up to 85 per cent of online accommodation bookings in Australia. Most of the bookings are for the small businesses that provide accommodation such as hotels, serviced and holiday apartments, and guesthouses. This power imbalance is reflected most forcefully by the use of “price parity clauses” - contractual terms between hotels and online travel booking platforms.
Most of the bookings are for the small businesses that provide accommodation such as hotels, serviced and holiday apartments, and guesthouses. This power imbalance is reflected most forcefully by the use of “price parity clauses” - contractual terms between hotels and online travel booking platforms. Price parity clauses prevent an accommodation provider from listing a better offer on their own website.
This power imbalance is reflected most forcefully by the use of “price parity clauses” - contractual terms between hotels and online travel booking platforms. Price parity clauses prevent an accommodation provider from listing a better offer on their own website. Meanwhile, commissions taken by platforms, which face small marginal costs, have increased in recent years, and can be 15-30 per cent of the total accommodation fee.
Price parity clauses prevent an accommodation provider from listing a better offer on their own website. Meanwhile, commissions taken by platforms, which face small marginal costs, have increased in recent years, and can be 15-30 per cent of the total accommodation fee. This outcome is not fair for Australian small and medium sized accommodation providers and bad for consumers looking for the best deal.
Meanwhile, commissions taken by platforms, which face small marginal costs, have increased in recent years, and can be 15-30 per cent of the total accommodation fee. This outcome is not fair for Australian small and medium sized accommodation providers and bad for consumers looking for the best deal. LABOR’S PLAN:
This outcome is not fair for Australian small and medium sized accommodation providers and bad for consumers looking for the best deal. LABOR’S PLAN: 1. Amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to ban price parity clauses between online travel agencies and accommodation providers.
LABOR’S PLAN: 1. Amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to ban price parity clauses between online travel agencies and accommodation providers. 2. Support the competition regulator to use a market study to inquire into price parity clauses across other platforms and industries.
1. Amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to ban price parity clauses between online travel agencies and accommodation providers. 2. Support the competition regulator to use a market study to inquire into price parity clauses across other platforms and industries. Labor's Plan To Make Superannuation Fairer
2. Support the competition regulator to use a market study to inquire into price parity clauses across other platforms and industries. Labor's Plan To Make Superannuation Fairer A Shorten Labor Government will ensure superannuation tax concessions go to those who most need assistance to save for a secure retirement.
Labor's Plan To Make Superannuation Fairer A Shorten Labor Government will ensure superannuation tax concessions go to those who most need assistance to save for a secure retirement. Offering incentives through the tax system is an important way to encourage Australians to save for their retirement.
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure superannuation tax concessions go to those who most need assistance to save for a secure retirement. Offering incentives through the tax system is an important way to encourage Australians to save for their retirement. But our current settings are not fair, and they aren’t sustainable.
Offering incentives through the tax system is an important way to encourage Australians to save for their retirement. But our current settings are not fair, and they aren’t sustainable. Superannuation tax concessions should be targeted to the cohort of people that need help to save more.
But our current settings are not fair, and they aren’t sustainable. Superannuation tax concessions should be targeted to the cohort of people that need help to save more. LABOR’S PLAN:
Superannuation tax concessions should be targeted to the cohort of people that need help to save more. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will lower the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will lower the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000 Only 0.7 per cent of Australian taxpayers made $100,000 or more in non-concessional contributions in 2012-13.
Labor will lower the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000 Only 0.7 per cent of Australian taxpayers made $100,000 or more in non-concessional contributions in 2012-13. Over 86 per cent of taxpayers made no non-concessional contributions whatsoever in that same year.
Only 0.7 per cent of Australian taxpayers made $100,000 or more in non-concessional contributions in 2012-13. Over 86 per cent of taxpayers made no non-concessional contributions whatsoever in that same year. Many Australians will make a single, large non-concessional contribution at some stage in their working life – for example with an inheritance or the sale proceeds from a property.
Over 86 per cent of taxpayers made no non-concessional contributions whatsoever in that same year. Many Australians will make a single, large non-concessional contribution at some stage in their working life – for example with an inheritance or the sale proceeds from a property. The superannuation system allows for this by letting Australians bring forward three years’ worth of contributions into a single year.
Many Australians will make a single, large non-concessional contribution at some stage in their working life – for example with an inheritance or the sale proceeds from a property. The superannuation system allows for this by letting Australians bring forward three years’ worth of contributions into a single year. But Treasury figures indicate the average contribution for these one-off lump sums is $135,000 – well below the $300,000 allowed under the Liberals’ plan.
The superannuation system allows for this by letting Australians bring forward three years’ worth of contributions into a single year. But Treasury figures indicate the average contribution for these one-off lump sums is $135,000 – well below the $300,000 allowed under the Liberals’ plan. By lowering the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000, Labor will ensure the carry-forward allowance remains generous enough to accommodate the kind of one-off contributions middle and low income taxpayers make.
But Treasury figures indicate the average contribution for these one-off lump sums is $135,000 – well below the $300,000 allowed under the Liberals’ plan. By lowering the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000, Labor will ensure the carry-forward allowance remains generous enough to accommodate the kind of one-off contributions middle and low income taxpayers make. But we will also cut back opportunities for higher income earners to gain tax concessions for large annual contributions – something the Liberals have failed to do.
By lowering the annual non-concessional contributions cap to $75,000, Labor will ensure the carry-forward allowance remains generous enough to accommodate the kind of one-off contributions middle and low income taxpayers make. But we will also cut back opportunities for higher income earners to gain tax concessions for large annual contributions – something the Liberals have failed to do. Labor will further lower the High Income Superannuation Contribution threshold to $200,000
But we will also cut back opportunities for higher income earners to gain tax concessions for large annual contributions – something the Liberals have failed to do. Labor will further lower the High Income Superannuation Contribution threshold to $200,000 The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government’s superannuation changes required people earning $250,000 or more to pay 30 per cent tax on their superannuation contributions, rather than 15 per cent.
Labor will further lower the High Income Superannuation Contribution threshold to $200,000 The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government’s superannuation changes required people earning $250,000 or more to pay 30 per cent tax on their superannuation contributions, rather than 15 per cent. A Shorten Labor Government will lower the income threshold further to $200,000.
The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government’s superannuation changes required people earning $250,000 or more to pay 30 per cent tax on their superannuation contributions, rather than 15 per cent. A Shorten Labor Government will lower the income threshold further to $200,000. Over 96 per cent of all Australian taxpayers will not be affected by this change.
A Shorten Labor Government will lower the income threshold further to $200,000. Over 96 per cent of all Australian taxpayers will not be affected by this change. Labor will reverse the introduction of catch-up concessional contributions and changes to tax deductibility for personal superannuation contributions
Over 96 per cent of all Australian taxpayers will not be affected by this change. Labor will reverse the introduction of catch-up concessional contributions and changes to tax deductibility for personal superannuation contributions Each of these measures are more likely to be taken up by people on higher incomes who can afford to make additional superannuation contributions.
Labor will reverse the introduction of catch-up concessional contributions and changes to tax deductibility for personal superannuation contributions Each of these measures are more likely to be taken up by people on higher incomes who can afford to make additional superannuation contributions. Meanwhile, the number of middle and low income earners who have the financial capacity to take advantage of these changes is limited.
Each of these measures are more likely to be taken up by people on higher incomes who can afford to make additional superannuation contributions. Meanwhile, the number of middle and low income earners who have the financial capacity to take advantage of these changes is limited. Analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Office showed that only about 2.3 per cent of taxpayers made $25,000 or more worth of concessional contributions in 2012-13, with their average income being $182,000.
Meanwhile, the number of middle and low income earners who have the financial capacity to take advantage of these changes is limited. Analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Office showed that only about 2.3 per cent of taxpayers made $25,000 or more worth of concessional contributions in 2012-13, with their average income being $182,000. This is because most Australians on lower incomes simply cannot afford to make additional contributions from their take-home pay.
Analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Office showed that only about 2.3 per cent of taxpayers made $25,000 or more worth of concessional contributions in 2012-13, with their average income being $182,000. This is because most Australians on lower incomes simply cannot afford to make additional contributions from their take-home pay. Industry Super Australia analysis also shows that beneficiaries of these two measures have on average an 80 per cent higher balance than the average superannuation balance.
This is because most Australians on lower incomes simply cannot afford to make additional contributions from their take-home pay. Industry Super Australia analysis also shows that beneficiaries of these two measures have on average an 80 per cent higher balance than the average superannuation balance. Labor’s plan to make superannuation fairer will save around $5.4 billion over the forward estimates.
Industry Super Australia analysis also shows that beneficiaries of these two measures have on average an 80 per cent higher balance than the average superannuation balance. Labor’s plan to make superannuation fairer will save around $5.4 billion over the forward estimates. Labor's Plan To Boost Super Nest Eggs
Labor’s plan to make superannuation fairer will save around $5.4 billion over the forward estimates. Labor's Plan To Boost Super Nest Eggs A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $655 million to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners.
Labor's Plan To Boost Super Nest Eggs A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $655 million to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners. Universal compulsory super is one of Labor’s greatest achievements.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $655 million to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners. Universal compulsory super is one of Labor’s greatest achievements. Super has already ensured a better retirement for millions of Australians.
Universal compulsory super is one of Labor’s greatest achievements. Super has already ensured a better retirement for millions of Australians. But right now, women on average retire with over 40 per cent less super than men.
Super has already ensured a better retirement for millions of Australians. But right now, women on average retire with over 40 per cent less super than men. In 2015-16, the average balance at retirement was $270,710 for men and $157,050 for women.
But right now, women on average retire with over 40 per cent less super than men. In 2015-16, the average balance at retirement was $270,710 for men and $157,050 for women. Closing this gap is absolutely critical to ensuring that Australian women enjoy dignity and security in retirement.
In 2015-16, the average balance at retirement was $270,710 for men and $157,050 for women. Closing this gap is absolutely critical to ensuring that Australian women enjoy dignity and security in retirement. LABOR’S PLAN:
Closing this gap is absolutely critical to ensuring that Australian women enjoy dignity and security in retirement. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen our superannuation system by taking steps to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen our superannuation system by taking steps to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners. A Shorten Labor Government will pay the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and Dad and Partner Pay payments from 1 July 2020.
A Shorten Labor Government will strengthen our superannuation system by taking steps to boost the superannuation balances for women and low-income earners. A Shorten Labor Government will pay the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and Dad and Partner Pay payments from 1 July 2020. Labor’s policy is estimated to benefit 167,000 recipients of Paid Parental Leave payments and 80,000 recipients of Dad and Partner Pay payments in 2020-21.
A Shorten Labor Government will pay the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and Dad and Partner Pay payments from 1 July 2020. Labor’s policy is estimated to benefit 167,000 recipients of Paid Parental Leave payments and 80,000 recipients of Dad and Partner Pay payments in 2020-21. Labor will also phase out the $450 per month minimum income threshold for eligibility for the Superannuation Guarantee from 1 July 2020.
Labor’s policy is estimated to benefit 167,000 recipients of Paid Parental Leave payments and 80,000 recipients of Dad and Partner Pay payments in 2020-21. Labor will also phase out the $450 per month minimum income threshold for eligibility for the Superannuation Guarantee from 1 July 2020. About 60,000 people are estimated to become eligible for the Superannuation Guarantee from their employers in 2020-21 as a result of this policy, increasing to 400,000 people in 2024-25.
Labor will also phase out the $450 per month minimum income threshold for eligibility for the Superannuation Guarantee from 1 July 2020. About 60,000 people are estimated to become eligible for the Superannuation Guarantee from their employers in 2020-21 as a result of this policy, increasing to 400,000 people in 2024-25. Labor will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that businesses are able to make higher superannuation payments for their female employees when they wish to do so.
About 60,000 people are estimated to become eligible for the Superannuation Guarantee from their employers in 2020-21 as a result of this policy, increasing to 400,000 people in 2024-25. Labor will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that businesses are able to make higher superannuation payments for their female employees when they wish to do so. We will ask the Australian Human Rights Commission to advise on the most appropriate legislative approach and to develop guidelines and advice for any organisation contemplating providing additional superannuation payments for women.
Labor will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that businesses are able to make higher superannuation payments for their female employees when they wish to do so. We will ask the Australian Human Rights Commission to advise on the most appropriate legislative approach and to develop guidelines and advice for any organisation contemplating providing additional superannuation payments for women. Labor will release an annual women’s budget statement which will provide greater transparency and consideration of gender across government as well as an opportunity to understand policy impacts across budgets.
We will ask the Australian Human Rights Commission to advise on the most appropriate legislative approach and to develop guidelines and advice for any organisation contemplating providing additional superannuation payments for women. Labor will release an annual women’s budget statement which will provide greater transparency and consideration of gender across government as well as an opportunity to understand policy impacts across budgets. Labor will ensure that Labor’s Council of Superannuation Custodians considers and reports on the impact on women of any future superannuation changes that it recommends to the Government.
Labor will release an annual women’s budget statement which will provide greater transparency and consideration of gender across government as well as an opportunity to understand policy impacts across budgets. Labor will ensure that Labor’s Council of Superannuation Custodians considers and reports on the impact on women of any future superannuation changes that it recommends to the Government. The Council will make recommendations on legislative changes to superannuation tax policies every five years, in line with the release of the Intergenerational Report.
Labor will ensure that Labor’s Council of Superannuation Custodians considers and reports on the impact on women of any future superannuation changes that it recommends to the Government. The Council will make recommendations on legislative changes to superannuation tax policies every five years, in line with the release of the Intergenerational Report. We will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
The Council will make recommendations on legislative changes to superannuation tax policies every five years, in line with the release of the Intergenerational Report. We will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor’s Plan to Fix the NDIS
We will pay for these commitments by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor’s Plan to Fix the NDIS A Shorten Labor Government will get the NDIS back on track.
Labor’s Plan to Fix the NDIS A Shorten Labor Government will get the NDIS back on track. It took a Labor Government to build the NDIS, and it will take a Shorten Labor Government to get it back on track.
A Shorten Labor Government will get the NDIS back on track. It took a Labor Government to build the NDIS, and it will take a Shorten Labor Government to get it back on track. Under the Liberals, the NDIS rollout has been too slow – with over 77,000 people missing out as a result.
It took a Labor Government to build the NDIS, and it will take a Shorten Labor Government to get it back on track. Under the Liberals, the NDIS rollout has been too slow – with over 77,000 people missing out as a result. The scheme has become too bureaucratic and the experiences of people with disability, families and carers has often been poor.
Under the Liberals, the NDIS rollout has been too slow – with over 77,000 people missing out as a result. The scheme has become too bureaucratic and the experiences of people with disability, families and carers has often been poor. People are struggling to access services, and on average are being short-changed by over $13,000 per year.
The scheme has become too bureaucratic and the experiences of people with disability, families and carers has often been poor. People are struggling to access services, and on average are being short-changed by over $13,000 per year. This is not how the NDIS was supposed to be.
People are struggling to access services, and on average are being short-changed by over $13,000 per year. This is not how the NDIS was supposed to be. Labor created the NDIS to give people with disability choice and control over their lives.
This is not how the NDIS was supposed to be. Labor created the NDIS to give people with disability choice and control over their lives. But under the Liberals, too many people with disability, families and carers feel the scheme is not delivering on what was promised.
Labor created the NDIS to give people with disability choice and control over their lives. But under the Liberals, too many people with disability, families and carers feel the scheme is not delivering on what was promised. But worst of all, the Liberals will short-change the NDIS – and the people who rely on it – by $1.6 billion next year alone.
But under the Liberals, too many people with disability, families and carers feel the scheme is not delivering on what was promised. But worst of all, the Liberals will short-change the NDIS – and the people who rely on it – by $1.6 billion next year alone. When money budgeted for the NDIS isn’t going to the NDIS, it’s a cut.
But worst of all, the Liberals will short-change the NDIS – and the people who rely on it – by $1.6 billion next year alone. When money budgeted for the NDIS isn’t going to the NDIS, it’s a cut. The Liberals are using the NDIS to prop up their tax handouts to the top end of town.
When money budgeted for the NDIS isn’t going to the NDIS, it’s a cut. The Liberals are using the NDIS to prop up their tax handouts to the top end of town. It’s no accident that people with disability are being short-changed.
The Liberals are using the NDIS to prop up their tax handouts to the top end of town. It’s no accident that people with disability are being short-changed. It’s a direct result of the Liberals’ actions, including capping staff, delaying the rollout, failing to invest in the workforce and keeping prices for services too low.
It’s no accident that people with disability are being short-changed. It’s a direct result of the Liberals’ actions, including capping staff, delaying the rollout, failing to invest in the workforce and keeping prices for services too low. After five ministers in five years, it’s time to get the NDIS back on track.
It’s a direct result of the Liberals’ actions, including capping staff, delaying the rollout, failing to invest in the workforce and keeping prices for services too low. After five ministers in five years, it’s time to get the NDIS back on track. LABOR’S PLAN
After five ministers in five years, it’s time to get the NDIS back on track. LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Disability Insurance Scheme Future Fund – guaranteeing that every dollar budgeted for the NDIS, goes to the NDIS.
LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Disability Insurance Scheme Future Fund – guaranteeing that every dollar budgeted for the NDIS, goes to the NDIS. The $1.6 billion the Liberals are taking from the NDIS 2019-20 will be put into the NDIS Future Fund, along with any future underspends.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Disability Insurance Scheme Future Fund – guaranteeing that every dollar budgeted for the NDIS, goes to the NDIS. The $1.6 billion the Liberals are taking from the NDIS 2019-20 will be put into the NDIS Future Fund, along with any future underspends. It will be a ‘locked box’ to protect the NDIS from Liberal cuts.
The $1.6 billion the Liberals are taking from the NDIS 2019-20 will be put into the NDIS Future Fund, along with any future underspends. It will be a ‘locked box’ to protect the NDIS from Liberal cuts. A Shorten Labor Government will also put people with disability at the centre of the NDIS once again.
It will be a ‘locked box’ to protect the NDIS from Liberal cuts. A Shorten Labor Government will also put people with disability at the centre of the NDIS once again. Labor will make the scheme more responsive, less complex and more people-focused.
A Shorten Labor Government will also put people with disability at the centre of the NDIS once again. Labor will make the scheme more responsive, less complex and more people-focused. Our plan includes:A new culture that puts people with disability first.
Labor will make the scheme more responsive, less complex and more people-focused. Our plan includes:A new culture that puts people with disability first. Establishing an NDIS Future Fund.
Our plan includes:A new culture that puts people with disability first. Establishing an NDIS Future Fund. More, better-trained staff.
Establishing an NDIS Future Fund. More, better-trained staff. Better planning, more choice and easier reviews.
More, better-trained staff. Better planning, more choice and easier reviews. Ensuring equitable access to the NDIS.
Better planning, more choice and easier reviews. Ensuring equitable access to the NDIS. Fixing the gaps between the NDIS and mainstream services.
Ensuring equitable access to the NDIS. Fixing the gaps between the NDIS and mainstream services. Valuing a skilled disability workforce.
Fixing the gaps between the NDIS and mainstream services. Valuing a skilled disability workforce. Keeping people with disability safe and boosting advocacy.
Valuing a skilled disability workforce. Keeping people with disability safe and boosting advocacy. A strong disability services sector.
Keeping people with disability safe and boosting advocacy. A strong disability services sector. Improving research and evaluation.
A strong disability services sector. Improving research and evaluation. Labor’s plan has been developed after extensive consultation with people with disability, families, carers, advocates, workers and providers across Australia.
Improving research and evaluation. Labor’s plan has been developed after extensive consultation with people with disability, families, carers, advocates, workers and providers across Australia. A Shorten Labor Government will seek the support of the states and territories for this plan and issue a formal directive to the NDIA Board under section 125 of the NDIS Act, to quickly get the NDIS back on track.
Labor’s plan has been developed after extensive consultation with people with disability, families, carers, advocates, workers and providers across Australia. A Shorten Labor Government will seek the support of the states and territories for this plan and issue a formal directive to the NDIA Board under section 125 of the NDIS Act, to quickly get the NDIS back on track. Labor Will Help Developing Countries Fight Multinationals
A Shorten Labor Government will seek the support of the states and territories for this plan and issue a formal directive to the NDIA Board under section 125 of the NDIS Act, to quickly get the NDIS back on track. Labor Will Help Developing Countries Fight Multinationals A Shorten Labor Government will help developing countries claw back cash from tax avoiders, by supporting a tax compliance program that returns $100 in revenue for every $1 invested.
Labor Will Help Developing Countries Fight Multinationals A Shorten Labor Government will help developing countries claw back cash from tax avoiders, by supporting a tax compliance program that returns $100 in revenue for every $1 invested. Tax havens hurt equality, especially in developing countries.
A Shorten Labor Government will help developing countries claw back cash from tax avoiders, by supporting a tax compliance program that returns $100 in revenue for every $1 invested. Tax havens hurt equality, especially in developing countries. Globally, two out of every five dollars of multinational profits are estimated to be channelled through tax havens.
Tax havens hurt equality, especially in developing countries. Globally, two out of every five dollars of multinational profits are estimated to be channelled through tax havens. For regional neighbours such as the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, the amount shifted into tax havens is over 2 percent of GDP.
Globally, two out of every five dollars of multinational profits are estimated to be channelled through tax havens. For regional neighbours such as the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, the amount shifted into tax havens is over 2 percent of GDP. Tax avoidance takes away precious funds that could be used for vital services.
For regional neighbours such as the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, the amount shifted into tax havens is over 2 percent of GDP. Tax avoidance takes away precious funds that could be used for vital services. Labor will provide $5 million a year to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, with a portion of that funding assisting the Australian Tax Office to send tax experts to developing countries who request our help.
Tax avoidance takes away precious funds that could be used for vital services. Labor will provide $5 million a year to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, with a portion of that funding assisting the Australian Tax Office to send tax experts to developing countries who request our help. It is estimated that for every $1 spent by donor countries on the program, developing nations have recouped $100 in additional tax revenue.
Labor will provide $5 million a year to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, with a portion of that funding assisting the Australian Tax Office to send tax experts to developing countries who request our help. It is estimated that for every $1 spent by donor countries on the program, developing nations have recouped $100 in additional tax revenue. With a 100:1 rate of return, Labor’s $5 million investment per year would recoup $500 million in revenue to help developing nations fund schools and hospitals.
It is estimated that for every $1 spent by donor countries on the program, developing nations have recouped $100 in additional tax revenue. With a 100:1 rate of return, Labor’s $5 million investment per year would recoup $500 million in revenue to help developing nations fund schools and hospitals. This is part of Labor’s commitment to rebuilding our Overseas Development Assistance program, and the latest step forward on tackling multinational tax avoidance.
With a 100:1 rate of return, Labor’s $5 million investment per year would recoup $500 million in revenue to help developing nations fund schools and hospitals. This is part of Labor’s commitment to rebuilding our Overseas Development Assistance program, and the latest step forward on tackling multinational tax avoidance. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
This is part of Labor’s commitment to rebuilding our Overseas Development Assistance program, and the latest step forward on tackling multinational tax avoidance. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan To Take The Wheel For Aussie Car Owners And Mechanics
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Labor's Plan To Take The Wheel For Aussie Car Owners And Mechanics Labor will put more money back into the pockets of car owners, and give 23,000 independent repairers a boost by making multinational car manufacturers share their technical information so that vehicles can be serviced by any mechanic.
Labor's Plan To Take The Wheel For Aussie Car Owners And Mechanics Labor will put more money back into the pockets of car owners, and give 23,000 independent repairers a boost by making multinational car manufacturers share their technical information so that vehicles can be serviced by any mechanic. New cars are computers on wheels.
Labor will put more money back into the pockets of car owners, and give 23,000 independent repairers a boost by making multinational car manufacturers share their technical information so that vehicles can be serviced by any mechanic. New cars are computers on wheels. Real-time access to digital files and codes, which vary from car to car, is needed to complete many aspects of a repair or service.
New cars are computers on wheels. Real-time access to digital files and codes, which vary from car to car, is needed to complete many aspects of a repair or service. Car manufacturers generally own and control this technical information and in many cases are the only sources.
Real-time access to digital files and codes, which vary from car to car, is needed to complete many aspects of a repair or service. Car manufacturers generally own and control this technical information and in many cases are the only sources. Whatever car you own, everyone should be able to choose where they get their car serviced.
Car manufacturers generally own and control this technical information and in many cases are the only sources. Whatever car you own, everyone should be able to choose where they get their car serviced. But the multinational car manufacturers guarding this information push up prices for car services,
Whatever car you own, everyone should be able to choose where they get their car serviced. But the multinational car manufacturers guarding this information push up prices for car services, and limit the ability of independent mechanics to grow their businesses
But the multinational car manufacturers guarding this information push up prices for car services, and limit the ability of independent mechanics to grow their businesses and generate more jobs.
and limit the ability of independent mechanics to grow their businesses and generate more jobs. The Liberals have only been interested in protecting their multinational mates, not driving a better deal for car owners and independent mechanics.
and generate more jobs. The Liberals have only been interested in protecting their multinational mates, not driving a better deal for car owners and independent mechanics. LABOR’S PLAN:
The Liberals have only been interested in protecting their multinational mates, not driving a better deal for car owners and independent mechanics. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will require car manufacturers to share technical information with independent mechanics on commercially fair and reasonable terms, with safeguards that enable environmental, safety and security-related technical information to be shared with the independent sector.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will require car manufacturers to share technical information with independent mechanics on commercially fair and reasonable terms, with safeguards that enable environmental, safety and security-related technical information to be shared with the independent sector. Labor will stick up for small businesses, Aussie tradies and keeping the cost of living down for families.
A Shorten Labor Government will require car manufacturers to share technical information with independent mechanics on commercially fair and reasonable terms, with safeguards that enable environmental, safety and security-related technical information to be shared with the independent sector. Labor will stick up for small businesses, Aussie tradies and keeping the cost of living down for families. This reform will not only deliver savings to drivers, who will have better choice and easier access to repairs, but also create a level playing field for independent mechanics who will be able to stay in business as a result.
Labor will stick up for small businesses, Aussie tradies and keeping the cost of living down for families. This reform will not only deliver savings to drivers, who will have better choice and easier access to repairs, but also create a level playing field for independent mechanics who will be able to stay in business as a result. Labour Hire
This reform will not only deliver savings to drivers, who will have better choice and easier access to repairs, but also create a level playing field for independent mechanics who will be able to stay in business as a result. Labour Hire A Shorten Labor Government will implement a “same job, same pay” policy and introduce a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme
Labour Hire A Shorten Labor Government will implement a “same job, same pay” policy and introduce a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme Too many workers in Australia are subject to unfair labour hire practices, often treated like second class citizens with lower wages, worse conditions and no job security.
A Shorten Labor Government will implement a “same job, same pay” policy and introduce a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme Too many workers in Australia are subject to unfair labour hire practices, often treated like second class citizens with lower wages, worse conditions and no job security. Labor’s “same job, same pay” policy will ensure that labour hire workers are paid and treated fairly, and their employment is not used to undermine the pay and conditions of direct employees.
Too many workers in Australia are subject to unfair labour hire practices, often treated like second class citizens with lower wages, worse conditions and no job security. Labor’s “same job, same pay” policy will ensure that labour hire workers are paid and treated fairly, and their employment is not used to undermine the pay and conditions of direct employees. Labor believes workers with the same training and experience, doing the same job side by side, should be paid the same amount.
Labor’s “same job, same pay” policy will ensure that labour hire workers are paid and treated fairly, and their employment is not used to undermine the pay and conditions of direct employees. Labor believes workers with the same training and experience, doing the same job side by side, should be paid the same amount. Labor will legislate to ensure that workers employed through a labour hire company will receive the same pay and conditions as people employed directly by the host company.
Labor believes workers with the same training and experience, doing the same job side by side, should be paid the same amount. Labor will legislate to ensure that workers employed through a labour hire company will receive the same pay and conditions as people employed directly by the host company. Labor will establish a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme to protect workers from exploitation.
Labor will legislate to ensure that workers employed through a labour hire company will receive the same pay and conditions as people employed directly by the host company. Labor will establish a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme to protect workers from exploitation. We will require all labour hire companies to be licensed.
Labor will establish a National Labour Hire Licensing Scheme to protect workers from exploitation. We will require all labour hire companies to be licensed. Companies that are based overseas and supply labour to Australian firms, either directly or through other companies, will also have to be licensed to do business here.
We will require all labour hire companies to be licensed. Companies that are based overseas and supply labour to Australian firms, either directly or through other companies, will also have to be licensed to do business here. In contrast, the Liberal government has failed to act to stamp out dodgy labour hire practices and further, has rejected a comprehensive regulation scheme for the labour hire industry.
Companies that are based overseas and supply labour to Australian firms, either directly or through other companies, will also have to be licensed to do business here. In contrast, the Liberal government has failed to act to stamp out dodgy labour hire practices and further, has rejected a comprehensive regulation scheme for the labour hire industry. These reckless decisions have meant that many Australian workers are less secure in their jobs and potentially face a greater risk of exploitation.
In contrast, the Liberal government has failed to act to stamp out dodgy labour hire practices and further, has rejected a comprehensive regulation scheme for the labour hire industry. These reckless decisions have meant that many Australian workers are less secure in their jobs and potentially face a greater risk of exploitation. Labor's Plan For Pay Transparency For Large Company CEOs
These reckless decisions have meant that many Australian workers are less secure in their jobs and potentially face a greater risk of exploitation. Labor's Plan For Pay Transparency For Large Company CEOs Labor will promote fairness and tackle inequality in the workplace by requiring large companies to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee.
Labor's Plan For Pay Transparency For Large Company CEOs Labor will promote fairness and tackle inequality in the workplace by requiring large companies to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee. Wages for everyday Australians have been stagnant, and growth in profits has significantly outpaced growth in average wages.
Labor will promote fairness and tackle inequality in the workplace by requiring large companies to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee. Wages for everyday Australians have been stagnant, and growth in profits has significantly outpaced growth in average wages. Current evidence shows that the average total pay of ASX100 CEOs rose by 9 per cent recently – over four times the speed of average wage growth.
Wages for everyday Australians have been stagnant, and growth in profits has significantly outpaced growth in average wages. Current evidence shows that the average total pay of ASX100 CEOs rose by 9 per cent recently – over four times the speed of average wage growth. The median ASX100 CEO earned more than $4 million.
Current evidence shows that the average total pay of ASX100 CEOs rose by 9 per cent recently – over four times the speed of average wage growth. The median ASX100 CEO earned more than $4 million. The best-paid of Australian CEOs made $37 million in 2016-17.
The median ASX100 CEO earned more than $4 million. The best-paid of Australian CEOs made $37 million in 2016-17. That’s $10 every eight seconds.
The best-paid of Australian CEOs made $37 million in 2016-17. That’s $10 every eight seconds. This is a local response to a global problem.
That’s $10 every eight seconds. This is a local response to a global problem. In 2015, CEOs of S&P500 companies in the US averaged a pay packet 335 times the size of the average American worker.
This is a local response to a global problem. In 2015, CEOs of S&P500 companies in the US averaged a pay packet 335 times the size of the average American worker. Labor will address public concern that CEO salaries are growing at an unfair rate and leaving workers behind.
In 2015, CEOs of S&P500 companies in the US averaged a pay packet 335 times the size of the average American worker. Labor will address public concern that CEO salaries are growing at an unfair rate and leaving workers behind. LABOR’S PLAN:
Labor will address public concern that CEO salaries are growing at an unfair rate and leaving workers behind. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will require listed firms with more than 250 employees to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will require listed firms with more than 250 employees to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee. Alongside their pay ratio, firms would be encouraged to provide a public explanation of the remuneration strategy.
A Shorten Labor Government will require listed firms with more than 250 employees to report the ratio of their CEO pay to the pay of the median employee. Alongside their pay ratio, firms would be encouraged to provide a public explanation of the remuneration strategy. By extending current market reporting requirements for public companies, it will help inform investors as they calculate risks and decide where to invest their money.
Alongside their pay ratio, firms would be encouraged to provide a public explanation of the remuneration strategy. By extending current market reporting requirements for public companies, it will help inform investors as they calculate risks and decide where to invest their money. This is a pro-growth reform and complements other transparency initiatives announced by Labor, including the public release of gender pay gap information within firms, our Tax Haven Transparency package, and the annual release of tax data for more large private firms.
By extending current market reporting requirements for public companies, it will help inform investors as they calculate risks and decide where to invest their money. This is a pro-growth reform and complements other transparency initiatives announced by Labor, including the public release of gender pay gap information within firms, our Tax Haven Transparency package, and the annual release of tax data for more large private firms. The requirement parallels measures introduced in the United States and Britain.
This is a pro-growth reform and complements other transparency initiatives announced by Labor, including the public release of gender pay gap information within firms, our Tax Haven Transparency package, and the annual release of tax data for more large private firms. The requirement parallels measures introduced in the United States and Britain. The measure would apply from the 2021 financial year, to allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission time to issue appropriate guidance, and for firms to comply with the new requirements.
The requirement parallels measures introduced in the United States and Britain. The measure would apply from the 2021 financial year, to allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission time to issue appropriate guidance, and for firms to comply with the new requirements. Labor's Plan For Inclusive Ownership & Inclusive Growth: Cooperatives And Mutual Enterprises
The measure would apply from the 2021 financial year, to allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission time to issue appropriate guidance, and for firms to comply with the new requirements. Labor's Plan For Inclusive Ownership & Inclusive Growth: Cooperatives And Mutual Enterprises A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector.
Labor's Plan For Inclusive Ownership & Inclusive Growth: Cooperatives And Mutual Enterprises A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector. Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms.
A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector. Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms. This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance.
Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms. This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance. That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining.
This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance. That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining. Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community.
That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining. Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community. There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty.
Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community. There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty. Co-ops and mutuals face a number of barriers, ranging from access to capital, equal access to grants, and equal treatment for the sector with other firm structures in all areas of the economy.
There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty. Co-ops and mutuals face a number of barriers, ranging from access to capital, equal access to grants, and equal treatment for the sector with other firm structures in all areas of the economy. Labor’s reform proposals build on Labor’s 2016 election commitments which are based on the recommendations of the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into member-owned firms.
Co-ops and mutuals face a number of barriers, ranging from access to capital, equal access to grants, and equal treatment for the sector with other firm structures in all areas of the economy. Labor’s reform proposals build on Labor’s 2016 election commitments which are based on the recommendations of the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into member-owned firms. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector. Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms. This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance. That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining. Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community. There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty.
Labor’s reform proposals build on Labor’s 2016 election commitments which are based on the recommendations of the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into member-owned firms. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector. Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms. This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance. That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining. Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community. There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty. LABOR’S PLAN:
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will support Australia’s Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises sector. Today in Australia, we need initiatives that will build the strength of our communities and increase competition in markets dominated by a few large firms. This holds true for many sectors including banking, agriculture, health care, and insurance. That’s because social capital – the networks of trust and reciprocity that link multiple individuals together – is declining. Cooperatives (Co-ops) and mutuals are a flexible structure with the potential to not only create economic value, but also to foster community. There is also evidence that employees in worker-owned firms are more productive and more satisfied, and that such firms have less turnover and enjoy greater staff loyalty. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will create a Competition and Growth Taskforce to sit within Treasury and include staff from diverse backgrounds including not-for-profits, superannuation and the cooperative and mutuals sector.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will create a Competition and Growth Taskforce to sit within Treasury and include staff from diverse backgrounds including not-for-profits, superannuation and the cooperative and mutuals sector. The Taskforce will work on issues tasked to it by government and undertake independent research and policy development.
Labor will create a Competition and Growth Taskforce to sit within Treasury and include staff from diverse backgrounds including not-for-profits, superannuation and the cooperative and mutuals sector. The Taskforce will work on issues tasked to it by government and undertake independent research and policy development. The Taskforce would immediately be tasked with:Corporate governance reform, filling the gap left by the abolition of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee by the Liberals, who defunded it at the behest of their vested interest mates.
The Taskforce will work on issues tasked to it by government and undertake independent research and policy development. The Taskforce would immediately be tasked with:Corporate governance reform, filling the gap left by the abolition of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee by the Liberals, who defunded it at the behest of their vested interest mates. The Taskforce would be asked to immediately focus on completing the Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Engagement report that the CAMAC started.
The Taskforce would immediately be tasked with:Corporate governance reform, filling the gap left by the abolition of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee by the Liberals, who defunded it at the behest of their vested interest mates. The Taskforce would be asked to immediately focus on completing the Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Engagement report that the CAMAC started. Guiding the implementation of the remaining recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Co-ops and Mutuals, which primarily involve the coordination of government regulation and information to reflect business plurality.
The Taskforce would be asked to immediately focus on completing the Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Engagement report that the CAMAC started. Guiding the implementation of the remaining recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Co-ops and Mutuals, which primarily involve the coordination of government regulation and information to reflect business plurality. Reviewing national harmonisation of cooperative laws, including exploring the referral of state powers (legislated under the Cooperatives National Law) to the federal government, and bringing cooperatives into the proposed Director Identification Number regime.
Guiding the implementation of the remaining recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Co-ops and Mutuals, which primarily involve the coordination of government regulation and information to reflect business plurality. Reviewing national harmonisation of cooperative laws, including exploring the referral of state powers (legislated under the Cooperatives National Law) to the federal government, and bringing cooperatives into the proposed Director Identification Number regime. Making recommendations to government on small business transition policies – particularly in relation to small business owners who wish to sell their business to their employees upon retirement as a worker-owned cooperative.
Reviewing national harmonisation of cooperative laws, including exploring the referral of state powers (legislated under the Cooperatives National Law) to the federal government, and bringing cooperatives into the proposed Director Identification Number regime. Making recommendations to government on small business transition policies – particularly in relation to small business owners who wish to sell their business to their employees upon retirement as a worker-owned cooperative. Guiding policy on encouraging employee ownership, including employee share ownership schemes.
Making recommendations to government on small business transition policies – particularly in relation to small business owners who wish to sell their business to their employees upon retirement as a worker-owned cooperative. Guiding policy on encouraging employee ownership, including employee share ownership schemes. The Labor Party committed to ensuring fairer access to capital in 2016, with Parliament later adopting the policy.
Guiding policy on encouraging employee ownership, including employee share ownership schemes. The Labor Party committed to ensuring fairer access to capital in 2016, with Parliament later adopting the policy. We will ensure those reforms work as intended.
We will ensure those reforms work as intended. Labor will give the sector equal access to government grants. Labor believes member-owned firms should be eligible for government grants on an equal footing with other organisations.
Labor will give the sector equal access to government grants. Labor believes member-owned firms should be eligible for government grants on an equal footing with other organisations. The clearest example is the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which does not allow non-corporations to apply for grants above a certain threshold.
Labor believes member-owned firms should be eligible for government grants on an equal footing with other organisations. The clearest example is the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which does not allow non-corporations to apply for grants above a certain threshold. Cooperatives are a way for Indigenous collectives to further the goal of self-determination.
The clearest example is the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which does not allow non-corporations to apply for grants above a certain threshold. Cooperatives are a way for Indigenous collectives to further the goal of self-determination. The Labor Party committed to ensuring fairer access to capital in 2016, with Parliament later adopting the policy. We will ensure those reforms work as intended. Labor will give the sector equal access to government grants.
Cooperatives are a way for Indigenous collectives to further the goal of self-determination. The Labor Party committed to ensuring fairer access to capital in 2016, with Parliament later adopting the policy. We will ensure those reforms work as intended. Labor will give the sector equal access to government grants. Labor believes member-owned firms should be eligible for government grants on an equal footing with other organisations.
The Labor Party committed to ensuring fairer access to capital in 2016, with Parliament later adopting the policy. We will ensure those reforms work as intended. Labor will give the sector equal access to government grants. Labor believes member-owned firms should be eligible for government grants on an equal footing with other organisations. The clearest example is the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which does not allow non-corporations to apply for grants above a certain threshold.
The clearest example is the Indigenous Advancement Strategy, which does not allow non-corporations to apply for grants above a certain threshold. Cooperatives are a way for Indigenous collectives to further the goal of self-determination. Fairer Markets For A Fairer Australia
Cooperatives are a way for Indigenous collectives to further the goal of self-determination. Fairer Markets For A Fairer Australia Labor will stand up to the market power of multinationals and the top end of town, massively increase penalties for bad behaviour, fight inequality and clamp down on anti-consumer behaviour by big business by reforming competition laws.
Fairer Markets For A Fairer Australia Labor will stand up to the market power of multinationals and the top end of town, massively increase penalties for bad behaviour, fight inequality and clamp down on anti-consumer behaviour by big business by reforming competition laws. Australia has a competition problem – there is not enough of it.
Labor will stand up to the market power of multinationals and the top end of town, massively increase penalties for bad behaviour, fight inequality and clamp down on anti-consumer behaviour by big business by reforming competition laws. Australia has a competition problem – there is not enough of it. Our industries are concentrated.
Australia has a competition problem – there is not enough of it. Our industries are concentrated. Our markets show signs of weak competition and feature large power imbalances.
Our industries are concentrated. Our markets show signs of weak competition and feature large power imbalances. Recent analysis shows that more than half of Australia’s markets are concentrated – meaning that the four largest firms control a third of the market or more.
Our markets show signs of weak competition and feature large power imbalances. Recent analysis shows that more than half of Australia’s markets are concentrated – meaning that the four largest firms control a third of the market or more. Increased concentration is often associated with reduced competition, resulting in higher prices and higher inequality, and lower productivity, innovation, investment, quality and consumer choice.
Recent analysis shows that more than half of Australia’s markets are concentrated – meaning that the four largest firms control a third of the market or more. Increased concentration is often associated with reduced competition, resulting in higher prices and higher inequality, and lower productivity, innovation, investment, quality and consumer choice. The Liberals don’t like competition.
Increased concentration is often associated with reduced competition, resulting in higher prices and higher inequality, and lower productivity, innovation, investment, quality and consumer choice. The Liberals don’t like competition. They prefer to defend their mates in the top end of town.
The Liberals don’t like competition. They prefer to defend their mates in the top end of town. Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, it fell to Labor to legislate fair competition reforms, including Small Business Access to Justice, which helps small businesses take on market dominant competitors in court without the risk of being bankrupted by the legal fees of their opponent.
They prefer to defend their mates in the top end of town. Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, it fell to Labor to legislate fair competition reforms, including Small Business Access to Justice, which helps small businesses take on market dominant competitors in court without the risk of being bankrupted by the legal fees of their opponent. LABOR’S PLAN:
Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, it fell to Labor to legislate fair competition reforms, including Small Business Access to Justice, which helps small businesses take on market dominant competitors in court without the risk of being bankrupted by the legal fees of their opponent. LABOR’S PLAN: Raise the maximum dollar penalty for companies that break competition laws and rip off consumers from $10 million to $50 million per offence.
LABOR’S PLAN: Raise the maximum dollar penalty for companies that break competition laws and rip off consumers from $10 million to $50 million per offence. Double the ACCC’s litigation budget to $49 million.
Raise the maximum dollar penalty for companies that break competition laws and rip off consumers from $10 million to $50 million per offence. Double the ACCC’s litigation budget to $49 million. Adopt the European Union’s penalty system for anti-competitive conduct, which is based on 30 per cent of the annual sales of the relevant product or service, multiplied by the number of years the infringement took place, capped at 10 per cent of annual turnover.
Double the ACCC’s litigation budget to $49 million. Adopt the European Union’s penalty system for anti-competitive conduct, which is based on 30 per cent of the annual sales of the relevant product or service, multiplied by the number of years the infringement took place, capped at 10 per cent of annual turnover. Empower consumer and small business advocacy groups to make ‘supercomplaints’ about rip-offs to the ACCC. Supercomplaints will require an investigation and public response from the watchdog with a limited response time.
Adopt the European Union’s penalty system for anti-competitive conduct, which is based on 30 per cent of the annual sales of the relevant product or service, multiplied by the number of years the infringement took place, capped at 10 per cent of annual turnover. Empower consumer and small business advocacy groups to make ‘supercomplaints’ about rip-offs to the ACCC. Supercomplaints will require an investigation and public response from the watchdog with a limited response time. Mergers that have occurred in concentrated markets, or have previously raised regulator concerns or enforceable undertakings, will require a review five and ten years after the merger to evaluate the competition and consumer outcomes of the merger, and the broader public interest (including whether mergers reduced wages, cut jobs, lowered product quality, limited access to services, stifled innovation, damaged suppliers, or hindered the ability of small businesses and entrepreneurs to compete).
Empower consumer and small business advocacy groups to make ‘supercomplaints’ about rip-offs to the ACCC. Supercomplaints will require an investigation and public response from the watchdog with a limited response time. Mergers that have occurred in concentrated markets, or have previously raised regulator concerns or enforceable undertakings, will require a review five and ten years after the merger to evaluate the competition and consumer outcomes of the merger, and the broader public interest (including whether mergers reduced wages, cut jobs, lowered product quality, limited access to services, stifled innovation, damaged suppliers, or hindered the ability of small businesses and entrepreneurs to compete). Give a truly independent market studies function to the ACCC to explore public interest issues such as pricing discrepancies and increased market concentration.
Mergers that have occurred in concentrated markets, or have previously raised regulator concerns or enforceable undertakings, will require a review five and ten years after the merger to evaluate the competition and consumer outcomes of the merger, and the broader public interest (including whether mergers reduced wages, cut jobs, lowered product quality, limited access to services, stifled innovation, damaged suppliers, or hindered the ability of small businesses and entrepreneurs to compete). Give a truly independent market studies function to the ACCC to explore public interest issues such as pricing discrepancies and increased market concentration. Amend the Competition and Consumer Act to allow courts to apply higher penalties for conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians.
Give a truly independent market studies function to the ACCC to explore public interest issues such as pricing discrepancies and increased market concentration. Amend the Competition and Consumer Act to allow courts to apply higher penalties for conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians. Require the ACCC to prioritise investigations of conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians.
Amend the Competition and Consumer Act to allow courts to apply higher penalties for conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians. Require the ACCC to prioritise investigations of conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians. Investigate the impact of increased market concentration on income inequality in Australia and produce policy recommendations on how the negative effects of market concentration can be mitigated.
Require the ACCC to prioritise investigations of conduct that targets or disproportionately impacts disadvantaged Australians. Investigate the impact of increased market concentration on income inequality in Australia and produce policy recommendations on how the negative effects of market concentration can be mitigated. Encourage states and territories to include competition principles in planning and zoning legislation, with a specific focus on shortfalls of appropriately zoned land for key services in disadvantaged communities.
Investigate the impact of increased market concentration on income inequality in Australia and produce policy recommendations on how the negative effects of market concentration can be mitigated. Encourage states and territories to include competition principles in planning and zoning legislation, with a specific focus on shortfalls of appropriately zoned land for key services in disadvantaged communities. Labor's Tradie Pay Guarantee And Plan To Fight Phoenixing
Encourage states and territories to include competition principles in planning and zoning legislation, with a specific focus on shortfalls of appropriately zoned land for key services in disadvantaged communities. Labor's Tradie Pay Guarantee And Plan To Fight Phoenixing Labor will implement a Tradie Pay Guarantee, a Tradie Litigation Fund, and a series of reforms to detect, deter, and punish fraudulent phoenix operators hurting honest small businesses and employees.
Labor's Tradie Pay Guarantee And Plan To Fight Phoenixing Labor will implement a Tradie Pay Guarantee, a Tradie Litigation Fund, and a series of reforms to detect, deter, and punish fraudulent phoenix operators hurting honest small businesses and employees. Phoenix activity is a deliberate liquidation strategy to avoid debts, taxes and other liabilities, particularly worker entitlements and outstanding bills to small business suppliers.
Labor will implement a Tradie Pay Guarantee, a Tradie Litigation Fund, and a series of reforms to detect, deter, and punish fraudulent phoenix operators hurting honest small businesses and employees. Phoenix activity is a deliberate liquidation strategy to avoid debts, taxes and other liabilities, particularly worker entitlements and outstanding bills to small business suppliers. It often involves a second company, newly incorporated and structured for this purpose, which arises from the ashes of its failed predecessor, yet the second company’s directors and business are essentially the same.
Phoenix activity is a deliberate liquidation strategy to avoid debts, taxes and other liabilities, particularly worker entitlements and outstanding bills to small business suppliers. It often involves a second company, newly incorporated and structured for this purpose, which arises from the ashes of its failed predecessor, yet the second company’s directors and business are essentially the same. This type of fraud costs the economy more than $5 billion a year.
It often involves a second company, newly incorporated and structured for this purpose, which arises from the ashes of its failed predecessor, yet the second company’s directors and business are essentially the same. This type of fraud costs the economy more than $5 billion a year. Phoenix activity affects all sectors of the economy, but the construction sector is the worst hit - directly impacting sub-contractors, tradies, and their families.
This type of fraud costs the economy more than $5 billion a year. Phoenix activity affects all sectors of the economy, but the construction sector is the worst hit - directly impacting sub-contractors, tradies, and their families. LABOR’S PLAN:
Phoenix activity affects all sectors of the economy, but the construction sector is the worst hit - directly impacting sub-contractors, tradies, and their families. LABOR’S PLAN: Tradie Pay Guarantee
LABOR’S PLAN: Tradie Pay Guarantee A Shorten Labor Government will protect sub-contractors working on government projects from being left unpaid when dodgy businesses go bust through the implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee.
Tradie Pay Guarantee A Shorten Labor Government will protect sub-contractors working on government projects from being left unpaid when dodgy businesses go bust through the implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee. Labor will trial a new requirement for large Commonwealth construction projects that would see project bank accounts established that use cascading statutory trusts, ensuring that all businesses down the supply chain get paid on time, and set up an efficient process for handling disputes and establish a federal security of payments legislative regime based on the recommendations of the Murray Review.
A Shorten Labor Government will protect sub-contractors working on government projects from being left unpaid when dodgy businesses go bust through the implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee. Labor will trial a new requirement for large Commonwealth construction projects that would see project bank accounts established that use cascading statutory trusts, ensuring that all businesses down the supply chain get paid on time, and set up an efficient process for handling disputes and establish a federal security of payments legislative regime based on the recommendations of the Murray Review. Labor will then work with the States and Territories to harmonise schemes across the country where possible, including consulting on the referral of powers to the federal program.
Labor will trial a new requirement for large Commonwealth construction projects that would see project bank accounts established that use cascading statutory trusts, ensuring that all businesses down the supply chain get paid on time, and set up an efficient process for handling disputes and establish a federal security of payments legislative regime based on the recommendations of the Murray Review. Labor will then work with the States and Territories to harmonise schemes across the country where possible, including consulting on the referral of powers to the federal program. This would apply to a broader range of construction activity.
Labor will then work with the States and Territories to harmonise schemes across the country where possible, including consulting on the referral of powers to the federal program. This would apply to a broader range of construction activity. Labor will commit $7 million for the development and implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee.
This would apply to a broader range of construction activity. Labor will commit $7 million for the development and implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee. Tradie Litigation Fund
Labor will commit $7 million for the development and implementation of the Tradie Pay Guarantee. Tradie Litigation Fund Labor will create aN $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund for sub-contractors to access justice and see regulators take dodgy bosses to court and win.
Tradie Litigation Fund Labor will create aN $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund for sub-contractors to access justice and see regulators take dodgy bosses to court and win. The new $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund will give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the ability to run more difficult court cases without draining the corporate watchdog’s resources.
Labor will create aN $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund for sub-contractors to access justice and see regulators take dodgy bosses to court and win. The new $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund will give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the ability to run more difficult court cases without draining the corporate watchdog’s resources. Not only will this give tradies their day in court, it will also act both as a punishment and a deterrent for dodgy directors.
The new $8 million Tradie Litigation Fund will give the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the ability to run more difficult court cases without draining the corporate watchdog’s resources. Not only will this give tradies their day in court, it will also act both as a punishment and a deterrent for dodgy directors. People who deliberately burn their companies should be subject to the full consequences of failing directors’ duties, including being liable for compensation, fines of up to $200,000 or five years behind bars.
Not only will this give tradies their day in court, it will also act both as a punishment and a deterrent for dodgy directors. People who deliberately burn their companies should be subject to the full consequences of failing directors’ duties, including being liable for compensation, fines of up to $200,000 or five years behind bars. Detect, Deter, and Punish Phoenix Operators
People who deliberately burn their companies should be subject to the full consequences of failing directors’ duties, including being liable for compensation, fines of up to $200,000 or five years behind bars. Detect, Deter, and Punish Phoenix Operators A Shorten Labor Government will implement the following anti-phoenixing measures:1. Require all company directors to obtain a Director Identification Number (DIN) with a 100-point ID check.
Detect, Deter, and Punish Phoenix Operators A Shorten Labor Government will implement the following anti-phoenixing measures:1. Require all company directors to obtain a Director Identification Number (DIN) with a 100-point ID check. This stops dodgy directors signing up under false details and allows regulators to track their operation.
A Shorten Labor Government will implement the following anti-phoenixing measures:1. Require all company directors to obtain a Director Identification Number (DIN) with a 100-point ID check. This stops dodgy directors signing up under false details and allows regulators to track their operation. 2. Increase penalties associated with phoenix activity.
This stops dodgy directors signing up under false details and allows regulators to track their operation. 2. Increase penalties associated with phoenix activity. 3. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to name and shame individuals and entities as a penalty for the most serious tax offences.
2. Increase penalties associated with phoenix activity. 3. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to name and shame individuals and entities as a penalty for the most serious tax offences. 4. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for disqualification orders for directors who engaged in or oversaw serious non-compliance.
3. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to name and shame individuals and entities as a penalty for the most serious tax offences. 4. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for disqualification orders for directors who engaged in or oversaw serious non-compliance. 5. Introduce an objective test for transactions depriving employees of their entitlements.
4. Allow the Commissioner of Taxation to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for disqualification orders for directors who engaged in or oversaw serious non-compliance. 5. Introduce an objective test for transactions depriving employees of their entitlements. 6. Clarify the availability of compensation orders against accessories under the Fair Work Act 2009.
5. Introduce an objective test for transactions depriving employees of their entitlements. 6. Clarify the availability of compensation orders against accessories under the Fair Work Act 2009. 7. Undertake consultation on targeted integrity measures based on the recommendations of the Melbourne Law School / Monash Business School Phoenix Research Team recommendations.
6. Clarify the availability of compensation orders against accessories under the Fair Work Act 2009. 7. Undertake consultation on targeted integrity measures based on the recommendations of the Melbourne Law School / Monash Business School Phoenix Research Team recommendations. 8. Include all labour hire contracting firms in the Taxable Payment Reporting System, to increase tax compliance in a phoenix-risk sector
7. Undertake consultation on targeted integrity measures based on the recommendations of the Melbourne Law School / Monash Business School Phoenix Research Team recommendations. 8. Include all labour hire contracting firms in the Taxable Payment Reporting System, to increase tax compliance in a phoenix-risk sector Labor's Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications
8. Include all labour hire contracting firms in the Taxable Payment Reporting System, to increase tax compliance in a phoenix-risk sector Labor's Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications Labor understands just how critical connectivity is to improving quality of life,
Labor's Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications Labor understands just how critical connectivity is to improving quality of life, boosting productivity
Labor understands just how critical connectivity is to improving quality of life, boosting productivity and supporting jobs in the regions.
boosting productivity and supporting jobs in the regions. Having access to fast, reliable and affordable communications is an enabler of social and economic opportunity, particularly in regional communities that face barriers of distance.
and supporting jobs in the regions. Having access to fast, reliable and affordable communications is an enabler of social and economic opportunity, particularly in regional communities that face barriers of distance. This is why Labor established a ubiquitous National Broadband Network (NBN), and invested $250 million in the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program.
Having access to fast, reliable and affordable communications is an enabler of social and economic opportunity, particularly in regional communities that face barriers of distance. This is why Labor established a ubiquitous National Broadband Network (NBN), and invested $250 million in the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program. We will continue to invest in better connectivity to help bridge the digital divide in regional communities.
This is why Labor established a ubiquitous National Broadband Network (NBN), and invested $250 million in the Regional Backbone Blackspots Program. We will continue to invest in better connectivity to help bridge the digital divide in regional communities. LABOR’S PLAN:
We will continue to invest in better connectivity to help bridge the digital divide in regional communities. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital inclusion and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital inclusion and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. This $245 million commitment shows Labor is the party most committed to regional communications,
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital inclusion and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. This $245 million commitment shows Labor is the party most committed to regional communications, and forms part of our broader commitment to support local productivity,
This $245 million commitment shows Labor is the party most committed to regional communications, and forms part of our broader commitment to support local productivity, jobs
and forms part of our broader commitment to support local productivity, jobs and enhanced connectivity in regional Australia – and to improve the NBN.
jobs and enhanced connectivity in regional Australia – and to improve the NBN. Labor’s Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications will:1. Fix more mobile black spots: Labor will allocate $160 million to deliver improved mobile coverage through two further rounds of the Mobile Black Spot Program, as well as strengthening co-location and infrastructure sharing opportunities for new mobile towers funded by the program.
and enhanced connectivity in regional Australia – and to improve the NBN. Labor’s Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications will:1. Fix more mobile black spots: Labor will allocate $160 million to deliver improved mobile coverage through two further rounds of the Mobile Black Spot Program, as well as strengthening co-location and infrastructure sharing opportunities for new mobile towers funded by the program. 2. Invest in local projects to address regional connectivity issues: Labor will allocate $60 million to local projects to address regional connectivity issues by working with state and local government and other stakeholders to develop Connected Community Plans.
Labor’s Plan to deliver Better Regional Communications will:1. Fix more mobile black spots: Labor will allocate $160 million to deliver improved mobile coverage through two further rounds of the Mobile Black Spot Program, as well as strengthening co-location and infrastructure sharing opportunities for new mobile towers funded by the program. 2. Invest in local projects to address regional connectivity issues: Labor will allocate $60 million to local projects to address regional connectivity issues by working with state and local government and other stakeholders to develop Connected Community Plans. This place-based approach will help identify priorities for investment in local connectivity projects and digital literacy initiatives, including in remote Indigenous communities.
2. Invest in local projects to address regional connectivity issues: Labor will allocate $60 million to local projects to address regional connectivity issues by working with state and local government and other stakeholders to develop Connected Community Plans. This place-based approach will help identify priorities for investment in local connectivity projects and digital literacy initiatives, including in remote Indigenous communities. 3. Improve data collection to support better decision-making: Labor will work with industry and regulators to develop more accurate and comparable mobile coverage maps to support policy making.
This place-based approach will help identify priorities for investment in local connectivity projects and digital literacy initiatives, including in remote Indigenous communities. 3. Improve data collection to support better decision-making: Labor will work with industry and regulators to develop more accurate and comparable mobile coverage maps to support policy making. We will also empower the ACCC to track capital investment in regional mobile networks, including 5G, to support policy analysis, program design and decision making to benefit regional consumers.
3. Improve data collection to support better decision-making: Labor will work with industry and regulators to develop more accurate and comparable mobile coverage maps to support policy making. We will also empower the ACCC to track capital investment in regional mobile networks, including 5G, to support policy analysis, program design and decision making to benefit regional consumers. 4. Work with the States and Territories to better co-ordinate investment: Labor will work with the States and Territories to maximise co-investment opportunities in mobile and other network infrastructure; ensure that Commonwealth investment in road and rail projects incorporates a communications coverage plan where feasible; and investigate co-building of mobile network infrastructure in areas of defined need such as transport routes, where public land can be leveraged in exchange for cooperation amongst mobile network operators.
We will also empower the ACCC to track capital investment in regional mobile networks, including 5G, to support policy analysis, program design and decision making to benefit regional consumers. 4. Work with the States and Territories to better co-ordinate investment: Labor will work with the States and Territories to maximise co-investment opportunities in mobile and other network infrastructure; ensure that Commonwealth investment in road and rail projects incorporates a communications coverage plan where feasible; and investigate co-building of mobile network infrastructure in areas of defined need such as transport routes, where public land can be leveraged in exchange for cooperation amongst mobile network operators. 5. Improve consistency of back-up power arrangements for new mobile towers located in bushfire prone areas: Labor will work with industry and consult experts on options to improve the consistency of battery back-up arrangements for new base stations built in bushfire prone areas.
4. Work with the States and Territories to better co-ordinate investment: Labor will work with the States and Territories to maximise co-investment opportunities in mobile and other network infrastructure; ensure that Commonwealth investment in road and rail projects incorporates a communications coverage plan where feasible; and investigate co-building of mobile network infrastructure in areas of defined need such as transport routes, where public land can be leveraged in exchange for cooperation amongst mobile network operators. 5. Improve consistency of back-up power arrangements for new mobile towers located in bushfire prone areas: Labor will work with industry and consult experts on options to improve the consistency of battery back-up arrangements for new base stations built in bushfire prone areas. 6. Improve Remote Indigenous Communications: Labor will provide funding to improve remote Indigenous telecommunications and broadcasting to help address digital literacy, improve access to basic services and address the digital divide in remote communities.
5. Improve consistency of back-up power arrangements for new mobile towers located in bushfire prone areas: Labor will work with industry and consult experts on options to improve the consistency of battery back-up arrangements for new base stations built in bushfire prone areas. 6. Improve Remote Indigenous Communications: Labor will provide funding to improve remote Indigenous telecommunications and broadcasting to help address digital literacy, improve access to basic services and address the digital divide in remote communities. If elected, we will also restore much needed rigour to ensure taxpayer’s money is delivering the benefits that regional Australians deserve.
6. Improve Remote Indigenous Communications: Labor will provide funding to improve remote Indigenous telecommunications and broadcasting to help address digital literacy, improve access to basic services and address the digital divide in remote communities. If elected, we will also restore much needed rigour to ensure taxpayer’s money is delivering the benefits that regional Australians deserve. The Liberals and nationals have been caught out for failings in administering regional funding. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found 89 of 499 base stations — nearly 1 in 5 towers funded under Round 1 of the Mobile Black Spot Program — delivered no new coverage at a cost of $28 million.
If elected, we will also restore much needed rigour to ensure taxpayer’s money is delivering the benefits that regional Australians deserve. The Liberals and nationals have been caught out for failings in administering regional funding. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found 89 of 499 base stations — nearly 1 in 5 towers funded under Round 1 of the Mobile Black Spot Program — delivered no new coverage at a cost of $28 million. From their second-rate copper NBN, to bungling of mobile black spots delivery, the Liberals and Nationals cannot be trusted when it comes to regional communications.
The Liberals and nationals have been caught out for failings in administering regional funding. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found 89 of 499 base stations — nearly 1 in 5 towers funded under Round 1 of the Mobile Black Spot Program — delivered no new coverage at a cost of $28 million. From their second-rate copper NBN, to bungling of mobile black spots delivery, the Liberals and Nationals cannot be trusted when it comes to regional communications. As it stands, 31 black spot towers promised by the Liberals and Nationals after the 2013 election are yet to be delivered, and a further 71 of the 102 towers promised as 2016 election commitments in are also incomplete.
From their second-rate copper NBN, to bungling of mobile black spots delivery, the Liberals and Nationals cannot be trusted when it comes to regional communications. As it stands, 31 black spot towers promised by the Liberals and Nationals after the 2013 election are yet to be delivered, and a further 71 of the 102 towers promised as 2016 election commitments in are also incomplete. Regional Australians and taxpayers deserve better than this.
As it stands, 31 black spot towers promised by the Liberals and Nationals after the 2013 election are yet to be delivered, and a further 71 of the 102 towers promised as 2016 election commitments in are also incomplete. Regional Australians and taxpayers deserve better than this. DELIVERING A BETTER NBN EXPERIENCE FOR REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
Regional Australians and taxpayers deserve better than this. DELIVERING A BETTER NBN EXPERIENCE FOR REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Labor’s Plan for Better Regional Communications will be supported by our commitment to deliver a better experience for regional NBN consumers by:Establishing an NBN Service Guarantee to improve service standards, and better protect consumers and small businesses against excessive NBN downtime.
DELIVERING A BETTER NBN EXPERIENCE FOR REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Labor’s Plan for Better Regional Communications will be supported by our commitment to deliver a better experience for regional NBN consumers by:Establishing an NBN Service Guarantee to improve service standards, and better protect consumers and small businesses against excessive NBN downtime. Undertaking a review of the future funding and capacity requirements of the NBN fixed-wireless network.
Labor’s Plan for Better Regional Communications will be supported by our commitment to deliver a better experience for regional NBN consumers by:Establishing an NBN Service Guarantee to improve service standards, and better protect consumers and small businesses against excessive NBN downtime. Undertaking a review of the future funding and capacity requirements of the NBN fixed-wireless network. Improving reliability and speed for up to 750,000 Fibre to the Node households, many of which are in the regions, where the NBN copper network is over-represented.
Undertaking a review of the future funding and capacity requirements of the NBN fixed-wireless network. Improving reliability and speed for up to 750,000 Fibre to the Node households, many of which are in the regions, where the NBN copper network is over-represented. Undertaking fibre upgrade trials to validate costs and inform options for future co-investment to deliver more fibre.
Improving reliability and speed for up to 750,000 Fibre to the Node households, many of which are in the regions, where the NBN copper network is over-represented. Undertaking fibre upgrade trials to validate costs and inform options for future co-investment to deliver more fibre. The choice at the next election could not be clearer.
Undertaking fibre upgrade trials to validate costs and inform options for future co-investment to deliver more fibre. The choice at the next election could not be clearer. Regional Australians can have better schools, hospitals and connectivity under Labor, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals.
The choice at the next election could not be clearer. Regional Australians can have better schools, hospitals and connectivity under Labor, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready.
Regional Australians can have better schools, hospitals and connectivity under Labor, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready. Labor Will Make Unfair Contract Terms Illegal
After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready. Labor Will Make Unfair Contract Terms Illegal A Shorten Labor Government will protect small businesses by making unfair contract terms illegal and punishable with significant fines.
Labor Will Make Unfair Contract Terms Illegal A Shorten Labor Government will protect small businesses by making unfair contract terms illegal and punishable with significant fines. Australia’s current laws aren’t tough enough.
A Shorten Labor Government will protect small businesses by making unfair contract terms illegal and punishable with significant fines. Australia’s current laws aren’t tough enough. While contract terms that unfairly exploit a power imbalance between a big business and a small business can be voided by a court, there’s no punishment for the entity exploiting its market power.
Australia’s current laws aren’t tough enough. While contract terms that unfairly exploit a power imbalance between a big business and a small business can be voided by a court, there’s no punishment for the entity exploiting its market power. This means there is nothing discouraging the big end of town from pushing smaller, dependent firms to sign onto unfair arrangements.
While contract terms that unfairly exploit a power imbalance between a big business and a small business can be voided by a court, there’s no punishment for the entity exploiting its market power. This means there is nothing discouraging the big end of town from pushing smaller, dependent firms to sign onto unfair arrangements. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission previously stated that making unfair contract terms illegal “… would act as a better deterrent. In the ACCC’s view, currently there is minimal incentive for businesses to comply with [current unfair contract term] laws.”
This means there is nothing discouraging the big end of town from pushing smaller, dependent firms to sign onto unfair arrangements. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission previously stated that making unfair contract terms illegal “… would act as a better deterrent. In the ACCC’s view, currently there is minimal incentive for businesses to comply with [current unfair contract term] laws.” Common unfair contract terms include: allowing the contract provider to unilaterally vary all terms, broad and unreasonable powers to protect themselves against loss or damage at the expense of the small business, or an unreasonable ability to cancel or end an agreement.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission previously stated that making unfair contract terms illegal “… would act as a better deterrent. In the ACCC’s view, currently there is minimal incentive for businesses to comply with [current unfair contract term] laws.” Common unfair contract terms include: allowing the contract provider to unilaterally vary all terms, broad and unreasonable powers to protect themselves against loss or damage at the expense of the small business, or an unreasonable ability to cancel or end an agreement. LABOR’S PLAN:
Common unfair contract terms include: allowing the contract provider to unilaterally vary all terms, broad and unreasonable powers to protect themselves against loss or damage at the expense of the small business, or an unreasonable ability to cancel or end an agreement. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the top end of town can’t get away with putting dodgy clauses into their contracts by:Making unfair contract terms illegal.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the top end of town can’t get away with putting dodgy clauses into their contracts by:Making unfair contract terms illegal. Introducing penalties for contracts that contain unfair contract terms.
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the top end of town can’t get away with putting dodgy clauses into their contracts by:Making unfair contract terms illegal. Introducing penalties for contracts that contain unfair contract terms. Expanding the definition of small businesses eligible for protection from such contract terms (expanding eligibility for protection from businesses with up to 20 employees to also include businesses with annual turnover of up to $10 million).
Introducing penalties for contracts that contain unfair contract terms. Expanding the definition of small businesses eligible for protection from such contract terms (expanding eligibility for protection from businesses with up to 20 employees to also include businesses with annual turnover of up to $10 million). These measures will complement Labor’s successfully legislated Small Business Access to Justice reforms which help small businesses take court cases to address anti-competitive conduct, and our Fairer Markets for A Fairer Australia competition reforms.
Expanding the definition of small businesses eligible for protection from such contract terms (expanding eligibility for protection from businesses with up to 20 employees to also include businesses with annual turnover of up to $10 million). These measures will complement Labor’s successfully legislated Small Business Access to Justice reforms which help small businesses take court cases to address anti-competitive conduct, and our Fairer Markets for A Fairer Australia competition reforms. Labor's Comprehensive Plan For Housing Affordability
These measures will complement Labor’s successfully legislated Small Business Access to Justice reforms which help small businesses take court cases to address anti-competitive conduct, and our Fairer Markets for A Fairer Australia competition reforms. Labor's Comprehensive Plan For Housing Affordability Labor has a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis, including by reforming tax concessions like negative gearing and increasing housing supply through a more viable Build-to-Rent sector and working with the community sector to build 250,000 new homes.
Labor's Comprehensive Plan For Housing Affordability Labor has a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis, including by reforming tax concessions like negative gearing and increasing housing supply through a more viable Build-to-Rent sector and working with the community sector to build 250,000 new homes. Australia is in the midst of a housing affordability and homelessness crisis under the Morrison Government – our housing system simply isn’t delivering for working and middle-class Australians.
Labor has a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis, including by reforming tax concessions like negative gearing and increasing housing supply through a more viable Build-to-Rent sector and working with the community sector to build 250,000 new homes. Australia is in the midst of a housing affordability and homelessness crisis under the Morrison Government – our housing system simply isn’t delivering for working and middle-class Australians. Rates of home ownership have plummeted to historic lows, record numbers of families are experiencing rental and mortgage stress, and many of the most vulnerable in our communities are at‐risk or experiencing homelessness.
Australia is in the midst of a housing affordability and homelessness crisis under the Morrison Government – our housing system simply isn’t delivering for working and middle-class Australians. Rates of home ownership have plummeted to historic lows, record numbers of families are experiencing rental and mortgage stress, and many of the most vulnerable in our communities are at‐risk or experiencing homelessness. Secure housing is essential to wellbeing, participation and inclusion.
Rates of home ownership have plummeted to historic lows, record numbers of families are experiencing rental and mortgage stress, and many of the most vulnerable in our communities are at‐risk or experiencing homelessness. Secure housing is essential to wellbeing, participation and inclusion. All Australians have a right to safe, affordable and appropriate housing throughout their lives.
Secure housing is essential to wellbeing, participation and inclusion. All Australians have a right to safe, affordable and appropriate housing throughout their lives. But the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has failed to provide national leadership in housing policy or to invest in the supply of Australia’s affordable housing stock.
All Australians have a right to safe, affordable and appropriate housing throughout their lives. But the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has failed to provide national leadership in housing policy or to invest in the supply of Australia’s affordable housing stock. A Shorten Labor Government will:Reform negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply
But the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has failed to provide national leadership in housing policy or to invest in the supply of Australia’s affordable housing stock. A Shorten Labor Government will:Reform negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply and support jobs.
A Shorten Labor Government will:Reform negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply and support jobs. We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current CGT and negative gearing entitlements.
and support jobs. We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current CGT and negative gearing entitlements. There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors.
We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current CGT and negative gearing entitlements. There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors. Build 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes.
There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors. Build 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes. We will also ensure that 1 in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices.
Build 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes. We will also ensure that 1 in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices. Create a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market.
We will also ensure that 1 in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices. Create a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market. We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply.
Create a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market. We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply. Provide $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness.
We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply. Provide $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness. Limit direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds.
Provide $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness. Limit direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds. Limited recourse borrowing in SMSFs has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first home owners.
Limit direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds. Limited recourse borrowing in SMSFs has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first home owners. Facilitate COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities.
Limited recourse borrowing in SMSFs has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first home owners. Facilitate COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities. Increase fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law.
Facilitate COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities. Increase fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law. Achieve better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release.
Increase fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law. Achieve better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release. Re-establish the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister.
Achieve better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release. Re-establish the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister. Establish a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply.
Re-establish the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister. Establish a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply. A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the issue of affordable housing for all Australians is front and centre of our national agenda for the next decade and beyond.
Establish a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply. A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the issue of affordable housing for all Australians is front and centre of our national agenda for the next decade and beyond. Labors Fairer Long Stay Parent Visa
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that the issue of affordable housing for all Australians is front and centre of our national agenda for the next decade and beyond. Labors Fairer Long Stay Parent Visa A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Long Stay Parent visa so that Australian families from migrant and multicultural backgrounds can reunite with loved ones.
Labors Fairer Long Stay Parent Visa A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Long Stay Parent visa so that Australian families from migrant and multicultural backgrounds can reunite with loved ones. As Australia’s migrant and multicultural communities re-establish their lives in Australia, the ability for families to reunite with parents and grandparents still overseas with existing visas is limited, expensive and some have wait times of up to 50 years.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Long Stay Parent visa so that Australian families from migrant and multicultural backgrounds can reunite with loved ones. As Australia’s migrant and multicultural communities re-establish their lives in Australia, the ability for families to reunite with parents and grandparents still overseas with existing visas is limited, expensive and some have wait times of up to 50 years. Many elderly parents want to reunite with their families, but under the existing visa system, they have to travel to Australia as tourists.
As Australia’s migrant and multicultural communities re-establish their lives in Australia, the ability for families to reunite with parents and grandparents still overseas with existing visas is limited, expensive and some have wait times of up to 50 years. Many elderly parents want to reunite with their families, but under the existing visa system, they have to travel to Australia as tourists. This can be costly, frustrating, disruptive and exhausting as elderly parents are made to ferry between countries.
Many elderly parents want to reunite with their families, but under the existing visa system, they have to travel to Australia as tourists. This can be costly, frustrating, disruptive and exhausting as elderly parents are made to ferry between countries. The Liberals’ unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visa is completely different from the commitment they took to the 2016 election – with unfair conditions and higher fees for families wanting to reunite.
This can be costly, frustrating, disruptive and exhausting as elderly parents are made to ferry between countries. The Liberals’ unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visa is completely different from the commitment they took to the 2016 election – with unfair conditions and higher fees for families wanting to reunite. Most cruelly, the Liberals are forcing families to choose which parents or in-laws they reunite with by limiting the visa to one set of parents per household.
The Liberals’ unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visa is completely different from the commitment they took to the 2016 election – with unfair conditions and higher fees for families wanting to reunite. Most cruelly, the Liberals are forcing families to choose which parents or in-laws they reunite with by limiting the visa to one set of parents per household. LABOR’S PLAN
Most cruelly, the Liberals are forcing families to choose which parents or in-laws they reunite with by limiting the visa to one set of parents per household. LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will allow parents and in-laws to reunite with their families and let all grandparents spend quality time with their grandkids:
LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will allow parents and in-laws to reunite with their families and let all grandparents spend quality time with their grandkids: Labor’s Fairer Long Stay Parent VisaLiberals’ Unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visaUncappedVisas capped to 15,000 placesFamilies can reunite with both sets of parentsLimited to one set of parents per householdCost:$2,500 for a 5-year visa$1,250 for a 3-year visaCost:$10,000 for a 5-year visa$5,000 for a 3-year visaCan be renewed in AustraliaCan’t be renewed in Australia
Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will allow parents and in-laws to reunite with their families and let all grandparents spend quality time with their grandkids: Labor’s Fairer Long Stay Parent VisaLiberals’ Unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visaUncappedVisas capped to 15,000 placesFamilies can reunite with both sets of parentsLimited to one set of parents per householdCost:$2,500 for a 5-year visa$1,250 for a 3-year visaCost:$10,000 for a 5-year visa$5,000 for a 3-year visaCan be renewed in AustraliaCan’t be renewed in Australia Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will be more affordable for families – unlike the Liberal’s expensive fees that see families paying up to $40,000 to access visas.
Labor’s Fairer Long Stay Parent VisaLiberals’ Unfair Temporary Sponsored Parent visaUncappedVisas capped to 15,000 placesFamilies can reunite with both sets of parentsLimited to one set of parents per householdCost:$2,500 for a 5-year visa$1,250 for a 3-year visaCost:$10,000 for a 5-year visa$5,000 for a 3-year visaCan be renewed in AustraliaCan’t be renewed in Australia Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will be more affordable for families – unlike the Liberal’s expensive fees that see families paying up to $40,000 to access visas. Only a Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for Australia’s proud migrant and multicultural communities with our fairer Long Stay Parent visa.
Labor’s fairer Long Stay Parent visa will be more affordable for families – unlike the Liberal’s expensive fees that see families paying up to $40,000 to access visas. Only a Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for Australia’s proud migrant and multicultural communities with our fairer Long Stay Parent visa. National Bike Paths Strategy
Only a Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for Australia’s proud migrant and multicultural communities with our fairer Long Stay Parent visa. National Bike Paths Strategy A Shorten Labor Government will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school
National Bike Paths Strategy A Shorten Labor Government will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport.
and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport. Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia.
Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport. Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia. According to research by the National Heart Foundation and the Cycling Promotion Fund, a key reason Australians cite for not cycling is concern for their safety when they ride on roads.
Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia. According to research by the National Heart Foundation and the Cycling Promotion Fund, a key reason Australians cite for not cycling is concern for their safety when they ride on roads. Further research by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has found that 80 per cent of cyclists would ride more frequently if there were more bike paths.
According to research by the National Heart Foundation and the Cycling Promotion Fund, a key reason Australians cite for not cycling is concern for their safety when they ride on roads. Further research by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has found that 80 per cent of cyclists would ride more frequently if there were more bike paths. Labor’s record investment in bike paths will remove these obstacles to greater participation in cycling, with higher cycling rates not only improving health outcomes for cyclists
Further research by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has found that 80 per cent of cyclists would ride more frequently if there were more bike paths. Labor’s record investment in bike paths will remove these obstacles to greater participation in cycling, with higher cycling rates not only improving health outcomes for cyclists but also taking cars off our congested roads.
Labor’s record investment in bike paths will remove these obstacles to greater participation in cycling, with higher cycling rates not only improving health outcomes for cyclists but also taking cars off our congested roads. We will achieve this by delivering strategic projects that target missing links, requiring project proponents to use best practice as part of the design parameters.
but also taking cars off our congested roads. We will achieve this by delivering strategic projects that target missing links, requiring project proponents to use best practice as part of the design parameters. Labor’s new cycling strategy will also target the growing tourism sector of cycling tourism, also known as trail tourism, which offers great opportunities for regional communities.
We will achieve this by delivering strategic projects that target missing links, requiring project proponents to use best practice as part of the design parameters. Labor’s new cycling strategy will also target the growing tourism sector of cycling tourism, also known as trail tourism, which offers great opportunities for regional communities. Cycling tourists spend $300 million a year in New Zealand, with more than a third of the visitors coming from overseas.
Labor’s new cycling strategy will also target the growing tourism sector of cycling tourism, also known as trail tourism, which offers great opportunities for regional communities. Cycling tourists spend $300 million a year in New Zealand, with more than a third of the visitors coming from overseas. Australia can be a bigger part of this growing tourism sector which will also help regional communities link up local tourism attractions via bikeways.
Cycling tourists spend $300 million a year in New Zealand, with more than a third of the visitors coming from overseas. Australia can be a bigger part of this growing tourism sector which will also help regional communities link up local tourism attractions via bikeways. Labor will also look to develop in Government a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested.
Australia can be a bigger part of this growing tourism sector which will also help regional communities link up local tourism attractions via bikeways. Labor will also look to develop in Government a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation.
Labor will also look to develop in Government a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation. It also builds on commitments already made by Labor, namely that infrastructure project proposals show consideration of integration of active transport.
Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation. It also builds on commitments already made by Labor, namely that infrastructure project proposals show consideration of integration of active transport. Labor has listened to communities and representatives from across cycling networks and today’s policy reflects their calls for greater investment.
It also builds on commitments already made by Labor, namely that infrastructure project proposals show consideration of integration of active transport. Labor has listened to communities and representatives from across cycling networks and today’s policy reflects their calls for greater investment. Only Labor can be trusted to deliver the infrastructure projects Australia needs.
Labor has listened to communities and representatives from across cycling networks and today’s policy reflects their calls for greater investment. Only Labor can be trusted to deliver the infrastructure projects Australia needs. Labor's Plan For Marine Science
Only Labor can be trusted to deliver the infrastructure projects Australia needs. Labor's Plan For Marine Science A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $100 million into marine science in Australia’s north, including a $30 million redevelopment of the iconic ReefHQ in Townsville, additional funding for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the refit of the RV Cape Ferguson science vessel and a major new reef research initiative.
Labor's Plan For Marine Science A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $100 million into marine science in Australia’s north, including a $30 million redevelopment of the iconic ReefHQ in Townsville, additional funding for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the refit of the RV Cape Ferguson science vessel and a major new reef research initiative. Labor understands the importance of science to our role as custodian of some of nature’s greatest wonders just off our shores, the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay in WA.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $100 million into marine science in Australia’s north, including a $30 million redevelopment of the iconic ReefHQ in Townsville, additional funding for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the refit of the RV Cape Ferguson science vessel and a major new reef research initiative. Labor understands the importance of science to our role as custodian of some of nature’s greatest wonders just off our shores, the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay in WA. These are not only natural wonders but are also vital to northern Australia’s – especially northern Queensland’s - tourism industry, and much of the service sector around Cairns and Townsville.
Labor understands the importance of science to our role as custodian of some of nature’s greatest wonders just off our shores, the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay in WA. These are not only natural wonders but are also vital to northern Australia’s – especially northern Queensland’s - tourism industry, and much of the service sector around Cairns and Townsville. Protecting our marine estate and the benefits it provides requires management based on the best science, and development of new approaches and technologies which policy makers can deploy with certainty.
These are not only natural wonders but are also vital to northern Australia’s – especially northern Queensland’s - tourism industry, and much of the service sector around Cairns and Townsville. Protecting our marine estate and the benefits it provides requires management based on the best science, and development of new approaches and technologies which policy makers can deploy with certainty. Marine science is critical to realising these opportunities and responding to these rapidly emerging challenges.
Protecting our marine estate and the benefits it provides requires management based on the best science, and development of new approaches and technologies which policy makers can deploy with certainty. Marine science is critical to realising these opportunities and responding to these rapidly emerging challenges. Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, science, research and innovation funding has declined by $1.2 billion in real terms.
Marine science is critical to realising these opportunities and responding to these rapidly emerging challenges. Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, science, research and innovation funding has declined by $1.2 billion in real terms. The 2014 budget cut AIMS funding by $7.8 million.
Under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government, science, research and innovation funding has declined by $1.2 billion in real terms. The 2014 budget cut AIMS funding by $7.8 million. And just last year the Liberals chose to grant precious funds to help save the reef - a $444 million grant - to the small, private Great Barrier Reef Foundation, rather than allocate this funding to the government reef agencies like AIMS.
The 2014 budget cut AIMS funding by $7.8 million. And just last year the Liberals chose to grant precious funds to help save the reef - a $444 million grant - to the small, private Great Barrier Reef Foundation, rather than allocate this funding to the government reef agencies like AIMS. LABOR’S PLAN:
And just last year the Liberals chose to grant precious funds to help save the reef - a $444 million grant - to the small, private Great Barrier Reef Foundation, rather than allocate this funding to the government reef agencies like AIMS. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor’s plan will invest in the infrastructure and capability of Australian inshore marine science, including a refurbishment of Australia’s world class Great Barrier Reef education and research facility, Reef HQ Aquarium.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor’s plan will invest in the infrastructure and capability of Australian inshore marine science, including a refurbishment of Australia’s world class Great Barrier Reef education and research facility, Reef HQ Aquarium. It will provide an additional investment to bring about a step change in capability for the AIMS by providing resourcing to invest in technological change and employ additional scientists and technologists.
Labor’s plan will invest in the infrastructure and capability of Australian inshore marine science, including a refurbishment of Australia’s world class Great Barrier Reef education and research facility, Reef HQ Aquarium. It will provide an additional investment to bring about a step change in capability for the AIMS by providing resourcing to invest in technological change and employ additional scientists and technologists. It will also refit and extend the life of the RV Cape Ferguson, which is the inshore research vessel for the Great Barrier Reef.
It will provide an additional investment to bring about a step change in capability for the AIMS by providing resourcing to invest in technological change and employ additional scientists and technologists. It will also refit and extend the life of the RV Cape Ferguson, which is the inshore research vessel for the Great Barrier Reef. These investments will enable AIMS to serve the nation by providing the tools to help protect the Great Barrier Reef, providing new insights into inshore marine systems across Northern Australia.
It will also refit and extend the life of the RV Cape Ferguson, which is the inshore research vessel for the Great Barrier Reef. These investments will enable AIMS to serve the nation by providing the tools to help protect the Great Barrier Reef, providing new insights into inshore marine systems across Northern Australia. The package will also invest in a new Australian Research Council special research initiative to conduct vital research supporting the social and economic adaptation of communities to the challenges of reef restoration and adaptation.
These investments will enable AIMS to serve the nation by providing the tools to help protect the Great Barrier Reef, providing new insights into inshore marine systems across Northern Australia. The package will also invest in a new Australian Research Council special research initiative to conduct vital research supporting the social and economic adaptation of communities to the challenges of reef restoration and adaptation. Labor will also invest $30 million in Reef HQ.
The package will also invest in a new Australian Research Council special research initiative to conduct vital research supporting the social and economic adaptation of communities to the challenges of reef restoration and adaptation. Labor will also invest $30 million in Reef HQ. Labor will refurbish this tired and aging facility and transform it into a National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef which all Australians can be proud of.
Labor will also invest $30 million in Reef HQ. Labor will refurbish this tired and aging facility and transform it into a National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef which all Australians can be proud of. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better science,
Labor will refurbish this tired and aging facility and transform it into a National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef which all Australians can be proud of. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better science, better hospitals
This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better science, better hospitals and better schools versus bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals.
better hospitals and better schools versus bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready.
and better schools versus bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready. Council of Super Custodians
After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready. Council of Super Custodians Labor will create a Council of Superannuation Custodians to guide changes to the superannuation system.
Council of Super Custodians Labor will create a Council of Superannuation Custodians to guide changes to the superannuation system. The Council of Superannuation Custodians will help take superannuation decisions out of the annual budget cycle and will ensure the overarching integrity of the system.
Labor will create a Council of Superannuation Custodians to guide changes to the superannuation system. The Council of Superannuation Custodians will help take superannuation decisions out of the annual budget cycle and will ensure the overarching integrity of the system. This will take effect after Labor enacts its already announced changes to superannuation tax concessions, and other changes to superannuation to make the system fairer, including paying the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and enshrining superannuation within the National Employment Standards.
The Council of Superannuation Custodians will help take superannuation decisions out of the annual budget cycle and will ensure the overarching integrity of the system. This will take effect after Labor enacts its already announced changes to superannuation tax concessions, and other changes to superannuation to make the system fairer, including paying the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and enshrining superannuation within the National Employment Standards. Better Protections For Casual Workers
This will take effect after Labor enacts its already announced changes to superannuation tax concessions, and other changes to superannuation to make the system fairer, including paying the Superannuation Guarantee on Paid Parental Leave and enshrining superannuation within the National Employment Standards. Better Protections For Casual Workers A Shorten Labor Government will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer.
Better Protections For Casual Workers A Shorten Labor Government will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer. A Shorten Labor Government will get historically low wages moving again by acting on job security.
A Shorten Labor Government will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer. A Shorten Labor Government will get historically low wages moving again by acting on job security. Labor will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer.
A Shorten Labor Government will get historically low wages moving again by acting on job security. Labor will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer. Too many Australians are employed as casuals with no clear prospect of a permanent position, and endless job insecurity.
Labor will legislate to allow workers the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months with the same employer. Too many Australians are employed as casuals with no clear prospect of a permanent position, and endless job insecurity. Too often long-term casual work is used as a mechanism to pay workers less, deprive them of leave, and make them easier to sack.
Too many Australians are employed as casuals with no clear prospect of a permanent position, and endless job insecurity. Too often long-term casual work is used as a mechanism to pay workers less, deprive them of leave, and make them easier to sack. In Australia, 2.6 million workers are considered casual – that’s one in four workers who are not entitled to paid leave.
Too often long-term casual work is used as a mechanism to pay workers less, deprive them of leave, and make them easier to sack. In Australia, 2.6 million workers are considered casual – that’s one in four workers who are not entitled to paid leave. More than half of them have been with their employer for more than 12 months (59 per cent) and 192,000 workers have been with their current employer for more than 10 years.
In Australia, 2.6 million workers are considered casual – that’s one in four workers who are not entitled to paid leave. More than half of them have been with their employer for more than 12 months (59 per cent) and 192,000 workers have been with their current employer for more than 10 years. While some people like the flexibility that casual work provides, for others it has become a constant worry: never knowing what it’s like to have a paid sick day or paid holiday.
More than half of them have been with their employer for more than 12 months (59 per cent) and 192,000 workers have been with their current employer for more than 10 years. While some people like the flexibility that casual work provides, for others it has become a constant worry: never knowing what it’s like to have a paid sick day or paid holiday. For these workers it’s tough to pay the rent or the mortgage and the bills, let alone make longer-term decisions like taking out a car loan or buying their own home.
While some people like the flexibility that casual work provides, for others it has become a constant worry: never knowing what it’s like to have a paid sick day or paid holiday. For these workers it’s tough to pay the rent or the mortgage and the bills, let alone make longer-term decisions like taking out a car loan or buying their own home. Currently there is no obligation for an employer to offer a permanent job to a casual working regular hours and shifts, and an employer effectively decides who is and isn’t a casual.
For these workers it’s tough to pay the rent or the mortgage and the bills, let alone make longer-term decisions like taking out a car loan or buying their own home. Currently there is no obligation for an employer to offer a permanent job to a casual working regular hours and shifts, and an employer effectively decides who is and isn’t a casual. The Liberals have failed to do anything about this for five years.
Currently there is no obligation for an employer to offer a permanent job to a casual working regular hours and shifts, and an employer effectively decides who is and isn’t a casual. The Liberals have failed to do anything about this for five years. They deny there is any problem with casualisation or precarious work.
The Liberals have failed to do anything about this for five years. They deny there is any problem with casualisation or precarious work. LABOR’S PLAN:
They deny there is any problem with casualisation or precarious work. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will give long-term casuals the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will give long-term casuals the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months. We will provide workers the right to challenge an employer who unreasonably refuses such a request.
Labor will give long-term casuals the right to request permanent part-time or full-time employment after 12 months. We will provide workers the right to challenge an employer who unreasonably refuses such a request. Labor will also end the use of so-called ‘permanent casuals’ by introducing an objective definition of the term ‘casual’.
We will provide workers the right to challenge an employer who unreasonably refuses such a request. Labor will also end the use of so-called ‘permanent casuals’ by introducing an objective definition of the term ‘casual’. We will work with workers, employers, unions and employer organisations to clearly define casual work – so employers and workers know with certainty whether a worker is really a 'casual'.
Labor will also end the use of so-called ‘permanent casuals’ by introducing an objective definition of the term ‘casual’. We will work with workers, employers, unions and employer organisations to clearly define casual work – so employers and workers know with certainty whether a worker is really a 'casual'. A Fair Go For LGBTIQ Australians
We will work with workers, employers, unions and employer organisations to clearly define casual work – so employers and workers know with certainty whether a worker is really a 'casual'. A Fair Go For LGBTIQ Australians A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Australia for LGBTIQ people by tackling discrimination and giving a stronger voice to LGBTIQ Australians.
A Fair Go For LGBTIQ Australians A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Australia for LGBTIQ people by tackling discrimination and giving a stronger voice to LGBTIQ Australians. Labor has a proud record of promoting and defending the rights of LGBTIQ people.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fairer Australia for LGBTIQ people by tackling discrimination and giving a stronger voice to LGBTIQ Australians. Labor has a proud record of promoting and defending the rights of LGBTIQ people. When Labor was last in Government we introduced an unprecedented number of reforms and rights protections for LGBTIQ Australians, ending legal discrimination in 85 pieces of Commonwealth legislation.
Labor has a proud record of promoting and defending the rights of LGBTIQ people. When Labor was last in Government we introduced an unprecedented number of reforms and rights protections for LGBTIQ Australians, ending legal discrimination in 85 pieces of Commonwealth legislation. We fought side by side with LGBTIQ Australians in the fight for Marriage Equality, and together, we won.
When Labor was last in Government we introduced an unprecedented number of reforms and rights protections for LGBTIQ Australians, ending legal discrimination in 85 pieces of Commonwealth legislation. We fought side by side with LGBTIQ Australians in the fight for Marriage Equality, and together, we won. We understand, however, that there is more to do.
We fought side by side with LGBTIQ Australians in the fight for Marriage Equality, and together, we won. We understand, however, that there is more to do. LABOR’S PLAN
We understand, however, that there is more to do. LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will:Establish a National LGBTIQ Ministerial Advisory Council
LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will:Establish a National LGBTIQ Ministerial Advisory Council Protect LGBTIQ students and staff from discrimination in schools
A Shorten Labor Government will:Establish a National LGBTIQ Ministerial Advisory Council Protect LGBTIQ students and staff from discrimination in schools Work with the states and territories on a nationwide ban on so-called “LGBTIQ Conversion Therapy”
Protect LGBTIQ students and staff from discrimination in schools Work with the states and territories on a nationwide ban on so-called “LGBTIQ Conversion Therapy” Establish a full-time LGBTIQ Human Rights Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission
Work with the states and territories on a nationwide ban on so-called “LGBTIQ Conversion Therapy” Establish a full-time LGBTIQ Human Rights Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission Work to remove all remaining discrimination at the federal level
Establish a full-time LGBTIQ Human Rights Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission Work to remove all remaining discrimination at the federal level Provide small grants to LGBTIQ Community organisations
Work to remove all remaining discrimination at the federal level Provide small grants to LGBTIQ Community organisations Provide $10 million to the new Victorian Pride Centre
Provide small grants to LGBTIQ Community organisations Provide $10 million to the new Victorian Pride Centre $600,000 for JoyFM
Provide $10 million to the new Victorian Pride Centre $600,000 for JoyFM Make HIV history, with a package of measures to end new infections
$600,000 for JoyFM Make HIV history, with a package of measures to end new infections Work to ensure aged care is appropriate for the LGBTIQ community.
Make HIV history, with a package of measures to end new infections Work to ensure aged care is appropriate for the LGBTIQ community. Environmental Laws
Work to ensure aged care is appropriate for the LGBTIQ community. Environmental Laws A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the federal government returns to a leadership role in protecting our natural environment by creating an Australian Environment Act, and establishing a Federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmental Laws A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the federal government returns to a leadership role in protecting our natural environment by creating an Australian Environment Act, and establishing a Federal Environmental Protection Agency. The current environment Act is now 20 years old and has never been significantly reformed.
A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the federal government returns to a leadership role in protecting our natural environment by creating an Australian Environment Act, and establishing a Federal Environmental Protection Agency. The current environment Act is now 20 years old and has never been significantly reformed. It is time to bring it into the twenty-first century.
The current environment Act is now 20 years old and has never been significantly reformed. It is time to bring it into the twenty-first century. In 2018, it is bizarre that the national environmental law does not properly factor in climate change.
It is time to bring it into the twenty-first century. In 2018, it is bizarre that the national environmental law does not properly factor in climate change. Labor’s process will involve undertaking significant reform of Australia’s environmental law, committing to an Australian Environment Act in our first term.
In 2018, it is bizarre that the national environmental law does not properly factor in climate change. Labor’s process will involve undertaking significant reform of Australia’s environmental law, committing to an Australian Environment Act in our first term. It will be an Act that both protects our environment
Labor’s process will involve undertaking significant reform of Australia’s environmental law, committing to an Australian Environment Act in our first term. It will be an Act that both protects our environment and also supports job-creating development by streamlining and harmonising processes.
It will be an Act that both protects our environment and also supports job-creating development by streamlining and harmonising processes. Labor will also establish a new agency, a Federal EPA, with a mission to protect Australia’s natural environment.
and also supports job-creating development by streamlining and harmonising processes. Labor will also establish a new agency, a Federal EPA, with a mission to protect Australia’s natural environment. It will be informed by the best available scientific advice, ensure compliance with environmental law, and have the ability to conduct public inquiries on important environmental matters.
Labor will also establish a new agency, a Federal EPA, with a mission to protect Australia’s natural environment. It will be informed by the best available scientific advice, ensure compliance with environmental law, and have the ability to conduct public inquiries on important environmental matters. The new legal framework will compel the federal government to actively protect our unique natural environment and demonstrate national leadership.
It will be informed by the best available scientific advice, ensure compliance with environmental law, and have the ability to conduct public inquiries on important environmental matters. The new legal framework will compel the federal government to actively protect our unique natural environment and demonstrate national leadership. Labor will establish a high-powered working group of experts including scientists, environmental lawyers and public policy thinkers to refine the clear concepts that underpin this reform.
The new legal framework will compel the federal government to actively protect our unique natural environment and demonstrate national leadership. Labor will establish a high-powered working group of experts including scientists, environmental lawyers and public policy thinkers to refine the clear concepts that underpin this reform. We will also ensure all stakeholders – including the States and Territories, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives, impacted industries and business groups, trade unions and civil society – have a seat at the table.
Labor will establish a high-powered working group of experts including scientists, environmental lawyers and public policy thinkers to refine the clear concepts that underpin this reform. We will also ensure all stakeholders – including the States and Territories, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives, impacted industries and business groups, trade unions and civil society – have a seat at the table. The Australian Environment Act will aim to tackle problems identified by industry which has identified inefficiencies, delays and hurdles in the current law.
We will also ensure all stakeholders – including the States and Territories, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives, impacted industries and business groups, trade unions and civil society – have a seat at the table. The Australian Environment Act will aim to tackle problems identified by industry which has identified inefficiencies, delays and hurdles in the current law. The new law will protect the environment while aiming to give business more certainty.
The Australian Environment Act will aim to tackle problems identified by industry which has identified inefficiencies, delays and hurdles in the current law. The new law will protect the environment while aiming to give business more certainty. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has vacated the field in environmental leadership. Under this government, Australia’s natural environment is going backwards.
The new law will protect the environment while aiming to give business more certainty. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has vacated the field in environmental leadership. Under this government, Australia’s natural environment is going backwards. Under Malcolm Turnbull, Australia took the largest step backwards in conservation by any government anywhere in the world by stripping back Australia’s marine parks,
The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has vacated the field in environmental leadership. Under this government, Australia’s natural environment is going backwards. Under Malcolm Turnbull, Australia took the largest step backwards in conservation by any government anywhere in the world by stripping back Australia’s marine parks, and in 2018 the Liberals awarded nearly half a billion dollars to a small private foundation instead of directly investing in restoring the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Under Malcolm Turnbull, Australia took the largest step backwards in conservation by any government anywhere in the world by stripping back Australia’s marine parks, and in 2018 the Liberals awarded nearly half a billion dollars to a small private foundation instead of directly investing in restoring the health of the Great Barrier Reef. It’s time for Australia’s environmental laws to properly protect our beautiful natural land and oceans.
and in 2018 the Liberals awarded nearly half a billion dollars to a small private foundation instead of directly investing in restoring the health of the Great Barrier Reef. It’s time for Australia’s environmental laws to properly protect our beautiful natural land and oceans. Recent examples of either the current environmental law failing or the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government seeming to ignore the law include:Large scale land clearing in Reef catchments in Queensland.
It’s time for Australia’s environmental laws to properly protect our beautiful natural land and oceans. Recent examples of either the current environmental law failing or the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government seeming to ignore the law include:Large scale land clearing in Reef catchments in Queensland. The ‘mean’ approval time being reported as 860 days.
Recent examples of either the current environmental law failing or the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government seeming to ignore the law include:Large scale land clearing in Reef catchments in Queensland. The ‘mean’ approval time being reported as 860 days. Enabling use of the Sydney Opera House as a billboard, an action that went against the management plan required under the national environmental law.
The ‘mean’ approval time being reported as 860 days. Enabling use of the Sydney Opera House as a billboard, an action that went against the management plan required under the national environmental law. Not using the water trigger for dams and pipelines associated with large coal mines.
Enabling use of the Sydney Opera House as a billboard, an action that went against the management plan required under the national environmental law. Not using the water trigger for dams and pipelines associated with large coal mines. The export of 200 rare and threatened birds to a German alleged organised crime syndicate.
Not using the water trigger for dams and pipelines associated with large coal mines. The export of 200 rare and threatened birds to a German alleged organised crime syndicate. National Park & Ride Fund
The export of 200 rare and threatened birds to a German alleged organised crime syndicate. National Park & Ride Fund A Shorten Labor Government will establish a $300 million National Park and Ride Fund for new or expanded car parks at public transport hubs, such as train stations.
National Park & Ride Fund A Shorten Labor Government will establish a $300 million National Park and Ride Fund for new or expanded car parks at public transport hubs, such as train stations. Labor backs public transport – it’s good for commuters and it eases congestion on our roads.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish a $300 million National Park and Ride Fund for new or expanded car parks at public transport hubs, such as train stations. Labor backs public transport – it’s good for commuters and it eases congestion on our roads. But too many residents in our cities and major regional areas are frustrated at the lack of available parking at train and bus stations as they travel into the city for work.
Labor backs public transport – it’s good for commuters and it eases congestion on our roads. But too many residents in our cities and major regional areas are frustrated at the lack of available parking at train and bus stations as they travel into the city for work. At town hall meetings across the country, locals have told Labor MPs, Senators and candidates that they are fed up with the car park at their station being completely full early in the morning.
But too many residents in our cities and major regional areas are frustrated at the lack of available parking at train and bus stations as they travel into the city for work. At town hall meetings across the country, locals have told Labor MPs, Senators and candidates that they are fed up with the car park at their station being completely full early in the morning. It means people are forced to park far away from their train or bus station, or they have to drive into the city instead.
At town hall meetings across the country, locals have told Labor MPs, Senators and candidates that they are fed up with the car park at their station being completely full early in the morning. It means people are forced to park far away from their train or bus station, or they have to drive into the city instead. This problem is happening because governments aren’t investing in infrastructure to keep up with rapid population growth in outer suburbs and regional areas, and it’s impacting on families’ quality of life.
It means people are forced to park far away from their train or bus station, or they have to drive into the city instead. This problem is happening because governments aren’t investing in infrastructure to keep up with rapid population growth in outer suburbs and regional areas, and it’s impacting on families’ quality of life. Labor’s Park and Ride Fund will deliver grant funding to local communities – via state and local governments – to construct new car parks and expanded existing ones in high-growth areas with demonstrated commuter need.
This problem is happening because governments aren’t investing in infrastructure to keep up with rapid population growth in outer suburbs and regional areas, and it’s impacting on families’ quality of life. Labor’s Park and Ride Fund will deliver grant funding to local communities – via state and local governments – to construct new car parks and expanded existing ones in high-growth areas with demonstrated commuter need. A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local communities to fund the projects on a co-investment basis.
Labor’s Park and Ride Fund will deliver grant funding to local communities – via state and local governments – to construct new car parks and expanded existing ones in high-growth areas with demonstrated commuter need. A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local communities to fund the projects on a co-investment basis. As part of the application process, local and state governments will be asked to demonstrate that a car park is the best solution and most cost-effective way to use available land.
A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local communities to fund the projects on a co-investment basis. As part of the application process, local and state governments will be asked to demonstrate that a car park is the best solution and most cost-effective way to use available land. Australians want better schools,
As part of the application process, local and state governments will be asked to demonstrate that a car park is the best solution and most cost-effective way to use available land. Australians want better schools, better hospitals,
Australians want better schools, better hospitals, and better access to public transport.
better hospitals, and better access to public transport. That’s what Labor will deliver.
and better access to public transport. That’s what Labor will deliver. The out-of-touch Liberals are only for the top end of town.
That’s what Labor will deliver. The out-of-touch Liberals are only for the top end of town. A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for all Australians.
The out-of-touch Liberals are only for the top end of town. A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for all Australians. Closing the Indigenous Justice Gap
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for all Australians. Closing the Indigenous Justice Gap A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a $107 million package to address the disadvantage experienced by First Nations peoples in the justice system.
Closing the Indigenous Justice Gap A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a $107 million package to address the disadvantage experienced by First Nations peoples in the justice system. Nowhere is the story of unfairness and diminished opportunity more clearly defined than in the justice gap experienced by First Nations peoples.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a $107 million package to address the disadvantage experienced by First Nations peoples in the justice system. Nowhere is the story of unfairness and diminished opportunity more clearly defined than in the justice gap experienced by First Nations peoples. For too long, our justice system has failed First Nations peoples.
Nowhere is the story of unfairness and diminished opportunity more clearly defined than in the justice gap experienced by First Nations peoples. For too long, our justice system has failed First Nations peoples. It has been 28 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and yet the vicious cycle that drives the unacceptable over-representation of Indigenous Australians in our justice system continues.
For too long, our justice system has failed First Nations peoples. It has been 28 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and yet the vicious cycle that drives the unacceptable over-representation of Indigenous Australians in our justice system continues. Labor believes that in tackling the entrenched disadvantages faced by First Nations peoples in the justice system, we must be guided by those who live the reality of the justice gap – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their community-controlled, representative organisations.
It has been 28 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and yet the vicious cycle that drives the unacceptable over-representation of Indigenous Australians in our justice system continues. Labor believes that in tackling the entrenched disadvantages faced by First Nations peoples in the justice system, we must be guided by those who live the reality of the justice gap – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their community-controlled, representative organisations. LABOR’S PLAN
Labor believes that in tackling the entrenched disadvantages faced by First Nations peoples in the justice system, we must be guided by those who live the reality of the justice gap – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their community-controlled, representative organisations. LABOR’S PLAN A Labor Government will:Strengthen access to justice for First Nations peoples by providing $40 million over four years to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services. This will greatly enhance its ability to fulfil its critical functions.
LABOR’S PLAN A Labor Government will:Strengthen access to justice for First Nations peoples by providing $40 million over four years to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services. This will greatly enhance its ability to fulfil its critical functions. Provide $4 million over four years to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, to build its capacity to lead the sector and to improve justice outcomes based on community, culture and empowerment.
A Labor Government will:Strengthen access to justice for First Nations peoples by providing $40 million over four years to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services. This will greatly enhance its ability to fulfil its critical functions. Provide $4 million over four years to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, to build its capacity to lead the sector and to improve justice outcomes based on community, culture and empowerment. Work with the states and territories to adopt justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework.
Provide $4 million over four years to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, to build its capacity to lead the sector and to improve justice outcomes based on community, culture and empowerment. Work with the states and territories to adopt justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework. Work with state and territory governments to grow and sustain alternative sentencing mechanisms such as Koori Courts and mediation forums to reduce pressure on the overburdened justice system.
Work with the states and territories to adopt justice targets under the Closing the Gap framework. Work with state and territory governments to grow and sustain alternative sentencing mechanisms such as Koori Courts and mediation forums to reduce pressure on the overburdened justice system. Invest $21.75 million over four years into progressing justice reinvestment.
Work with state and territory governments to grow and sustain alternative sentencing mechanisms such as Koori Courts and mediation forums to reduce pressure on the overburdened justice system. Invest $21.75 million over four years into progressing justice reinvestment. Extend the justice reinvestment project currently underway in Bourke, New South Wales; and introduce the trial to sites in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Invest $21.75 million over four years into progressing justice reinvestment. Extend the justice reinvestment project currently underway in Bourke, New South Wales; and introduce the trial to sites in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Establish three new launch sites in a major city, regional town and remote community that build on existing community-led initiatives to explore the role of justice reinvestment in preventing crime and reducing incarceration.
Extend the justice reinvestment project currently underway in Bourke, New South Wales; and introduce the trial to sites in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Establish three new launch sites in a major city, regional town and remote community that build on existing community-led initiatives to explore the role of justice reinvestment in preventing crime and reducing incarceration. Through COAG, establish a national coordinating body, as recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission, to build the evidence base; collect data and measure progress as the new targets are implemented; and to monitor the effectiveness of justice reinvestment in the Australian context.
Establish three new launch sites in a major city, regional town and remote community that build on existing community-led initiatives to explore the role of justice reinvestment in preventing crime and reducing incarceration. Through COAG, establish a national coordinating body, as recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission, to build the evidence base; collect data and measure progress as the new targets are implemented; and to monitor the effectiveness of justice reinvestment in the Australian context. Work in partnership with First Nations women to address unacceptably high rates of violence against Indigenous women.
Through COAG, establish a national coordinating body, as recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission, to build the evidence base; collect data and measure progress as the new targets are implemented; and to monitor the effectiveness of justice reinvestment in the Australian context. Work in partnership with First Nations women to address unacceptably high rates of violence against Indigenous women. Labor will provide a dedicated First Nations’ stream of the $60 million Community Prevention and Frontline Service Grants program to support community-led and culturally-appropriate prevention programs.
Work in partnership with First Nations women to address unacceptably high rates of violence against Indigenous women. Labor will provide a dedicated First Nations’ stream of the $60 million Community Prevention and Frontline Service Grants program to support community-led and culturally-appropriate prevention programs. Invest in Aboriginal-controlled frontline services, including at least $20 million for refuges and safe houses and a $21.5 million boost to Family Violence Prevention Legal Services over four years.
Labor will provide a dedicated First Nations’ stream of the $60 million Community Prevention and Frontline Service Grants program to support community-led and culturally-appropriate prevention programs. Invest in Aboriginal-controlled frontline services, including at least $20 million for refuges and safe houses and a $21.5 million boost to Family Violence Prevention Legal Services over four years. Only Labor can be trusted to deliver a fair go under the law for First Australians.
Invest in Aboriginal-controlled frontline services, including at least $20 million for refuges and safe houses and a $21.5 million boost to Family Violence Prevention Legal Services over four years. Only Labor can be trusted to deliver a fair go under the law for First Australians. This election is a choice between a properly funded, First Nations-led and evidence-based justice package under Labor, or further cuts and chaos to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services under the Liberals.
Only Labor can be trusted to deliver a fair go under the law for First Australians. This election is a choice between a properly funded, First Nations-led and evidence-based justice package under Labor, or further cuts and chaos to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services under the Liberals. Indigenous Rangers
This election is a choice between a properly funded, First Nations-led and evidence-based justice package under Labor, or further cuts and chaos to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services under the Liberals. Indigenous Rangers A Shorten Labor Government will double the number of full-time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rangers, providing the required funding over five years, to over 1,600 full-time-equivalent Indigenous Rangers under the Working for Country program.
Indigenous Rangers A Shorten Labor Government will double the number of full-time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rangers, providing the required funding over five years, to over 1,600 full-time-equivalent Indigenous Rangers under the Working for Country program. Indigenous Rangers are good for jobs and good for the environment.
A Shorten Labor Government will double the number of full-time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rangers, providing the required funding over five years, to over 1,600 full-time-equivalent Indigenous Rangers under the Working for Country program. Indigenous Rangers are good for jobs and good for the environment. Labor is backing them all the way.
Indigenous Rangers are good for jobs and good for the environment. Labor is backing them all the way. More than a third of Indigenous Rangers are women, delivering jobs and empowerment in remote communities.
Labor is backing them all the way. More than a third of Indigenous Rangers are women, delivering jobs and empowerment in remote communities. Combining the latest environmental science with traditional knowledge and training in conservation, Indigenous Rangers are well placed to protect and rehabilitate their land.
More than a third of Indigenous Rangers are women, delivering jobs and empowerment in remote communities. Combining the latest environmental science with traditional knowledge and training in conservation, Indigenous Rangers are well placed to protect and rehabilitate their land. It’s what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always done.
Combining the latest environmental science with traditional knowledge and training in conservation, Indigenous Rangers are well placed to protect and rehabilitate their land. It’s what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always done. Labor is serious about providing meaningful jobs in remote areas, with real social, economic and cultural benefits to flow from Working on Country.
It’s what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always done. Labor is serious about providing meaningful jobs in remote areas, with real social, economic and cultural benefits to flow from Working on Country. Save The Murray-Darling Basin
Labor is serious about providing meaningful jobs in remote areas, with real social, economic and cultural benefits to flow from Working on Country. Save The Murray-Darling Basin When Labor was in government, we got the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in place after a century of conflict.
Save The Murray-Darling Basin When Labor was in government, we got the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in place after a century of conflict. Now, under the Liberals and Nationals, the entire plan is now at risk.
When Labor was in government, we got the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in place after a century of conflict. Now, under the Liberals and Nationals, the entire plan is now at risk. The purpose of the reform was to restore the system to health, but the plan becomes meaningless if there is no integrity to the system for measuring water.
Now, under the Liberals and Nationals, the entire plan is now at risk. The purpose of the reform was to restore the system to health, but the plan becomes meaningless if there is no integrity to the system for measuring water. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan must be delivered in full and on time if there is any hope for the health of the basin.
The purpose of the reform was to restore the system to health, but the plan becomes meaningless if there is no integrity to the system for measuring water. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan must be delivered in full and on time if there is any hope for the health of the basin. We saw for 100 years what the Murray-Darling Basin looked like without a plan.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan must be delivered in full and on time if there is any hope for the health of the basin. We saw for 100 years what the Murray-Darling Basin looked like without a plan. When different sides were not meeting in the middle, the result was a river system starved of water as environmental necessity was overridden by personal interest.
We saw for 100 years what the Murray-Darling Basin looked like without a plan. When different sides were not meeting in the middle, the result was a river system starved of water as environmental necessity was overridden by personal interest. The past demonstrates the importance of a strong plan to keep the river healthy and personal interest in check.
When different sides were not meeting in the middle, the result was a river system starved of water as environmental necessity was overridden by personal interest. The past demonstrates the importance of a strong plan to keep the river healthy and personal interest in check. Labor is committed to:Introducing legislation to repeal the 1,500GL cap on water buybacks.
The past demonstrates the importance of a strong plan to keep the river healthy and personal interest in check. Labor is committed to:Introducing legislation to repeal the 1,500GL cap on water buybacks. Restoring the integrity of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by moving its compliance functions to the new Federal EPA, and ordering a formal review of claims that public servants acted unlawfully.
Labor is committed to:Introducing legislation to repeal the 1,500GL cap on water buybacks. Restoring the integrity of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by moving its compliance functions to the new Federal EPA, and ordering a formal review of claims that public servants acted unlawfully. Urgently reviewing the impact of climate change on the Murray-Darling Basin now and into the future to determine any change in inflows and evaporation rates.
Restoring the integrity of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority by moving its compliance functions to the new Federal EPA, and ordering a formal review of claims that public servants acted unlawfully. Urgently reviewing the impact of climate change on the Murray-Darling Basin now and into the future to determine any change in inflows and evaporation rates. Urgently renegotiating the Menindee Lakes agreement, which determines how the lakes are managed and is now decades out of date.
Urgently reviewing the impact of climate change on the Murray-Darling Basin now and into the future to determine any change in inflows and evaporation rates. Urgently renegotiating the Menindee Lakes agreement, which determines how the lakes are managed and is now decades out of date. Cultural Water
Urgently renegotiating the Menindee Lakes agreement, which determines how the lakes are managed and is now decades out of date. Cultural Water Part of Labor’s strong commitment to the delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was the inclusion of First Nations peoples in consultation, planning and management processes regarding Indigenous cultural water.
Cultural Water Part of Labor’s strong commitment to the delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was the inclusion of First Nations peoples in consultation, planning and management processes regarding Indigenous cultural water. A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure Indigenous water rights are properly managed and to drive policy change that guarantees cultural objectives for water access are achieved.
Part of Labor’s strong commitment to the delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan was the inclusion of First Nations peoples in consultation, planning and management processes regarding Indigenous cultural water. A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure Indigenous water rights are properly managed and to drive policy change that guarantees cultural objectives for water access are achieved. Water is an ancient and central component of Aboriginal life, dictating where Indigenous communities settled and shaping their spiritual identity.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish a National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure Indigenous water rights are properly managed and to drive policy change that guarantees cultural objectives for water access are achieved. Water is an ancient and central component of Aboriginal life, dictating where Indigenous communities settled and shaping their spiritual identity. Labor respects and honours the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have with the Australian landscape, and in particular the Murray-Darling Basin.
Water is an ancient and central component of Aboriginal life, dictating where Indigenous communities settled and shaping their spiritual identity. Labor respects and honours the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have with the Australian landscape, and in particular the Murray-Darling Basin. Records show that Indigenous communities have lived along the banks of the rivers for close to 30,000 years.
Labor respects and honours the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have with the Australian landscape, and in particular the Murray-Darling Basin. Records show that Indigenous communities have lived along the banks of the rivers for close to 30,000 years. Labor supports measures that help to address barriers faced by Indigenous people in water access and management, including addressing socio-economic disadvantages and knowledge gaps on water management mechanisms.
Records show that Indigenous communities have lived along the banks of the rivers for close to 30,000 years. Labor supports measures that help to address barriers faced by Indigenous people in water access and management, including addressing socio-economic disadvantages and knowledge gaps on water management mechanisms. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has followed Labor’s lead with the National Cultural Flows Research Project.
Labor supports measures that help to address barriers faced by Indigenous people in water access and management, including addressing socio-economic disadvantages and knowledge gaps on water management mechanisms. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has followed Labor’s lead with the National Cultural Flows Research Project. This is a small step in the right direction, but does not go far enough in ensuring Indigenous people are adequately consulted and actively engaged in the water planning and distribution practices that are currently taking place.
The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has followed Labor’s lead with the National Cultural Flows Research Project. This is a small step in the right direction, but does not go far enough in ensuring Indigenous people are adequately consulted and actively engaged in the water planning and distribution practices that are currently taking place. Labor is also committed to establishing the National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure cultural objectives are explicitly identified and provided for in future water plans, the progress of which will be regularly monitored and publicly reported on.
This is a small step in the right direction, but does not go far enough in ensuring Indigenous people are adequately consulted and actively engaged in the water planning and distribution practices that are currently taking place. Labor is also committed to establishing the National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure cultural objectives are explicitly identified and provided for in future water plans, the progress of which will be regularly monitored and publicly reported on. Further, the National Water Commissioner will drive policy change and innovation, and investigate ways in which the use of water can be used for the economic development and empowerment of Indigenous communities.
Labor is also committed to establishing the National Indigenous Water Committee to ensure cultural objectives are explicitly identified and provided for in future water plans, the progress of which will be regularly monitored and publicly reported on. Further, the National Water Commissioner will drive policy change and innovation, and investigate ways in which the use of water can be used for the economic development and empowerment of Indigenous communities. Through this, Labor will ensure that adequate training and business development programs are in place to enable Indigenous communities to maximise the value of their cultural water resources.
Further, the National Water Commissioner will drive policy change and innovation, and investigate ways in which the use of water can be used for the economic development and empowerment of Indigenous communities. Through this, Labor will ensure that adequate training and business development programs are in place to enable Indigenous communities to maximise the value of their cultural water resources. Labor recognises and values the traditional ownership of Indigenous communities in regard to cultural water and environmental flows.
Through this, Labor will ensure that adequate training and business development programs are in place to enable Indigenous communities to maximise the value of their cultural water resources. Labor recognises and values the traditional ownership of Indigenous communities in regard to cultural water and environmental flows. The creation of the National Indigenous Water Committee will support Indigenous participation, autonomy and self-determination in our water management systems.
Labor recognises and values the traditional ownership of Indigenous communities in regard to cultural water and environmental flows. The creation of the National Indigenous Water Committee will support Indigenous participation, autonomy and self-determination in our water management systems. Labor developed the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and Labor is committed to delivering a healthy working basin for all users.
The creation of the National Indigenous Water Committee will support Indigenous participation, autonomy and self-determination in our water management systems. Labor developed the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and Labor is committed to delivering a healthy working basin for all users. Labor fought hard to include Indigenous water rights.
Labor developed the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and Labor is committed to delivering a healthy working basin for all users. Labor fought hard to include Indigenous water rights. Only Labor will continue to support Traditional Owners in ongoing water management solutions.
Labor fought hard to include Indigenous water rights. Only Labor will continue to support Traditional Owners in ongoing water management solutions. Urban Rivers and Corridors
Only Labor will continue to support Traditional Owners in ongoing water management solutions. Urban Rivers and Corridors A Shorten Labor Government will invest $200 million to restore our urban rivers to their natural beauty.
Urban Rivers and Corridors A Shorten Labor Government will invest $200 million to restore our urban rivers to their natural beauty. Australia is the nation of the great outdoors, but for too long our rivers, creeks and wetlands have been treated like industrial waste drains, ending up polluted, dirty and littered with shopping trolleys rather than being safe spaces for families, kids and school groups to visit.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $200 million to restore our urban rivers to their natural beauty. Australia is the nation of the great outdoors, but for too long our rivers, creeks and wetlands have been treated like industrial waste drains, ending up polluted, dirty and littered with shopping trolleys rather than being safe spaces for families, kids and school groups to visit. That’s why Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health.
Australia is the nation of the great outdoors, but for too long our rivers, creeks and wetlands have been treated like industrial waste drains, ending up polluted, dirty and littered with shopping trolleys rather than being safe spaces for families, kids and school groups to visit. That’s why Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health. Local environmental action groups will be able to apply for small grants, benefitting our urban environment,
That’s why Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health. Local environmental action groups will be able to apply for small grants, benefitting our urban environment, creating jobs and re-engaging,
Local environmental action groups will be able to apply for small grants, benefitting our urban environment, creating jobs and re-engaging, educating and mobilising local communities to act on local environmental protection.
creating jobs and re-engaging, educating and mobilising local communities to act on local environmental protection. Labor’s $200 million investment will unlock grant funding for projects to clean up our rivers, including:Building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater.
educating and mobilising local communities to act on local environmental protection. Labor’s $200 million investment will unlock grant funding for projects to clean up our rivers, including:Building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater. Revegetation and tree planting along corridors.
Labor’s $200 million investment will unlock grant funding for projects to clean up our rivers, including:Building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater. Revegetation and tree planting along corridors. Citizen science and education programs along creeks and corridors, including Bush Kinder.
Revegetation and tree planting along corridors. Citizen science and education programs along creeks and corridors, including Bush Kinder. Bird boxes and waste capture.
Citizen science and education programs along creeks and corridors, including Bush Kinder. Bird boxes and waste capture. Employment of Indigenous Rangers.
Bird boxes and waste capture. Employment of Indigenous Rangers. Turning urban waterways back into creeks and rivers again through changing hard surfaces back to natural surfaces (cement turned to river banks).
Employment of Indigenous Rangers. Turning urban waterways back into creeks and rivers again through changing hard surfaces back to natural surfaces (cement turned to river banks). Labor understands that local organisations with ‘boots on the ground’ are the most passionate and effective organisations in combating environmental degradation and promoting sustainability.
Turning urban waterways back into creeks and rivers again through changing hard surfaces back to natural surfaces (cement turned to river banks). Labor understands that local organisations with ‘boots on the ground’ are the most passionate and effective organisations in combating environmental degradation and promoting sustainability. Community groups work hard to protect and revitalise their waterways – but it’s a day in, day out battle.
Labor understands that local organisations with ‘boots on the ground’ are the most passionate and effective organisations in combating environmental degradation and promoting sustainability. Community groups work hard to protect and revitalise their waterways – but it’s a day in, day out battle. This investment will give them the support and resources they sorely need.
Community groups work hard to protect and revitalise their waterways – but it’s a day in, day out battle. This investment will give them the support and resources they sorely need. Labor will work to restore our urban rivers and river banks to health so that they are a place for local recreation and connection to nature, not an alternative to the rubbish tip.
This investment will give them the support and resources they sorely need. Labor will work to restore our urban rivers and river banks to health so that they are a place for local recreation and connection to nature, not an alternative to the rubbish tip. A Shorten Labor Government will take protecting our environment seriously, making sure it’s there for future generations to enjoy,
Labor will work to restore our urban rivers and river banks to health so that they are a place for local recreation and connection to nature, not an alternative to the rubbish tip. A Shorten Labor Government will take protecting our environment seriously, making sure it’s there for future generations to enjoy, maintaining Australia’s status as the great outdoors.
A Shorten Labor Government will take protecting our environment seriously, making sure it’s there for future generations to enjoy, maintaining Australia’s status as the great outdoors. Ocean Protection and Marine National Parks
maintaining Australia’s status as the great outdoors. Ocean Protection and Marine National Parks A Shorten Labor Government will reverse the largest removal of area from conservation in history by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government.
Ocean Protection and Marine National Parks A Shorten Labor Government will reverse the largest removal of area from conservation in history by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government. Disappointingly, the Senate did not support Labor’s motion, moved in conjunction with the Greens, to disallow the marine park management plans put in place by Josh Frydenberg when he was minister for the environment.
A Shorten Labor Government will reverse the largest removal of area from conservation in history by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government. Disappointingly, the Senate did not support Labor’s motion, moved in conjunction with the Greens, to disallow the marine park management plans put in place by Josh Frydenberg when he was minister for the environment. This concluded a process that commenced under the Abbott Government in 2013 and has effectively cut the highly protected areas of Commonwealth Marine Parks in half.
Disappointingly, the Senate did not support Labor’s motion, moved in conjunction with the Greens, to disallow the marine park management plans put in place by Josh Frydenberg when he was minister for the environment. This concluded a process that commenced under the Abbott Government in 2013 and has effectively cut the highly protected areas of Commonwealth Marine Parks in half. What was formerly the largest area in the world limited to recreational fishing is now being re-accessed by commercial operators, and perhaps most disturbing of all, the Morrison Government has now established a massive trawling area immediately adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef.
This concluded a process that commenced under the Abbott Government in 2013 and has effectively cut the highly protected areas of Commonwealth Marine Parks in half. What was formerly the largest area in the world limited to recreational fishing is now being re-accessed by commercial operators, and perhaps most disturbing of all, the Morrison Government has now established a massive trawling area immediately adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. Longlining will now also be permitted north to south through the Coral Sea.
What was formerly the largest area in the world limited to recreational fishing is now being re-accessed by commercial operators, and perhaps most disturbing of all, the Morrison Government has now established a massive trawling area immediately adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. Longlining will now also be permitted north to south through the Coral Sea. The original plans, now cast aside, were subject to over three years and six rounds of consultation, over 245 public and stakeholder meetings, attended by over 2,000 people, enabled 210 public comment days and considered almost three-quarters of a million public submissions.
Longlining will now also be permitted north to south through the Coral Sea. The original plans, now cast aside, were subject to over three years and six rounds of consultation, over 245 public and stakeholder meetings, attended by over 2,000 people, enabled 210 public comment days and considered almost three-quarters of a million public submissions. This far exceeds any consultation undertaken by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government as part of its process to cut marine protection.
The original plans, now cast aside, were subject to over three years and six rounds of consultation, over 245 public and stakeholder meetings, attended by over 2,000 people, enabled 210 public comment days and considered almost three-quarters of a million public submissions. This far exceeds any consultation undertaken by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government as part of its process to cut marine protection. Labor has committed to reversing the largest removal of area from conservation in Australian history and restoring the original 2012 Marine Park Network in full.
This far exceeds any consultation undertaken by the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government as part of its process to cut marine protection. Labor has committed to reversing the largest removal of area from conservation in Australian history and restoring the original 2012 Marine Park Network in full. This includes an adjustment package for commercial fishers, and will still allow recreational fishing in 96 per cent of Commonwealth waters within one hundred kilometres of the shore.
Labor has committed to reversing the largest removal of area from conservation in Australian history and restoring the original 2012 Marine Park Network in full. This includes an adjustment package for commercial fishers, and will still allow recreational fishing in 96 per cent of Commonwealth waters within one hundred kilometres of the shore. It does not affect the coastline or state waters.
This includes an adjustment package for commercial fishers, and will still allow recreational fishing in 96 per cent of Commonwealth waters within one hundred kilometres of the shore. It does not affect the coastline or state waters. Labor’s commitment to return the marine parks will also involve retaining some very minor improvements in the zoning in the current plans, including small oil and gas exclusion zones off the South Australian coast and the Kimberley Marine Park.
It does not affect the coastline or state waters. Labor’s commitment to return the marine parks will also involve retaining some very minor improvements in the zoning in the current plans, including small oil and gas exclusion zones off the South Australian coast and the Kimberley Marine Park. Stop The Supertrawler
Labor’s commitment to return the marine parks will also involve retaining some very minor improvements in the zoning in the current plans, including small oil and gas exclusion zones off the South Australian coast and the Kimberley Marine Park. Stop The Supertrawler A Shorten Labor Government will permanently ban super trawlers – factory freezer vessels – from Australia’s Small Pelagic Fishery.
Stop The Supertrawler A Shorten Labor Government will permanently ban super trawlers – factory freezer vessels – from Australia’s Small Pelagic Fishery. Current legislation in Australia allows factory freezer vessels under 130 metres in length to operate in the Small Pelagic Fishery.
A Shorten Labor Government will permanently ban super trawlers – factory freezer vessels – from Australia’s Small Pelagic Fishery. Current legislation in Australia allows factory freezer vessels under 130 metres in length to operate in the Small Pelagic Fishery. Labor is the party that first stopped the super trawler and we have tried a number of times to improve the current law.
Current legislation in Australia allows factory freezer vessels under 130 metres in length to operate in the Small Pelagic Fishery. Labor is the party that first stopped the super trawler and we have tried a number of times to improve the current law. Each time we have been blocked by the Liberals and Nationals.
Labor is the party that first stopped the super trawler and we have tried a number of times to improve the current law. Each time we have been blocked by the Liberals and Nationals. Labor’s commitment will guarantee Australia’s waters are adequately protected from risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers in this fishery, including the impact of localised depletion and bycatch.
Each time we have been blocked by the Liberals and Nationals. Labor’s commitment will guarantee Australia’s waters are adequately protected from risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers in this fishery, including the impact of localised depletion and bycatch. However, it will have no impact upon existing commercial operators that are sustainably fishing our waters.
Labor’s commitment will guarantee Australia’s waters are adequately protected from risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers in this fishery, including the impact of localised depletion and bycatch. However, it will have no impact upon existing commercial operators that are sustainably fishing our waters. This is about getting the balance right.
However, it will have no impact upon existing commercial operators that are sustainably fishing our waters. This is about getting the balance right. Boats with factory freezing capabilities as small as 45 metres are now considered super trawlers in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is about getting the balance right. Boats with factory freezing capabilities as small as 45 metres are now considered super trawlers in the Northern Hemisphere. Labor is committed to protecting Australian waters from the risks of overfishing and from the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers.
Boats with factory freezing capabilities as small as 45 metres are now considered super trawlers in the Northern Hemisphere. Labor is committed to protecting Australian waters from the risks of overfishing and from the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers. Labor’s ban will give industry certainty and it will also mean that recreational fishers no longer need to worry about baitfish being targeted for days – or even weeks – by super trawlers that can stay out at sea for long periods.
Labor is committed to protecting Australian waters from the risks of overfishing and from the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers. Labor’s ban will give industry certainty and it will also mean that recreational fishers no longer need to worry about baitfish being targeted for days – or even weeks – by super trawlers that can stay out at sea for long periods. In addition to a permanent ban on super trawlers, any unused fishing quota in the Small Pelagic Fishery will be entrusted to the Australian community and set aside in a recreational fishing trust.
Labor’s ban will give industry certainty and it will also mean that recreational fishers no longer need to worry about baitfish being targeted for days – or even weeks – by super trawlers that can stay out at sea for long periods. In addition to a permanent ban on super trawlers, any unused fishing quota in the Small Pelagic Fishery will be entrusted to the Australian community and set aside in a recreational fishing trust. This will mean that more baitfish stay in the water to feed larger species such as tuna.
In addition to a permanent ban on super trawlers, any unused fishing quota in the Small Pelagic Fishery will be entrusted to the Australian community and set aside in a recreational fishing trust. This will mean that more baitfish stay in the water to feed larger species such as tuna. Online Safety For Children
This will mean that more baitfish stay in the water to feed larger species such as tuna. Online Safety For Children Labor wants every Australian child to be safe online.
Online Safety For Children Labor wants every Australian child to be safe online. The online environment provides opportunities for our children, but also presents challenges when it comes to cyberbullying, inappropriate content and online safety.
Labor wants every Australian child to be safe online. The online environment provides opportunities for our children, but also presents challenges when it comes to cyberbullying, inappropriate content and online safety. Labor understands a multi-faceted approach is needed to protect children as they use the internet, including adult supervision, technological access-prevention measures and education.
The online environment provides opportunities for our children, but also presents challenges when it comes to cyberbullying, inappropriate content and online safety. Labor understands a multi-faceted approach is needed to protect children as they use the internet, including adult supervision, technological access-prevention measures and education. It's crucial all kids can access resources and build skills that help them to be safe online.
Labor understands a multi-faceted approach is needed to protect children as they use the internet, including adult supervision, technological access-prevention measures and education. It's crucial all kids can access resources and build skills that help them to be safe online. LABOR’S PLAN:
It's crucial all kids can access resources and build skills that help them to be safe online. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will protect a new generation of Australian children from cyber risks by creating a new eSmart Digital Licence that would begin rollout from this year.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will protect a new generation of Australian children from cyber risks by creating a new eSmart Digital Licence that would begin rollout from this year. The new eSmart licence will arm Australian children with critical digital skills to stay safe online and promote discussion about online safety between young people and their parents, carers and teachers.
A Shorten Labor Government will protect a new generation of Australian children from cyber risks by creating a new eSmart Digital Licence that would begin rollout from this year. The new eSmart licence will arm Australian children with critical digital skills to stay safe online and promote discussion about online safety between young people and their parents, carers and teachers. For years, Australian kids have been getting a pen licence as they learn to write - this is the pen licence for the digital world.
The new eSmart licence will arm Australian children with critical digital skills to stay safe online and promote discussion about online safety between young people and their parents, carers and teachers. For years, Australian kids have been getting a pen licence as they learn to write - this is the pen licence for the digital world. Developed by the Alannah & Madeleine Foundation, the eSmart Digital Licence is one of the most comprehensive online safety cyber resources available.
For years, Australian kids have been getting a pen licence as they learn to write - this is the pen licence for the digital world. Developed by the Alannah & Madeleine Foundation, the eSmart Digital Licence is one of the most comprehensive online safety cyber resources available. From 2019, Labor will deliver a pilot and evaluation of the licence, with a full national rollout to every student commencing from Year 3 in 2020.
Developed by the Alannah & Madeleine Foundation, the eSmart Digital Licence is one of the most comprehensive online safety cyber resources available. From 2019, Labor will deliver a pilot and evaluation of the licence, with a full national rollout to every student commencing from Year 3 in 2020. Labor's priority is ensuring eSmart licences are available to all Australian children, regardless of what school they go to.
From 2019, Labor will deliver a pilot and evaluation of the licence, with a full national rollout to every student commencing from Year 3 in 2020. Labor's priority is ensuring eSmart licences are available to all Australian children, regardless of what school they go to. Labor understands and respects that schools are best placed to choose the programs that suit the needs of their children and communities.
Labor's priority is ensuring eSmart licences are available to all Australian children, regardless of what school they go to. Labor understands and respects that schools are best placed to choose the programs that suit the needs of their children and communities. Labor's intention is to roll out the eSmart Digital Licence nationally so the resource is available for any school that wants to take it up.
Labor understands and respects that schools are best placed to choose the programs that suit the needs of their children and communities. Labor's intention is to roll out the eSmart Digital Licence nationally so the resource is available for any school that wants to take it up. Labor's commitment will cost $2.5 million and would flow from the 2019-20 financial year.
Labor's intention is to roll out the eSmart Digital Licence nationally so the resource is available for any school that wants to take it up. Labor's commitment will cost $2.5 million and would flow from the 2019-20 financial year. Further announcements will be made about future funding of the program following the evaluation.
Labor's commitment will cost $2.5 million and would flow from the 2019-20 financial year. Further announcements will be made about future funding of the program following the evaluation. Stop The Plastic Tide - Plastics, Waste And Recycling Policy
Further announcements will be made about future funding of the program following the evaluation. Stop The Plastic Tide - Plastics, Waste And Recycling Policy A Shorten Labor Government will make Australia a world leader in tackling plastic use and boosting recycling – investing $290 million to cut waste and handing on a cleaner Australia for the next generation.
Stop The Plastic Tide - Plastics, Waste And Recycling Policy A Shorten Labor Government will make Australia a world leader in tackling plastic use and boosting recycling – investing $290 million to cut waste and handing on a cleaner Australia for the next generation. Labor will protect our vulnerable wildlife
A Shorten Labor Government will make Australia a world leader in tackling plastic use and boosting recycling – investing $290 million to cut waste and handing on a cleaner Australia for the next generation. Labor will protect our vulnerable wildlife and reduce the amount of waste generated by putting in place a national ban on plastic products like microbeads and single-use plastic bags.
Labor will protect our vulnerable wildlife and reduce the amount of waste generated by putting in place a national ban on plastic products like microbeads and single-use plastic bags. Plastic has a devastating impact on our natural environment – more than a thirds of the world’s sea turtles were found to have plastic waste in their stomachs, and it is estimated around 90 per cent of seabirds eat plastic waste.
and reduce the amount of waste generated by putting in place a national ban on plastic products like microbeads and single-use plastic bags. Plastic has a devastating impact on our natural environment – more than a thirds of the world’s sea turtles were found to have plastic waste in their stomachs, and it is estimated around 90 per cent of seabirds eat plastic waste. Plastic breaks up into smaller pieces over time, becoming harder to manage and clean up and filtering through to waterways, lakes and oceans.
Plastic has a devastating impact on our natural environment – more than a thirds of the world’s sea turtles were found to have plastic waste in their stomachs, and it is estimated around 90 per cent of seabirds eat plastic waste. Plastic breaks up into smaller pieces over time, becoming harder to manage and clean up and filtering through to waterways, lakes and oceans. That’s why Labor will introduce a national ban on lightweight, single use plastic bags and microbeads from 2021.
Plastic breaks up into smaller pieces over time, becoming harder to manage and clean up and filtering through to waterways, lakes and oceans. That’s why Labor will introduce a national ban on lightweight, single use plastic bags and microbeads from 2021. We will consult with state and territory governments and industry on how best to do this.
That’s why Labor will introduce a national ban on lightweight, single use plastic bags and microbeads from 2021. We will consult with state and territory governments and industry on how best to do this. This will create a consistent approach across the country – following moves of many state and territory governments to phase out single-use plastic bags, as well as manufacturers phasing out microbeads.
We will consult with state and territory governments and industry on how best to do this. This will create a consistent approach across the country – following moves of many state and territory governments to phase out single-use plastic bags, as well as manufacturers phasing out microbeads. In addition, Labor will also implement a broader Recycling and Waste Strategy, including:The creation of a National Container Deposit Scheme – Labor will work with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to harmonise existing state schemes.
This will create a consistent approach across the country – following moves of many state and territory governments to phase out single-use plastic bags, as well as manufacturers phasing out microbeads. In addition, Labor will also implement a broader Recycling and Waste Strategy, including:The creation of a National Container Deposit Scheme – Labor will work with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to harmonise existing state schemes. These schemes incentivise recycling and increase the quality of recyclables by separating out materials – making it far cheaper to be able to recycle in Australia.
In addition, Labor will also implement a broader Recycling and Waste Strategy, including:The creation of a National Container Deposit Scheme – Labor will work with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to harmonise existing state schemes. These schemes incentivise recycling and increase the quality of recyclables by separating out materials – making it far cheaper to be able to recycle in Australia. States without a scheme will not be forced to participate in the national scheme, but will be invited to join.
These schemes incentivise recycling and increase the quality of recyclables by separating out materials – making it far cheaper to be able to recycle in Australia. States without a scheme will not be forced to participate in the national scheme, but will be invited to join. Establishing a National Waste Commissioner – A National Waste Commissioner will work with state and local government, helping to educate the community on solutions to waste.
States without a scheme will not be forced to participate in the national scheme, but will be invited to join. Establishing a National Waste Commissioner – A National Waste Commissioner will work with state and local government, helping to educate the community on solutions to waste. The commissioner will also be charged with working with industry on the expansion of schemes for the recycling of products when they are at the end of their use – the Product Stewardship Schemes.
Establishing a National Waste Commissioner – A National Waste Commissioner will work with state and local government, helping to educate the community on solutions to waste. The commissioner will also be charged with working with industry on the expansion of schemes for the recycling of products when they are at the end of their use – the Product Stewardship Schemes. This will cost $15 million over six years.
The commissioner will also be charged with working with industry on the expansion of schemes for the recycling of products when they are at the end of their use – the Product Stewardship Schemes. This will cost $15 million over six years. Investing in the domestic recycling industry – Labor will invest $60 million in a National Recycling Fund.
This will cost $15 million over six years. Investing in the domestic recycling industry – Labor will invest $60 million in a National Recycling Fund. This will fund projects to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste.
Investing in the domestic recycling industry – Labor will invest $60 million in a National Recycling Fund. This will fund projects to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste. Tackling marine plastics through $15 million to assist our neighbours clean up the Pacific Ocean – As an island continent and developed country, Australia has a responsibility within our region to clean up our oceans.
This will fund projects to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste. Tackling marine plastics through $15 million to assist our neighbours clean up the Pacific Ocean – As an island continent and developed country, Australia has a responsibility within our region to clean up our oceans. Australia will play its part in our region by funding international efforts to reduce marine litter through the United Nations Environment Programme, regional and bilateral assistance to Pacific nations, and funding of efforts to clean rivers and waterways in Southeast Asian neighbours, including through ASEAN-led initiatives.
Tackling marine plastics through $15 million to assist our neighbours clean up the Pacific Ocean – As an island continent and developed country, Australia has a responsibility within our region to clean up our oceans. Australia will play its part in our region by funding international efforts to reduce marine litter through the United Nations Environment Programme, regional and bilateral assistance to Pacific nations, and funding of efforts to clean rivers and waterways in Southeast Asian neighbours, including through ASEAN-led initiatives. Setting targets for federal government purchasing of recycled products – As one of Australia’s largest procurers, there is an opportunity to make the federal government a national leader in waste and recycling by prioritising the purchase of recycled products.
Australia will play its part in our region by funding international efforts to reduce marine litter through the United Nations Environment Programme, regional and bilateral assistance to Pacific nations, and funding of efforts to clean rivers and waterways in Southeast Asian neighbours, including through ASEAN-led initiatives. Setting targets for federal government purchasing of recycled products – As one of Australia’s largest procurers, there is an opportunity to make the federal government a national leader in waste and recycling by prioritising the purchase of recycled products. Labor will also ask the infrastructure department to investigate whether recycled products can feasibly be used as road base for infrastructure projects.
Setting targets for federal government purchasing of recycled products – As one of Australia’s largest procurers, there is an opportunity to make the federal government a national leader in waste and recycling by prioritising the purchase of recycled products. Labor will also ask the infrastructure department to investigate whether recycled products can feasibly be used as road base for infrastructure projects. A Shorten Labor Government will clean up Australia’s urban waterways and stop plastics from reaching our oceans through our $200 million Urban Rivers and Corridors program – partnering with community organisations and environmental groups to revitalise the nation’s waterways and make them safe and clean places.
Labor will also ask the infrastructure department to investigate whether recycled products can feasibly be used as road base for infrastructure projects. A Shorten Labor Government will clean up Australia’s urban waterways and stop plastics from reaching our oceans through our $200 million Urban Rivers and Corridors program – partnering with community organisations and environmental groups to revitalise the nation’s waterways and make them safe and clean places. In 2018, COAG agreed to a set of targets to reduce plastics – including that 100 per cent of all Australia’s packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025 or earlier.
A Shorten Labor Government will clean up Australia’s urban waterways and stop plastics from reaching our oceans through our $200 million Urban Rivers and Corridors program – partnering with community organisations and environmental groups to revitalise the nation’s waterways and make them safe and clean places. In 2018, COAG agreed to a set of targets to reduce plastics – including that 100 per cent of all Australia’s packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025 or earlier. Labor endorses these targets. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has been missing in action – Labor’s plan will provide the national leadership needed to get the country on track to meet our 2025 targets.
In 2018, COAG agreed to a set of targets to reduce plastics – including that 100 per cent of all Australia’s packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025 or earlier. Labor endorses these targets. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has been missing in action – Labor’s plan will provide the national leadership needed to get the country on track to meet our 2025 targets. Australians want action from government to help reduce waste and build a circular economy.
Labor endorses these targets. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has been missing in action – Labor’s plan will provide the national leadership needed to get the country on track to meet our 2025 targets. Australians want action from government to help reduce waste and build a circular economy. So while many Australians do their duty – they recycle, compost, use keep cups for their morning coffee – we need the federal government to take a leading role to tackle some of the big, structural problems.
Australians want action from government to help reduce waste and build a circular economy. So while many Australians do their duty – they recycle, compost, use keep cups for their morning coffee – we need the federal government to take a leading role to tackle some of the big, structural problems. For too long, the federal government has left issues of recycling, plastics and waste to state and local government.
So while many Australians do their duty – they recycle, compost, use keep cups for their morning coffee – we need the federal government to take a leading role to tackle some of the big, structural problems. For too long, the federal government has left issues of recycling, plastics and waste to state and local government. And, while state and local government have generally moved in a positive direction, plastics and waste are now becoming both a national and international problem.
For too long, the federal government has left issues of recycling, plastics and waste to state and local government. And, while state and local government have generally moved in a positive direction, plastics and waste are now becoming both a national and international problem. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan a better environment, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals.
And, while state and local government have generally moved in a positive direction, plastics and waste are now becoming both a national and international problem. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan a better environment, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. Only Labor is committed to delivering a better deal to the next generation.
This election is a choice between Labor’s plan a better environment, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. Only Labor is committed to delivering a better deal to the next generation. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready.
Only Labor is committed to delivering a better deal to the next generation. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready. Labor's Plan For Climate Science
After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready. Labor's Plan For Climate Science A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan.
Labor's Plan For Climate Science A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan. Our scientific community has warned us that unless we boost our capabilities and our coordination of climate science, we will not be able to meet our international obligations.
A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan. Our scientific community has warned us that unless we boost our capabilities and our coordination of climate science, we will not be able to meet our international obligations. Australia should never again be faced with the threat of the CSIRO being forced to exit the field of climate science,
Our scientific community has warned us that unless we boost our capabilities and our coordination of climate science, we will not be able to meet our international obligations. Australia should never again be faced with the threat of the CSIRO being forced to exit the field of climate science, or sacking hundreds of climate scientists, as happened under the Liberals in 2016.
Australia should never again be faced with the threat of the CSIRO being forced to exit the field of climate science, or sacking hundreds of climate scientists, as happened under the Liberals in 2016. Climate variability and change across seasons and decades has profound consequences for primary industries, coastal and water infrastructure, the generation and delivery of energy, and transport systems in Australia and throughout the world.
or sacking hundreds of climate scientists, as happened under the Liberals in 2016. Climate variability and change across seasons and decades has profound consequences for primary industries, coastal and water infrastructure, the generation and delivery of energy, and transport systems in Australia and throughout the world. Science improves our ability to understand and make projections of climate change.
Climate variability and change across seasons and decades has profound consequences for primary industries, coastal and water infrastructure, the generation and delivery of energy, and transport systems in Australia and throughout the world. Science improves our ability to understand and make projections of climate change. It has the potential to reduce climate-related impacts and capitalise on potential opportunities associated with these changes.
Science improves our ability to understand and make projections of climate change. It has the potential to reduce climate-related impacts and capitalise on potential opportunities associated with these changes. In this way, the impact of climate science research is felt in every corner of society.
It has the potential to reduce climate-related impacts and capitalise on potential opportunities associated with these changes. In this way, the impact of climate science research is felt in every corner of society. Labor has listened to the advice provided in the Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, which was released in 2017 and stated:
In this way, the impact of climate science research is felt in every corner of society. Labor has listened to the advice provided in the Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, which was released in 2017 and stated: There are weaknesses in coordination and resourcing arrangements for Australian climate science that create avoidable inefficiency.
Labor has listened to the advice provided in the Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, which was released in 2017 and stated: There are weaknesses in coordination and resourcing arrangements for Australian climate science that create avoidable inefficiency. Substantial gains could be realised by measures to improve coordination arrangements….
There are weaknesses in coordination and resourcing arrangements for Australian climate science that create avoidable inefficiency. Substantial gains could be realised by measures to improve coordination arrangements…. Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, Page 5
Substantial gains could be realised by measures to improve coordination arrangements…. Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, Page 5 The Liberals have treated Australian’s climate scientists with contempt and distain over the past six years
Academy of Science Review of Climate Science Capability, Page 5 The Liberals have treated Australian’s climate scientists with contempt and distain over the past six years while also reducing spending on science, research and innovation by 10 per cent over the past five years, a cut of $1.1 billion.
The Liberals have treated Australian’s climate scientists with contempt and distain over the past six years while also reducing spending on science, research and innovation by 10 per cent over the past five years, a cut of $1.1 billion. LABOR’s PLAN
while also reducing spending on science, research and innovation by 10 per cent over the past five years, a cut of $1.1 billion. LABOR’s PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will develop a national climate science capability plan with the assistance of a National Scientific Expert Panel and the National Climate Science Advisory Committee.
LABOR’s PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will develop a national climate science capability plan with the assistance of a National Scientific Expert Panel and the National Climate Science Advisory Committee. Labor will commit $10 million over four years to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Centre.
A Shorten Labor Government will develop a national climate science capability plan with the assistance of a National Scientific Expert Panel and the National Climate Science Advisory Committee. Labor will commit $10 million over four years to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Centre. This investment will directly boost the CSIRO climate science capabilities in Hobart, Aspendale (Melbourne) and Black Mountain (Canberra), giving the CSIRO the ability to begin to address critical gaps and skills shortages in climate science.
Labor will commit $10 million over four years to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Centre. This investment will directly boost the CSIRO climate science capabilities in Hobart, Aspendale (Melbourne) and Black Mountain (Canberra), giving the CSIRO the ability to begin to address critical gaps and skills shortages in climate science. The additional funding will allow the CSIRO to hire new staff to begin addressing critical gaps in climate science identified by the experts.
This investment will directly boost the CSIRO climate science capabilities in Hobart, Aspendale (Melbourne) and Black Mountain (Canberra), giving the CSIRO the ability to begin to address critical gaps and skills shortages in climate science. The additional funding will allow the CSIRO to hire new staff to begin addressing critical gaps in climate science identified by the experts. This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for more jobs in science and research, or the Liberals’ cuts and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town.
The additional funding will allow the CSIRO to hire new staff to begin addressing critical gaps in climate science identified by the experts. This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for more jobs in science and research, or the Liberals’ cuts and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians.
This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for more jobs in science and research, or the Liberals’ cuts and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Native Species Protection Fund – tackling Australia’s extinction crisis
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Native Species Protection Fund – tackling Australia’s extinction crisis A Shorten Labor Government will initiate a national campaign to save Australia’s iconic native species by creating a $100 million Saving Native Species Fund.
Native Species Protection Fund – tackling Australia’s extinction crisis A Shorten Labor Government will initiate a national campaign to save Australia’s iconic native species by creating a $100 million Saving Native Species Fund. According to the Department of Environment and Energy, Australia is home to more than one million species and 85 per cent of the country’s flora, 84 per cent of its mammals, 45 per cent of its birds are found nowhere else on earth.
A Shorten Labor Government will initiate a national campaign to save Australia’s iconic native species by creating a $100 million Saving Native Species Fund. According to the Department of Environment and Energy, Australia is home to more than one million species and 85 per cent of the country’s flora, 84 per cent of its mammals, 45 per cent of its birds are found nowhere else on earth. But 35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian (30 out of 84 world-wide extinctions).
According to the Department of Environment and Energy, Australia is home to more than one million species and 85 per cent of the country’s flora, 84 per cent of its mammals, 45 per cent of its birds are found nowhere else on earth. But 35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian (30 out of 84 world-wide extinctions). And just this year the Bramble Cay melomys – a native Australian mammal – became the first extinction attributable to climate change.
But 35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian (30 out of 84 world-wide extinctions). And just this year the Bramble Cay melomys – a native Australian mammal – became the first extinction attributable to climate change. Australia needs urgent action to prevent further extinctions and protect our iconic animal and plant life.
And just this year the Bramble Cay melomys – a native Australian mammal – became the first extinction attributable to climate change. Australia needs urgent action to prevent further extinctions and protect our iconic animal and plant life. The facts are stark:Over the past two centuries Australia has been responsible for more mammal extinctions than any other country on the planet.
Australia needs urgent action to prevent further extinctions and protect our iconic animal and plant life. The facts are stark:Over the past two centuries Australia has been responsible for more mammal extinctions than any other country on the planet. Australia is the fourth worst country on earth when it comes to all extinctions.
The facts are stark:Over the past two centuries Australia has been responsible for more mammal extinctions than any other country on the planet. Australia is the fourth worst country on earth when it comes to all extinctions. 35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian.
Australia is the fourth worst country on earth when it comes to all extinctions. 35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian. More than 500 animals are on the Australian Government’s threatened species list.
35 per cent of all global mammal extinctions since the year 1500 have been Australian. More than 500 animals are on the Australian Government’s threatened species list. More than 1300 plant species are also on the list.
More than 500 animals are on the Australian Government’s threatened species list. More than 1300 plant species are also on the list. Australia is one of seven countries responsible for half of the globe’s biodiversity loss.
More than 1300 plant species are also on the list. Australia is one of seven countries responsible for half of the globe’s biodiversity loss. A Shorten Labor Government will reform Australia’s environment laws and create a new Environment Protection Agency.
Australia is one of seven countries responsible for half of the globe’s biodiversity loss. A Shorten Labor Government will reform Australia’s environment laws and create a new Environment Protection Agency. It is clear that something is wrong at the heart of how we care for our environment – we need a framework which actively compels the Australian Government to protect our iconic wildlife.
A Shorten Labor Government will reform Australia’s environment laws and create a new Environment Protection Agency. It is clear that something is wrong at the heart of how we care for our environment – we need a framework which actively compels the Australian Government to protect our iconic wildlife. To further drive a national effort to save our iconic wildlife, a Shorten Labor Government will establish a Native Species Protection Fund – which will seek to both restore numbers of endangered plants and animals and eliminate non-native pests.
It is clear that something is wrong at the heart of how we care for our environment – we need a framework which actively compels the Australian Government to protect our iconic wildlife. To further drive a national effort to save our iconic wildlife, a Shorten Labor Government will establish a Native Species Protection Fund – which will seek to both restore numbers of endangered plants and animals and eliminate non-native pests. The Fund will be established through an initial $100 million investment to tackle the most pressing extinction and invasive species issues.
To further drive a national effort to save our iconic wildlife, a Shorten Labor Government will establish a Native Species Protection Fund – which will seek to both restore numbers of endangered plants and animals and eliminate non-native pests. The Fund will be established through an initial $100 million investment to tackle the most pressing extinction and invasive species issues. Labor will call on all states and territories, business and civil society to join in a national effort to protect our iconic animal and plant species.
The Fund will be established through an initial $100 million investment to tackle the most pressing extinction and invasive species issues. Labor will call on all states and territories, business and civil society to join in a national effort to protect our iconic animal and plant species. Projects could be as simple as engaging Indigenous Rangers to help eliminate invasive plants and feral animals, to much more innovative ideas: for example, it could help fund research into new forms of pest control – such as baits, poisons, or even research to engineer genetic traits to eliminate invasive species after a number of generations.
Labor will call on all states and territories, business and civil society to join in a national effort to protect our iconic animal and plant species. Projects could be as simple as engaging Indigenous Rangers to help eliminate invasive plants and feral animals, to much more innovative ideas: for example, it could help fund research into new forms of pest control – such as baits, poisons, or even research to engineer genetic traits to eliminate invasive species after a number of generations. The Fund will also be used to increase the pace at which recovery plans are put in place and acted on which has all but ground to a halt under this government.
Projects could be as simple as engaging Indigenous Rangers to help eliminate invasive plants and feral animals, to much more innovative ideas: for example, it could help fund research into new forms of pest control – such as baits, poisons, or even research to engineer genetic traits to eliminate invasive species after a number of generations. The Fund will also be used to increase the pace at which recovery plans are put in place and acted on which has all but ground to a halt under this government. Labor will also seek to harness the initial investment to attract more funding from states and territories, the private sector and Australian philanthropists.
The Fund will also be used to increase the pace at which recovery plans are put in place and acted on which has all but ground to a halt under this government. Labor will also seek to harness the initial investment to attract more funding from states and territories, the private sector and Australian philanthropists. The Fund will be administered by the Environment portfolio and will not seek to replace work currently being undertaken in existing programs, but rather it will complement and add to it.
Labor will also seek to harness the initial investment to attract more funding from states and territories, the private sector and Australian philanthropists. The Fund will be administered by the Environment portfolio and will not seek to replace work currently being undertaken in existing programs, but rather it will complement and add to it. The Fund will be guided by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee and in consultation with experts from conservation, science/research backgrounds and the private sector to advise on best projects.
The Fund will be administered by the Environment portfolio and will not seek to replace work currently being undertaken in existing programs, but rather it will complement and add to it. The Fund will be guided by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee and in consultation with experts from conservation, science/research backgrounds and the private sector to advise on best projects. It will also be directed to closely collaborate with NGOs and community groups which are already working to deliver on species recovery.
The Fund will be guided by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee and in consultation with experts from conservation, science/research backgrounds and the private sector to advise on best projects. It will also be directed to closely collaborate with NGOs and community groups which are already working to deliver on species recovery. The Environment Department and TSSC would also set a priority list of threatened species for protection and invasive species that need to be managed.
It will also be directed to closely collaborate with NGOs and community groups which are already working to deliver on species recovery. The Environment Department and TSSC would also set a priority list of threatened species for protection and invasive species that need to be managed. To maintain transparency, the Fund would publish annual reports to government, documenting progress on its mandate and the priority list.
The Environment Department and TSSC would also set a priority list of threatened species for protection and invasive species that need to be managed. To maintain transparency, the Fund would publish annual reports to government, documenting progress on its mandate and the priority list. One factor of success or otherwise will be when an endangered species is removed from the threatened species list.
To maintain transparency, the Fund would publish annual reports to government, documenting progress on its mandate and the priority list. One factor of success or otherwise will be when an endangered species is removed from the threatened species list. As the only country occupying an entire continent, Australia has a responsibility to protect our unique natural environment.
One factor of success or otherwise will be when an endangered species is removed from the threatened species list. As the only country occupying an entire continent, Australia has a responsibility to protect our unique natural environment. We are facing an extinction crisis and only Labor is prepared to take action.
As the only country occupying an entire continent, Australia has a responsibility to protect our unique natural environment. We are facing an extinction crisis and only Labor is prepared to take action. Supporting Recreational Fishing
We are facing an extinction crisis and only Labor is prepared to take action. Supporting Recreational Fishing A Shorten Labor Government will implement Australia’s most comprehensive national policy for recreational fishing.
Supporting Recreational Fishing A Shorten Labor Government will implement Australia’s most comprehensive national policy for recreational fishing. LABOR’S PLAN
A Shorten Labor Government will implement Australia’s most comprehensive national policy for recreational fishing. LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will support recreational fishing in Australia and seek to partner with Australia’s recreational fishers by improving infrastructure, growing native fish stocks and ensuring that at all times recreational fishers are consulted on the issues that affect them.
LABOR’S PLAN A Shorten Labor Government will support recreational fishing in Australia and seek to partner with Australia’s recreational fishers by improving infrastructure, growing native fish stocks and ensuring that at all times recreational fishers are consulted on the issues that affect them. Our policy includes: A $45 million Recreational Fishing Fund
A Shorten Labor Government will support recreational fishing in Australia and seek to partner with Australia’s recreational fishers by improving infrastructure, growing native fish stocks and ensuring that at all times recreational fishers are consulted on the issues that affect them. Our policy includes: A $45 million Recreational Fishing Fund To improve recreational fishing infrastructure across the country, Labor will expand the $10 million Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund, to $45 million.
Our policy includes: A $45 million Recreational Fishing Fund To improve recreational fishing infrastructure across the country, Labor will expand the $10 million Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund, to $45 million. The Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund will primarily focus on upgrading existing and building new boat ramps will help improve safety for people launching their vessels.
To improve recreational fishing infrastructure across the country, Labor will expand the $10 million Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund, to $45 million. The Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund will primarily focus on upgrading existing and building new boat ramps will help improve safety for people launching their vessels. Projects to be considered for funding will be identified in consultation with representatives from the recreational fishing community, peak bodies, local government and other elected officials.
The Supporting Recreational Fishing Fund will primarily focus on upgrading existing and building new boat ramps will help improve safety for people launching their vessels. Projects to be considered for funding will be identified in consultation with representatives from the recreational fishing community, peak bodies, local government and other elected officials. $10 million to help replenish native fish stocks
Projects to be considered for funding will be identified in consultation with representatives from the recreational fishing community, peak bodies, local government and other elected officials. $10 million to help replenish native fish stocks Labor will invest $10 million into native fish breeding and stocking around Australia to stock 10 million native fish a year into rivers such as the Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Darling, Murrumbidgee, Edwards, Wakool, Peel, Macquarie, Barwon, McIntyre, Culgoa – but this list is not finite and we will work with recreational fishing groups to determine where to make investments.
$10 million to help replenish native fish stocks Labor will invest $10 million into native fish breeding and stocking around Australia to stock 10 million native fish a year into rivers such as the Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Darling, Murrumbidgee, Edwards, Wakool, Peel, Macquarie, Barwon, McIntyre, Culgoa – but this list is not finite and we will work with recreational fishing groups to determine where to make investments. Labor will consult with recreational fishing groups on the best way to replenish native fish stocks, such as which species and breeds should be priorities.
Labor will invest $10 million into native fish breeding and stocking around Australia to stock 10 million native fish a year into rivers such as the Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Darling, Murrumbidgee, Edwards, Wakool, Peel, Macquarie, Barwon, McIntyre, Culgoa – but this list is not finite and we will work with recreational fishing groups to determine where to make investments. Labor will consult with recreational fishing groups on the best way to replenish native fish stocks, such as which species and breeds should be priorities. Options for funding will include funding support for dedicated fish hatcheries and co-investing in existing state government native fish breeding programs.
Labor will consult with recreational fishing groups on the best way to replenish native fish stocks, such as which species and breeds should be priorities. Options for funding will include funding support for dedicated fish hatcheries and co-investing in existing state government native fish breeding programs. Labor will ensure the federal program works closely with closely with similar state programs, such as that run by Fisheries Victoria.
Options for funding will include funding support for dedicated fish hatcheries and co-investing in existing state government native fish breeding programs. Labor will ensure the federal program works closely with closely with similar state programs, such as that run by Fisheries Victoria. Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable
Labor will ensure the federal program works closely with closely with similar state programs, such as that run by Fisheries Victoria. Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable A Shorten Labor Government will establish the first Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable.
Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable A Shorten Labor Government will establish the first Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable. The roundtable will meet once a year – industry leaders and recreational fishing groups will be invited to discuss pressing issues with both the prime minister and the minister responsible for fisheries.
A Shorten Labor Government will establish the first Prime Minister’s Recreational Fishing Roundtable. The roundtable will meet once a year – industry leaders and recreational fishing groups will be invited to discuss pressing issues with both the prime minister and the minister responsible for fisheries. The annual roundtable will be held in regional Australia – for example North West Tasmania, the North Coast of New South Wales, or Central or North Queensland: areas in Australia where recreational fishing is a major pastime.
The roundtable will meet once a year – industry leaders and recreational fishing groups will be invited to discuss pressing issues with both the prime minister and the minister responsible for fisheries. The annual roundtable will be held in regional Australia – for example North West Tasmania, the North Coast of New South Wales, or Central or North Queensland: areas in Australia where recreational fishing is a major pastime. The roundtable will be tasked with discussing guaranteed access for recreational anglers to fish, to ensure recreational fishing is supported.
The annual roundtable will be held in regional Australia – for example North West Tasmania, the North Coast of New South Wales, or Central or North Queensland: areas in Australia where recreational fishing is a major pastime. The roundtable will be tasked with discussing guaranteed access for recreational anglers to fish, to ensure recreational fishing is supported. Give Back to Habitat campaign
The roundtable will be tasked with discussing guaranteed access for recreational anglers to fish, to ensure recreational fishing is supported. Give Back to Habitat campaign A $500,000 grant will be provided to the Give Back to Habitat campaign to support on the ground efforts to protect and restore fish habitats.
Give Back to Habitat campaign A $500,000 grant will be provided to the Give Back to Habitat campaign to support on the ground efforts to protect and restore fish habitats. Recreational fishers are some of Australia’s most committed conservationists
A $500,000 grant will be provided to the Give Back to Habitat campaign to support on the ground efforts to protect and restore fish habitats. Recreational fishers are some of Australia’s most committed conservationists Small Pelagic Fishery and super trawlers
Recreational fishers are some of Australia’s most committed conservationists Small Pelagic Fishery and super trawlers Labor will ensure that Australia’s waters are adequately protected from the risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers, by banning super trawlers in the Commonwealth’s Small Pelagic Fishery.
Small Pelagic Fishery and super trawlers Labor will ensure that Australia’s waters are adequately protected from the risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers, by banning super trawlers in the Commonwealth’s Small Pelagic Fishery. Recreational Fisher Consultation
Labor will ensure that Australia’s waters are adequately protected from the risks associated with the use of large-capacity factory freezer trawlers, by banning super trawlers in the Commonwealth’s Small Pelagic Fishery. Recreational Fisher Consultation Labor will continue to support the National Recreational Fishing Council and give our recreational fishers a seat at the decision-making table.
Recreational Fisher Consultation Labor will continue to support the National Recreational Fishing Council and give our recreational fishers a seat at the decision-making table. Chaired by the minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the council will include representatives of both recreational fishers and relevant government departments.
Labor will continue to support the National Recreational Fishing Council and give our recreational fishers a seat at the decision-making table. Chaired by the minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the council will include representatives of both recreational fishers and relevant government departments. National Carp Control Plan
Chaired by the minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the council will include representatives of both recreational fishers and relevant government departments. National Carp Control Plan Labor notes that the delivery date for National Carp Control Plan has been extended until December 2019 to allow important new research to address knowledge gaps that have emerged as a result of current work.
National Carp Control Plan Labor notes that the delivery date for National Carp Control Plan has been extended until December 2019 to allow important new research to address knowledge gaps that have emerged as a result of current work. Before making any decision, Labor will await the final report and control plan and consider the technical feasibility of releasing the carp virus, the associated costs, benefits and risks, and the views of stakeholders and the wider community, including the recreational fishing community.
Labor notes that the delivery date for National Carp Control Plan has been extended until December 2019 to allow important new research to address knowledge gaps that have emerged as a result of current work. Before making any decision, Labor will await the final report and control plan and consider the technical feasibility of releasing the carp virus, the associated costs, benefits and risks, and the views of stakeholders and the wider community, including the recreational fishing community. Investment in Fishing Research
Before making any decision, Labor will await the final report and control plan and consider the technical feasibility of releasing the carp virus, the associated costs, benefits and risks, and the views of stakeholders and the wider community, including the recreational fishing community. Investment in Fishing Research Labor supports investment into research on the role and impact of recreational fishing including the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) ongoing investment in recreational fishing R&D and, in particular, the current national socio-economic study of recreational fishing.
Investment in Fishing Research Labor supports investment into research on the role and impact of recreational fishing including the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) ongoing investment in recreational fishing R&D and, in particular, the current national socio-economic study of recreational fishing. Gone Fishing Day
Labor supports investment into research on the role and impact of recreational fishing including the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) ongoing investment in recreational fishing R&D and, in particular, the current national socio-economic study of recreational fishing. Gone Fishing Day Labor will continue to support National Gone Fishing Day.
Gone Fishing Day Labor will continue to support National Gone Fishing Day. Putting People with Disability and Carers First
Labor will continue to support National Gone Fishing Day. Putting People with Disability and Carers First A Shorten Labor Government will improve services and support for carers, as well as invest in making Australia more accessible and inclusive.
Putting People with Disability and Carers First A Shorten Labor Government will improve services and support for carers, as well as invest in making Australia more accessible and inclusive. Almost one in five Australians identify as living with disability, and Labor believes the right support should be available for people, regardless of whether they are eligible for the NDIS.
A Shorten Labor Government will improve services and support for carers, as well as invest in making Australia more accessible and inclusive. Almost one in five Australians identify as living with disability, and Labor believes the right support should be available for people, regardless of whether they are eligible for the NDIS. There are over 2.6 million carers in Australia whose contribution is valued at over $1 billion a week, but caring can be invisible work which is easily overlooked by government.
Almost one in five Australians identify as living with disability, and Labor believes the right support should be available for people, regardless of whether they are eligible for the NDIS. There are over 2.6 million carers in Australia whose contribution is valued at over $1 billion a week, but caring can be invisible work which is easily overlooked by government. A Shorten Labor Government will listen to people with disability and carers, and consider their rights and needs when making decisions across Government.
There are over 2.6 million carers in Australia whose contribution is valued at over $1 billion a week, but caring can be invisible work which is easily overlooked by government. A Shorten Labor Government will listen to people with disability and carers, and consider their rights and needs when making decisions across Government. LABOR’S PLAN
A Shorten Labor Government will listen to people with disability and carers, and consider their rights and needs when making decisions across Government. LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s plan for carers includes:$66 million to boost carer respite – the equivalent of more than 42,000 extra overnight care sessions per year from July 2020.
LABOR’S PLAN Labor’s plan for carers includes:$66 million to boost carer respite – the equivalent of more than 42,000 extra overnight care sessions per year from July 2020. Carers report that access to respite is the single most important issue they face.
Labor’s plan for carers includes:$66 million to boost carer respite – the equivalent of more than 42,000 extra overnight care sessions per year from July 2020. Carers report that access to respite is the single most important issue they face. $7 million for 25 extra Centrelink Carer Specialists – to reduce phone and processing waiting times and provide accurate advice to carers.
Carers report that access to respite is the single most important issue they face. $7 million for 25 extra Centrelink Carer Specialists – to reduce phone and processing waiting times and provide accurate advice to carers. Making it easier to balance caring and work – allowing Carers Allowance recipients to meet their mutual obligation requirements for other payments by applying for part-time rather than full-time work.
$7 million for 25 extra Centrelink Carer Specialists – to reduce phone and processing waiting times and provide accurate advice to carers. Making it easier to balance caring and work – allowing Carers Allowance recipients to meet their mutual obligation requirements for other payments by applying for part-time rather than full-time work. Better processes – Labor will work with carers to co-design and improve the Carer Allowance, Carer Payment and Department of Veterans Affairs application processes.
Making it easier to balance caring and work – allowing Carers Allowance recipients to meet their mutual obligation requirements for other payments by applying for part-time rather than full-time work. Better processes – Labor will work with carers to co-design and improve the Carer Allowance, Carer Payment and Department of Veterans Affairs application processes. Two-year review of the Integrated Carer Support Service – to make sure the new system is working for carers.
Better processes – Labor will work with carers to co-design and improve the Carer Allowance, Carer Payment and Department of Veterans Affairs application processes. Two-year review of the Integrated Carer Support Service – to make sure the new system is working for carers. $250,000 in catch-up funding for Carers Australia – ending the indexation freeze and delivering better support for carers and improve recognition through Carers Week.
Two-year review of the Integrated Carer Support Service – to make sure the new system is working for carers. $250,000 in catch-up funding for Carers Australia – ending the indexation freeze and delivering better support for carers and improve recognition through Carers Week. National Carers Strategy – Labor will re-instate a National Carers Strategy and make carers a cross-government priority.
$250,000 in catch-up funding for Carers Australia – ending the indexation freeze and delivering better support for carers and improve recognition through Carers Week. National Carers Strategy – Labor will re-instate a National Carers Strategy and make carers a cross-government priority. This will include annual reporting on the contribution and wellbeing of carers, the actions government will take to support carers, and establishing an advisory group to support the development of the strategy.
National Carers Strategy – Labor will re-instate a National Carers Strategy and make carers a cross-government priority. This will include annual reporting on the contribution and wellbeing of carers, the actions government will take to support carers, and establishing an advisory group to support the development of the strategy. Better NDIS planning – Labor will make the completion of a Carer Statement a standard part of the NDIS planning process, to make sure NDIS plans help people to care sustainably.
This will include annual reporting on the contribution and wellbeing of carers, the actions government will take to support carers, and establishing an advisory group to support the development of the strategy. Better NDIS planning – Labor will make the completion of a Carer Statement a standard part of the NDIS planning process, to make sure NDIS plans help people to care sustainably. Labor’s plan to improve accessibility and inclusion will start with:$10 million advocacy boost – doubling federal investment in disability representative organisations. //| With the NDIS continuing to roll out, and the demands of the Royal Commission, the work of advocates will only become more important.
Better NDIS planning – Labor will make the completion of a Carer Statement a standard part of the NDIS planning process, to make sure NDIS plans help people to care sustainably. Labor’s plan to improve accessibility and inclusion will start with:$10 million advocacy boost – doubling federal investment in disability representative organisations. //| With the NDIS continuing to roll out, and the demands of the Royal Commission, the work of advocates will only become more important. $9.5 million to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disability – including better training for nurses and doctors and piloting intellectual disability health workers in 10 Primary Health Networks.
Labor’s plan to improve accessibility and inclusion will start with:$10 million advocacy boost – doubling federal investment in disability representative organisations. //| With the NDIS continuing to roll out, and the demands of the Royal Commission, the work of advocates will only become more important. $9.5 million to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disability – including better training for nurses and doctors and piloting intellectual disability health workers in 10 Primary Health Networks. Six per cent Australian Public Service disability employment target by 2022 – increasing the number of people with disability in the federal public service by 3,500 in Labor’s first term.
$9.5 million to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disability – including better training for nurses and doctors and piloting intellectual disability health workers in 10 Primary Health Networks. Six per cent Australian Public Service disability employment target by 2022 – increasing the number of people with disability in the federal public service by 3,500 in Labor’s first term. This is an interim target on a pathway to further improvement, not a distant promise two elections away.
Six per cent Australian Public Service disability employment target by 2022 – increasing the number of people with disability in the federal public service by 3,500 in Labor’s first term. This is an interim target on a pathway to further improvement, not a distant promise two elections away. $4 million for audio description at the ABC and SBS – Australia is the only English-speaking OECD country without audio description.
This is an interim target on a pathway to further improvement, not a distant promise two elections away. $4 million for audio description at the ABC and SBS – Australia is the only English-speaking OECD country without audio description. This will give more Australians access to our public broadcasters.
$4 million for audio description at the ABC and SBS – Australia is the only English-speaking OECD country without audio description. This will give more Australians access to our public broadcasters. $2 million for inclusive publishing – Labor will partner with the sector to deliver the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative.
This will give more Australians access to our public broadcasters. $2 million for inclusive publishing – Labor will partner with the sector to deliver the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative. Currently only five per cent of books are accessible.
$2 million for inclusive publishing – Labor will partner with the sector to deliver the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative. Currently only five per cent of books are accessible. Labor will change this.
Currently only five per cent of books are accessible. Labor will change this. $2 million for disability sport – including $1 million to help more athletes attend the next Special Olympics Junior and National Games and $1 million so RecLink can expand AAA Play and connect more people with disability and their families with sport and recreation activities.
Labor will change this. $2 million for disability sport – including $1 million to help more athletes attend the next Special Olympics Junior and National Games and $1 million so RecLink can expand AAA Play and connect more people with disability and their families with sport and recreation activities. $500,000 for the National Disability Awards – Labor will undo the Liberals’ cuts and work with people with disability on a new approach to the awards.
$2 million for disability sport – including $1 million to help more athletes attend the next Special Olympics Junior and National Games and $1 million so RecLink can expand AAA Play and connect more people with disability and their families with sport and recreation activities. $500,000 for the National Disability Awards – Labor will undo the Liberals’ cuts and work with people with disability on a new approach to the awards. A new National Disability Strategy – Labor will act on the recommendation of the Productivity Commission and develop a new strategy in the context of the NDIS.
$500,000 for the National Disability Awards – Labor will undo the Liberals’ cuts and work with people with disability on a new approach to the awards. A new National Disability Strategy – Labor will act on the recommendation of the Productivity Commission and develop a new strategy in the context of the NDIS. We will seek agreement from the states to close the gaps between mainstream services and the NDIS.
A new National Disability Strategy – Labor will act on the recommendation of the Productivity Commission and develop a new strategy in the context of the NDIS. We will seek agreement from the states to close the gaps between mainstream services and the NDIS. The new strategy will set clear and reported targets for employment, education, housing, transport, justice, health and reducing young people in nursing homes.
We will seek agreement from the states to close the gaps between mainstream services and the NDIS. The new strategy will set clear and reported targets for employment, education, housing, transport, justice, health and reducing young people in nursing homes. This is in addition to Labor’s commitment to reverse the Liberals’ cuts to schools, including additional investment of $300 million for students with disability.
The new strategy will set clear and reported targets for employment, education, housing, transport, justice, health and reducing young people in nursing homes. This is in addition to Labor’s commitment to reverse the Liberals’ cuts to schools, including additional investment of $300 million for students with disability. This election is a choice between better services and supports for people with disability and carers, or bigger tax handouts to the top end of town under the Liberals.
This is in addition to Labor’s commitment to reverse the Liberals’ cuts to schools, including additional investment of $300 million for students with disability. This election is a choice between better services and supports for people with disability and carers, or bigger tax handouts to the top end of town under the Liberals. A Fair Go For First Australians
This election is a choice between better services and supports for people with disability and carers, or bigger tax handouts to the top end of town under the Liberals. A Fair Go For First Australians A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for First Nations people, with a comprehensive plan to close the gap and build a more reconciled Australia.
A Fair Go For First Australians A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for First Nations people, with a comprehensive plan to close the gap and build a more reconciled Australia. Labor’s Plan
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a fair go for First Nations people, with a comprehensive plan to close the gap and build a more reconciled Australia. Labor’s Plan Labor will establish a Voice for First Nations People and seek the support of the Australian people for it to be enshrined in the constitution.
Labor’s Plan Labor will establish a Voice for First Nations People and seek the support of the Australian people for it to be enshrined in the constitution. We believe that when Labor governments and First Nations people work together, we can achieve real change.
Labor will establish a Voice for First Nations People and seek the support of the Australian people for it to be enshrined in the constitution. We believe that when Labor governments and First Nations people work together, we can achieve real change. Labor will seek a new partnership with First Nations people to deliver positive change in the lives of Indigenous Australians, in the cities, regions and remote communities.
We believe that when Labor governments and First Nations people work together, we can achieve real change. Labor will seek a new partnership with First Nations people to deliver positive change in the lives of Indigenous Australians, in the cities, regions and remote communities. We recommit to the unfinished business of reconciliation, truth-telling and recognition.
Labor will seek a new partnership with First Nations people to deliver positive change in the lives of Indigenous Australians, in the cities, regions and remote communities. We recommit to the unfinished business of reconciliation, truth-telling and recognition. We commit to redoubling our efforts to close the gap and achieve genuine equality for First Nations people, including the equal right to:A great education and a good job.
We recommit to the unfinished business of reconciliation, truth-telling and recognition. We commit to redoubling our efforts to close the gap and achieve genuine equality for First Nations people, including the equal right to:A great education and a good job. Be healthy and happy.
We commit to redoubling our efforts to close the gap and achieve genuine equality for First Nations people, including the equal right to:A great education and a good job. Be healthy and happy. Be safe in their home and their community.
Be healthy and happy. Be safe in their home and their community. Justice in the courts of the land.
Be safe in their home and their community. Justice in the courts of the land. And we also pledge ourselves to work with First Nations people to care for country and protect art and culture.
Justice in the courts of the land. And we also pledge ourselves to work with First Nations people to care for country and protect art and culture. New Jobs Tax Cut
And we also pledge ourselves to work with First Nations people to care for country and protect art and culture. New Jobs Tax Cut A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work.
New Jobs Tax Cut A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work. A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work –
A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work. A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work – delivering a tax cut for businesses who give young Australians a first start
A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier for small business to create new jobs and get more Australians into work – delivering a tax cut for businesses who give young Australians a first start and older Australians another go.
delivering a tax cut for businesses who give young Australians a first start and older Australians another go. Too many mature Australians are too young to retire, but unable to find work – around 86,000 Australians aged over 55 are looking for work.
and older Australians another go. Too many mature Australians are too young to retire, but unable to find work – around 86,000 Australians aged over 55 are looking for work. At the same time, young job seekers today are finding it harder to get a foot in the door - nearly one in three young people in the labour force are either unemployed or underemployed, there are almost 260,000 unemployed youth in Australia that want a job but simply aren’t being given the chance.
Too many mature Australians are too young to retire, but unable to find work – around 86,000 Australians aged over 55 are looking for work. At the same time, young job seekers today are finding it harder to get a foot in the door - nearly one in three young people in the labour force are either unemployed or underemployed, there are almost 260,000 unemployed youth in Australia that want a job but simply aren’t being given the chance. Labor’s New Jobs Tax Cut will give small businesses an incentive to put on additional employees aged under 25, over 55, or who are carers returning to the workforce.
At the same time, young job seekers today are finding it harder to get a foot in the door - nearly one in three young people in the labour force are either unemployed or underemployed, there are almost 260,000 unemployed youth in Australia that want a job but simply aren’t being given the chance. Labor’s New Jobs Tax Cut will give small businesses an incentive to put on additional employees aged under 25, over 55, or who are carers returning to the workforce. Companies with turnover of less than $10 million which have been operating for more than two years will be eligible for an additional 30 per cent tax deduction for up to five new workers’ salaries for their first year of employment, capped at $50,000 per company.
Labor’s New Jobs Tax Cut will give small businesses an incentive to put on additional employees aged under 25, over 55, or who are carers returning to the workforce. Companies with turnover of less than $10 million which have been operating for more than two years will be eligible for an additional 30 per cent tax deduction for up to five new workers’ salaries for their first year of employment, capped at $50,000 per company. The New Jobs Tax Cut will be available to businesses hiring Australians who face real barriers to finding work.
Companies with turnover of less than $10 million which have been operating for more than two years will be eligible for an additional 30 per cent tax deduction for up to five new workers’ salaries for their first year of employment, capped at $50,000 per company. The New Jobs Tax Cut will be available to businesses hiring Australians who face real barriers to finding work. To be eligible for the additional deduction, new employees need to be unemployed for three months or more and be either:  Job seekers under the age of 25 or over 55; or
The New Jobs Tax Cut will be available to businesses hiring Australians who face real barriers to finding work. To be eligible for the additional deduction, new employees need to be unemployed for three months or more and be either:  Job seekers under the age of 25 or over 55; or Parents or carers returning to work
To be eligible for the additional deduction, new employees need to be unemployed for three months or more and be either:  Job seekers under the age of 25 or over 55; or Parents or carers returning to work The New Jobs Tax Cut is good for jobs, and good for the economy.
Parents or carers returning to work The New Jobs Tax Cut is good for jobs, and good for the economy. Labor’s plan will help businesses grow and help jobseekers get a foot in the door.
The New Jobs Tax Cut is good for jobs, and good for the economy. Labor’s plan will help businesses grow and help jobseekers get a foot in the door. The economy isn’t working for all Australians – everything is going up except people’s wages,
Labor’s plan will help businesses grow and help jobseekers get a foot in the door. The economy isn’t working for all Australians – everything is going up except people’s wages, youth unemployment is more than double the national unemployment rate
The economy isn’t working for all Australians – everything is going up except people’s wages, youth unemployment is more than double the national unemployment rate and a record number of Australians are working two jobs to make ends meet.
youth unemployment is more than double the national unemployment rate and a record number of Australians are working two jobs to make ends meet. Labor’s plan supports Australian businesses to grow and invest,
and a record number of Australians are working two jobs to make ends meet. Labor’s plan supports Australian businesses to grow and invest, supports new jobs
Labor’s plan supports Australian businesses to grow and invest, supports new jobs and will provide an important economic boost.
supports new jobs and will provide an important economic boost. And we can support this smart economic investment in more jobs
and will provide an important economic boost. And we can support this smart economic investment in more jobs and business growth by closing the Liberals’ tax loopholes for the top end of town.
And we can support this smart economic investment in more jobs and business growth by closing the Liberals’ tax loopholes for the top end of town. This election is a choice between Labor’s strong and stable team, or the Liberals’ cuts and chaos.
and business growth by closing the Liberals’ tax loopholes for the top end of town. This election is a choice between Labor’s strong and stable team, or the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. The New Jobs Tax Cut will cost $141 million over the forward estimates.
This election is a choice between Labor’s strong and stable team, or the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. The New Jobs Tax Cut will cost $141 million over the forward estimates. Exa Rob is 56 and worked at a car manufacturing company for 20 years. He was made redundant two years ago but despite his technical expertise and significant experience he hasn’t been able to find work since. Michael runs an automotive spare parts company and is looking for someone to add to his ten full-time workforce, to be paid a gross salary of $60,000. When Michael employs Rob, he will be able to deduct $78,000 from his business revenue, reducing his businesses taxable income by an additional $18,000. Michael also takes on Alison, who has been searching for work for four months after caring for her elderly mother for the last four years, to work part-time. When he pays Alison $26,000 a year – including penalty rates – he will be able to deduct $33,800, reducing his business’s taxable income by an additional $7,800. Taken together, when Michael does his tax he gets an additional tax deduction of $25,800 for hiring Rob and Alison. Example 2: Lyn owns a small firm and needs a manager. Geoffrey worked as a senior manager in a manufacturing firm for 25 years. Despite his substantial managerial experience, he has been out of work for over a year. Lyn hires Geoffrey, paying him a managerial salary of $100,000 per annum. When employing Geoffrey, Lyn has a tax deduction $130,000, reducing her taxable income by an additional $30,000. mple 1
The New Jobs Tax Cut will cost $141 million over the forward estimates. Exa Rob is 56 and worked at a car manufacturing company for 20 years. He was made redundant two years ago but despite his technical expertise and significant experience he hasn’t been able to find work since. Michael runs an automotive spare parts company and is looking for someone to add to his ten full-time workforce, to be paid a gross salary of $60,000. When Michael employs Rob, he will be able to deduct $78,000 from his business revenue, reducing his businesses taxable income by an additional $18,000. Michael also takes on Alison, who has been searching for work for four months after caring for her elderly mother for the last four years, to work part-time. When he pays Alison $26,000 a year – including penalty rates – he will be able to deduct $33,800, reducing his business’s taxable income by an additional $7,800. Taken together, when Michael does his tax he gets an additional tax deduction of $25,800 for hiring Rob and Alison. Example 2: Lyn owns a small firm and needs a manager. Geoffrey worked as a senior manager in a manufacturing firm for 25 years. Despite his substantial managerial experience, he has been out of work for over a year. Lyn hires Geoffrey, paying him a managerial salary of $100,000 per annum. When employing Geoffrey, Lyn has a tax deduction $130,000, reducing her taxable income by an additional $30,000. mple 1 Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan
Exa Rob is 56 and worked at a car manufacturing company for 20 years. He was made redundant two years ago but despite his technical expertise and significant experience he hasn’t been able to find work since. Michael runs an automotive spare parts company and is looking for someone to add to his ten full-time workforce, to be paid a gross salary of $60,000. When Michael employs Rob, he will be able to deduct $78,000 from his business revenue, reducing his businesses taxable income by an additional $18,000. Michael also takes on Alison, who has been searching for work for four months after caring for her elderly mother for the last four years, to work part-time. When he pays Alison $26,000 a year – including penalty rates – he will be able to deduct $33,800, reducing his business’s taxable income by an additional $7,800. Taken together, when Michael does his tax he gets an additional tax deduction of $25,800 for hiring Rob and Alison. Example 2: Lyn owns a small firm and needs a manager. Geoffrey worked as a senior manager in a manufacturing firm for 25 years. Despite his substantial managerial experience, he has been out of work for over a year. Lyn hires Geoffrey, paying him a managerial salary of $100,000 per annum. When employing Geoffrey, Lyn has a tax deduction $130,000, reducing her taxable income by an additional $30,000. mple 1 Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan Recent record-setting disasters in Queensland, Tasmania and elsewhere in the country highlight how quickly climate change is altering our environment and increasing the exposure and vulnerability of Australian communities.
Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan Recent record-setting disasters in Queensland, Tasmania and elsewhere in the country highlight how quickly climate change is altering our environment and increasing the exposure and vulnerability of Australian communities. The latest science suggests that the severity and frequency of many of these climate-related impacts will increase exponentially.
Recent record-setting disasters in Queensland, Tasmania and elsewhere in the country highlight how quickly climate change is altering our environment and increasing the exposure and vulnerability of Australian communities. The latest science suggests that the severity and frequency of many of these climate-related impacts will increase exponentially. After six years of neglect from the Liberals, Australia urgently needs a national policy to build its resilience to climate change and adapt to inevitable climate impacts.
The latest science suggests that the severity and frequency of many of these climate-related impacts will increase exponentially. After six years of neglect from the Liberals, Australia urgently needs a national policy to build its resilience to climate change and adapt to inevitable climate impacts. The Liberal’s terrible record on cutting carbon pollution is matched by their record on climate change adaptation.
After six years of neglect from the Liberals, Australia urgently needs a national policy to build its resilience to climate change and adapt to inevitable climate impacts. The Liberal’s terrible record on cutting carbon pollution is matched by their record on climate change adaptation. After six years of government, the Liberals have taken Australia backwards by:Completely excluding climate adaptation from their 2017 Review of Climate Change Policies.
The Liberal’s terrible record on cutting carbon pollution is matched by their record on climate change adaptation. After six years of government, the Liberals have taken Australia backwards by:Completely excluding climate adaptation from their 2017 Review of Climate Change Policies. Making deep cuts to funding for significant adaptation work at CSIRO and completely de-funding the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), one of the hallmarks of the 2015 National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy.
After six years of government, the Liberals have taken Australia backwards by:Completely excluding climate adaptation from their 2017 Review of Climate Change Policies. Making deep cuts to funding for significant adaptation work at CSIRO and completely de-funding the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), one of the hallmarks of the 2015 National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. Producing a National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework that fails to take climate change seriously.
Making deep cuts to funding for significant adaptation work at CSIRO and completely de-funding the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), one of the hallmarks of the 2015 National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. Producing a National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework that fails to take climate change seriously. Despite the Liberal’s negligence on this critical issue, an enormous amount of work has taken place and is currently underway to build Australia’s resilience to climate and disaster risk at state and local levels, in the private sector, civil society, at Australian universities and scientific research institutions and in many Commonwealth Government departments.
Producing a National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework that fails to take climate change seriously. Despite the Liberal’s negligence on this critical issue, an enormous amount of work has taken place and is currently underway to build Australia’s resilience to climate and disaster risk at state and local levels, in the private sector, civil society, at Australian universities and scientific research institutions and in many Commonwealth Government departments. This work needs national leadership to deliver community resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Despite the Liberal’s negligence on this critical issue, an enormous amount of work has taken place and is currently underway to build Australia’s resilience to climate and disaster risk at state and local levels, in the private sector, civil society, at Australian universities and scientific research institutions and in many Commonwealth Government departments. This work needs national leadership to deliver community resilience to the impacts of climate change. Around 85 per cent of the population now live in coastal regions and the Australian coast is of immense economic, social and environmental importance to the nation.
This work needs national leadership to deliver community resilience to the impacts of climate change. Around 85 per cent of the population now live in coastal regions and the Australian coast is of immense economic, social and environmental importance to the nation. Australians love their beaches and coastal environments,
Around 85 per cent of the population now live in coastal regions and the Australian coast is of immense economic, social and environmental importance to the nation. Australians love their beaches and coastal environments, and they know climate change induced sea level rise poses a risk to their beloved beaches.
Australians love their beaches and coastal environments, and they know climate change induced sea level rise poses a risk to their beloved beaches. Australia’s coastal communities are already seeing the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels in increased coastal erosion, a loss of dunes and inundation.
and they know climate change induced sea level rise poses a risk to their beloved beaches. Australia’s coastal communities are already seeing the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels in increased coastal erosion, a loss of dunes and inundation. They rightly want leadership from government to address the climate impacts already being felt by their communities.
Australia’s coastal communities are already seeing the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels in increased coastal erosion, a loss of dunes and inundation. They rightly want leadership from government to address the climate impacts already being felt by their communities. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan
They rightly want leadership from government to address the climate impacts already being felt by their communities. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan Labor will act to build the resilience of communities to climate change impacts and restore our coasts.
Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan Labor will act to build the resilience of communities to climate change impacts and restore our coasts. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan will address the damage that the Liberals have done to national leadership and capacity in climate adaptation, re-invigorate the crucial research needed to support adaptation action on the ground, coordinate local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience, and it will deliver direct support to local communities and government to restore already impacted coasts.
Labor will act to build the resilience of communities to climate change impacts and restore our coasts. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan will address the damage that the Liberals have done to national leadership and capacity in climate adaptation, re-invigorate the crucial research needed to support adaptation action on the ground, coordinate local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience, and it will deliver direct support to local communities and government to restore already impacted coasts. Our plan includes:Developing a National Framework for Building Climate Resilience, bringing together local and state governments, community groups, the businesses community, researchers and relevant Commonwealth agencies and departments.
Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Rehabilitation Plan will address the damage that the Liberals have done to national leadership and capacity in climate adaptation, re-invigorate the crucial research needed to support adaptation action on the ground, coordinate local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience, and it will deliver direct support to local communities and government to restore already impacted coasts. Our plan includes:Developing a National Framework for Building Climate Resilience, bringing together local and state governments, community groups, the businesses community, researchers and relevant Commonwealth agencies and departments. The National Framework will provide the leadership and coordination that has been lacking under the Liberals to develop plans, coordinate efforts, share information and inform other private and government processes and efforts.
Our plan includes:Developing a National Framework for Building Climate Resilience, bringing together local and state governments, community groups, the businesses community, researchers and relevant Commonwealth agencies and departments. The National Framework will provide the leadership and coordination that has been lacking under the Liberals to develop plans, coordinate efforts, share information and inform other private and government processes and efforts. Re-invigorating the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) to support the creation and dissemination of research into local climate change impacts, through re-funding of the program with a $12 million funding boost.
The National Framework will provide the leadership and coordination that has been lacking under the Liberals to develop plans, coordinate efforts, share information and inform other private and government processes and efforts. Re-invigorating the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) to support the creation and dissemination of research into local climate change impacts, through re-funding of the program with a $12 million funding boost. Introducing a Coastal Rehabilitation Fund to work with communities, local governments, and the Australian Coastal Councils Association to directly support local coastal rehabilitation projects that restore beaches and other environments and improve their resilience with $50 million of grant funding.
Re-invigorating the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) to support the creation and dissemination of research into local climate change impacts, through re-funding of the program with a $12 million funding boost. Introducing a Coastal Rehabilitation Fund to work with communities, local governments, and the Australian Coastal Councils Association to directly support local coastal rehabilitation projects that restore beaches and other environments and improve their resilience with $50 million of grant funding. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Resilience plan will also be informed by Labor’s triennial Australian Climate Change Assessments, which will provide the most comprehensive and detailed assessment of actual and potential climate change impacts on Australia ever performed.
Introducing a Coastal Rehabilitation Fund to work with communities, local governments, and the Australian Coastal Councils Association to directly support local coastal rehabilitation projects that restore beaches and other environments and improve their resilience with $50 million of grant funding. Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Resilience plan will also be informed by Labor’s triennial Australian Climate Change Assessments, which will provide the most comprehensive and detailed assessment of actual and potential climate change impacts on Australia ever performed. Our Plan represents the largest investment in climate change adaptation and resilience in over six years.
Labor’s Climate Adaptation and Coastal Resilience plan will also be informed by Labor’s triennial Australian Climate Change Assessments, which will provide the most comprehensive and detailed assessment of actual and potential climate change impacts on Australia ever performed. Our Plan represents the largest investment in climate change adaptation and resilience in over six years. After six years of accelerating climate change impacts on our coasts and other environments, and after six years of neglect from the Liberals, a Shorten Labor Government will provide the leadership our communities and industries have been crying out for.
Our Plan represents the largest investment in climate change adaptation and resilience in over six years. After six years of accelerating climate change impacts on our coasts and other environments, and after six years of neglect from the Liberals, a Shorten Labor Government will provide the leadership our communities and industries have been crying out for. Labor will ensure our communities are able to adapt and grow resilience to climate change impacts.
After six years of accelerating climate change impacts on our coasts and other environments, and after six years of neglect from the Liberals, a Shorten Labor Government will provide the leadership our communities and industries have been crying out for. Labor will ensure our communities are able to adapt and grow resilience to climate change impacts. Only a Shorten Labor Government will restore our beaches, invest in the science and provide the leadership Australia desperately needs.
Labor will ensure our communities are able to adapt and grow resilience to climate change impacts. Only a Shorten Labor Government will restore our beaches, invest in the science and provide the leadership Australia desperately needs. Forestry
Only a Shorten Labor Government will restore our beaches, invest in the science and provide the leadership Australia desperately needs. Forestry A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive plan for the future growth and sustainable profitability and of the forestry and forests products industries.
Forestry A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive plan for the future growth and sustainable profitability and of the forestry and forests products industries. Our policy is about developing further productive plantation forests and farm forestry to support jobs, particularly those in our regions.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive plan for the future growth and sustainable profitability and of the forestry and forests products industries. Our policy is about developing further productive plantation forests and farm forestry to support jobs, particularly those in our regions. It’s important that we focus on economic, social and environmental outcomes, it’s the only way to grow jobs on a sustainable basis
Our policy is about developing further productive plantation forests and farm forestry to support jobs, particularly those in our regions. It’s important that we focus on economic, social and environmental outcomes, it’s the only way to grow jobs on a sustainable basis and to maintain community support for the sector.
It’s important that we focus on economic, social and environmental outcomes, it’s the only way to grow jobs on a sustainable basis and to maintain community support for the sector. That’s why Labor has developed its positive policy in consultation with industry, unions and other key stakeholders.
and to maintain community support for the sector. That’s why Labor has developed its positive policy in consultation with industry, unions and other key stakeholders. There are huge opportunities to grow our fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers.
That’s why Labor has developed its positive policy in consultation with industry, unions and other key stakeholders. There are huge opportunities to grow our fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers. However, the industry will not meet its future growth potential if it cannot obtain the resources it needs.
There are huge opportunities to grow our fibre industries: timber, wood products, furniture, paper products manufacturing, as well as developing newer materials like carbon fibre, light-weight materials, bio-products and advanced polymers. However, the industry will not meet its future growth potential if it cannot obtain the resources it needs. Labor’s $20 million investment into the forestry and forest products industry will:Deliver a National Forestry Summit and a National Forestry Strategic Plan, to support the growth of a more sustainable and prosperous forestry industry.
However, the industry will not meet its future growth potential if it cannot obtain the resources it needs. Labor’s $20 million investment into the forestry and forest products industry will:Deliver a National Forestry Summit and a National Forestry Strategic Plan, to support the growth of a more sustainable and prosperous forestry industry. Prioritise the removal of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) water rule, a policy vital for the sustainability of the forestry industry.
Labor’s $20 million investment into the forestry and forest products industry will:Deliver a National Forestry Summit and a National Forestry Strategic Plan, to support the growth of a more sustainable and prosperous forestry industry. Prioritise the removal of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) water rule, a policy vital for the sustainability of the forestry industry. Support growth in forest industries in regional Australia by investing $13 million over 4 years for 13 regional forestry hubs including the identified four trial hubs already contracted by the Government.
Prioritise the removal of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) water rule, a policy vital for the sustainability of the forestry industry. Support growth in forest industries in regional Australia by investing $13 million over 4 years for 13 regional forestry hubs including the identified four trial hubs already contracted by the Government. Reform the Forest Industry Advisory Council by broadening its membership to include broader industry and worker representation.
Support growth in forest industries in regional Australia by investing $13 million over 4 years for 13 regional forestry hubs including the identified four trial hubs already contracted by the Government. Reform the Forest Industry Advisory Council by broadening its membership to include broader industry and worker representation. Consistent with the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 the council will act as a forum where the Minister and stakeholders in the forest and wood products industry consult together and exchange advice and information.
Reform the Forest Industry Advisory Council by broadening its membership to include broader industry and worker representation. Consistent with the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 the council will act as a forum where the Minister and stakeholders in the forest and wood products industry consult together and exchange advice and information. Restore proper Commonwealth and State relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries.
Consistent with the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 the council will act as a forum where the Minister and stakeholders in the forest and wood products industry consult together and exchange advice and information. Restore proper Commonwealth and State relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries. Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Forestry Ministers at the Federal and State levels.
Restore proper Commonwealth and State relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries. Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Forestry Ministers at the Federal and State levels. Provide funding for forestry and forest products industry worker safety initiatives.
Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Forestry Ministers at the Federal and State levels. Provide funding for forestry and forest products industry worker safety initiatives. Provide up to $4 million over 3 years to address identified skill shortages in the forest and forest products industry.
Provide funding for forestry and forest products industry worker safety initiatives. Provide up to $4 million over 3 years to address identified skill shortages in the forest and forest products industry. Continued support for Regional Forest Agreements, that are based on the best available science as it applies to the proper consideration of social, economic and environmental factors.
Provide up to $4 million over 3 years to address identified skill shortages in the forest and forest products industry. Continued support for Regional Forest Agreements, that are based on the best available science as it applies to the proper consideration of social, economic and environmental factors. Expand export opportunities by working with industry to improve trading opportunities for the wood and paper products sectors.
Continued support for Regional Forest Agreements, that are based on the best available science as it applies to the proper consideration of social, economic and environmental factors. Expand export opportunities by working with industry to improve trading opportunities for the wood and paper products sectors. Labor recognises the bio-mass must only be used as a renewable energy source in a responsible, environmentally sustainable way.
Expand export opportunities by working with industry to improve trading opportunities for the wood and paper products sectors. Labor recognises the bio-mass must only be used as a renewable energy source in a responsible, environmentally sustainable way. Labor will oppose any policies which create an economic incentive to use old growth forests as bio-mass fuel.
Labor recognises the bio-mass must only be used as a renewable energy source in a responsible, environmentally sustainable way. Labor will oppose any policies which create an economic incentive to use old growth forests as bio-mass fuel. But we recognise the role of bio-energy and bio-mass from plantation forests in Australia’s renewable mix and work with the forestry industry to ensure bioenergy plays a responsible role in Australia’s future renewable energy economy.
Labor will oppose any policies which create an economic incentive to use old growth forests as bio-mass fuel. But we recognise the role of bio-energy and bio-mass from plantation forests in Australia’s renewable mix and work with the forestry industry to ensure bioenergy plays a responsible role in Australia’s future renewable energy economy. Labor will further discuss the role of bio-energy and bio-mass in Australia’s renewable mix in the context of climate change at the National Forestry Summit and the development of a Bioenergy Strategy.
But we recognise the role of bio-energy and bio-mass from plantation forests in Australia’s renewable mix and work with the forestry industry to ensure bioenergy plays a responsible role in Australia’s future renewable energy economy. Labor will further discuss the role of bio-energy and bio-mass in Australia’s renewable mix in the context of climate change at the National Forestry Summit and the development of a Bioenergy Strategy. These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies in the following areas:
Labor will further discuss the role of bio-energy and bio-mass in Australia’s renewable mix in the context of climate change at the National Forestry Summit and the development of a Bioenergy Strategy. These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies in the following areas: Lifting research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per annum by 2030, to ensure manufacturing has the best scientific and research expertise available.
These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies in the following areas: Lifting research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per annum by 2030, to ensure manufacturing has the best scientific and research expertise available. Supporting firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund (AMFF).
Lifting research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per annum by 2030, to ensure manufacturing has the best scientific and research expertise available. Supporting firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund (AMFF). Encouraging business to invest in this country through the Australian Investment Guarantee (AIG), with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets.
Supporting firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund (AMFF). Encouraging business to invest in this country through the Australian Investment Guarantee (AIG), with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets. Implementing a Local Projects, Local Jobs plan, that will see more government procurement and investment in major projects spent on local businesses
Encouraging business to invest in this country through the Australian Investment Guarantee (AIG), with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets. Implementing a Local Projects, Local Jobs plan, that will see more government procurement and investment in major projects spent on local businesses and local jobs.
Implementing a Local Projects, Local Jobs plan, that will see more government procurement and investment in major projects spent on local businesses and local jobs. Ending the Liberals and Nationals war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers.
and local jobs. Ending the Liberals and Nationals war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers. Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills including, scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy.
Ending the Liberals and Nationals war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers. Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills including, scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy. Ensure Australian Standards are applied when local manufactured plywood and engineered wood products are being considered in construction projects.
Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills including, scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy. Ensure Australian Standards are applied when local manufactured plywood and engineered wood products are being considered in construction projects. Only Labor understands that the forestry sector does not have a moment to lose after enduring almost six years of no action and chaos from the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government.
Ensure Australian Standards are applied when local manufactured plywood and engineered wood products are being considered in construction projects. Only Labor understands that the forestry sector does not have a moment to lose after enduring almost six years of no action and chaos from the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government. A Better Deal for Young Australians
Only Labor understands that the forestry sector does not have a moment to lose after enduring almost six years of no action and chaos from the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government. A Better Deal for Young Australians Labor has a plan to give young Australians a fair go and a brighter future.
A Better Deal for Young Australians Labor has a plan to give young Australians a fair go and a brighter future. We will start by ensuring all Australians get quality education and training – delivering two years of early learning before school, proper needs-based funding to our public schools, and restoring the funding cut from our universities and TAFEs by the Liberals.
Labor has a plan to give young Australians a fair go and a brighter future. We will start by ensuring all Australians get quality education and training – delivering two years of early learning before school, proper needs-based funding to our public schools, and restoring the funding cut from our universities and TAFEs by the Liberals. We will reform negative gearing to put young first homebuyers on a more level playing field with property investors seeking their sixth or seventh property.
We will start by ensuring all Australians get quality education and training – delivering two years of early learning before school, proper needs-based funding to our public schools, and restoring the funding cut from our universities and TAFEs by the Liberals. We will reform negative gearing to put young first homebuyers on a more level playing field with property investors seeking their sixth or seventh property. We will legislate to restore the cuts to penalty rates, because we know young people rely on them to help make ends meet – particularly when studying.
We will reform negative gearing to put young first homebuyers on a more level playing field with property investors seeking their sixth or seventh property. We will legislate to restore the cuts to penalty rates, because we know young people rely on them to help make ends meet – particularly when studying. We will change the laws to make sure penalty rates can’t be cut again.
We will legislate to restore the cuts to penalty rates, because we know young people rely on them to help make ends meet – particularly when studying. We will change the laws to make sure penalty rates can’t be cut again. We will fund better schools and hospitals by making multinationals pay their fair share and close loopholes used by the top end of town.
We will change the laws to make sure penalty rates can’t be cut again. We will fund better schools and hospitals by making multinationals pay their fair share and close loopholes used by the top end of town. Young Australians want a positive future for themselves and for the planet.
We will fund better schools and hospitals by making multinationals pay their fair share and close loopholes used by the top end of town. Young Australians want a positive future for themselves and for the planet. Labor will deliver real action on climate change to pass on a better deal to the next generation.
Young Australians want a positive future for themselves and for the planet. Labor will deliver real action on climate change to pass on a better deal to the next generation. Labor is committed to improving the lives of young Australians and we want them to have a say in what happens in this country.
Labor will deliver real action on climate change to pass on a better deal to the next generation. Labor is committed to improving the lives of young Australians and we want them to have a say in what happens in this country. Labor will give young people their own voice by establishing an independent national body to represent their views and we will install a champion for them in government with a federal Minister for Young Australians and Youth Affairs.
Labor is committed to improving the lives of young Australians and we want them to have a say in what happens in this country. Labor will give young people their own voice by establishing an independent national body to represent their views and we will install a champion for them in government with a federal Minister for Young Australians and Youth Affairs. Labor’s Positive Strategic Plan For Sustainable Fisheries And Aquaculture Sectors
Labor will give young people their own voice by establishing an independent national body to represent their views and we will install a champion for them in government with a federal Minister for Young Australians and Youth Affairs. Labor’s Positive Strategic Plan For Sustainable Fisheries And Aquaculture Sectors A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic
Labor’s Positive Strategic Plan For Sustainable Fisheries And Aquaculture Sectors A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors. A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic
and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors. A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver a positive strategic plan for the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors. This plan sits alongside Labor’s Supporting Recreational Fishing policy, available here.
and environmental sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture sectors. This plan sits alongside Labor’s Supporting Recreational Fishing policy, available here. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will manage our seas and waterways for the benefit of the environment and the economy, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos.
This plan sits alongside Labor’s Supporting Recreational Fishing policy, available here. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will manage our seas and waterways for the benefit of the environment and the economy, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. Our oceans support commercial fisheries and aquaculture generating over $3 billion in net value every year, including exports of high-value products like lobster, abalone and whole tuna.
This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will manage our seas and waterways for the benefit of the environment and the economy, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. Our oceans support commercial fisheries and aquaculture generating over $3 billion in net value every year, including exports of high-value products like lobster, abalone and whole tuna. Labor will convene a national fisheries summit to bring together key stakeholders from our commercial fisheries and aquaculture sector, state and federal regulators and other interested parties, including recreational fishing representatives, to address common challenges together.
Our oceans support commercial fisheries and aquaculture generating over $3 billion in net value every year, including exports of high-value products like lobster, abalone and whole tuna. Labor will convene a national fisheries summit to bring together key stakeholders from our commercial fisheries and aquaculture sector, state and federal regulators and other interested parties, including recreational fishing representatives, to address common challenges together. Labor’s plan for commercial fishers and the aquaculture industry will: Improve Australia’s biosecurity system and resource it adequately.
Labor will convene a national fisheries summit to bring together key stakeholders from our commercial fisheries and aquaculture sector, state and federal regulators and other interested parties, including recreational fishing representatives, to address common challenges together. Labor’s plan for commercial fishers and the aquaculture industry will: Improve Australia’s biosecurity system and resource it adequately. Ensure fisheries are managed sustainably; and apply the best available science and leading-edge technologies.
Labor’s plan for commercial fishers and the aquaculture industry will: Improve Australia’s biosecurity system and resource it adequately. Ensure fisheries are managed sustainably; and apply the best available science and leading-edge technologies. Improve transparency and accountability in Commonwealth managed fisheries.
Ensure fisheries are managed sustainably; and apply the best available science and leading-edge technologies. Improve transparency and accountability in Commonwealth managed fisheries. Improve engagement in regional fisheries management forums in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Improve transparency and accountability in Commonwealth managed fisheries. Improve engagement in regional fisheries management forums in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Resolve resource sharing issues to provide assured and fair access to Commonwealth fish resources for recreational and commercial fishers.
Improve engagement in regional fisheries management forums in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Resolve resource sharing issues to provide assured and fair access to Commonwealth fish resources for recreational and commercial fishers. Fisheries and aquaculture will also benefit from Labor’s policies for: Promoting industry growth and boosting productivity by:Focusing on moving up the value chain.
Resolve resource sharing issues to provide assured and fair access to Commonwealth fish resources for recreational and commercial fishers. Fisheries and aquaculture will also benefit from Labor’s policies for: Promoting industry growth and boosting productivity by:Focusing on moving up the value chain. Reducing unnecessary regulation.
Fisheries and aquaculture will also benefit from Labor’s policies for: Promoting industry growth and boosting productivity by:Focusing on moving up the value chain. Reducing unnecessary regulation. Applying evidence-based policies.
Reducing unnecessary regulation. Applying evidence-based policies. Boosting trade by: Reducing international trade barriers.
Applying evidence-based policies. Boosting trade by: Reducing international trade barriers. Improving existing trade agreements.
Boosting trade by: Reducing international trade barriers. Improving existing trade agreements. Promoting Australia’s clean, green and ethically produced food production image.
Improving existing trade agreements. Promoting Australia’s clean, green and ethically produced food production image. Addressing information deficiencies, market failures in access to finance, and skill shortages.
Promoting Australia’s clean, green and ethically produced food production image. Addressing information deficiencies, market failures in access to finance, and skill shortages. Climate change will have a substantial impact on the marine environments around Australia and only Labor has a comprehensive climate action policy to address future challenges.
Addressing information deficiencies, market failures in access to finance, and skill shortages. Climate change will have a substantial impact on the marine environments around Australia and only Labor has a comprehensive climate action policy to address future challenges. A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan.
Climate change will have a substantial impact on the marine environments around Australia and only Labor has a comprehensive climate action policy to address future challenges. A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan. A Shorten Labor Government will restore proper Commonwealth and state and territory relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries.
A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to boost the capabilities of the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, better coordinate Australian climate science and develop an Australian climate science capability plan. A Shorten Labor Government will restore proper Commonwealth and state and territory relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries. Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Fisheries Ministers at the federal and state levels.
A Shorten Labor Government will restore proper Commonwealth and state and territory relationships by re-establishing the COAG process for the Standing Council on Primary Industries. Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Fisheries Ministers at the federal and state levels. These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies to:
Labor will continue to support the side meetings of the Fisheries Ministers at the federal and state levels. These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies to: Lift research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per year by 2030, giving manufacturing the best scientific and research expertise available.
These policy initiatives will be supported by Labor’s announced policies to: Lift research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per year by 2030, giving manufacturing the best scientific and research expertise available. Support firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund.
Lift research and development investment to 3 per cent of GDP per year by 2030, giving manufacturing the best scientific and research expertise available. Support firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund. Encourage business to invest through the Australian Investment Guarantee, with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets.
Support firms to innovate and grow through our $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund. Encourage business to invest through the Australian Investment Guarantee, with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets. Ending the Liberals and Nationals’ war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers.
Encourage business to invest through the Australian Investment Guarantee, with local businesses benefiting from a new accelerated depreciation scheme for new capital assets. Ending the Liberals and Nationals’ war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers. Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills, including scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy.
Ending the Liberals and Nationals’ war on science and returning science to the centre of government by resetting the relationship between government and Australia’s scientists and researchers. Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills, including scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy. Providing a $25 million food and fibre industry strategy to drive local jobs and innovation, as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas.
Investing $1 billion to boost TAFE, apprenticeships and skills, including scrapping upfront fees for 100,000 TAFE students who choose to learn the skills that Australia needs to become a modern advanced manufacturing economy. Providing a $25 million food and fibre industry strategy to drive local jobs and innovation, as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government have provided nothing but dysfunction and chaos for the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
Providing a $25 million food and fibre industry strategy to drive local jobs and innovation, as well as attract investment in manufacturing, particularly in rural and regional areas. The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government have provided nothing but dysfunction and chaos for the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Only Labor understands that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors need a strategic plan to secure their future sustainability profitability.
The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government have provided nothing but dysfunction and chaos for the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Only Labor understands that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors need a strategic plan to secure their future sustainability profitability. End the chaos.
Only Labor understands that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors need a strategic plan to secure their future sustainability profitability. End the chaos. Vote for change.
End the chaos. Vote for change. Vote for Labor.
Vote for change. Vote for Labor. Deduction Cap For Managing Tax Affairs
Vote for Labor. Deduction Cap For Managing Tax Affairs In 2016-17, 69 people earned over $1 million but paid no tax.
Deduction Cap For Managing Tax Affairs In 2016-17, 69 people earned over $1 million but paid no tax. Labor will make our tax system fairer by capping the size of tax deductions people can claim for “managing tax affairs”.
In 2016-17, 69 people earned over $1 million but paid no tax. Labor will make our tax system fairer by capping the size of tax deductions people can claim for “managing tax affairs”. Most Australians don’t get to choose how much tax they pay – or don’t pay.
Labor will make our tax system fairer by capping the size of tax deductions people can claim for “managing tax affairs”. Most Australians don’t get to choose how much tax they pay – or don’t pay. But some at the top end of town have been able to under Scott Morrison’s Liberals.
Most Australians don’t get to choose how much tax they pay – or don’t pay. But some at the top end of town have been able to under Scott Morrison’s Liberals. There were 26 people who earned over $1 million and paid no tax had an average deduction of $630,000 for managing their tax affairs.
But some at the top end of town have been able to under Scott Morrison’s Liberals. There were 26 people who earned over $1 million and paid no tax had an average deduction of $630,000 for managing their tax affairs. These people should not get a tax break just because they have access to loopholes their experts can help them with.
There were 26 people who earned over $1 million and paid no tax had an average deduction of $630,000 for managing their tax affairs. These people should not get a tax break just because they have access to loopholes their experts can help them with. LABOR’S PLAN:
These people should not get a tax break just because they have access to loopholes their experts can help them with. LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will cap the amount an individual can claim as a deduction for managing tax affairs at $3,000.
LABOR’S PLAN: Labor will cap the amount an individual can claim as a deduction for managing tax affairs at $3,000. This deduction and cap affects individuals only, and other business-like structures such as trusts and partnerships that are taxed as individuals, and not companies.
Labor will cap the amount an individual can claim as a deduction for managing tax affairs at $3,000. This deduction and cap affects individuals only, and other business-like structures such as trusts and partnerships that are taxed as individuals, and not companies. A carve-out is included for individual small businesses with positive business income and annual turnover up to $2 million.
This deduction and cap affects individuals only, and other business-like structures such as trusts and partnerships that are taxed as individuals, and not companies. A carve-out is included for individual small businesses with positive business income and annual turnover up to $2 million. When announced, it was estimated that this would affect around 82,000 people.
A carve-out is included for individual small businesses with positive business income and annual turnover up to $2 million. When announced, it was estimated that this would affect around 82,000 people. That’s less than 1 per cent of the population.
When announced, it was estimated that this would affect around 82,000 people. That’s less than 1 per cent of the population. For over 6 million Australian taxpayers, their average deduction was just $375.
That’s less than 1 per cent of the population. For over 6 million Australian taxpayers, their average deduction was just $375. These are just some of the ways we are closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
For over 6 million Australian taxpayers, their average deduction was just $375. These are just some of the ways we are closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. These reforms will save around $375 million over the forward estimates.
These are just some of the ways we are closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. These reforms will save around $375 million over the forward estimates. Labor's Plan For Electric Vehicle Innovation and Manufacturing
These reforms will save around $375 million over the forward estimates. Labor's Plan For Electric Vehicle Innovation and Manufacturing Vehicle electrification is key to Labor’s strategy for transition to lower transport emissions.
Labor's Plan For Electric Vehicle Innovation and Manufacturing Vehicle electrification is key to Labor’s strategy for transition to lower transport emissions. Australia has opportunities to rebuild and expand the automotive and associated transport industries as a part of that transition.
Vehicle electrification is key to Labor’s strategy for transition to lower transport emissions. Australia has opportunities to rebuild and expand the automotive and associated transport industries as a part of that transition. Australia has research, manufacturing and assembly capacity in buses, trucks, and rail, all of which is looking at electrification and alternative fuels like hydrogen as part of the transport future.
Australia has opportunities to rebuild and expand the automotive and associated transport industries as a part of that transition. Australia has research, manufacturing and assembly capacity in buses, trucks, and rail, all of which is looking at electrification and alternative fuels like hydrogen as part of the transport future. This industrial capability, plus our world-class tertiary institutions, will be the basis of an electric vehicle industry
Australia has research, manufacturing and assembly capacity in buses, trucks, and rail, all of which is looking at electrification and alternative fuels like hydrogen as part of the transport future. This industrial capability, plus our world-class tertiary institutions, will be the basis of an electric vehicle industry and reducing emissions.
This industrial capability, plus our world-class tertiary institutions, will be the basis of an electric vehicle industry and reducing emissions. Labor will also ensure that the system-wide regulatory and safety measures needed to support electrification of the transport fleet will be taken.
and reducing emissions. Labor will also ensure that the system-wide regulatory and safety measures needed to support electrification of the transport fleet will be taken. The Liberals’ record on vehicle manufacturing is nothing but destruction.
Labor will also ensure that the system-wide regulatory and safety measures needed to support electrification of the transport fleet will be taken. The Liberals’ record on vehicle manufacturing is nothing but destruction. They drove the major vehicle production companies offshore,
The Liberals’ record on vehicle manufacturing is nothing but destruction. They drove the major vehicle production companies offshore, costing thousands of workers their jobs
They drove the major vehicle production companies offshore, costing thousands of workers their jobs and resulting in the closure of Australian firms.
costing thousands of workers their jobs and resulting in the closure of Australian firms. LABOR’S PLAN:
and resulting in the closure of Australian firms. LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will work with industry, state governments and the research sector to create jobs with a $57 million electric vehicle innovation and manufacturing strategy, integrated with Labor’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund and Labor’s Australian Investment Guarantee.
LABOR’S PLAN: A Shorten Labor Government will work with industry, state governments and the research sector to create jobs with a $57 million electric vehicle innovation and manufacturing strategy, integrated with Labor’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund and Labor’s Australian Investment Guarantee. Labor’s plan will support research and development, manufacturing, assembly and retrofitting capability in all forms of electric land transport vehicles, ensuring that Australia has a global role as a research and development centre and extending our manufacturing capabilities in all vehicles deploying electric technology and hydrogen, battery manufacturing and charging infrastructure.
A Shorten Labor Government will work with industry, state governments and the research sector to create jobs with a $57 million electric vehicle innovation and manufacturing strategy, integrated with Labor’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Future Fund and Labor’s Australian Investment Guarantee. Labor’s plan will support research and development, manufacturing, assembly and retrofitting capability in all forms of electric land transport vehicles, ensuring that Australia has a global role as a research and development centre and extending our manufacturing capabilities in all vehicles deploying electric technology and hydrogen, battery manufacturing and charging infrastructure. Labor’s plan includes:An Electric Vehicle Innovation Council to develop and oversee a manufacturing roadmap.
Labor’s plan will support research and development, manufacturing, assembly and retrofitting capability in all forms of electric land transport vehicles, ensuring that Australia has a global role as a research and development centre and extending our manufacturing capabilities in all vehicles deploying electric technology and hydrogen, battery manufacturing and charging infrastructure. Labor’s plan includes:An Electric Vehicle Innovation Council to develop and oversee a manufacturing roadmap. $30 million for Advanced Engineering and Electric Mobility Research and Development to increase globally focused research and development within Australia
Labor’s plan includes:An Electric Vehicle Innovation Council to develop and oversee a manufacturing roadmap. $30 million for Advanced Engineering and Electric Mobility Research and Development to increase globally focused research and development within Australia $25 million for grant funding for research, commercialisation and enterprise capability development around vehicle electrification for the local components and vehicle industry supply chain.
$30 million for Advanced Engineering and Electric Mobility Research and Development to increase globally focused research and development within Australia $25 million for grant funding for research, commercialisation and enterprise capability development around vehicle electrification for the local components and vehicle industry supply chain. Appointing a supplier advocate to be the coordinator and face of the overall transition plan and promote investment in global supply chains.
$25 million for grant funding for research, commercialisation and enterprise capability development around vehicle electrification for the local components and vehicle industry supply chain. Appointing a supplier advocate to be the coordinator and face of the overall transition plan and promote investment in global supply chains. Maximising industry development return on Commonwealth and state government spending – within procurement guidelines – to give preference for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia.
Appointing a supplier advocate to be the coordinator and face of the overall transition plan and promote investment in global supply chains. Maximising industry development return on Commonwealth and state government spending – within procurement guidelines – to give preference for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia. Maximising industry development returns on Commonwealth and state government spending – consistent with Labor’s Local Projects, Local Jobs policy – for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia.
Maximising industry development return on Commonwealth and state government spending – within procurement guidelines – to give preference for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia. Maximising industry development returns on Commonwealth and state government spending – consistent with Labor’s Local Projects, Local Jobs policy – for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia. Ensuring public safety for citizens in the operation of EV’s and safe access to charging infrastructure.
Maximising industry development returns on Commonwealth and state government spending – consistent with Labor’s Local Projects, Local Jobs policy – for suppliers developing design, R&D, EV and related capabilities in Australia. Ensuring public safety for citizens in the operation of EV’s and safe access to charging infrastructure. $2 million to support the establishment and operation a Sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Geelong in partnership with Deakin University.
Ensuring public safety for citizens in the operation of EV’s and safe access to charging infrastructure. $2 million to support the establishment and operation a Sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Geelong in partnership with Deakin University. This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for the electric vehicle manufacturing industry, and the Liberals’ record of destroying jobs in manufacturing and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town.
$2 million to support the establishment and operation a Sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Geelong in partnership with Deakin University. This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for the electric vehicle manufacturing industry, and the Liberals’ record of destroying jobs in manufacturing and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians
This election is a choice between Labor’s plans for the electric vehicle manufacturing industry, and the Liberals’ record of destroying jobs in manufacturing and plans to deliver bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town. After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians Australian Republic and Head of State
After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for all Australians Australian Republic and Head of State A Shorten Labor Government will hold a national vote to give every Australian voter a voice in the process of becoming a republic with an Australian Head of State.
Australian Republic and Head of State A Shorten Labor Government will hold a national vote to give every Australian voter a voice in the process of becoming a republic with an Australian Head of State. It’s time we had an Australian Head of State.
A Shorten Labor Government will hold a national vote to give every Australian voter a voice in the process of becoming a republic with an Australian Head of State. It’s time we had an Australian Head of State. Labor believes Australians are ready to transition to an Australian Republic, with an Australian Head of State, who can fully represent our traditions, values and aspirations as a nation.
It’s time we had an Australian Head of State. Labor believes Australians are ready to transition to an Australian Republic, with an Australian Head of State, who can fully represent our traditions, values and aspirations as a nation. Instead of borrowing a foreign crown from the other side of the globe, let us face the world as a proud Australian Republic with an Australian citizen as our Head of State.
Labor believes Australians are ready to transition to an Australian Republic, with an Australian Head of State, who can fully represent our traditions, values and aspirations as a nation. Instead of borrowing a foreign crown from the other side of the globe, let us face the world as a proud Australian Republic with an Australian citizen as our Head of State. LABOR’S PLAN
Instead of borrowing a foreign crown from the other side of the globe, let us face the world as a proud Australian Republic with an Australian citizen as our Head of State. LABOR’S PLAN A Labor Government will:In our first term of government hold a national vote seeking the views of the Australian people about becoming a republic.
LABOR’S PLAN A Labor Government will:In our first term of government hold a national vote seeking the views of the Australian people about becoming a republic. If the result is yes, Labor will promote community debate, consulting with the Australian people, other political parties and the states and territories, about the advantages and disadvantages of the various republican models.
A Labor Government will:In our first term of government hold a national vote seeking the views of the Australian people about becoming a republic. If the result is yes, Labor will promote community debate, consulting with the Australian people, other political parties and the states and territories, about the advantages and disadvantages of the various republican models. Consult Australians about the model of appointment of an Australian Head of State.
If the result is yes, Labor will promote community debate, consulting with the Australian people, other political parties and the states and territories, about the advantages and disadvantages of the various republican models. Consult Australians about the model of appointment of an Australian Head of State. When detailed constitutional changes are prepared, initiate an appropriate secondary referendum under the Constitution.
Consult Australians about the model of appointment of an Australian Head of State. When detailed constitutional changes are prepared, initiate an appropriate secondary referendum under the Constitution. Only a Labor Government will provide the national leadership and maturity required to reform and modernise our Constitution to appoint an Australian as our Head of State.
When detailed constitutional changes are prepared, initiate an appropriate secondary referendum under the Constitution. Only a Labor Government will provide the national leadership and maturity required to reform and modernise our Constitution to appoint an Australian as our Head of State. Great Australian Bight
Only a Labor Government will provide the national leadership and maturity required to reform and modernise our Constitution to appoint an Australian as our Head of State. Great Australian Bight If elected, one of Labor’s first acts will be to commission an independent scientific study into the impact of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight.
Great Australian Bight If elected, one of Labor’s first acts will be to commission an independent scientific study into the impact of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. The study will be jointly commissioned by the Ministers for Resources and the Environment, and will report to both ministers.
If elected, one of Labor’s first acts will be to commission an independent scientific study into the impact of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. The study will be jointly commissioned by the Ministers for Resources and the Environment, and will report to both ministers. Both ministers will jointly issue terms of reference to the independent study.
The study will be jointly commissioned by the Ministers for Resources and the Environment, and will report to both ministers. Both ministers will jointly issue terms of reference to the independent study. There is no approval granted for drilling in the Bight.
Both ministers will jointly issue terms of reference to the independent study. There is no approval granted for drilling in the Bight. One proposal for exploratory drilling is under consideration by the independent regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), which has an independent assessment process underway.
There is no approval granted for drilling in the Bight. One proposal for exploratory drilling is under consideration by the independent regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), which has an independent assessment process underway. The purpose of the study will be to help inform the decision making of the independent regulator.
One proposal for exploratory drilling is under consideration by the independent regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), which has an independent assessment process underway. The purpose of the study will be to help inform the decision making of the independent regulator. It will be an independent scientific study to increase the capacity of the independent regulator to properly make an assessment.
The purpose of the study will be to help inform the decision making of the independent regulator. It will be an independent scientific study to increase the capacity of the independent regulator to properly make an assessment. The study will report before the project is approved.
It will be an independent scientific study to increase the capacity of the independent regulator to properly make an assessment. The study will report before the project is approved. Every resources project needs to stack up environmentally and financially.
The study will report before the project is approved. Every resources project needs to stack up environmentally and financially. Approvals about these types of projects are made in accordance with the law.
Every resources project needs to stack up environmentally and financially. Approvals about these types of projects are made in accordance with the law. Aged Care
Approvals about these types of projects are made in accordance with the law. Aged Care Labor is the party of aged care reform and older Australians can be assured we will always do better for older Australians in residential aged care, for those waiting for care at home and through Medicare.
Aged Care Labor is the party of aged care reform and older Australians can be assured we will always do better for older Australians in residential aged care, for those waiting for care at home and through Medicare. Only Labor will be in a position to improve aged care and adequately respond to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Labor is the party of aged care reform and older Australians can be assured we will always do better for older Australians in residential aged care, for those waiting for care at home and through Medicare. Only Labor will be in a position to improve aged care and adequately respond to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Labor will work with the sector, to improve aged care and respond to the Royal Commission’s recommendations once they are handed down.
Only Labor will be in a position to improve aged care and adequately respond to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Labor will work with the sector, to improve aged care and respond to the Royal Commission’s recommendations once they are handed down. To further improve the quality of care and support a future aged care workforce, an elected Shorten Labor Government will:Immediately investigate interventions to ensure older Australians most at need are prioritised for home care.
Labor will work with the sector, to improve aged care and respond to the Royal Commission’s recommendations once they are handed down. To further improve the quality of care and support a future aged care workforce, an elected Shorten Labor Government will:Immediately investigate interventions to ensure older Australians most at need are prioritised for home care. Provide opportunities through TAFE so that up to 20,000 aged care workers can obtain or improve their qualifications.
To further improve the quality of care and support a future aged care workforce, an elected Shorten Labor Government will:Immediately investigate interventions to ensure older Australians most at need are prioritised for home care. Provide opportunities through TAFE so that up to 20,000 aged care workers can obtain or improve their qualifications. Immediately speed up implementation of the Matter of Care workforce strategy to address inadequate staffing in aged care.
Provide opportunities through TAFE so that up to 20,000 aged care workers can obtain or improve their qualifications. Immediately speed up implementation of the Matter of Care workforce strategy to address inadequate staffing in aged care. Ensure that for residential aged care facilities there is a registered nurse present, on site, 24 hours a day.
Immediately speed up implementation of the Matter of Care workforce strategy to address inadequate staffing in aged care. Ensure that for residential aged care facilities there is a registered nurse present, on site, 24 hours a day. Publish the skill mix of the workforce employed at every residential aged care facility to ensure the appropriate skills-mix of properly trained staff is present at all times.
Ensure that for residential aged care facilities there is a registered nurse present, on site, 24 hours a day. Publish the skill mix of the workforce employed at every residential aged care facility to ensure the appropriate skills-mix of properly trained staff is present at all times. Look at how best to improve access to home care packages and increasing staffing levels and skills.
Publish the skill mix of the workforce employed at every residential aged care facility to ensure the appropriate skills-mix of properly trained staff is present at all times. Look at how best to improve access to home care packages and increasing staffing levels and skills. Further address the number of GPs working in aged care to provide proper incentives for GPs to do home visits and provide services in residential aged care.
Look at how best to improve access to home care packages and increasing staffing levels and skills. Further address the number of GPs working in aged care to provide proper incentives for GPs to do home visits and provide services in residential aged care. Consistent with Labor’s commitment to support Australians with dementia and their families and carers, a Shorten Labor Government will:
Further address the number of GPs working in aged care to provide proper incentives for GPs to do home visits and provide services in residential aged care. Consistent with Labor’s commitment to support Australians with dementia and their families and carers, a Shorten Labor Government will: Make improving the care of Australians with dementia a national priority.
Consistent with Labor’s commitment to support Australians with dementia and their families and carers, a Shorten Labor Government will: Make improving the care of Australians with dementia a national priority. Remove the complexity of multiple interactions between the Department of Health and Ageing, Centrelink, aged care providers, and the broader health care system for Australians with dementia and their families.
Make improving the care of Australians with dementia a national priority. Remove the complexity of multiple interactions between the Department of Health and Ageing, Centrelink, aged care providers, and the broader health care system for Australians with dementia and their families. Improve the training of aged care staff to improve the workforce’s understanding of dementia, including scholarships for nurses and carers to undertake specialist dementia care training.
Remove the complexity of multiple interactions between the Department of Health and Ageing, Centrelink, aged care providers, and the broader health care system for Australians with dementia and their families. Improve the training of aged care staff to improve the workforce’s understanding of dementia, including scholarships for nurses and carers to undertake specialist dementia care training. These commitments are a start to tackling the crisis in age care.
Improve the training of aged care staff to improve the workforce’s understanding of dementia, including scholarships for nurses and carers to undertake specialist dementia care training. These commitments are a start to tackling the crisis in age care. Labor is committed to working through the recommendations of the Royal Commission to make the crucial reforms needed in our aged care system and ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector.
These commitments are a start to tackling the crisis in age care. Labor is committed to working through the recommendations of the Royal Commission to make the crucial reforms needed in our aged care system and ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector. We should judge ourselves as a nation by how we treat our elderly.
Labor is committed to working through the recommendations of the Royal Commission to make the crucial reforms needed in our aged care system and ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector. We should judge ourselves as a nation by how we treat our elderly. Labor’s Plan for Australia’s Creative Economy
We should judge ourselves as a nation by how we treat our elderly. Labor’s Plan for Australia’s Creative Economy A Shorten Labor Government will invest $85 million to boost Australia’s creative industries – supporting more jobs
Labor’s Plan for Australia’s Creative Economy A Shorten Labor Government will invest $85 million to boost Australia’s creative industries – supporting more jobs and more investment across our growing creative economy.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $85 million to boost Australia’s creative industries – supporting more jobs and more investment across our growing creative economy. Australia’s creative industries are world-class – but action is needed to ensure our local sectors get the investment they need to grow and compete in the evolving global economy.
and more investment across our growing creative economy. Australia’s creative industries are world-class – but action is needed to ensure our local sectors get the investment they need to grow and compete in the evolving global economy. That is why Labor will invest $85 million in Australia’s Creative Economy to support start-ups, small and medium sized businesses and attract international investment to create the skilled jobs of the future in Australia’s creative industries.
Australia’s creative industries are world-class – but action is needed to ensure our local sectors get the investment they need to grow and compete in the evolving global economy. That is why Labor will invest $85 million in Australia’s Creative Economy to support start-ups, small and medium sized businesses and attract international investment to create the skilled jobs of the future in Australia’s creative industries. As the trend to automation continues, the demand for creative skills is expected to increase.
That is why Labor will invest $85 million in Australia’s Creative Economy to support start-ups, small and medium sized businesses and attract international investment to create the skilled jobs of the future in Australia’s creative industries. As the trend to automation continues, the demand for creative skills is expected to increase. The creative economy includes services across music and performing arts; web and software design; game development; film and broadcasting; publishing and visual arts; architecture and design.
As the trend to automation continues, the demand for creative skills is expected to increase. The creative economy includes services across music and performing arts; web and software design; game development; film and broadcasting; publishing and visual arts; architecture and design. Creative employment includes employment in the creative industries, as well as creative jobs embedded outside the creative industries in the wider economy.
The creative economy includes services across music and performing arts; web and software design; game development; film and broadcasting; publishing and visual arts; architecture and design. Creative employment includes employment in the creative industries, as well as creative jobs embedded outside the creative industries in the wider economy. Australia is well placed to benefit from the development of this job-generating sector, and Labor is taking a strategic and hands-on approach to ensure we do.
Creative employment includes employment in the creative industries, as well as creative jobs embedded outside the creative industries in the wider economy. Australia is well placed to benefit from the development of this job-generating sector, and Labor is taking a strategic and hands-on approach to ensure we do. Labor will:Convene a Creative Economy Summit to gather the best ideas to boost and accelerate Australia’s creative economy.
Australia is well placed to benefit from the development of this job-generating sector, and Labor is taking a strategic and hands-on approach to ensure we do. Labor will:Convene a Creative Economy Summit to gather the best ideas to boost and accelerate Australia’s creative economy. Formulate a Creative Economy Strategy 2030 to harness and facilitate the cultural and industrial benefits of Australia’s creative skills.
Labor will:Convene a Creative Economy Summit to gather the best ideas to boost and accelerate Australia’s creative economy. Formulate a Creative Economy Strategy 2030 to harness and facilitate the cultural and industrial benefits of Australia’s creative skills. Reform the policy and regulatory framework for media and communications.
Formulate a Creative Economy Strategy 2030 to harness and facilitate the cultural and industrial benefits of Australia’s creative skills. Reform the policy and regulatory framework for media and communications. Convene a Taskforce to modernise Australia’s screen content settings.
Reform the policy and regulatory framework for media and communications. Convene a Taskforce to modernise Australia’s screen content settings. Invest $60 million into the ABC and SBS for Australian screen content.
Convene a Taskforce to modernise Australia’s screen content settings. Invest $60 million into the ABC and SBS for Australian screen content. Invest $25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund.
Invest $60 million into the ABC and SBS for Australian screen content. Invest $25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund. Progress First Nations Media ‘9 Calls for Action’ in partnership with the sector.
Invest $25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund. Progress First Nations Media ‘9 Calls for Action’ in partnership with the sector. After six years of Liberal cuts and policy inertia, only a Shorten Labor Government will advance Australia’s Creative Economy.
Progress First Nations Media ‘9 Calls for Action’ in partnership with the sector. After six years of Liberal cuts and policy inertia, only a Shorten Labor Government will advance Australia’s Creative Economy. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
After six years of Liberal cuts and policy inertia, only a Shorten Labor Government will advance Australia’s Creative Economy. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Renewing Creative Australia - Labor's National Cultural Policy
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. Renewing Creative Australia - Labor's National Cultural Policy The arts drive how we find our place here, how we learn about each other and how the world understands us.
Renewing Creative Australia - Labor's National Cultural Policy The arts drive how we find our place here, how we learn about each other and how the world understands us. A cultural policy allows the power of the arts to reach well beyond official arts bodies to the lives and experiences of every Australian.
The arts drive how we find our place here, how we learn about each other and how the world understands us. A cultural policy allows the power of the arts to reach well beyond official arts bodies to the lives and experiences of every Australian. Labor has a plan to support a vibrant arts sector, value our artists, foster creativity and share our stories with the world.
A cultural policy allows the power of the arts to reach well beyond official arts bodies to the lives and experiences of every Australian. Labor has a plan to support a vibrant arts sector, value our artists, foster creativity and share our stories with the world. A Shorten Labor Government will:Restore a National Cultural Policy by renewing Creative Australia.
Labor has a plan to support a vibrant arts sector, value our artists, foster creativity and share our stories with the world. A Shorten Labor Government will:Restore a National Cultural Policy by renewing Creative Australia. Reverse the ‘Brandis cuts’ to the Australia Council.
A Shorten Labor Government will:Restore a National Cultural Policy by renewing Creative Australia. Reverse the ‘Brandis cuts’ to the Australia Council. Support for existing First Nations theatre companies to become major performing arts companies
Reverse the ‘Brandis cuts’ to the Australia Council. Support for existing First Nations theatre companies to become major performing arts companies and the establishment of a new First Nations theatre company to produce, co-produce, and commission new work as well as provide skills development in the sector.
Support for existing First Nations theatre companies to become major performing arts companies and the establishment of a new First Nations theatre company to produce, co-produce, and commission new work as well as provide skills development in the sector. Funding for the ABC and SBS for scripted drama, children’s television and music.
and the establishment of a new First Nations theatre company to produce, co-produce, and commission new work as well as provide skills development in the sector. Funding for the ABC and SBS for scripted drama, children’s television and music. Support for live performance venues.
Funding for the ABC and SBS for scripted drama, children’s television and music. Support for live performance venues. Click here to find out more and read our full plan.
Support for live performance venues. Click here to find out more and read our full plan. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town.
Click here to find out more and read our full plan. We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. New low-cost small claims jurisdiction for wage underpayments
We will pay for it by making multinationals pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes used by the top end of town. New low-cost small claims jurisdiction for wage underpayments A Shorten Labor Government will crack down on wage theft by giving workers who are ripped off an efficient and effective avenue to reclaim unpaid wages.
New low-cost small claims jurisdiction for wage underpayments A Shorten Labor Government will crack down on wage theft by giving workers who are ripped off an efficient and effective avenue to reclaim unpaid wages. We have seen too many examples of systemic wage theft, but lengthy and costly court proceedings often prevent and deter workers from recovering wage underpayments.
A Shorten Labor Government will crack down on wage theft by giving workers who are ripped off an efficient and effective avenue to reclaim unpaid wages. We have seen too many examples of systemic wage theft, but lengthy and costly court proceedings often prevent and deter workers from recovering wage underpayments. It shouldn’t be too hard and it shouldn’t be too costly to get what you are owed for a day’s work.
We have seen too many examples of systemic wage theft, but lengthy and costly court proceedings often prevent and deter workers from recovering wage underpayments. It shouldn’t be too hard and it shouldn’t be too costly to get what you are owed for a day’s work. A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier to recover wage underpayments with a new low-cost small claims jurisdiction to sit alongside the Fair Work Commission.
It shouldn’t be too hard and it shouldn’t be too costly to get what you are owed for a day’s work. A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier to recover wage underpayments with a new low-cost small claims jurisdiction to sit alongside the Fair Work Commission. The new jurisdiction will be designed so that most claims can be resolved in a single day.
A Shorten Labor Government will make it easier to recover wage underpayments with a new low-cost small claims jurisdiction to sit alongside the Fair Work Commission. The new jurisdiction will be designed so that most claims can be resolved in a single day. It will also be a one-stop shop – able to mediate claims, but also able to make and enforce orders for repayment of wages.
The new jurisdiction will be designed so that most claims can be resolved in a single day. It will also be a one-stop shop – able to mediate claims, but also able to make and enforce orders for repayment of wages. LABOR’S PLAN
It will also be a one-stop shop – able to mediate claims, but also able to make and enforce orders for repayment of wages. LABOR’S PLAN Individual claims up to $100,000 will be able to be brought to members of the jurisdiction.
LABOR’S PLAN Individual claims up to $100,000 will be able to be brought to members of the jurisdiction. Claims brought forward by groups of workers against a single employer will also be permitted.
Individual claims up to $100,000 will be able to be brought to members of the jurisdiction. Claims brought forward by groups of workers against a single employer will also be permitted. Members will adjudicate on claims, and will be available for applicants in remote and regional areas, including by video conferencing.
Claims brought forward by groups of workers against a single employer will also be permitted. Members will adjudicate on claims, and will be available for applicants in remote and regional areas, including by video conferencing. Employer groups and unions will also be able to act on behalf of their members if requested to do so.
Members will adjudicate on claims, and will be available for applicants in remote and regional areas, including by video conferencing. Employer groups and unions will also be able to act on behalf of their members if requested to do so. To increase the capability of workers and employers to present their cases to the small claims jurisdiction, Labor will expand the Community Engagement Grants Program, currently only utilised by community legal centres, by an additional $3.7 million per annum.
Employer groups and unions will also be able to act on behalf of their members if requested to do so. To increase the capability of workers and employers to present their cases to the small claims jurisdiction, Labor will expand the Community Engagement Grants Program, currently only utilised by community legal centres, by an additional $3.7 million per annum. Greater protection for the Great Ocean Road, Otway Ranges and Bells Beach
To increase the capability of workers and employers to present their cases to the small claims jurisdiction, Labor will expand the Community Engagement Grants Program, currently only utilised by community legal centres, by an additional $3.7 million per annum. Greater protection for the Great Ocean Road, Otway Ranges and Bells Beach A Shorten Labor Government will work with the Victorian Government, local government, and Traditional Owner representatives to safeguard protection of Bells Beach, the Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road for future generations.
Greater protection for the Great Ocean Road, Otway Ranges and Bells Beach A Shorten Labor Government will work with the Victorian Government, local government, and Traditional Owner representatives to safeguard protection of Bells Beach, the Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road for future generations. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government, which will protect our heritage, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos.
A Shorten Labor Government will work with the Victorian Government, local government, and Traditional Owner representatives to safeguard protection of Bells Beach, the Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road for future generations. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government, which will protect our heritage, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. The pressures on the region from both increased population and tourism has led to biodiversity loss and impact to the environment.
This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government, which will protect our heritage, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. The pressures on the region from both increased population and tourism has led to biodiversity loss and impact to the environment. To ensure this region is properly protected for future generations, Labor will act.
The pressures on the region from both increased population and tourism has led to biodiversity loss and impact to the environment. To ensure this region is properly protected for future generations, Labor will act. Labor will consult with the Victorian Government, local government and Traditional Owners to determine what will be the most appropriate way to strengthen environmental protections for the region.
To ensure this region is properly protected for future generations, Labor will act. Labor will consult with the Victorian Government, local government and Traditional Owners to determine what will be the most appropriate way to strengthen environmental protections for the region. We will create and bring together a stakeholder group including the Victorian Government, Traditional Owners, representatives of all regional local government, the Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Board, and local business and unions to consider and make recommendations for two options:• Whether to initiate the process for the Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road and its scenic environs to be included on the World Heritage List.
Labor will consult with the Victorian Government, local government and Traditional Owners to determine what will be the most appropriate way to strengthen environmental protections for the region. We will create and bring together a stakeholder group including the Victorian Government, Traditional Owners, representatives of all regional local government, the Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Board, and local business and unions to consider and make recommendations for two options:• Whether to initiate the process for the Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road and its scenic environs to be included on the World Heritage List. • Whether creating a jointly managed Commonwealth-State National Park could be suitable for the region
We will create and bring together a stakeholder group including the Victorian Government, Traditional Owners, representatives of all regional local government, the Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Board, and local business and unions to consider and make recommendations for two options:• Whether to initiate the process for the Twelve Apostles and the Great Ocean Road and its scenic environs to be included on the World Heritage List. • Whether creating a jointly managed Commonwealth-State National Park could be suitable for the region If the stakeholder group recommends both options, a Shorten Labor Government will pursue them.
• Whether creating a jointly managed Commonwealth-State National Park could be suitable for the region If the stakeholder group recommends both options, a Shorten Labor Government will pursue them. Labor would work to ensure any changes will not impact existing jobs and arrangements for state forests.
If the stakeholder group recommends both options, a Shorten Labor Government will pursue them. Labor would work to ensure any changes will not impact existing jobs and arrangements for state forests. World Heritage Listing
Labor would work to ensure any changes will not impact existing jobs and arrangements for state forests. World Heritage Listing In 2011, the previous Labor government included the Great Ocean Road and scenic environs on the National Heritage List.
World Heritage Listing In 2011, the previous Labor government included the Great Ocean Road and scenic environs on the National Heritage List. This listing stretches from the Otway Ranges, the Great Ocean Road itself, the Twelve Apostles, and iconic Bells Beach.
In 2011, the previous Labor government included the Great Ocean Road and scenic environs on the National Heritage List. This listing stretches from the Otway Ranges, the Great Ocean Road itself, the Twelve Apostles, and iconic Bells Beach. Inclusion on the National Heritage List requires a management plan for the area is developed and is a precursor to World Heritage Listing.
This listing stretches from the Otway Ranges, the Great Ocean Road itself, the Twelve Apostles, and iconic Bells Beach. Inclusion on the National Heritage List requires a management plan for the area is developed and is a precursor to World Heritage Listing. Labor will only proceed after consulting with community representatives, including local government and Traditional Owner groups.
Inclusion on the National Heritage List requires a management plan for the area is developed and is a precursor to World Heritage Listing. Labor will only proceed after consulting with community representatives, including local government and Traditional Owner groups. We will consult on which locations within this iconic stretch of coast should be included in the application.
Labor will only proceed after consulting with community representatives, including local government and Traditional Owner groups. We will consult on which locations within this iconic stretch of coast should be included in the application. This region is an area of rich national environmental, geological and cultural significance for our continent, and in particular Victoria:• The coastline is among the world’s most magnificent cliff and ocean scenery, which includes the Twelve Apostles.
We will consult on which locations within this iconic stretch of coast should be included in the application. This region is an area of rich national environmental, geological and cultural significance for our continent, and in particular Victoria:• The coastline is among the world’s most magnificent cliff and ocean scenery, which includes the Twelve Apostles. • The region includes unique fossils, and is one of the few locations for dinosaur fossils in southern Australia.
This region is an area of rich national environmental, geological and cultural significance for our continent, and in particular Victoria:• The coastline is among the world’s most magnificent cliff and ocean scenery, which includes the Twelve Apostles. • The region includes unique fossils, and is one of the few locations for dinosaur fossils in southern Australia. • The Great Ocean Road was constructed by over 3,000 returned servicemen following the First World War, and stands as a reminder of their continued service to the country on their return from Europe.
• The region includes unique fossils, and is one of the few locations for dinosaur fossils in southern Australia. • The Great Ocean Road was constructed by over 3,000 returned servicemen following the First World War, and stands as a reminder of their continued service to the country on their return from Europe. • For the Traditional Owners, Bells Beach retains significant cultural value, the area around Bells Beach was a significant gathering place, with discovery of a number of Aboriginal objects in the area in recent years.
• The Great Ocean Road was constructed by over 3,000 returned servicemen following the First World War, and stands as a reminder of their continued service to the country on their return from Europe. • For the Traditional Owners, Bells Beach retains significant cultural value, the area around Bells Beach was a significant gathering place, with discovery of a number of Aboriginal objects in the area in recent years. • Bells Beach is a culturally significant and iconic Australian surfing beach.
• For the Traditional Owners, Bells Beach retains significant cultural value, the area around Bells Beach was a significant gathering place, with discovery of a number of Aboriginal objects in the area in recent years. • Bells Beach is a culturally significant and iconic Australian surfing beach. Inclusion on the World Heritage List will be potential boost for tourism
• Bells Beach is a culturally significant and iconic Australian surfing beach. Inclusion on the World Heritage List will be potential boost for tourism and job creation on the southwest coast.
Inclusion on the World Heritage List will be potential boost for tourism and job creation on the southwest coast. It also brings with it an obligation for environmental protection to protect the heritage value to ensure development is sustainable.
and job creation on the southwest coast. It also brings with it an obligation for environmental protection to protect the heritage value to ensure development is sustainable. Victoria does not currently have an environmental site on the World Heritage List, and Labor will work to make sure the state’s natural environment receives the international recognition it deserves.
It also brings with it an obligation for environmental protection to protect the heritage value to ensure development is sustainable. Victoria does not currently have an environmental site on the World Heritage List, and Labor will work to make sure the state’s natural environment receives the international recognition it deserves. Labor has already announced an intention to seek World Heritage Listing for Cape York Peninsula and the Kimberley depending on the decision of Traditional Owners on boundaries, values and consent.
Victoria does not currently have an environmental site on the World Heritage List, and Labor will work to make sure the state’s natural environment receives the international recognition it deserves. Labor has already announced an intention to seek World Heritage Listing for Cape York Peninsula and the Kimberley depending on the decision of Traditional Owners on boundaries, values and consent. A southwest Victorian National Park
Labor has already announced an intention to seek World Heritage Listing for Cape York Peninsula and the Kimberley depending on the decision of Traditional Owners on boundaries, values and consent. A southwest Victorian National Park Labor will explore whether there could be a Great Ocean Road National Park to be jointly managed by the Commonwealth and State Government.
A southwest Victorian National Park Labor will explore whether there could be a Great Ocean Road National Park to be jointly managed by the Commonwealth and State Government. The creation of a jointly managed National Park would compel the federal government to establish management plans for the park.
Labor will explore whether there could be a Great Ocean Road National Park to be jointly managed by the Commonwealth and State Government. The creation of a jointly managed National Park would compel the federal government to establish management plans for the park. Any national park would also have community representation, Indigenous representation and local government representation on any management boards, and the exact location of the national park would be a matter for the Victorian Government.
The creation of a jointly managed National Park would compel the federal government to establish management plans for the park. Any national park would also have community representation, Indigenous representation and local government representation on any management boards, and the exact location of the national park would be a matter for the Victorian Government. Southwest Victoria is a region of astonishing natural beauty, significant Traditional Owner cultural importance, and includes some of the most iconic surf beaches in the world.
Any national park would also have community representation, Indigenous representation and local government representation on any management boards, and the exact location of the national park would be a matter for the Victorian Government. Southwest Victoria is a region of astonishing natural beauty, significant Traditional Owner cultural importance, and includes some of the most iconic surf beaches in the world. It is internationally significant and an Australian treasure.
Southwest Victoria is a region of astonishing natural beauty, significant Traditional Owner cultural importance, and includes some of the most iconic surf beaches in the world. It is internationally significant and an Australian treasure. Labor will make $3 million available for a community consultation process and stakeholder group to make recommendations to a Shorten Labor Government by the end of 2019, and for the potential World Heritage bid.
It is internationally significant and an Australian treasure. Labor will make $3 million available for a community consultation process and stakeholder group to make recommendations to a Shorten Labor Government by the end of 2019, and for the potential World Heritage bid. Labor's Comprehensive Plan for Regional Development
Labor will make $3 million available for a community consultation process and stakeholder group to make recommendations to a Shorten Labor Government by the end of 2019, and for the potential World Heritage bid. Labor's Comprehensive Plan for Regional Development A Shorten Labor Government will invest $795 million in a comprehensive Plan for Regional Development, to ensure the strength of our regions.
Labor's Comprehensive Plan for Regional Development A Shorten Labor Government will invest $795 million in a comprehensive Plan for Regional Development, to ensure the strength of our regions. We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $795 million in a comprehensive Plan for Regional Development, to ensure the strength of our regions. We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough. This election is a choice between a Shorten Labor Government investing in the future of regional Australia, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals and Nationals.
We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough. This election is a choice between a Shorten Labor Government investing in the future of regional Australia, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals and Nationals. Improving both regional services and investing in community infrastructure will enable regional cities and towns to grow, attract and retain the workers needed to power regional economic development.
This election is a choice between a Shorten Labor Government investing in the future of regional Australia, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals and Nationals. Improving both regional services and investing in community infrastructure will enable regional cities and towns to grow, attract and retain the workers needed to power regional economic development. Labor’s Plan for Regional Development includes replacing the Liberals and Nationals’ City Deals program with a new, more rigorous program called City Partnerships to engage all levels of government and the private sector with a strategic vision for our cities.
Improving both regional services and investing in community infrastructure will enable regional cities and towns to grow, attract and retain the workers needed to power regional economic development. Labor’s Plan for Regional Development includes replacing the Liberals and Nationals’ City Deals program with a new, more rigorous program called City Partnerships to engage all levels of government and the private sector with a strategic vision for our cities. We will also create an Office for Regional Development within the department.
Labor’s Plan for Regional Development includes replacing the Liberals and Nationals’ City Deals program with a new, more rigorous program called City Partnerships to engage all levels of government and the private sector with a strategic vision for our cities. We will also create an Office for Regional Development within the department. Supported by an Expert Panel, the Office for Regional Development will provide high level advice and assessment of Regional Plans put forward by the Regional Development Australia network.
We will also create an Office for Regional Development within the department. Supported by an Expert Panel, the Office for Regional Development will provide high level advice and assessment of Regional Plans put forward by the Regional Development Australia network. LABOR’S PLAN
Supported by an Expert Panel, the Office for Regional Development will provide high level advice and assessment of Regional Plans put forward by the Regional Development Australia network. LABOR’S PLAN Labor will also invest in our regions through:· A $250 million investment in local community infrastructure.
LABOR’S PLAN Labor will also invest in our regions through:· A $250 million investment in local community infrastructure. Labor has consulted with councils, sporting clubs and communities across regional Australia to identify community development projects that will create jobs
Labor will also invest in our regions through:· A $250 million investment in local community infrastructure. Labor has consulted with councils, sporting clubs and communities across regional Australia to identify community development projects that will create jobs and improve the liveability of local communities.
Labor has consulted with councils, sporting clubs and communities across regional Australia to identify community development projects that will create jobs and improve the liveability of local communities. We have announced more than $250 million in new sporting facilities like swimming pools, gymnasiums, sports hubs, netball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, and other community infrastructure projects.
and improve the liveability of local communities. We have announced more than $250 million in new sporting facilities like swimming pools, gymnasiums, sports hubs, netball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, and other community infrastructure projects. · A $245 million investment in better regional communications.
We have announced more than $250 million in new sporting facilities like swimming pools, gymnasiums, sports hubs, netball courts, cricket pitches and football fields, and other community infrastructure projects. · A $245 million investment in better regional communications. Regional Australia is falling behind the cities when it comes to access to broadband and mobile communications.
· A $245 million investment in better regional communications. Regional Australia is falling behind the cities when it comes to access to broadband and mobile communications. These are critical for regional development and Labor’s investment will address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities.
Regional Australia is falling behind the cities when it comes to access to broadband and mobile communications. These are critical for regional development and Labor’s investment will address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. · A $200 million Local Community Projects Program.
These are critical for regional development and Labor’s investment will address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. · A $200 million Local Community Projects Program. A Shorten Labor Government will provide $200 million through a new Local Community Projects fund to kick start future projects that create jobs, drive economic growth, and build stronger healthier regional communities.
· A $200 million Local Community Projects Program. A Shorten Labor Government will provide $200 million through a new Local Community Projects fund to kick start future projects that create jobs, drive economic growth, and build stronger healthier regional communities. · $100 million for Regional Airports.
A Shorten Labor Government will provide $200 million through a new Local Community Projects fund to kick start future projects that create jobs, drive economic growth, and build stronger healthier regional communities. · $100 million for Regional Airports. Better maintenance of regional airports will boost tourism and ensure that airports maintain high levels of safety.
· $100 million for Regional Airports. Better maintenance of regional airports will boost tourism and ensure that airports maintain high levels of safety. A Shorten Labor Government will invest $100 million to help local councils maintain and grow regional airports – ensuring they can operate safely and connect more Australians with the regions.
Better maintenance of regional airports will boost tourism and ensure that airports maintain high levels of safety. A Shorten Labor Government will invest $100 million to help local councils maintain and grow regional airports – ensuring they can operate safely and connect more Australians with the regions. Regional Australia should not be an afterthought.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $100 million to help local councils maintain and grow regional airports – ensuring they can operate safely and connect more Australians with the regions. Regional Australia should not be an afterthought. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for regional Australia.
Regional Australia should not be an afterthought. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for regional Australia. End the chaos.
After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for regional Australia. End the chaos. Vote for change.
End the chaos. Vote for change. Vote Labor.
Vote for change. Vote Labor. Labor's Plan For Cities
Vote Labor. Labor's Plan For Cities Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on earth.
Labor's Plan For Cities Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on earth. Although there are significant benefits that come from urbanisation, including its contribution to GDP, a number of negative side effects are taking a toll on our cities.
Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on earth. Although there are significant benefits that come from urbanisation, including its contribution to GDP, a number of negative side effects are taking a toll on our cities. Urban sprawl, growing congestion on roads, increasingly crowded public transport, declining housing affordability and an unequal distribution of employment opportunities, particularly in outer suburbs and growth areas, impact people’s quality of life.
Although there are significant benefits that come from urbanisation, including its contribution to GDP, a number of negative side effects are taking a toll on our cities. Urban sprawl, growing congestion on roads, increasingly crowded public transport, declining housing affordability and an unequal distribution of employment opportunities, particularly in outer suburbs and growth areas, impact people’s quality of life. The natural environment is suffering from increased pollution and a loss of green space due to poorly planned urban development.
Urban sprawl, growing congestion on roads, increasingly crowded public transport, declining housing affordability and an unequal distribution of employment opportunities, particularly in outer suburbs and growth areas, impact people’s quality of life. The natural environment is suffering from increased pollution and a loss of green space due to poorly planned urban development. Similarly, Australia’s agricultural food bowls, which play a critical role in supplying our cities, are also under pressure.
The natural environment is suffering from increased pollution and a loss of green space due to poorly planned urban development. Similarly, Australia’s agricultural food bowls, which play a critical role in supplying our cities, are also under pressure. Growing the productivity, sustainability and liveability of our cities requires collaboration.
Similarly, Australia’s agricultural food bowls, which play a critical role in supplying our cities, are also under pressure. Growing the productivity, sustainability and liveability of our cities requires collaboration. Labor will work in partnership with state and local governments, as well as with business and communities, to ensure our cities are places of opportunity for everyone.
Growing the productivity, sustainability and liveability of our cities requires collaboration. Labor will work in partnership with state and local governments, as well as with business and communities, to ensure our cities are places of opportunity for everyone. The Liberals’ Record
Labor will work in partnership with state and local governments, as well as with business and communities, to ensure our cities are places of opportunity for everyone. The Liberals’ Record The Liberals abandoned Australian cities when they took office in 2013.
The Liberals’ Record The Liberals abandoned Australian cities when they took office in 2013. They abolished the Major Cities Unit, disbanded the Urban Policy Forum, discarded the annual State of Australian Cities reports, failed to appoint a Minister for Cities until 2015 and failed to produce a National Urban Policy.
The Liberals abandoned Australian cities when they took office in 2013. They abolished the Major Cities Unit, disbanded the Urban Policy Forum, discarded the annual State of Australian Cities reports, failed to appoint a Minister for Cities until 2015 and failed to produce a National Urban Policy. Despite a change in rhetoric when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, the Liberal Government has continued to neglect Australian cities with no real investment for policies or programs.
They abolished the Major Cities Unit, disbanded the Urban Policy Forum, discarded the annual State of Australian Cities reports, failed to appoint a Minister for Cities until 2015 and failed to produce a National Urban Policy. Despite a change in rhetoric when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, the Liberal Government has continued to neglect Australian cities with no real investment for policies or programs. Their ‘signature’ program – City Deals – falls well short of what is required to achieve genuine structural change in our cities and is subject to political whim.
Despite a change in rhetoric when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, the Liberal Government has continued to neglect Australian cities with no real investment for policies or programs. Their ‘signature’ program – City Deals – falls well short of what is required to achieve genuine structural change in our cities and is subject to political whim. Policy experts themselves have identified that this program lacks transparency and clear guidelines, treats local government as a stakeholder rather than a partner, fails to adequately engage the private sector and does not align with other relevant strategies.
Their ‘signature’ program – City Deals – falls well short of what is required to achieve genuine structural change in our cities and is subject to political whim. Policy experts themselves have identified that this program lacks transparency and clear guidelines, treats local government as a stakeholder rather than a partner, fails to adequately engage the private sector and does not align with other relevant strategies. Labor’s Record
Policy experts themselves have identified that this program lacks transparency and clear guidelines, treats local government as a stakeholder rather than a partner, fails to adequately engage the private sector and does not align with other relevant strategies. Labor’s Record Since World War II, every Labor Government has made an important contribution to Australia’s urban development and progress, including in our outer suburbs.
Labor’s Record Since World War II, every Labor Government has made an important contribution to Australia’s urban development and progress, including in our outer suburbs. In 1945, Ben Chifley commenced post-war reconstruction with large-scale investment in public housing.
Since World War II, every Labor Government has made an important contribution to Australia’s urban development and progress, including in our outer suburbs. In 1945, Ben Chifley commenced post-war reconstruction with large-scale investment in public housing. Gough Whitlam connected Western Sydney and other suburban areas to sewerage and established the Department of Urban and Regional Development.
In 1945, Ben Chifley commenced post-war reconstruction with large-scale investment in public housing. Gough Whitlam connected Western Sydney and other suburban areas to sewerage and established the Department of Urban and Regional Development. Bob Hawke and Paul Keating invested in the Building Better Cities Program.
Gough Whitlam connected Western Sydney and other suburban areas to sewerage and established the Department of Urban and Regional Development. Bob Hawke and Paul Keating invested in the Building Better Cities Program. And the former Labor Government put in place a large number of policies to support the development of our cities, which included:Establishing Infrastructure Australia to provide independent advice to government about the merits of major projects.
Bob Hawke and Paul Keating invested in the Building Better Cities Program. And the former Labor Government put in place a large number of policies to support the development of our cities, which included:Establishing Infrastructure Australia to provide independent advice to government about the merits of major projects. Creating the Major Cities Unit and Urban Policy Forum to ensure policy is informed by expert opinion and underpinned by an evidence base, including through the annual State of Australian Cities report.
And the former Labor Government put in place a large number of policies to support the development of our cities, which included:Establishing Infrastructure Australia to provide independent advice to government about the merits of major projects. Creating the Major Cities Unit and Urban Policy Forum to ensure policy is informed by expert opinion and underpinned by an evidence base, including through the annual State of Australian Cities report. Establishing the Australian Council of Local Government to bring local councils into the conversation.
Creating the Major Cities Unit and Urban Policy Forum to ensure policy is informed by expert opinion and underpinned by an evidence base, including through the annual State of Australian Cities report. Establishing the Australian Council of Local Government to bring local councils into the conversation. Creating the Centre of Excellence for Local Government at the University of Technology Sydney to promote best practice.
Establishing the Australian Council of Local Government to bring local councils into the conversation. Creating the Centre of Excellence for Local Government at the University of Technology Sydney to promote best practice. Conducting a review of capital city strategic planning systems through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – this was chaired by former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe with Lucy Turnbull as Deputy Chair.
Creating the Centre of Excellence for Local Government at the University of Technology Sydney to promote best practice. Conducting a review of capital city strategic planning systems through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – this was chaired by former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe with Lucy Turnbull as Deputy Chair. Releasing the Urban Design Protocol after consulting extensively with industry, which promotes guidelines for sustainable urban development.
Conducting a review of capital city strategic planning systems through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – this was chaired by former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe with Lucy Turnbull as Deputy Chair. Releasing the Urban Design Protocol after consulting extensively with industry, which promotes guidelines for sustainable urban development. Releasing Australia’s first ever comprehensive National Urban Policy, which identified three key pillars of productivity, sustainability and liveability.
Releasing the Urban Design Protocol after consulting extensively with industry, which promotes guidelines for sustainable urban development. Releasing Australia’s first ever comprehensive National Urban Policy, which identified three key pillars of productivity, sustainability and liveability. Labor’s plan for cities will build on this proud track record.
Releasing Australia’s first ever comprehensive National Urban Policy, which identified three key pillars of productivity, sustainability and liveability. Labor’s plan for cities will build on this proud track record. Collaboration
Labor’s plan for cities will build on this proud track record. Collaboration A Labor Government will re-establish the Urban Policy Forum to ensure meaningful engagement with policy experts and industry, drawing on their knowledge to make better decisions.
Collaboration A Labor Government will re-establish the Urban Policy Forum to ensure meaningful engagement with policy experts and industry, drawing on their knowledge to make better decisions. City Partnerships
A Labor Government will re-establish the Urban Policy Forum to ensure meaningful engagement with policy experts and industry, drawing on their knowledge to make better decisions. City Partnerships Labor will overhaul and replace the Coalition’s City Deals with a City Partnerships program that will foster more genuine collaboration between the three levels of government.
City Partnerships Labor will overhaul and replace the Coalition’s City Deals with a City Partnerships program that will foster more genuine collaboration between the three levels of government. To achieve this we will:Re-establish the Major Cities Unit within the independent Infrastructure Australia and task it with recommending and assessing the progress of City Partnerships.
Labor will overhaul and replace the Coalition’s City Deals with a City Partnerships program that will foster more genuine collaboration between the three levels of government. To achieve this we will:Re-establish the Major Cities Unit within the independent Infrastructure Australia and task it with recommending and assessing the progress of City Partnerships. Establish an expert panel to update strategic planning guidelines for cities as well as to develop guidelines for City Partnerships, in consultation with the Minister, which will include benefits to the economy.
To achieve this we will:Re-establish the Major Cities Unit within the independent Infrastructure Australia and task it with recommending and assessing the progress of City Partnerships. Establish an expert panel to update strategic planning guidelines for cities as well as to develop guidelines for City Partnerships, in consultation with the Minister, which will include benefits to the economy. Refresh the National Urban Policy, which Labor released when last in government, to ensure City Partnerships align with its objectives, for example, in areas like sustainability and smart technology.
Establish an expert panel to update strategic planning guidelines for cities as well as to develop guidelines for City Partnerships, in consultation with the Minister, which will include benefits to the economy. Refresh the National Urban Policy, which Labor released when last in government, to ensure City Partnerships align with its objectives, for example, in areas like sustainability and smart technology. Labor is also committed to honouring any signed City Deal, however we will offer councils and state or territory governments the opportunity to deepen their agreement.
Refresh the National Urban Policy, which Labor released when last in government, to ensure City Partnerships align with its objectives, for example, in areas like sustainability and smart technology. Labor is also committed to honouring any signed City Deal, however we will offer councils and state or territory governments the opportunity to deepen their agreement. Public Transport
Labor is also committed to honouring any signed City Deal, however we will offer councils and state or territory governments the opportunity to deepen their agreement. Public Transport Labor will continue to build on its strong track record of investing in properly integrated transport systems involving public transport and roads.
Public Transport Labor will continue to build on its strong track record of investing in properly integrated transport systems involving public transport and roads. If elected Labor will:National:
Labor will continue to build on its strong track record of investing in properly integrated transport systems involving public transport and roads. If elected Labor will:National: Establish a Park and Ride fund to invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations around the nation.
If elected Labor will:National: Establish a Park and Ride fund to invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations around the nation. Melbourne:
Establish a Park and Ride fund to invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations around the nation. Melbourne: Help complete the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which will increase the capacity of rail network by allowing train services to be added to the Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham, Sandringham, Sunbury, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown lines.
Melbourne: Help complete the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which will increase the capacity of rail network by allowing train services to be added to the Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham, Sandringham, Sunbury, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown lines. Invest in the Suburban Rail Loop, which will deliver a new 90 kilometre underground rail line through Melbourne’s western and eastern suburbs via the airport, linking every major train line.
Help complete the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which will increase the capacity of rail network by allowing train services to be added to the Craigieburn, Cranbourne, Frankston, Pakenham, Sandringham, Sunbury, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown lines. Invest in the Suburban Rail Loop, which will deliver a new 90 kilometre underground rail line through Melbourne’s western and eastern suburbs via the airport, linking every major train line. Move quickly to deliver the much-needed Frankston to Baxter Rail Upgrade, building on the significant investment the Andrews Labor Government has made in Frankston infrastructure.
Invest in the Suburban Rail Loop, which will deliver a new 90 kilometre underground rail line through Melbourne’s western and eastern suburbs via the airport, linking every major train line. Move quickly to deliver the much-needed Frankston to Baxter Rail Upgrade, building on the significant investment the Andrews Labor Government has made in Frankston infrastructure. Extend the number 11 tram route, providing better public transport services to Melbourne’s booming northern suburbs.
Move quickly to deliver the much-needed Frankston to Baxter Rail Upgrade, building on the significant investment the Andrews Labor Government has made in Frankston infrastructure. Extend the number 11 tram route, providing better public transport services to Melbourne’s booming northern suburbs. Invest in public transport solutions to serve the needs of the Monash University Clayton Campus, and the broader Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster.
Extend the number 11 tram route, providing better public transport services to Melbourne’s booming northern suburbs. Invest in public transport solutions to serve the needs of the Monash University Clayton Campus, and the broader Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster. Labor will continue to invest in the next stages of the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Upgrade, duplicating tracks, expanding platforms, constructing a new bridge and implementing grade separations.
Invest in public transport solutions to serve the needs of the Monash University Clayton Campus, and the broader Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster. Labor will continue to invest in the next stages of the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Upgrade, duplicating tracks, expanding platforms, constructing a new bridge and implementing grade separations. Sydney:
Labor will continue to invest in the next stages of the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Upgrade, duplicating tracks, expanding platforms, constructing a new bridge and implementing grade separations. Sydney: Invest in Western Sydney Rail to connect the Sydney rail network with the new Western Sydney Airport, whilst reducing congestion.
Sydney: Invest in Western Sydney Rail to connect the Sydney rail network with the new Western Sydney Airport, whilst reducing congestion. Invest in Sydney Metro West, which will double the rail capacity between Parramatta and the CBD, while slashing travel times between Parramatta and the City to just 20 minutes, with trains running every two minutes.
Invest in Western Sydney Rail to connect the Sydney rail network with the new Western Sydney Airport, whilst reducing congestion. Invest in Sydney Metro West, which will double the rail capacity between Parramatta and the CBD, while slashing travel times between Parramatta and the City to just 20 minutes, with trains running every two minutes. Brisbane:
Invest in Sydney Metro West, which will double the rail capacity between Parramatta and the CBD, while slashing travel times between Parramatta and the City to just 20 minutes, with trains running every two minutes. Brisbane: End the gridlock in South East Queensland by investing in the Cross River Rail project to expand the capacity of the region’s rail network so it can deliver more trains more often including to both the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
Brisbane: End the gridlock in South East Queensland by investing in the Cross River Rail project to expand the capacity of the region’s rail network so it can deliver more trains more often including to both the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. Gold Coast:
End the gridlock in South East Queensland by investing in the Cross River Rail project to expand the capacity of the region’s rail network so it can deliver more trains more often including to both the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. Gold Coast: Support the delivery of Stage 3A of the Gold Coast Light Rail project – extending the network from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads.
Gold Coast: Support the delivery of Stage 3A of the Gold Coast Light Rail project – extending the network from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads. Perth:
Support the delivery of Stage 3A of the Gold Coast Light Rail project – extending the network from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads. Perth: Invest in METRONET to deliver 72 kilometres of new passenger rail and up to 18 new stations, unlocking the potential of more than 5,000 hectares of land around the new stations for investment in housing, jobs and services for growing communities.
Perth: Invest in METRONET to deliver 72 kilometres of new passenger rail and up to 18 new stations, unlocking the potential of more than 5,000 hectares of land around the new stations for investment in housing, jobs and services for growing communities. Adelaide:
Invest in METRONET to deliver 72 kilometres of new passenger rail and up to 18 new stations, unlocking the potential of more than 5,000 hectares of land around the new stations for investment in housing, jobs and services for growing communities. Adelaide: Modernise and electrify the line connecting Adelaide’s CBD to Gawler on the outer northern metropolitan fringe.
Adelaide: Modernise and electrify the line connecting Adelaide’s CBD to Gawler on the outer northern metropolitan fringe. Canberra:
Modernise and electrify the line connecting Adelaide’s CBD to Gawler on the outer northern metropolitan fringe. Canberra: Reduce traffic congestion for residents of the City’s south by investing in the Stage II construction of Canberra’s Light Rail project.
Canberra: Reduce traffic congestion for residents of the City’s south by investing in the Stage II construction of Canberra’s Light Rail project. Supporting our Outer Suburbs
Reduce traffic congestion for residents of the City’s south by investing in the Stage II construction of Canberra’s Light Rail project. Supporting our Outer Suburbs Too often we see the population of our outer suburbs increase before the necessary infrastructure, such as public transport and social infrastructure like schools, hospitals and recreational space, are put in place.
Supporting our Outer Suburbs Too often we see the population of our outer suburbs increase before the necessary infrastructure, such as public transport and social infrastructure like schools, hospitals and recreational space, are put in place. But if we get the planning right, particularly in our growth areas, then we can improve people’s quality of life and make our cities more efficient.
Too often we see the population of our outer suburbs increase before the necessary infrastructure, such as public transport and social infrastructure like schools, hospitals and recreational space, are put in place. But if we get the planning right, particularly in our growth areas, then we can improve people’s quality of life and make our cities more efficient. To this end, Labor will invest in a number of infrastructure projects in outer urban areas that are experiencing significant growth to relieve this pressure, which comes in addition to our extensive plan for public transport.
But if we get the planning right, particularly in our growth areas, then we can improve people’s quality of life and make our cities more efficient. To this end, Labor will invest in a number of infrastructure projects in outer urban areas that are experiencing significant growth to relieve this pressure, which comes in addition to our extensive plan for public transport. National:
To this end, Labor will invest in a number of infrastructure projects in outer urban areas that are experiencing significant growth to relieve this pressure, which comes in addition to our extensive plan for public transport. National: Labor’s Park and Ride fund will invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations, especially those in outer areas with growing demand.
National: Labor’s Park and Ride fund will invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations, especially those in outer areas with growing demand. Sydney’s outer suburbs:
Labor’s Park and Ride fund will invest in parking facilities for commuters at train stations, especially those in outer areas with growing demand. Sydney’s outer suburbs: Deliver key upgrades to the Appin Road to ease congestion and improve safety on this vital link between Sydney’s South West and the Illawarra.
Sydney’s outer suburbs: Deliver key upgrades to the Appin Road to ease congestion and improve safety on this vital link between Sydney’s South West and the Illawarra. Upgrade Dunheved Road between Richmond Road and Werrington Road in Penrith to transform it into a four-lane dual carriageway.
Deliver key upgrades to the Appin Road to ease congestion and improve safety on this vital link between Sydney’s South West and the Illawarra. Upgrade Dunheved Road between Richmond Road and Werrington Road in Penrith to transform it into a four-lane dual carriageway. Build a fuel pipeline to the new Western Sydney Airport to avoid the need for trucks to cart dozens of loads of aviation fuel through Sydney suburbs each day.
Upgrade Dunheved Road between Richmond Road and Werrington Road in Penrith to transform it into a four-lane dual carriageway. Build a fuel pipeline to the new Western Sydney Airport to avoid the need for trucks to cart dozens of loads of aviation fuel through Sydney suburbs each day. Progress planning for the M9, also known as the Outer Sydney Orbital, in close consultation with the local community.
Build a fuel pipeline to the new Western Sydney Airport to avoid the need for trucks to cart dozens of loads of aviation fuel through Sydney suburbs each day. Progress planning for the M9, also known as the Outer Sydney Orbital, in close consultation with the local community. Melbourne’s outer suburbs:
Progress planning for the M9, also known as the Outer Sydney Orbital, in close consultation with the local community. Melbourne’s outer suburbs: Upgrade key arterial roads to create new jobs and slash travel times for residents in Melbourne’s northern and south eastern suburbs.
Melbourne’s outer suburbs: Upgrade key arterial roads to create new jobs and slash travel times for residents in Melbourne’s northern and south eastern suburbs. Build Victoria’s first fully separated high-speed busway from Doncaster Road to Hoddle Street as part of our commitment to the North East Link project, which will ease traffic congestion and connect Melbourne’s growing northern and south eastern suburbs.
Upgrade key arterial roads to create new jobs and slash travel times for residents in Melbourne’s northern and south eastern suburbs. Build Victoria’s first fully separated high-speed busway from Doncaster Road to Hoddle Street as part of our commitment to the North East Link project, which will ease traffic congestion and connect Melbourne’s growing northern and south eastern suburbs. Brisbane’s outer suburbs:
Build Victoria’s first fully separated high-speed busway from Doncaster Road to Hoddle Street as part of our commitment to the North East Link project, which will ease traffic congestion and connect Melbourne’s growing northern and south eastern suburbs. Brisbane’s outer suburbs: Upgrade the M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill; Daisy Hill and the Logan Motorway; Varsity Lakes and Tugun; as well as three interchanges (Exits 41, 45 and 49).
Brisbane’s outer suburbs: Upgrade the M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill; Daisy Hill and the Logan Motorway; Varsity Lakes and Tugun; as well as three interchanges (Exits 41, 45 and 49). Extend Gateway Motorway from Bracken Ridge to the Pine River and upgrade the Bruce Highway between the intersection with the Gateway Motorway and Deception Bay Road.
Upgrade the M1 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Daisy Hill; Daisy Hill and the Logan Motorway; Varsity Lakes and Tugun; as well as three interchanges (Exits 41, 45 and 49). Extend Gateway Motorway from Bracken Ridge to the Pine River and upgrade the Bruce Highway between the intersection with the Gateway Motorway and Deception Bay Road. Eliminate notorious level crossings at Lindum Road (Wynnum West); and Boundary Street (Coopers Plains).
Extend Gateway Motorway from Bracken Ridge to the Pine River and upgrade the Bruce Highway between the intersection with the Gateway Motorway and Deception Bay Road. Eliminate notorious level crossings at Lindum Road (Wynnum West); and Boundary Street (Coopers Plains). Upgrade and widen the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra.
Eliminate notorious level crossings at Lindum Road (Wynnum West); and Boundary Street (Coopers Plains). Upgrade and widen the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra. Perth’s outer suburbs:
Upgrade and widen the Ipswich Motorway between Rocklea and Darra. Perth’s outer suburbs: Upgrade and extend the Tonkin and Roe Highways to enhance road safety and ease congestion across Perth’s eastern and southern suburbs.
Perth’s outer suburbs: Upgrade and extend the Tonkin and Roe Highways to enhance road safety and ease congestion across Perth’s eastern and southern suburbs. Invest in the future of Perth’s northern suburbs by expanding the Mitchell Freeway, which is one of Perth’s busiest roads - with up to 140,000 vehicles per day – and a critical to link Perth’s northern suburbs to commercial, residential and recreational facilities in the wider metropolitan area.
Upgrade and extend the Tonkin and Roe Highways to enhance road safety and ease congestion across Perth’s eastern and southern suburbs. Invest in the future of Perth’s northern suburbs by expanding the Mitchell Freeway, which is one of Perth’s busiest roads - with up to 140,000 vehicles per day – and a critical to link Perth’s northern suburbs to commercial, residential and recreational facilities in the wider metropolitan area. Extend Stephenson Avenue north from its intersection with Scarborough Beach Road to the Mitchel Freeway and construct a new freeway interchange, unlocking up to 95 hectares of land for housing and commercial developments.
Invest in the future of Perth’s northern suburbs by expanding the Mitchell Freeway, which is one of Perth’s busiest roads - with up to 140,000 vehicles per day – and a critical to link Perth’s northern suburbs to commercial, residential and recreational facilities in the wider metropolitan area. Extend Stephenson Avenue north from its intersection with Scarborough Beach Road to the Mitchel Freeway and construct a new freeway interchange, unlocking up to 95 hectares of land for housing and commercial developments. Deliver a new traffic and rail bridge at Fremantle, which will duplicate the existing rail capacity, removing the current conflict between passenger and freight rail.
Extend Stephenson Avenue north from its intersection with Scarborough Beach Road to the Mitchel Freeway and construct a new freeway interchange, unlocking up to 95 hectares of land for housing and commercial developments. Deliver a new traffic and rail bridge at Fremantle, which will duplicate the existing rail capacity, removing the current conflict between passenger and freight rail. Construct an interchange at the intersection with a bridge carrying Leach Highway over Welshpool Road including the duplication of the Highway rail over-bridge south of the interchange, increasing the Highway’s long-term capacity.
Deliver a new traffic and rail bridge at Fremantle, which will duplicate the existing rail capacity, removing the current conflict between passenger and freight rail. Construct an interchange at the intersection with a bridge carrying Leach Highway over Welshpool Road including the duplication of the Highway rail over-bridge south of the interchange, increasing the Highway’s long-term capacity. Adelaide’s outer suburbs:
Construct an interchange at the intersection with a bridge carrying Leach Highway over Welshpool Road including the duplication of the Highway rail over-bridge south of the interchange, increasing the Highway’s long-term capacity. Adelaide’s outer suburbs: Continue the upgrade of North South Corridor into a non-stop motorway, with the next priority to be the section of South Road between Glenelg Tram Overpass and Tonsley.
Adelaide’s outer suburbs: Continue the upgrade of North South Corridor into a non-stop motorway, with the next priority to be the section of South Road between Glenelg Tram Overpass and Tonsley. Deliver critical safety upgrades to the Springbank Road, Daws Road and Goodwood Road intersection, renowned as one of Adelaide’s most dangerous.
Continue the upgrade of North South Corridor into a non-stop motorway, with the next priority to be the section of South Road between Glenelg Tram Overpass and Tonsley. Deliver critical safety upgrades to the Springbank Road, Daws Road and Goodwood Road intersection, renowned as one of Adelaide’s most dangerous. Eliminate notorious level crossings in Westbourne Park and Brighton Road in Hove, which are traffic accident black spot and a cause of frustration to motorists.
Deliver critical safety upgrades to the Springbank Road, Daws Road and Goodwood Road intersection, renowned as one of Adelaide’s most dangerous. Eliminate notorious level crossings in Westbourne Park and Brighton Road in Hove, which are traffic accident black spot and a cause of frustration to motorists. Beyond the benefits that these infrastructure initiatives will provide, a Shorten Labor Government will bring a new, collaborative approach to the challenges that urbanisation present.
Eliminate notorious level crossings in Westbourne Park and Brighton Road in Hove, which are traffic accident black spot and a cause of frustration to motorists. Beyond the benefits that these infrastructure initiatives will provide, a Shorten Labor Government will bring a new, collaborative approach to the challenges that urbanisation present. We will work with COAG to identify potential growth areas around our cities and to ensure that our pooled resources achieve maximum effect.
Beyond the benefits that these infrastructure initiatives will provide, a Shorten Labor Government will bring a new, collaborative approach to the challenges that urbanisation present. We will work with COAG to identify potential growth areas around our cities and to ensure that our pooled resources achieve maximum effect. This will mean focussing our efforts on boosting jobs growth in outer and middle ring suburbs, either through direct investment, investing in research precincts around universities and hospitals, or through consideration of incentives for the location of business, or supporting innovative funding models for local governments in high growth areas.
We will work with COAG to identify potential growth areas around our cities and to ensure that our pooled resources achieve maximum effect. This will mean focussing our efforts on boosting jobs growth in outer and middle ring suburbs, either through direct investment, investing in research precincts around universities and hospitals, or through consideration of incentives for the location of business, or supporting innovative funding models for local governments in high growth areas. If people can’t access employment, training or educational opportunities, if people are stuck in their cars for hours commuting to and from work, and, if people cannot enjoy their quality of life, then they can’t achieve their potential.
This will mean focussing our efforts on boosting jobs growth in outer and middle ring suburbs, either through direct investment, investing in research precincts around universities and hospitals, or through consideration of incentives for the location of business, or supporting innovative funding models for local governments in high growth areas. If people can’t access employment, training or educational opportunities, if people are stuck in their cars for hours commuting to and from work, and, if people cannot enjoy their quality of life, then they can’t achieve their potential. And of course, this means that, in turn, our cities won’t fulfil theirs.
If people can’t access employment, training or educational opportunities, if people are stuck in their cars for hours commuting to and from work, and, if people cannot enjoy their quality of life, then they can’t achieve their potential. And of course, this means that, in turn, our cities won’t fulfil theirs. Successful cities are inclusive cities, with diverse vibrant communities – not disconnected enclaves of privilege and disadvantage.
And of course, this means that, in turn, our cities won’t fulfil theirs. Successful cities are inclusive cities, with diverse vibrant communities – not disconnected enclaves of privilege and disadvantage. Growing Regional Cities
Successful cities are inclusive cities, with diverse vibrant communities – not disconnected enclaves of privilege and disadvantage. Growing Regional Cities Australia’s regional cities play a critical role in contributing to the national story – socially, culturally and economically.
Growing Regional Cities Australia’s regional cities play a critical role in contributing to the national story – socially, culturally and economically. Regional cities also play an essential role in supporting the smaller towns surrounding them, which depend on them for jobs and services.
Australia’s regional cities play a critical role in contributing to the national story – socially, culturally and economically. Regional cities also play an essential role in supporting the smaller towns surrounding them, which depend on them for jobs and services. This brings a number of challenges and opportunities including ensuring diversity in the jobs market to retain and attract workers, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, to support the population including well-resourced hospitals, universities, schools and TAFEs and a properly implemented fibre National Broadband Network.
Regional cities also play an essential role in supporting the smaller towns surrounding them, which depend on them for jobs and services. This brings a number of challenges and opportunities including ensuring diversity in the jobs market to retain and attract workers, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, to support the population including well-resourced hospitals, universities, schools and TAFEs and a properly implemented fibre National Broadband Network. While regional cities are rapidly developing as economic and service hubs, like the major capitals they are facing the need for supporting investment in enabling infrastructure.
This brings a number of challenges and opportunities including ensuring diversity in the jobs market to retain and attract workers, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, access to aviation to connect with capital cities, and sufficient high quality infrastructure, to support the population including well-resourced hospitals, universities, schools and TAFEs and a properly implemented fibre National Broadband Network. While regional cities are rapidly developing as economic and service hubs, like the major capitals they are facing the need for supporting investment in enabling infrastructure. A Shorten Labor Government will drive good policies and investment at a Federal level and collaborate with the states and territories and local government to implement those policies, and generate positive changes on the ground.
While regional cities are rapidly developing as economic and service hubs, like the major capitals they are facing the need for supporting investment in enabling infrastructure. A Shorten Labor Government will drive good policies and investment at a Federal level and collaborate with the states and territories and local government to implement those policies, and generate positive changes on the ground. Investing in community infrastructure will help improve the social amenity of regional locations so that these places can attract and retain new workers
A Shorten Labor Government will drive good policies and investment at a Federal level and collaborate with the states and territories and local government to implement those policies, and generate positive changes on the ground. Investing in community infrastructure will help improve the social amenity of regional locations so that these places can attract and retain new workers and boost their tourism potential.
Investing in community infrastructure will help improve the social amenity of regional locations so that these places can attract and retain new workers and boost their tourism potential. Increasing the amenity of regional cities and towns through improved services and community infrastructure, together with a focus on strategic regional development, our City Partnership program will help to address congestion problems in the urban capitals, as well as strengthening regional Australia.
and boost their tourism potential. Increasing the amenity of regional cities and towns through improved services and community infrastructure, together with a focus on strategic regional development, our City Partnership program will help to address congestion problems in the urban capitals, as well as strengthening regional Australia. More information is available in Labor’s plan for regional Australia.
Increasing the amenity of regional cities and towns through improved services and community infrastructure, together with a focus on strategic regional development, our City Partnership program will help to address congestion problems in the urban capitals, as well as strengthening regional Australia. More information is available in Labor’s plan for regional Australia. High Speed Rail
More information is available in Labor’s plan for regional Australia. High Speed Rail High Speed Rail down Australia’s east coast would revolutionise interstate travel, allowing people to move between capital cities in as little as three hours.
High Speed Rail High Speed Rail down Australia’s east coast would revolutionise interstate travel, allowing people to move between capital cities in as little as three hours. It would also turbo charge the economic development of the regional centres along its route, including the Gold Coast, Casino, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Newcastle, the Central Coast, Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga, Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton.
High Speed Rail down Australia’s east coast would revolutionise interstate travel, allowing people to move between capital cities in as little as three hours. It would also turbo charge the economic development of the regional centres along its route, including the Gold Coast, Casino, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Newcastle, the Central Coast, Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga, Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton. A Labor Government will establish a High Speed Rail Authority to preserve the corridor and work through a process for gathering international expressions of interest over the construction of a High Speed Rail link between Brisbane and Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra.
It would also turbo charge the economic development of the regional centres along its route, including the Gold Coast, Casino, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Newcastle, the Central Coast, Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga, Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton. A Labor Government will establish a High Speed Rail Authority to preserve the corridor and work through a process for gathering international expressions of interest over the construction of a High Speed Rail link between Brisbane and Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra. Labor will also begin the process of preserving the identified corridor with a $1 billion investment.
A Labor Government will establish a High Speed Rail Authority to preserve the corridor and work through a process for gathering international expressions of interest over the construction of a High Speed Rail link between Brisbane and Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra. Labor will also begin the process of preserving the identified corridor with a $1 billion investment. Active Transport
Labor will also begin the process of preserving the identified corridor with a $1 billion investment. Active Transport Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market.
Active Transport Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. Our National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport.
Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. Our National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport. Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia.
Our National Bike Paths Strategy will provide the largest ever investment in bike paths from the Federal Government and underscores our commitment to active transport. Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia. In government, Labor will also look to develop a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested.
Labor will partner with state and territory governments or local councils to unlock even more investment and make a difference to the health, safety and overall amenity for people living in cities and towns across Australia. In government, Labor will also look to develop a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation.
In government, Labor will also look to develop a national guide for cities that provides detailed national and international best practice designs and resources for practitioners for the effective design and delivery of bicycle infrastructure to enable significant cycling participation, while ensuring innovative outcomes for the entire transport system and return on investment for funds invested. Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation. Creating Smarter Cities
Labor’s National Bike Paths Strategy builds on our legacy, where the former Federal Labor Government oversaw record investment in bike paths across the nation. Creating Smarter Cities Labor will embed a Smart Cities Agenda in our National Urban Policy to ensure we are competitive with our global counterparts, while putting communities first.
Creating Smarter Cities Labor will embed a Smart Cities Agenda in our National Urban Policy to ensure we are competitive with our global counterparts, while putting communities first. Smart technology can make our cities more productive,
Labor will embed a Smart Cities Agenda in our National Urban Policy to ensure we are competitive with our global counterparts, while putting communities first. Smart technology can make our cities more productive, sustainable
Smart technology can make our cities more productive, sustainable and liveable by improving the investment decisions we make, including through more efficient management of urban infrastructure.
sustainable and liveable by improving the investment decisions we make, including through more efficient management of urban infrastructure. Smart cities don’t just respond to the issues of the day but anticipate the challenges of the future by being resourceful with evidence-based decision making, having an overarching strategic vision, an integrated planning approach and supporting innovation.
and liveable by improving the investment decisions we make, including through more efficient management of urban infrastructure. Smart cities don’t just respond to the issues of the day but anticipate the challenges of the future by being resourceful with evidence-based decision making, having an overarching strategic vision, an integrated planning approach and supporting innovation. Labor’s approach will include collaboration with experts to identify new opportunities to enhance smart cities policy in Australia.
Smart cities don’t just respond to the issues of the day but anticipate the challenges of the future by being resourceful with evidence-based decision making, having an overarching strategic vision, an integrated planning approach and supporting innovation. Labor’s approach will include collaboration with experts to identify new opportunities to enhance smart cities policy in Australia. Labor will also broaden Infrastructure Australia’s role by requiring projects to address new criteria.
Labor’s approach will include collaboration with experts to identify new opportunities to enhance smart cities policy in Australia. Labor will also broaden Infrastructure Australia’s role by requiring projects to address new criteria. This means showing what provision for smart infrastructure has been included to ensure maximum benefit is achieved from any investment.
Labor will also broaden Infrastructure Australia’s role by requiring projects to address new criteria. This means showing what provision for smart infrastructure has been included to ensure maximum benefit is achieved from any investment. This could include upgrading existing infrastructure where identified as appropriate, which saves both time and money.
This means showing what provision for smart infrastructure has been included to ensure maximum benefit is achieved from any investment. This could include upgrading existing infrastructure where identified as appropriate, which saves both time and money. Housing
This could include upgrading existing infrastructure where identified as appropriate, which saves both time and money. Housing Labor understands the profound impact housing stress, housing insecurity and homelessness can have on families and individuals in cities and towns around Australia.
Housing Labor understands the profound impact housing stress, housing insecurity and homelessness can have on families and individuals in cities and towns around Australia. Labor’s comprehensive plan to tackle housing affordability includes:
Labor understands the profound impact housing stress, housing insecurity and homelessness can have on families and individuals in cities and towns around Australia. Labor’s comprehensive plan to tackle housing affordability includes: Reforming negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply
Labor’s comprehensive plan to tackle housing affordability includes: Reforming negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply and support jobs.
Reforming negative gearing so that deductions can only be claimed on newly built homes, which will increase new housing supply and support jobs. We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current capital gains tax and negative gearing entitlements.
and support jobs. We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current capital gains tax and negative gearing entitlements. There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors.
We will reform the capital gains tax concession and allow existing investors to maintain their current capital gains tax and negative gearing entitlements. There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors. Building 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes.
There will be no retrospective taxation or impost on existing investors. Building 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes. We will also ensure that one in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices.
Building 250,000 new affordable rental homes over the next decade in partnership with the community housing sector for Australians on low and moderate incomes. We will also ensure that one in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices. Creating a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market.
We will also ensure that one in 10 employees engaged in building new housing stock under our scheme are apprentices. Creating a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market. We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply.
Creating a viable Build to Rent sector in Australia – giving institutional investors better tax concessions; encouraging more construction; and stimulating the housing market. We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply. Providing $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness.
We will do this by cutting the managed investment trust withholding rate in half from 30 per cent to 15 per cent to encourage new housing supply. Providing $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness. Limiting direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds.
Providing $88 million over two years for a new Safe Housing Fund to increase transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness. Limiting direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds. Limited recourse borrowing in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first homeowners.
Limiting direct borrowing by Self-Managed Superannuation Funds. Limited recourse borrowing in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first homeowners. Facilitating COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities.
Limited recourse borrowing in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds has exploded in recent years, increasing risk in the superannuation system and crowding out first homeowners. Facilitating COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities. Increasing fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law.
Facilitating COAG processes to introduce a uniform vacant property tax across all major cities. Increasing fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law. Achieving better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release.
Increasing fees for overseas investors buying Australian real estate and increase penalties when they break the law. Achieving better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release. Re-establishing the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister.
Achieving better results from National Agreements, including better rights for renters, planning reform, inclusionary zoning, and accelerated land release. Re-establishing the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister. Establishing a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply.
Re-establishing the National Housing Supply Council and appoint a dedicated Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister. Establishing a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply. Labor will also partner with the community housing sector and institutional investors to build 250,000 new, affordable and low energy consumption homes over the next decade.
Establishing a new and independent COAG Economic Reform Council that will be given the autonomy to examine, track and report to COAG on long-term reform priorities, including on housing affordability and supply. Labor will also partner with the community housing sector and institutional investors to build 250,000 new, affordable and low energy consumption homes over the next decade. Living Cities Strategy
Labor will also partner with the community housing sector and institutional investors to build 250,000 new, affordable and low energy consumption homes over the next decade. Living Cities Strategy Real action on climate change isn’t just about protecting our environment –
Living Cities Strategy Real action on climate change isn’t just about protecting our environment – it’s also about future-proofing our economy
Real action on climate change isn’t just about protecting our environment – it’s also about future-proofing our economy and protecting jobs.
it’s also about future-proofing our economy and protecting jobs. It also means recognising the need to change the way our cities work to keep our cities liveable.
and protecting jobs. It also means recognising the need to change the way our cities work to keep our cities liveable. Labor will collaborate with industry and governments to develop a Living Cities Strategy that considers the policy options and levers available to the Federal Government that could facilitate the preservation, enhancement and creation of green and blue infrastructure in urban areas.
It also means recognising the need to change the way our cities work to keep our cities liveable. Labor will collaborate with industry and governments to develop a Living Cities Strategy that considers the policy options and levers available to the Federal Government that could facilitate the preservation, enhancement and creation of green and blue infrastructure in urban areas. This Strategy could include developing a green infrastructure plan, mapping and reporting on open space, new criteria to assess cities in the State of Australian Cities reports, opportunities to grow open space and improved governance to facilitate best practice.
Labor will collaborate with industry and governments to develop a Living Cities Strategy that considers the policy options and levers available to the Federal Government that could facilitate the preservation, enhancement and creation of green and blue infrastructure in urban areas. This Strategy could include developing a green infrastructure plan, mapping and reporting on open space, new criteria to assess cities in the State of Australian Cities reports, opportunities to grow open space and improved governance to facilitate best practice. Getting planning and infrastructure right within our cities is critical in order to reduce Australia’s harmful carbon emissions, meet the Paris Targets and Sustainable Development Goals and move toward a zero emissions future.
This Strategy could include developing a green infrastructure plan, mapping and reporting on open space, new criteria to assess cities in the State of Australian Cities reports, opportunities to grow open space and improved governance to facilitate best practice. Getting planning and infrastructure right within our cities is critical in order to reduce Australia’s harmful carbon emissions, meet the Paris Targets and Sustainable Development Goals and move toward a zero emissions future. It also provides an opportunity for the Federal Government to address recommendations listed in the ‘Building Up and Moving Out’ Report, which is the outcome of the inquiry into the Australian Government’s role in the development of cities.
Getting planning and infrastructure right within our cities is critical in order to reduce Australia’s harmful carbon emissions, meet the Paris Targets and Sustainable Development Goals and move toward a zero emissions future. It also provides an opportunity for the Federal Government to address recommendations listed in the ‘Building Up and Moving Out’ Report, which is the outcome of the inquiry into the Australian Government’s role in the development of cities. Policies already developed by Labor including on smart cities, active transport, urban rivers and city partnerships should also be used to assist in meeting the objectives of the Strategy.
It also provides an opportunity for the Federal Government to address recommendations listed in the ‘Building Up and Moving Out’ Report, which is the outcome of the inquiry into the Australian Government’s role in the development of cities. Policies already developed by Labor including on smart cities, active transport, urban rivers and city partnerships should also be used to assist in meeting the objectives of the Strategy. Labor will also look at best practice when it comes to:Ensuring action on climate change is built into major urban strategic plans (mitigation and adaptation).
Policies already developed by Labor including on smart cities, active transport, urban rivers and city partnerships should also be used to assist in meeting the objectives of the Strategy. Labor will also look at best practice when it comes to:Ensuring action on climate change is built into major urban strategic plans (mitigation and adaptation). The integration of water, wastewater and stormwater into urban planning to improve overall (including health and liveability) outcomes for our cities and regions.
Labor will also look at best practice when it comes to:Ensuring action on climate change is built into major urban strategic plans (mitigation and adaptation). The integration of water, wastewater and stormwater into urban planning to improve overall (including health and liveability) outcomes for our cities and regions. Facilitating the transition to renewable energy by supporting urban innovation and green urban growth e.g. net zero carbon and liveable precincts.
The integration of water, wastewater and stormwater into urban planning to improve overall (including health and liveability) outcomes for our cities and regions. Facilitating the transition to renewable energy by supporting urban innovation and green urban growth e.g. net zero carbon and liveable precincts. Urban Rivers
Facilitating the transition to renewable energy by supporting urban innovation and green urban growth e.g. net zero carbon and liveable precincts. Urban Rivers Labor will establish a $200 million Urban Rivers Fund to restore our cities’ rivers to their natural beauty.
Urban Rivers Labor will establish a $200 million Urban Rivers Fund to restore our cities’ rivers to their natural beauty. This fund will oversee investment in projects that make a difference in and around our waterways, such as building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater.
Labor will establish a $200 million Urban Rivers Fund to restore our cities’ rivers to their natural beauty. This fund will oversee investment in projects that make a difference in and around our waterways, such as building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater. Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health.
This fund will oversee investment in projects that make a difference in and around our waterways, such as building wetlands to capture and clean and filter stormwater. Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health. Local environmental action groups will be able to apply for small grants, benefitting our urban environment,
Labor will engage state and local government, community groups and local environmental organisations to bring urban waterways and habitat corridors back to health. Local environmental action groups will be able to apply for small grants, benefitting our urban environment, creating jobs
creating jobs and re-engaging, educating and mobilising local communities to act on local environmental protection. Expanding the Western Sydney City Deal
and re-engaging, educating and mobilising local communities to act on local environmental protection. Expanding the Western Sydney City Deal Labor will expand the Western Sydney City Deal to include Blacktown City Council through our City Partnerships program.
Expanding the Western Sydney City Deal Labor will expand the Western Sydney City Deal to include Blacktown City Council through our City Partnerships program. The Western Sydney City Deal was signed in March 2018 and includes the local government areas of Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Penrith and Wollondilly.
Labor will expand the Western Sydney City Deal to include Blacktown City Council through our City Partnerships program. The Western Sydney City Deal was signed in March 2018 and includes the local government areas of Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Penrith and Wollondilly. Including Blacktown City Council in our City Partnership for Western Sydney makes strategic sense given its focus on job creation and unlocking a 30-minute city.
The Western Sydney City Deal was signed in March 2018 and includes the local government areas of Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Penrith and Wollondilly. Including Blacktown City Council in our City Partnership for Western Sydney makes strategic sense given its focus on job creation and unlocking a 30-minute city. Labor will also invest $7.5 million in local priority projects identified by Blacktown City Council, consistent with what the other local councils received and calls on the New South Wales Government to match this commitment.
Including Blacktown City Council in our City Partnership for Western Sydney makes strategic sense given its focus on job creation and unlocking a 30-minute city. Labor will also invest $7.5 million in local priority projects identified by Blacktown City Council, consistent with what the other local councils received and calls on the New South Wales Government to match this commitment. Labor's Statement on Local Government
Labor will also invest $7.5 million in local priority projects identified by Blacktown City Council, consistent with what the other local councils received and calls on the New South Wales Government to match this commitment. Labor's Statement on Local Government A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local government to build better local communities and tackle some of the key challenges the sector faces.
Labor's Statement on Local Government A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local government to build better local communities and tackle some of the key challenges the sector faces. We will contribute nearly $1 billion in new funding to local government through initiatives outlined in our Local Government Plan.
A Shorten Labor Government will partner with local government to build better local communities and tackle some of the key challenges the sector faces. We will contribute nearly $1 billion in new funding to local government through initiatives outlined in our Local Government Plan. This is in addition to the $9.5 billion dollars in Financial Assistance Grants, $2 billion Roads to Recovery Funding and $419 million for the Bridges Renewal Program.
We will contribute nearly $1 billion in new funding to local government through initiatives outlined in our Local Government Plan. This is in addition to the $9.5 billion dollars in Financial Assistance Grants, $2 billion Roads to Recovery Funding and $419 million for the Bridges Renewal Program. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will invest in our communities to make sure they have the infrastructure and services they need, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos.
This is in addition to the $9.5 billion dollars in Financial Assistance Grants, $2 billion Roads to Recovery Funding and $419 million for the Bridges Renewal Program. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will invest in our communities to make sure they have the infrastructure and services they need, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. Local councils are on the front line of many big challenges, including climate change, waste management and meeting the expanding needs of our communities.
This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will invest in our communities to make sure they have the infrastructure and services they need, or more of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos. Local councils are on the front line of many big challenges, including climate change, waste management and meeting the expanding needs of our communities. Labor will partner with local government to improve sports grounds, community hubs, libraries, and arts and cultural centres which improve amenity and build community.
Local councils are on the front line of many big challenges, including climate change, waste management and meeting the expanding needs of our communities. Labor will partner with local government to improve sports grounds, community hubs, libraries, and arts and cultural centres which improve amenity and build community. Labor has already announced more than $250 million on new spending for local government infrastructure, including community centres upgrades to parks and sporting facilities.
Labor will partner with local government to improve sports grounds, community hubs, libraries, and arts and cultural centres which improve amenity and build community. Labor has already announced more than $250 million on new spending for local government infrastructure, including community centres upgrades to parks and sporting facilities. In addition, Labor’s new $200 million Local Community Projects fund will provide funding to support regional development.
Labor has already announced more than $250 million on new spending for local government infrastructure, including community centres upgrades to parks and sporting facilities. In addition, Labor’s new $200 million Local Community Projects fund will provide funding to support regional development. Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school
In addition, Labor’s new $200 million Local Community Projects fund will provide funding to support regional development. Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market.
Labor will invest $260 million to upgrade the nation’s cycling paths to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work or school and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. To assist with the challenge of waste management and building a circular economy, Labor will provide $15 million to establish a National Waste Commissioner to work with state and local governments and help educate the community on solutions to waste, and work with industry to expand recycling and Product Stewardship Schemes.
and capitalise on the rapidly expanding cycling tourism market. To assist with the challenge of waste management and building a circular economy, Labor will provide $15 million to establish a National Waste Commissioner to work with state and local governments and help educate the community on solutions to waste, and work with industry to expand recycling and Product Stewardship Schemes. Labor will also invest $60 million through our National Recycling Fund to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste.
To assist with the challenge of waste management and building a circular economy, Labor will provide $15 million to establish a National Waste Commissioner to work with state and local governments and help educate the community on solutions to waste, and work with industry to expand recycling and Product Stewardship Schemes. Labor will also invest $60 million through our National Recycling Fund to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste. Labor will provide $62 million to ensure our coastal communities are able to adapt and build their resilience to climate change.
Labor will also invest $60 million through our National Recycling Fund to encourage recycling, including funding for innovative waste solutions, local government recycling facilities and material processing facilities, and new approaches to tackling food waste. Labor will provide $62 million to ensure our coastal communities are able to adapt and build their resilience to climate change. We will do this by coordinating local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience and delivering direct support to local communities and government to restore our coasts.
Labor will provide $62 million to ensure our coastal communities are able to adapt and build their resilience to climate change. We will do this by coordinating local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience and delivering direct support to local communities and government to restore our coasts. To address overcrowding and create jobs in remote Indigenous communities, Labor will provide a $1.5 billion, 10-year investment in Indigenous housing which will deliver a decade of funding certainty to the Northern Territory, by committing an additional $550 million over five years from 2023-24, doubling the commitment by the Liberals.
We will do this by coordinating local, state and national efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience and delivering direct support to local communities and government to restore our coasts. To address overcrowding and create jobs in remote Indigenous communities, Labor will provide a $1.5 billion, 10-year investment in Indigenous housing which will deliver a decade of funding certainty to the Northern Territory, by committing an additional $550 million over five years from 2023-24, doubling the commitment by the Liberals. Labor will also provide $251 million in funding to Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia in 2019-20.
To address overcrowding and create jobs in remote Indigenous communities, Labor will provide a $1.5 billion, 10-year investment in Indigenous housing which will deliver a decade of funding certainty to the Northern Territory, by committing an additional $550 million over five years from 2023-24, doubling the commitment by the Liberals. Labor will also provide $251 million in funding to Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia in 2019-20. Labor’s City Partnerships will engage with all three levels of government through genuine collaboration, as well as with the private sector, to set out a strategic vision for our cities and linked to a renewed National Urban Policy.
Labor will also provide $251 million in funding to Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia in 2019-20. Labor’s City Partnerships will engage with all three levels of government through genuine collaboration, as well as with the private sector, to set out a strategic vision for our cities and linked to a renewed National Urban Policy. Labor is committed to building the nation-building infrastructure Australia needs.
Labor’s City Partnerships will engage with all three levels of government through genuine collaboration, as well as with the private sector, to set out a strategic vision for our cities and linked to a renewed National Urban Policy. Labor is committed to building the nation-building infrastructure Australia needs. We will work with state and territory governments to get projects up and running, with earlier investments in all states and territories.
Labor is committed to building the nation-building infrastructure Australia needs. We will work with state and territory governments to get projects up and running, with earlier investments in all states and territories. Local councils have told Labor that improving communications infrastructure is a major priority for them, to help regional development
We will work with state and territory governments to get projects up and running, with earlier investments in all states and territories. Local councils have told Labor that improving communications infrastructure is a major priority for them, to help regional development and create jobs.
Local councils have told Labor that improving communications infrastructure is a major priority for them, to help regional development and create jobs. A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities.
and create jobs. A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. These commitments demonstrate that Labor has been listening to the local government sector and that Labor values the contribution of councils to our regional development agenda.
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $245 million to address mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. These commitments demonstrate that Labor has been listening to the local government sector and that Labor values the contribution of councils to our regional development agenda. Labor shares the vision of local councils to create vibrant, liveable places across Australia that provide the social amenity and community services that underpin our national prosperity and wellbeing and is committed to working with them to achieve this.
These commitments demonstrate that Labor has been listening to the local government sector and that Labor values the contribution of councils to our regional development agenda. Labor shares the vision of local councils to create vibrant, liveable places across Australia that provide the social amenity and community services that underpin our national prosperity and wellbeing and is committed to working with them to achieve this. We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough.
Labor shares the vision of local councils to create vibrant, liveable places across Australia that provide the social amenity and community services that underpin our national prosperity and wellbeing and is committed to working with them to achieve this. We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for regional Australia.
We need real change – because more of the same isn’t good enough. After six years of dysfunction and chaos within the Liberals and Nationals, our united Labor team is ready to deliver a fair go for regional Australia. End the chaos.
Source: https://www.liberal.org.au/our-policies LIBERAL ELECTION POLICIES Our 2019 election policies announced during the election campaign are as follows:
LIBERAL ELECTION POLICIES Our 2019 election policies announced during the election campaign are as follows: Our Plan for Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Our 2019 election policies announced during the election campaign are as follows: Our Plan for Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Key Points
Our Plan for Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Key Points The tragedy of suicide touches far too many Australian families.
Key Points The tragedy of suicide touches far too many Australian families. Suicide is the leading cause of death of our young people – accounting for one-third of deaths of Australians aged 15-24.
The tragedy of suicide touches far too many Australian families. Suicide is the leading cause of death of our young people – accounting for one-third of deaths of Australians aged 15-24. The tragic impacts are even higher in Indigenous communities.
Suicide is the leading cause of death of our young people – accounting for one-third of deaths of Australians aged 15-24. The tragic impacts are even higher in Indigenous communities. The Morrison Government is leading a change in the way Australians and Australian governments think about suicide prevention.
The tragic impacts are even higher in Indigenous communities. The Morrison Government is leading a change in the way Australians and Australian governments think about suicide prevention. Recognising that social, financial, legal, family, health and mental health factors may all play their part, we are elevating suicide prevention to a national, whole-of-government priority.
The Morrison Government is leading a change in the way Australians and Australian governments think about suicide prevention. Recognising that social, financial, legal, family, health and mental health factors may all play their part, we are elevating suicide prevention to a national, whole-of-government priority. Our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention strategy in Australia’s history.
Recognising that social, financial, legal, family, health and mental health factors may all play their part, we are elevating suicide prevention to a national, whole-of-government priority. Our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention strategy in Australia’s history. It will ensure that government activities are coordinated, services are delivered to young Australians at risk and support is available for friends and families.
Our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention strategy in Australia’s history. It will ensure that government activities are coordinated, services are delivered to young Australians at risk and support is available for friends and families. Our Plan focuses on: Strengthening the headspace network,
It will ensure that government activities are coordinated, services are delivered to young Australians at risk and support is available for friends and families. Our Plan focuses on: Strengthening the headspace network, Indigenous suicide prevention,
Our Plan focuses on: Strengthening the headspace network, Indigenous suicide prevention, Early childhood and parenting support.
Indigenous suicide prevention, Early childhood and parenting support. We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it by investing an additional $375 million to expand and improve the headspace network.
Early childhood and parenting support. We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it by investing an additional $375 million to expand and improve the headspace network. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians: across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health.
We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it by investing an additional $375 million to expand and improve the headspace network. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians: across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health. To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors.
headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians: across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health. To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors. Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particulary in the Kimberley.
To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors. Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particulary in the Kimberley. To support Australian parents and their children we will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people.
Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particulary in the Kimberley. To support Australian parents and their children we will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people. We are investing $15 million to create a new national information system.
To support Australian parents and their children we will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people. We are investing $15 million to create a new national information system. This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm.
We are investing $15 million to create a new national information system. This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. For Australians living in rural and regional areas we are establishing more than 20 new headspace sites in these areas and we are providing new mental health telehealth services funded through the MBS.
This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. For Australians living in rural and regional areas we are establishing more than 20 new headspace sites in these areas and we are providing new mental health telehealth services funded through the MBS. Our plan also includes mental health and wellbeing projects, funded through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program to provide vital frontline local mental health services.
For Australians living in rural and regional areas we are establishing more than 20 new headspace sites in these areas and we are providing new mental health telehealth services funded through the MBS. Our plan also includes mental health and wellbeing projects, funded through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program to provide vital frontline local mental health services. We are also delivering $22.5 million in specific youth
Our plan also includes mental health and wellbeing projects, funded through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program to provide vital frontline local mental health services. We are also delivering $22.5 million in specific youth and Indigenous health research projects as part of our $125 million ‘Million Minds Mission’ into mental health research.
We are also delivering $22.5 million in specific youth and Indigenous health research projects as part of our $125 million ‘Million Minds Mission’ into mental health research. These investments can only be made because of a strong economy.
and Indigenous health research projects as part of our $125 million ‘Million Minds Mission’ into mental health research. These investments can only be made because of a strong economy. Our Record
These investments can only be made because of a strong economy. Our Record Health care is a priority for every Australian.
Our Record Health care is a priority for every Australian. That’s why we have a Long-Term National Health Plan based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research.
Health care is a priority for every Australian. That’s why we have a Long-Term National Health Plan based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research. Our Government was the first to designate mental health as one of the four key pillars of the health care system.
That’s why we have a Long-Term National Health Plan based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research. Our Government was the first to designate mental health as one of the four key pillars of the health care system. Our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention package builds on the record $4.8 billion that we are spending on mental health this financial year alone – more than half a million dollars every hour of every day.
Our Government was the first to designate mental health as one of the four key pillars of the health care system. Our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention package builds on the record $4.8 billion that we are spending on mental health this financial year alone – more than half a million dollars every hour of every day. One in five Australians experience a common mental disorder each year and almost half of us will face some form of mental health problem during our lives.
Our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention package builds on the record $4.8 billion that we are spending on mental health this financial year alone – more than half a million dollars every hour of every day. One in five Australians experience a common mental disorder each year and almost half of us will face some form of mental health problem during our lives. In prioritising mental health, we’re transforming the health landscape with a determination to keep Australians safe and well.
One in five Australians experience a common mental disorder each year and almost half of us will face some form of mental health problem during our lives. In prioritising mental health, we’re transforming the health landscape with a determination to keep Australians safe and well. But it’s a major challenge, demanding a huge level of resources that can only come from good economic management.
In prioritising mental health, we’re transforming the health landscape with a determination to keep Australians safe and well. But it’s a major challenge, demanding a huge level of resources that can only come from good economic management. The Morrison Government has delivered $1.45 billion to our Primary Health Networks to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services to Australian families.
But it’s a major challenge, demanding a huge level of resources that can only come from good economic management. The Morrison Government has delivered $1.45 billion to our Primary Health Networks to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services to Australian families. This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychological services, suicide prevention activities and community mental health nursing.
The Morrison Government has delivered $1.45 billion to our Primary Health Networks to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services to Australian families. This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychological services, suicide prevention activities and community mental health nursing. We have also shone a light for the first time on eating disorders, which affect almost one million Australians and have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness.
This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychological services, suicide prevention activities and community mental health nursing. We have also shone a light for the first time on eating disorders, which affect almost one million Australians and have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. We have invested $110 million to provide Medicare rebates for the treatment of eating disorders, have funded ED Hope helpline and are establishing residential eating disorder centres across the country.
We have also shone a light for the first time on eating disorders, which affect almost one million Australians and have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. We have invested $110 million to provide Medicare rebates for the treatment of eating disorders, have funded ED Hope helpline and are establishing residential eating disorder centres across the country. In 2018, we announced new support including $96 million additional funding for headspace, $96.8 million for the Mental Health in Education Initiative, $106 million for suicide prevention programs, $102.5 million for mental health services for older Australians, and $20.4 million to support the mental health of rural communities through the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
We have invested $110 million to provide Medicare rebates for the treatment of eating disorders, have funded ED Hope helpline and are establishing residential eating disorder centres across the country. In 2018, we announced new support including $96 million additional funding for headspace, $96.8 million for the Mental Health in Education Initiative, $106 million for suicide prevention programs, $102.5 million for mental health services for older Australians, and $20.4 million to support the mental health of rural communities through the Royal Flying Doctor Service. This demonstrates our commitment to early intervention irrespective of health, age or location.
In 2018, we announced new support including $96 million additional funding for headspace, $96.8 million for the Mental Health in Education Initiative, $106 million for suicide prevention programs, $102.5 million for mental health services for older Australians, and $20.4 million to support the mental health of rural communities through the Royal Flying Doctor Service. This demonstrates our commitment to early intervention irrespective of health, age or location. We have established the Million Minds Mission: providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research.
This demonstrates our commitment to early intervention irrespective of health, age or location. We have established the Million Minds Mission: providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research. The aim is to reach one million people and ensure that our health system continues to provide the best, most up-to-date treatments and interventions.
We have established the Million Minds Mission: providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research. The aim is to reach one million people and ensure that our health system continues to provide the best, most up-to-date treatments and interventions. Our Government has also delivered enhanced suicide prevention services.
The aim is to reach one million people and ensure that our health system continues to provide the best, most up-to-date treatments and interventions. Our Government has also delivered enhanced suicide prevention services. We provided an extra $33.8 million to increase the responsiveness of Lifeline’s telephone crisis support service.
Our Government has also delivered enhanced suicide prevention services. We provided an extra $33.8 million to increase the responsiveness of Lifeline’s telephone crisis support service. Lifeline provides crisis support services to all Australians, including those impacted by natural disasters.
We provided an extra $33.8 million to increase the responsiveness of Lifeline’s telephone crisis support service. Lifeline provides crisis support services to all Australians, including those impacted by natural disasters. We have invested $37.6 million to expand the Beyond Blue Way Back Support Service aftercare model across Australia to support an estimated 28,000 people over four years.
Lifeline provides crisis support services to all Australians, including those impacted by natural disasters. We have invested $37.6 million to expand the Beyond Blue Way Back Support Service aftercare model across Australia to support an estimated 28,000 people over four years. This service supports Australians during the three months after they have attempted suicide and have been discharged from hospital.
We have invested $37.6 million to expand the Beyond Blue Way Back Support Service aftercare model across Australia to support an estimated 28,000 people over four years. This service supports Australians during the three months after they have attempted suicide and have been discharged from hospital. Under the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Support Program, the Morrison Government provided $36 million for a range of projects designed to reduce suicide among at-risk groups and to reduce suicidal behaviour.
This service supports Australians during the three months after they have attempted suicide and have been discharged from hospital. Under the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Support Program, the Morrison Government provided $36 million for a range of projects designed to reduce suicide among at-risk groups and to reduce suicidal behaviour. This supported organisations such as R U OK?, Mates in Construction and Suicide Prevention Australia.
Under the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Support Program, the Morrison Government provided $36 million for a range of projects designed to reduce suicide among at-risk groups and to reduce suicidal behaviour. This supported organisations such as R U OK?, Mates in Construction and Suicide Prevention Australia. We are committed to finding better ways to prevent suicide, establishing the National Suicide Prevention Trials in 12 nationwide locations at a cost of $55 million.
This supported organisations such as R U OK?, Mates in Construction and Suicide Prevention Australia. We are committed to finding better ways to prevent suicide, establishing the National Suicide Prevention Trials in 12 nationwide locations at a cost of $55 million. We have also created the National Suicide Prevention Research Fund – a $12 million fund supporting and disseminating research on suicide prevention.
We are committed to finding better ways to prevent suicide, establishing the National Suicide Prevention Trials in 12 nationwide locations at a cost of $55 million. We have also created the National Suicide Prevention Research Fund – a $12 million fund supporting and disseminating research on suicide prevention. The Morrison Government’s Long-Term Health Plan is delivering a world-class health system providing patients with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research.
We have also created the National Suicide Prevention Research Fund – a $12 million fund supporting and disseminating research on suicide prevention. The Morrison Government’s Long-Term Health Plan is delivering a world-class health system providing patients with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research. By keeping our economy strong, Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are guaranteed.
The Morrison Government’s Long-Term Health Plan is delivering a world-class health system providing patients with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research. By keeping our economy strong, Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are guaranteed. And we can afford to make major investments like our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan.
By keeping our economy strong, Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are guaranteed. And we can afford to make major investments like our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. Our Plan
And we can afford to make major investments like our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. Our Plan headspace
Our Plan headspace The Morrison Government will enable more young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it with an unprecedented $375 million investment in headspace.
headspace The Morrison Government will enable more young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it with an unprecedented $375 million investment in headspace. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians.
The Morrison Government will enable more young Australians and their families get help where and when they need it with an unprecedented $375 million investment in headspace. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians. This includes physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health services.
headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians. This includes physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health services. We will expand the headspace network by 30 – from the current 115 services to 145 by 2021, at a cost of $111 million.
This includes physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health services. We will expand the headspace network by 30 – from the current 115 services to 145 by 2021, at a cost of $111 million. This will help more young Australians, their families and friends easily access support in their local communities.
We will expand the headspace network by 30 – from the current 115 services to 145 by 2021, at a cost of $111 million. This will help more young Australians, their families and friends easily access support in their local communities. More than 20 new sites will be in rural and regional Australia to ensure equitable access for younger Australians living outside our major cities.
This will help more young Australians, their families and friends easily access support in their local communities. More than 20 new sites will be in rural and regional Australia to ensure equitable access for younger Australians living outside our major cities. These services are complemented by new mental health telehealth services in rural and regional Australia available through Medicare.
More than 20 new sites will be in rural and regional Australia to ensure equitable access for younger Australians living outside our major cities. These services are complemented by new mental health telehealth services in rural and regional Australia available through Medicare. We are also investing an extra $152 million in existing services to reduce wait times, improve the quality of care and assure young Australians that help is available when they need it most.
These services are complemented by new mental health telehealth services in rural and regional Australia available through Medicare. We are also investing an extra $152 million in existing services to reduce wait times, improve the quality of care and assure young Australians that help is available when they need it most. To ensure that headspace is equipped to provide specialist clinical services for young Australians at the early stages of severe mental illness, we are providing $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at six headspace centres nationally.
We are also investing an extra $152 million in existing services to reduce wait times, improve the quality of care and assure young Australians that help is available when they need it most. To ensure that headspace is equipped to provide specialist clinical services for young Australians at the early stages of severe mental illness, we are providing $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at six headspace centres nationally. Our innovative $2 million investment in the Young Ambassadors for Mental Health project will improve awareness of these services.
To ensure that headspace is equipped to provide specialist clinical services for young Australians at the early stages of severe mental illness, we are providing $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at six headspace centres nationally. Our innovative $2 million investment in the Young Ambassadors for Mental Health project will improve awareness of these services. Young ambassadors with the lived experience of mental health issues will be in the community, promoting mental health literacy and showing people how to seek help.
Our innovative $2 million investment in the Young Ambassadors for Mental Health project will improve awareness of these services. Young ambassadors with the lived experience of mental health issues will be in the community, promoting mental health literacy and showing people how to seek help. In total we are now delivering $120 million for headspace each year.
Young ambassadors with the lived experience of mental health issues will be in the community, promoting mental health literacy and showing people how to seek help. In total we are now delivering $120 million for headspace each year. Indigenous youth suicide prevention
In total we are now delivering $120 million for headspace each year. Indigenous youth suicide prevention The suicide rate in our Indigenous communities is a tragedy.
Indigenous youth suicide prevention The suicide rate in our Indigenous communities is a tragedy. We will bring a concerted focus to Indigenous suicide prevention with a $34.1 million investment to help tailor initiatives that make sense for those in need.
The suicide rate in our Indigenous communities is a tragedy. We will bring a concerted focus to Indigenous suicide prevention with a $34.1 million investment to help tailor initiatives that make sense for those in need. We will provide $4.5 million to empower Indigenous leadership in suicide prevention.
We will bring a concerted focus to Indigenous suicide prevention with a $34.1 million investment to help tailor initiatives that make sense for those in need. We will provide $4.5 million to empower Indigenous leadership in suicide prevention. Indigenous Suicide Prevention Australia will establish a national plan for culturally-appropriate care, and services that recognise the value of community, trauma-informed care and protective social and emotional factors.
We will provide $4.5 million to empower Indigenous leadership in suicide prevention. Indigenous Suicide Prevention Australia will establish a national plan for culturally-appropriate care, and services that recognise the value of community, trauma-informed care and protective social and emotional factors. Understanding the value of cultural artistic and healing traditions, our Government will provide $5 million for young Indigenous leaders to participate in place-based cultural programs.
Indigenous Suicide Prevention Australia will establish a national plan for culturally-appropriate care, and services that recognise the value of community, trauma-informed care and protective social and emotional factors. Understanding the value of cultural artistic and healing traditions, our Government will provide $5 million for young Indigenous leaders to participate in place-based cultural programs. We will also support communities with a $3 million investment in a centre of excellence in childhood wellness in the Illawarra – assisting disadvantaged children and adolescents affected by childhood trauma.
Understanding the value of cultural artistic and healing traditions, our Government will provide $5 million for young Indigenous leaders to participate in place-based cultural programs. We will also support communities with a $3 million investment in a centre of excellence in childhood wellness in the Illawarra – assisting disadvantaged children and adolescents affected by childhood trauma. And we are investing $1.2 million for Red Dust to deliver social and emotional wellbeing initiatives in the Northern Territory.
We will also support communities with a $3 million investment in a centre of excellence in childhood wellness in the Illawarra – assisting disadvantaged children and adolescents affected by childhood trauma. And we are investing $1.2 million for Red Dust to deliver social and emotional wellbeing initiatives in the Northern Territory. In addition we will provide $19.6 million through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley, tailored to breaking the cycle of disengagement and mental health issues in Indigenous communities.
And we are investing $1.2 million for Red Dust to deliver social and emotional wellbeing initiatives in the Northern Territory. In addition we will provide $19.6 million through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley, tailored to breaking the cycle of disengagement and mental health issues in Indigenous communities. Early childhood and parenting support
In addition we will provide $19.6 million through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley, tailored to breaking the cycle of disengagement and mental health issues in Indigenous communities. Early childhood and parenting support Early childhood and parenting support, crucial to tackling issues that could exacerbate in later life, will be boosted by $11.8 million.
Early childhood and parenting support Early childhood and parenting support, crucial to tackling issues that could exacerbate in later life, will be boosted by $11.8 million. We will provide $1.5 million for the Raising Children Network at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to provide tailored, expert guidance to parents – giving them the confidence to recognise when their children are struggling and to know what to do to help.
Early childhood and parenting support, crucial to tackling issues that could exacerbate in later life, will be boosted by $11.8 million. We will provide $1.5 million for the Raising Children Network at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to provide tailored, expert guidance to parents – giving them the confidence to recognise when their children are struggling and to know what to do to help. We want children to have the best start to life – to learn the skills to manage their mental and emotional wellbeing and to know how to seek help when needed.
We will provide $1.5 million for the Raising Children Network at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to provide tailored, expert guidance to parents – giving them the confidence to recognise when their children are struggling and to know what to do to help. We want children to have the best start to life – to learn the skills to manage their mental and emotional wellbeing and to know how to seek help when needed. For this reason, the Morrison Government will invest $2.5 million in the school-based mindfulness program, Smiling Minds, as part of Beyond Blue’s Be You mental health in education initiative.
We want children to have the best start to life – to learn the skills to manage their mental and emotional wellbeing and to know how to seek help when needed. For this reason, the Morrison Government will invest $2.5 million in the school-based mindfulness program, Smiling Minds, as part of Beyond Blue’s Be You mental health in education initiative. We will also boost funding to Kids Helpline by $4 million to enhance the 24/7 crisis and ongoing care it provides for children and young people aged 5-25.
For this reason, the Morrison Government will invest $2.5 million in the school-based mindfulness program, Smiling Minds, as part of Beyond Blue’s Be You mental health in education initiative. We will also boost funding to Kids Helpline by $4 million to enhance the 24/7 crisis and ongoing care it provides for children and young people aged 5-25. We understand that young people may sometimes feel more comfortable seeking help initially from peers.
We will also boost funding to Kids Helpline by $4 million to enhance the 24/7 crisis and ongoing care it provides for children and young people aged 5-25. We understand that young people may sometimes feel more comfortable seeking help initially from peers. We are providing $2.9 million to batyr to boost the role of peers in encouraging others to seek help; $0.4 million for the Banksia project to expand their innovative community program and $0.6 million for a trial of peer workers in Beyond Blue’s Way Back suicide aftercare service.
We understand that young people may sometimes feel more comfortable seeking help initially from peers. We are providing $2.9 million to batyr to boost the role of peers in encouraging others to seek help; $0.4 million for the Banksia project to expand their innovative community program and $0.6 million for a trial of peer workers in Beyond Blue’s Way Back suicide aftercare service. In addition, we have invested in a range of youth health hubs through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program, guaranteeing access to frontline services regardless of where young Australians live.
We are providing $2.9 million to batyr to boost the role of peers in encouraging others to seek help; $0.4 million for the Banksia project to expand their innovative community program and $0.6 million for a trial of peer workers in Beyond Blue’s Way Back suicide aftercare service. In addition, we have invested in a range of youth health hubs through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program, guaranteeing access to frontline services regardless of where young Australians live. National coordination
In addition, we have invested in a range of youth health hubs through our $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program, guaranteeing access to frontline services regardless of where young Australians live. National coordination We recognise that the causes of suicide are complex and emerge from a range of social, emotional, environmental and financial factors.
National coordination We recognise that the causes of suicide are complex and emerge from a range of social, emotional, environmental and financial factors. We will appoint a National Youth Suicide Prevention Adviser in the Prime Minister’s portfolio to work across the whole of government to coordinate suicide prevention activities, and to help design services that make a real difference.
We recognise that the causes of suicide are complex and emerge from a range of social, emotional, environmental and financial factors. We will appoint a National Youth Suicide Prevention Adviser in the Prime Minister’s portfolio to work across the whole of government to coordinate suicide prevention activities, and to help design services that make a real difference. We are also investing $15 million in a new nationwide suicide and self-harm monitoring system.
We will appoint a National Youth Suicide Prevention Adviser in the Prime Minister’s portfolio to work across the whole of government to coordinate suicide prevention activities, and to help design services that make a real difference. We are also investing $15 million in a new nationwide suicide and self-harm monitoring system. This will provide up-to-date information so communities and services can respond quickly in areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm.
We are also investing $15 million in a new nationwide suicide and self-harm monitoring system. This will provide up-to-date information so communities and services can respond quickly in areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. For the first time, this will allow suicide prevention initiatives to be tailored to specific localities and deployed rapidly to save and protect those at risk.
This will provide up-to-date information so communities and services can respond quickly in areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. For the first time, this will allow suicide prevention initiatives to be tailored to specific localities and deployed rapidly to save and protect those at risk. Mental health research
For the first time, this will allow suicide prevention initiatives to be tailored to specific localities and deployed rapidly to save and protect those at risk. Mental health research As part of our Million Minds Mission, we will invest $22.5 million in new health and medical research.
Mental health research As part of our Million Minds Mission, we will invest $22.5 million in new health and medical research. Of this, $12.5 million will support research into how best to bring family, community, culture and country to the centre of mental health services for Indigenous youth.
As part of our Million Minds Mission, we will invest $22.5 million in new health and medical research. Of this, $12.5 million will support research into how best to bring family, community, culture and country to the centre of mental health services for Indigenous youth. There will also be $10 million to design better approaches to managing mental health care for young people in crisis and improve digital mental health support.
Of this, $12.5 million will support research into how best to bring family, community, culture and country to the centre of mental health services for Indigenous youth. There will also be $10 million to design better approaches to managing mental health care for young people in crisis and improve digital mental health support. Supporting all Australians
There will also be $10 million to design better approaches to managing mental health care for young people in crisis and improve digital mental health support. Supporting all Australians The Morrison Government’s landmark $503.1 million youth mental health and suicide prevention package complements our $275.5 million adult mental health and community support package.
Supporting all Australians The Morrison Government’s landmark $503.1 million youth mental health and suicide prevention package complements our $275.5 million adult mental health and community support package. Together, this $778.6 million mental health and suicide prevention investment will address gaps in the system
The Morrison Government’s landmark $503.1 million youth mental health and suicide prevention package complements our $275.5 million adult mental health and community support package. Together, this $778.6 million mental health and suicide prevention investment will address gaps in the system and deliver more frontline services for all Australians.
Together, this $778.6 million mental health and suicide prevention investment will address gaps in the system and deliver more frontline services for all Australians. The support builds on our record investment of $4.8 billion this financial year alone in mental health services.
and deliver more frontline services for all Australians. The support builds on our record investment of $4.8 billion this financial year alone in mental health services. the choice
The support builds on our record investment of $4.8 billion this financial year alone in mental health services. the choice Investing in youth mental health and suicide prevention is not a choice, it is a must.
the choice Investing in youth mental health and suicide prevention is not a choice, it is a must. The Liberal National Government's track record in delivering a strong economy ensures we can invest in essential services such as youth mental health and suicide prevention services.
Investing in youth mental health and suicide prevention is not a choice, it is a must. The Liberal National Government's track record in delivering a strong economy ensures we can invest in essential services such as youth mental health and suicide prevention services. Cost
The Liberal National Government's track record in delivering a strong economy ensures we can invest in essential services such as youth mental health and suicide prevention services. Cost The Coalition's plans for youth mental health and suicide prevention will not place additional costs on the Budget.
Cost The Coalition's plans for youth mental health and suicide prevention will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for More Jobs in a Stronger Economy
The Coalition's plans for youth mental health and suicide prevention will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for More Jobs in a Stronger Economy Key points
Our Plan for More Jobs in a Stronger Economy Key points A safe, secure and prosperous Australia depends on a strong and growing economy.
Key points A safe, secure and prosperous Australia depends on a strong and growing economy. A strong economy delivers more jobs,
A safe, secure and prosperous Australia depends on a strong and growing economy. A strong economy delivers more jobs, improved living standards and better essential services such as child care, education, health and infrastructure.
A strong economy delivers more jobs, improved living standards and better essential services such as child care, education, health and infrastructure. A strong economy ensures our defence and security agencies have the resources necessary to keep Australians safe.
improved living standards and better essential services such as child care, education, health and infrastructure. A strong economy ensures our defence and security agencies have the resources necessary to keep Australians safe. When the Coalition was elected in 2013, the economy was weak, unemployment was rising and the budget was in a mess.
A strong economy ensures our defence and security agencies have the resources necessary to keep Australians safe. When the Coalition was elected in 2013, the economy was weak, unemployment was rising and the budget was in a mess. Today, the Coalition is building a strong economy,
When the Coalition was elected in 2013, the economy was weak, unemployment was rising and the budget was in a mess. Today, the Coalition is building a strong economy, creating jobs
Today, the Coalition is building a strong economy, creating jobs and repairing the budget.
creating jobs and repairing the budget. We have created over 1.3 million new jobs.
and repairing the budget. We have created over 1.3 million new jobs. A record number of young Australians and women are in employment.
We have created over 1.3 million new jobs. A record number of young Australians and women are in employment. Welfare dependency is at thirty-year lows.
A record number of young Australians and women are in employment. Welfare dependency is at thirty-year lows. We have brought down a surplus budget while delivering the services that the Australian people deserve, all without raising taxes.
Welfare dependency is at thirty-year lows. We have brought down a surplus budget while delivering the services that the Australian people deserve, all without raising taxes. Record schools funding, record hospitals funding, more medicines on the PBS and more access to quality healthcare.
We have brought down a surplus budget while delivering the services that the Australian people deserve, all without raising taxes. Record schools funding, record hospitals funding, more medicines on the PBS and more access to quality healthcare. Good economic management makes it possible to balance the budget while providing better services and tax relief to hard-working Australian families.
Record schools funding, record hospitals funding, more medicines on the PBS and more access to quality healthcare. Good economic management makes it possible to balance the budget while providing better services and tax relief to hard-working Australian families. But there is more to do.
Good economic management makes it possible to balance the budget while providing better services and tax relief to hard-working Australian families. But there is more to do. The Morrison Government will build an even stronger economy based on individual enterprise and aspiration while looking after Australians who need a helping hand.
But there is more to do. The Morrison Government will build an even stronger economy based on individual enterprise and aspiration while looking after Australians who need a helping hand. In particular, we will:Create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years,
The Morrison Government will build an even stronger economy based on individual enterprise and aspiration while looking after Australians who need a helping hand. In particular, we will:Create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years, including 250,000 new jobs for young Australians.
In particular, we will:Create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years, including 250,000 new jobs for young Australians. Deliver the largest personal income tax relief in a decade, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000.
including 250,000 new jobs for young Australians. Deliver the largest personal income tax relief in a decade, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000. For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time.
Deliver the largest personal income tax relief in a decade, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000. For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time. Ensure Australians have the skills they need through a new $525 million skills package with 80,000 new apprenticeships
For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time. Ensure Australians have the skills they need through a new $525 million skills package with 80,000 new apprenticeships in addition to record education funding.
Ensure Australians have the skills they need through a new $525 million skills package with 80,000 new apprenticeships in addition to record education funding. Establish 10 training hubs in regional areas to create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for young Australians.
in addition to record education funding. Establish 10 training hubs in regional areas to create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for young Australians. Expand the Youth Jobs PaTH Program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to better target the training and internship experiences for young people.
Establish 10 training hubs in regional areas to create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for young Australians. Expand the Youth Jobs PaTH Program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to better target the training and internship experiences for young people. Expand the successful Transition to Work service to allow young people aged 22 to 24 years to also voluntarily access pre-employment services that help prepare them for work.
Expand the Youth Jobs PaTH Program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to better target the training and internship experiences for young people. Expand the successful Transition to Work service to allow young people aged 22 to 24 years to also voluntarily access pre-employment services that help prepare them for work. Transform our employment services system to help Australians who need extra support to get a job.
Expand the successful Transition to Work service to allow young people aged 22 to 24 years to also voluntarily access pre-employment services that help prepare them for work. Transform our employment services system to help Australians who need extra support to get a job. Strengthen small and medium businesses by lowering business tax, improving access to finance, ensuring small business is paid on time by big business and government, and increasing and expanding access to the instant asset write-off.
Transform our employment services system to help Australians who need extra support to get a job. Strengthen small and medium businesses by lowering business tax, improving access to finance, ensuring small business is paid on time by big business and government, and increasing and expanding access to the instant asset write-off. Better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets through a $100 billion infrastructure plan.
Strengthen small and medium businesses by lowering business tax, improving access to finance, ensuring small business is paid on time by big business and government, and increasing and expanding access to the instant asset write-off. Better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets through a $100 billion infrastructure plan. Expand export opportunities through market-opening trade deals.
Better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets through a $100 billion infrastructure plan. Expand export opportunities through market-opening trade deals. Continue to support farmers by giving them the tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough.
Expand export opportunities through market-opening trade deals. Continue to support farmers by giving them the tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough. This includes $6.3 billion in support for drought-affected communities and $3.1 billion to support the rebuilding of agriculture in flood-hit regions.
Continue to support farmers by giving them the tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough. This includes $6.3 billion in support for drought-affected communities and $3.1 billion to support the rebuilding of agriculture in flood-hit regions. Ensure the Government lives within its means with disciplined fiscal management without increasing taxes.
This includes $6.3 billion in support for drought-affected communities and $3.1 billion to support the rebuilding of agriculture in flood-hit regions. Ensure the Government lives within its means with disciplined fiscal management without increasing taxes. An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy.
Ensure the Government lives within its means with disciplined fiscal management without increasing taxes. An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy. A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction.
An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy. A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction. wages and jobs.
A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction. wages and jobs. Labor has plans that would hurt investment, productivity,
wages and jobs. Labor has plans that would hurt investment, productivity, Labor would hit the economy with $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, superannuation, housing and family business.
Labor has plans that would hurt investment, productivity, Labor would hit the economy with $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, superannuation, housing and family business. A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history.
Labor would hit the economy with $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, superannuation, housing and family business. A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours.
A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours. Its reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will harm the economy,
And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours. Its reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will harm the economy, cost 336,000 jobs
Its reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will harm the economy, cost 336,000 jobs and reduce wage growth while simply shifting industry and emissions off-shore.
cost 336,000 jobs and reduce wage growth while simply shifting industry and emissions off-shore. Under Labor, trade deals will stall.
and reduce wage growth while simply shifting industry and emissions off-shore. Under Labor, trade deals will stall. Militant union bosses will use old-style industrial muscle to disrupt workplaces and make unsustainable demands on business that will cost jobs and our economy.
Under Labor, trade deals will stall. Militant union bosses will use old-style industrial muscle to disrupt workplaces and make unsustainable demands on business that will cost jobs and our economy. The Australian people have the choice between a Government that is delivering a stronger economy or Bill Shorten’s Labor Party that would weaken the economy.
Militant union bosses will use old-style industrial muscle to disrupt workplaces and make unsustainable demands on business that will cost jobs and our economy. The Australian people have the choice between a Government that is delivering a stronger economy or Bill Shorten’s Labor Party that would weaken the economy. Our record
The Australian people have the choice between a Government that is delivering a stronger economy or Bill Shorten’s Labor Party that would weaken the economy. Our record When the Coalition came to office, the Australian economy was heading in the wrong direction.
Our record When the Coalition came to office, the Australian economy was heading in the wrong direction. Unemployment was at 5.7 per cent and rising.
When the Coalition came to office, the Australian economy was heading in the wrong direction. Unemployment was at 5.7 per cent and rising. The budget position was deteriorating rapidly, with $240 billion in deficits recorded over Labor’s six years in government.
Unemployment was at 5.7 per cent and rising. The budget position was deteriorating rapidly, with $240 billion in deficits recorded over Labor’s six years in government. Debt was growing by 33 per cent a year, creating an unsustainable burden on future generations
The budget position was deteriorating rapidly, with $240 billion in deficits recorded over Labor’s six years in government. Debt was growing by 33 per cent a year, creating an unsustainable burden on future generations and costing taxpayers money-for-nothing in growing debt repayments.
Debt was growing by 33 per cent a year, creating an unsustainable burden on future generations and costing taxpayers money-for-nothing in growing debt repayments. The Carbon Tax was increasing the cost of everything.
and costing taxpayers money-for-nothing in growing debt repayments. The Carbon Tax was increasing the cost of everything. With weak growth and a deteriorating budget, Labor had abandoned essential services, failing to subsidise life-saving drugs, and denying guaranteed funding for schools and hospitals.
The Carbon Tax was increasing the cost of everything. With weak growth and a deteriorating budget, Labor had abandoned essential services, failing to subsidise life-saving drugs, and denying guaranteed funding for schools and hospitals. Promises of tax cuts were repeatedly abandoned.
With weak growth and a deteriorating budget, Labor had abandoned essential services, failing to subsidise life-saving drugs, and denying guaranteed funding for schools and hospitals. Promises of tax cuts were repeatedly abandoned. The Liberal National Government has restored the Budget and secured funding for the essential services that Australians rely on.
Promises of tax cuts were repeatedly abandoned. The Liberal National Government has restored the Budget and secured funding for the essential services that Australians rely on. The economy is stronger.
The Liberal National Government has restored the Budget and secured funding for the essential services that Australians rely on. The economy is stronger. Taxes are lower.
The economy is stronger. Taxes are lower. Funding for schools and hospitals has been guaranteed and life-saving medicines are again being subsidised.
Taxes are lower. Funding for schools and hospitals has been guaranteed and life-saving medicines are again being subsidised. Australian exports are at record levels, boosted by trade deals that have provided Australian exporters with duty-free or preferential access to an extra 1.76 billion consumers in the world’s fastest-growing regions.
Funding for schools and hospitals has been guaranteed and life-saving medicines are again being subsidised. Australian exports are at record levels, boosted by trade deals that have provided Australian exporters with duty-free or preferential access to an extra 1.76 billion consumers in the world’s fastest-growing regions. Our farmers and rural communities are being supported.
Australian exports are at record levels, boosted by trade deals that have provided Australian exporters with duty-free or preferential access to an extra 1.76 billion consumers in the world’s fastest-growing regions. Our farmers and rural communities are being supported. More than 1.3 million jobs have been created and the unemployment rate has fallen to 5 per cent.
Our farmers and rural communities are being supported. More than 1.3 million jobs have been created and the unemployment rate has fallen to 5 per cent. Wages growth is starting to increase and the cost of essential services like child care and energy are beginning to fall as a result of the Government’s policies.
More than 1.3 million jobs have been created and the unemployment rate has fallen to 5 per cent. Wages growth is starting to increase and the cost of essential services like child care and energy are beginning to fall as a result of the Government’s policies. Over the last 6 years, the Australian economy has grown faster than virtually all developed economies, weathering the impact of the end of the mining investment boom and, more recently, the headwinds of the drought.
Wages growth is starting to increase and the cost of essential services like child care and energy are beginning to fall as a result of the Government’s policies. Over the last 6 years, the Australian economy has grown faster than virtually all developed economies, weathering the impact of the end of the mining investment boom and, more recently, the headwinds of the drought. We have fixed the budget mess we inherited from Labor while still cutting taxes.
Over the last 6 years, the Australian economy has grown faster than virtually all developed economies, weathering the impact of the end of the mining investment boom and, more recently, the headwinds of the drought. We have fixed the budget mess we inherited from Labor while still cutting taxes. The Budget delivers a healthy surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20, a $55 billion turnaround from the deficit we inherited six years ago.
We have fixed the budget mess we inherited from Labor while still cutting taxes. The Budget delivers a healthy surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20, a $55 billion turnaround from the deficit we inherited six years ago. Our fiscal discipline will ensure these surpluses exceed 1 per cent of GDP as we reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner.
The Budget delivers a healthy surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20, a $55 billion turnaround from the deficit we inherited six years ago. Our fiscal discipline will ensure these surpluses exceed 1 per cent of GDP as we reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner. This means we can end Labor’s legacy of wasteful debt repayments and spend more on essential services
Our fiscal discipline will ensure these surpluses exceed 1 per cent of GDP as we reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner. This means we can end Labor’s legacy of wasteful debt repayments and spend more on essential services while also keeping taxes low.
This means we can end Labor’s legacy of wasteful debt repayments and spend more on essential services while also keeping taxes low. Our economic plan is also laying the platform for continued strong growth.
while also keeping taxes low. Our economic plan is also laying the platform for continued strong growth. We are delivering lower taxes for hard-working Australians because we want Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn.
Our economic plan is also laying the platform for continued strong growth. We are delivering lower taxes for hard-working Australians because we want Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. We have brought forward tax relief for small and medium businesses that employ millions of Australians.
We are delivering lower taxes for hard-working Australians because we want Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. We have brought forward tax relief for small and medium businesses that employ millions of Australians. Our improved budget position enables us to invest more in the services that Australians rightly expect.
We have brought forward tax relief for small and medium businesses that employ millions of Australians. Our improved budget position enables us to invest more in the services that Australians rightly expect. Quality health care, aged care, disability support, child care and schools.
Our improved budget position enables us to invest more in the services that Australians rightly expect. Quality health care, aged care, disability support, child care and schools. Improved economic security for women.
Quality health care, aged care, disability support, child care and schools. Improved economic security for women. Record spending on infrastructure.
Improved economic security for women. Record spending on infrastructure. Less congested roads.
Record spending on infrastructure. Less congested roads. Inland Rail.
Less congested roads. Inland Rail. And a new Western Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport Rail Link – breaking deadlocks that had eluded successive governments for decades.
Inland Rail. And a new Western Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport Rail Link – breaking deadlocks that had eluded successive governments for decades. Reforms that strengthen our federation by providing a fairer and more stable approach to the sharing of GST receipts.
And a new Western Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport Rail Link – breaking deadlocks that had eluded successive governments for decades. Reforms that strengthen our federation by providing a fairer and more stable approach to the sharing of GST receipts. Additional resources for our corporate and financial regulators to ensure our businesses do the right thing.
Reforms that strengthen our federation by providing a fairer and more stable approach to the sharing of GST receipts. Additional resources for our corporate and financial regulators to ensure our businesses do the right thing. Our Plan
Additional resources for our corporate and financial regulators to ensure our businesses do the right thing. Our Plan The Morrison Government will build an even stronger and more competitive economy,
Our Plan The Morrison Government will build an even stronger and more competitive economy, with lower taxes
The Morrison Government will build an even stronger and more competitive economy, with lower taxes and more jobs.
with lower taxes and more jobs. An ambitious jobs and skills plan
and more jobs. An ambitious jobs and skills plan The Morrison Government understands the importance of more and better paying jobs to the living standards of hard-working Australians.
An ambitious jobs and skills plan The Morrison Government understands the importance of more and better paying jobs to the living standards of hard-working Australians. In 2013, we set a target of creating one million new jobs over five years and exceeded it.
The Morrison Government understands the importance of more and better paying jobs to the living standards of hard-working Australians. In 2013, we set a target of creating one million new jobs over five years and exceeded it. Since September 2013, we have created more than 1.3 million new jobs.
In 2013, we set a target of creating one million new jobs over five years and exceeded it. Since September 2013, we have created more than 1.3 million new jobs. The majority of these new jobs are full-time.
Since September 2013, we have created more than 1.3 million new jobs. The majority of these new jobs are full-time. More than 100,000 young Australians between the ages of 15 and 24 found jobs last financial year – the largest number in Australia’s history.
The majority of these new jobs are full-time. More than 100,000 young Australians between the ages of 15 and 24 found jobs last financial year – the largest number in Australia’s history. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment has fallen to 5 per cent – the equal lowest level in a decade.
More than 100,000 young Australians between the ages of 15 and 24 found jobs last financial year – the largest number in Australia’s history. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment has fallen to 5 per cent – the equal lowest level in a decade. The percentage of working age Australians on welfare is at its lowest level for a generation.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment has fallen to 5 per cent – the equal lowest level in a decade. The percentage of working age Australians on welfare is at its lowest level for a generation. Australians are participating in the jobs market at record levels,
The percentage of working age Australians on welfare is at its lowest level for a generation. Australians are participating in the jobs market at record levels, including record levels of female participation.
Australians are participating in the jobs market at record levels, including record levels of female participation. Not only are there more women in work than ever before, the gender pay gap is at its lowest level on record at 14.2 per cent and well below the 17.2 per cent gap when Labor left office.
including record levels of female participation. Not only are there more women in work than ever before, the gender pay gap is at its lowest level on record at 14.2 per cent and well below the 17.2 per cent gap when Labor left office. We know that work offers opportunity.
Not only are there more women in work than ever before, the gender pay gap is at its lowest level on record at 14.2 per cent and well below the 17.2 per cent gap when Labor left office. We know that work offers opportunity. We are committed to job creation.
We know that work offers opportunity. We are committed to job creation. That is why a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years.
We are committed to job creation. That is why a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years. We will do this by building a stronger economy and supporting businesses to start and to grow.
That is why a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs over the next five years. We will do this by building a stronger economy and supporting businesses to start and to grow. The Morrison Government is determined to build on its strong record
We will do this by building a stronger economy and supporting businesses to start and to grow. The Morrison Government is determined to build on its strong record and get more young Australians into work.
The Morrison Government is determined to build on its strong record and get more young Australians into work. That is why we pledge that a re-elected Morrison Government will deliver 250,000 new young Australians employment over the next five years.
and get more young Australians into work. That is why we pledge that a re-elected Morrison Government will deliver 250,000 new young Australians employment over the next five years. One in five of our new jobs will be for young Australians.
That is why we pledge that a re-elected Morrison Government will deliver 250,000 new young Australians employment over the next five years. One in five of our new jobs will be for young Australians. To ensure Australians have the skills they need to drive a growing economy, the Morrison Government will invest $525 million over five years in the vocational education and training (VET) sector to better equip Australians with the skills they need for today and tomorrow.
One in five of our new jobs will be for young Australians. To ensure Australians have the skills they need to drive a growing economy, the Morrison Government will invest $525 million over five years in the vocational education and training (VET) sector to better equip Australians with the skills they need for today and tomorrow. The package of measures will include 80,000 new apprenticeships in industries with skills shortages and a doubling of incentive payments to employers (to $8000).
To ensure Australians have the skills they need to drive a growing economy, the Morrison Government will invest $525 million over five years in the vocational education and training (VET) sector to better equip Australians with the skills they need for today and tomorrow. The package of measures will include 80,000 new apprenticeships in industries with skills shortages and a doubling of incentive payments to employers (to $8000). The new apprentices - including bakers, bricklayers, plasterers, hairdressers, plumbers and carpenters - will also receive a $2000 incentive payment.
The package of measures will include 80,000 new apprenticeships in industries with skills shortages and a doubling of incentive payments to employers (to $8000). The new apprentices - including bakers, bricklayers, plasterers, hairdressers, plumbers and carpenters - will also receive a $2000 incentive payment. The Morrison Government will establish 10 industry Training Hubs to address the challenge of high youth unemployment in regional areas.
The new apprentices - including bakers, bricklayers, plasterers, hairdressers, plumbers and carpenters - will also receive a $2000 incentive payment. The Morrison Government will establish 10 industry Training Hubs to address the challenge of high youth unemployment in regional areas. The Hubs will create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for students, employers and the VET sector.
The Morrison Government will establish 10 industry Training Hubs to address the challenge of high youth unemployment in regional areas. The Hubs will create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for students, employers and the VET sector. They will be an on-the-ground presence where new approaches are needed to help students transition from school to training and work.
The Hubs will create better connections between local industry and schools to improve outcomes for students, employers and the VET sector. They will be an on-the-ground presence where new approaches are needed to help students transition from school to training and work. The Hubs will facilitate additional education for trainers as well as career advice and mentoring for young people with a specific focus on traditional in-demand trades.
They will be an on-the-ground presence where new approaches are needed to help students transition from school to training and work. The Hubs will facilitate additional education for trainers as well as career advice and mentoring for young people with a specific focus on traditional in-demand trades. A career facilitator will form partnerships between industries in sectors of local skills shortages and those providing advice and education to students.
The Hubs will facilitate additional education for trainers as well as career advice and mentoring for young people with a specific focus on traditional in-demand trades. A career facilitator will form partnerships between industries in sectors of local skills shortages and those providing advice and education to students. This initiative will support Year 11 and 12 students at 10 pilot sites across Australia.
A career facilitator will form partnerships between industries in sectors of local skills shortages and those providing advice and education to students. This initiative will support Year 11 and 12 students at 10 pilot sites across Australia. State Location Youth Unemployment Rate NSW Grafton 24.3%               Gosford 13.2%NT Alice Springs 12.1%QLD       Maryborough 19.8%              Townsville 17.7%SA Port Pirie 17.6%TAS Burnie                15.8%VIC Shepparton 16.7%WA Wanneroo 16.4%               Armadale 15.4%AUSTRALIA Armadale 11.5%
This initiative will support Year 11 and 12 students at 10 pilot sites across Australia. State Location Youth Unemployment Rate NSW Grafton 24.3%               Gosford 13.2%NT Alice Springs 12.1%QLD       Maryborough 19.8%              Townsville 17.7%SA Port Pirie 17.6%TAS Burnie                15.8%VIC Shepparton 16.7%WA Wanneroo 16.4%               Armadale 15.4%AUSTRALIA Armadale 11.5% The 10 regions selected for the Training Hubs will also be eligible for the Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians.
State Location Youth Unemployment Rate NSW Grafton 24.3%               Gosford 13.2%NT Alice Springs 12.1%QLD       Maryborough 19.8%              Townsville 17.7%SA Port Pirie 17.6%TAS Burnie                15.8%VIC Shepparton 16.7%WA Wanneroo 16.4%               Armadale 15.4%AUSTRALIA Armadale 11.5% The 10 regions selected for the Training Hubs will also be eligible for the Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians. This Program will support young Australians to enter the VET sector and gain the skills they need for a successful and rewarding career.
The 10 regions selected for the Training Hubs will also be eligible for the Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians. This Program will support young Australians to enter the VET sector and gain the skills they need for a successful and rewarding career. Successful candidates will be eligible for up to $17,500 in funding, varying based on scholarship length and type of study or training, for a maximum period of three years.
This Program will support young Australians to enter the VET sector and gain the skills they need for a successful and rewarding career. Successful candidates will be eligible for up to $17,500 in funding, varying based on scholarship length and type of study or training, for a maximum period of three years. Priority will be given to eligible applicants in the following cohorts: individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants)
Successful candidates will be eligible for up to $17,500 in funding, varying based on scholarship length and type of study or training, for a maximum period of three years. Priority will be given to eligible applicants in the following cohorts: individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants) individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants)
Priority will be given to eligible applicants in the following cohorts: individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants) individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants) Indigenous young Australians
individuals who have exited from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in the previous 2 years (the age criteria will not be applicable for ADF applicants) Indigenous young Australians young Australians with a disability, and
Indigenous young Australians young Australians with a disability, and young Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
young Australians with a disability, and young Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In addition to the broader Skills Package, a re-elected Morrison Government will also build on the success of our employment programs for young people.
young Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In addition to the broader Skills Package, a re-elected Morrison Government will also build on the success of our employment programs for young people. By providing access to training, internships and wage subsidies, our targeted Youth Jobs PaTH Program has already helped over 43,000 young Australians into a job.
In addition to the broader Skills Package, a re-elected Morrison Government will also build on the success of our employment programs for young people. By providing access to training, internships and wage subsidies, our targeted Youth Jobs PaTH Program has already helped over 43,000 young Australians into a job. The Morrison Government will expand this program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to build collaboration between employers and jobseekers and enhance the opportunities for young people in growth industries.
By providing access to training, internships and wage subsidies, our targeted Youth Jobs PaTH Program has already helped over 43,000 young Australians into a job. The Morrison Government will expand this program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to build collaboration between employers and jobseekers and enhance the opportunities for young people in growth industries. The new programs will commence on 1 January 2020, cost between $50,000 and $2 million each, and be run by group training organisations or employer bodies.
The Morrison Government will expand this program to pilot up to 10 industry-led job pathway programs to build collaboration between employers and jobseekers and enhance the opportunities for young people in growth industries. The new programs will commence on 1 January 2020, cost between $50,000 and $2 million each, and be run by group training organisations or employer bodies. The Morrison Government will also expand access to the successful Transition to Work employment service to young people aged 22 to 24 years.
The new programs will commence on 1 January 2020, cost between $50,000 and $2 million each, and be run by group training organisations or employer bodies. The Morrison Government will also expand access to the successful Transition to Work employment service to young people aged 22 to 24 years. Until now, the program has been targeted at 15 to 21 year olds, helping over 32,000 young people into a job or training activity.
The Morrison Government will also expand access to the successful Transition to Work employment service to young people aged 22 to 24 years. Until now, the program has been targeted at 15 to 21 year olds, helping over 32,000 young people into a job or training activity. The expansion of access will assist an extra 2,000 young people annually.
Until now, the program has been targeted at 15 to 21 year olds, helping over 32,000 young people into a job or training activity. The expansion of access will assist an extra 2,000 young people annually. The Morrison Government will also expand access to the successful Transition to Work employment service to young people aged 22 to 24 years.
The expansion of access will assist an extra 2,000 young people annually. The Morrison Government will also expand access to the successful Transition to Work employment service to young people aged 22 to 24 years. Until now, the program has been targeted at 15 to 21 year olds, helping over 32,000 young people into a job or training activity.
Until now, the program has been targeted at 15 to 21 year olds, helping over 32,000 young people into a job or training activity. The expansion of access will assist an extra 2,000 young people annually. To provide unemployed Australians with the help they need to get back into the workforce as quickly as possible, the Morrison Government is embarking on the biggest overhaul of the employment services system in a generation.
The expansion of access will assist an extra 2,000 young people annually. To provide unemployed Australians with the help they need to get back into the workforce as quickly as possible, the Morrison Government is embarking on the biggest overhaul of the employment services system in a generation. From 1 July 2020, we will pilot a new system which provides more intensive and targeted support to those who most need help;
To provide unemployed Australians with the help they need to get back into the workforce as quickly as possible, the Morrison Government is embarking on the biggest overhaul of the employment services system in a generation. From 1 July 2020, we will pilot a new system which provides more intensive and targeted support to those who most need help; gives greater flexibility to those who are capable of getting their own job;
From 1 July 2020, we will pilot a new system which provides more intensive and targeted support to those who most need help; gives greater flexibility to those who are capable of getting their own job; and which works better for business by giving them access to the workers they need, when they need them.
gives greater flexibility to those who are capable of getting their own job; and which works better for business by giving them access to the workers they need, when they need them. Our reforms will ensure that even more Australians can benefit from our strong economy and experience the dignity and choice that employment brings.
and which works better for business by giving them access to the workers they need, when they need them. Our reforms will ensure that even more Australians can benefit from our strong economy and experience the dignity and choice that employment brings. The Morrison Government is ensuring the VET training system is flexible and responsive to critical skills shortages as they emerge.
Our reforms will ensure that even more Australians can benefit from our strong economy and experience the dignity and choice that employment brings. The Morrison Government is ensuring the VET training system is flexible and responsive to critical skills shortages as they emerge. For example, the Morrison Government will increase the lifetime loan limit available to aviation students studying at a VET Student Loans (VSL) approved provider to $150,000, up from $104,440.
The Morrison Government is ensuring the VET training system is flexible and responsive to critical skills shortages as they emerge. For example, the Morrison Government will increase the lifetime loan limit available to aviation students studying at a VET Student Loans (VSL) approved provider to $150,000, up from $104,440. This change, which comes into force in January 2020, addresses concerns from industry that the existing combined lifetime loan limit doesn’t adequately cover the cost of training for the licences and ratings issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
For example, the Morrison Government will increase the lifetime loan limit available to aviation students studying at a VET Student Loans (VSL) approved provider to $150,000, up from $104,440. This change, which comes into force in January 2020, addresses concerns from industry that the existing combined lifetime loan limit doesn’t adequately cover the cost of training for the licences and ratings issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. This change has also been extended to those who study at higher education providers.
This change, which comes into force in January 2020, addresses concerns from industry that the existing combined lifetime loan limit doesn’t adequately cover the cost of training for the licences and ratings issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. This change has also been extended to those who study at higher education providers. Boosting regional employment
This change has also been extended to those who study at higher education providers. Boosting regional employment The Morrison Government knows that for a strong Australia we need strong regions.
Boosting regional employment The Morrison Government knows that for a strong Australia we need strong regions. And strong regions need strong employment.
The Morrison Government knows that for a strong Australia we need strong regions. And strong regions need strong employment. Under the Coalition, regional unemployment has fallen from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent.
And strong regions need strong employment. Under the Coalition, regional unemployment has fallen from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent. The Morrison Government is determined to ensure that young Australians in rural and regional areas have the opportunity to secure an apprenticeship
Under the Coalition, regional unemployment has fallen from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent. The Morrison Government is determined to ensure that young Australians in rural and regional areas have the opportunity to secure an apprenticeship while ensuring regional small businesses have the skills they need.
The Morrison Government is determined to ensure that young Australians in rural and regional areas have the opportunity to secure an apprenticeship while ensuring regional small businesses have the skills they need. That’s why we introduced a new trial wage subsidy program to support eligible new Australian apprentices located in regional areas facing skills shortages to take up opportunities in areas such as plumbing, mechanical, electrical, painting trades and hairdressing.
while ensuring regional small businesses have the skills they need. That’s why we introduced a new trial wage subsidy program to support eligible new Australian apprentices located in regional areas facing skills shortages to take up opportunities in areas such as plumbing, mechanical, electrical, painting trades and hairdressing. Under the subsidy, eligible employers will be able to receive payments based on the apprentice’s relevant award wage rates.
That’s why we introduced a new trial wage subsidy program to support eligible new Australian apprentices located in regional areas facing skills shortages to take up opportunities in areas such as plumbing, mechanical, electrical, painting trades and hairdressing. Under the subsidy, eligible employers will be able to receive payments based on the apprentice’s relevant award wage rates. Subsidies are provided at 75 per cent of the apprentice’s award wage in the first year, followed with 50 per cent in the second year and 25 per cent in the third year.
Under the subsidy, eligible employers will be able to receive payments based on the apprentice’s relevant award wage rates. Subsidies are provided at 75 per cent of the apprentice’s award wage in the first year, followed with 50 per cent in the second year and 25 per cent in the third year. The $60 million program commenced on 1 January 2019.
Subsidies are provided at 75 per cent of the apprentice’s award wage in the first year, followed with 50 per cent in the second year and 25 per cent in the third year. The $60 million program commenced on 1 January 2019. We are also investing in innovative local solutions to employment challenges.
The $60 million program commenced on 1 January 2019. We are also investing in innovative local solutions to employment challenges. Our $18.4 million Regional Employment Trials program enables local stakeholders to develop regional approaches to assist unemployed people in 10 disadvantaged regions where there are limited job opportunities.
We are also investing in innovative local solutions to employment challenges. Our $18.4 million Regional Employment Trials program enables local stakeholders to develop regional approaches to assist unemployed people in 10 disadvantaged regions where there are limited job opportunities. Our Stronger Transitions package provides a targeted package of intensive assistance to retrenched workers to find new jobs and take advantage of labour market opportunities across Australia.
Our $18.4 million Regional Employment Trials program enables local stakeholders to develop regional approaches to assist unemployed people in 10 disadvantaged regions where there are limited job opportunities. Our Stronger Transitions package provides a targeted package of intensive assistance to retrenched workers to find new jobs and take advantage of labour market opportunities across Australia. Through partnerships with employers, the plan offers skills and training, employment support, labour mobility and access to small business opportunities.
Our Stronger Transitions package provides a targeted package of intensive assistance to retrenched workers to find new jobs and take advantage of labour market opportunities across Australia. Through partnerships with employers, the plan offers skills and training, employment support, labour mobility and access to small business opportunities. We will also continue to support Australian farmers with tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough.
Through partnerships with employers, the plan offers skills and training, employment support, labour mobility and access to small business opportunities. We will also continue to support Australian farmers with tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough. This includes the Future Drought Fund and the Drought Communities Program to help farmers, and local communities that rely on them, prepare for and respond to drought.
We will also continue to support Australian farmers with tools to capitalise when times are good – and the help they need when times are tough. This includes the Future Drought Fund and the Drought Communities Program to help farmers, and local communities that rely on them, prepare for and respond to drought. The Liberal and Nationals Government will also continue to support farmers, families and communities with extra support to help rebuild agriculture in flood-hit zones, particularly via the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency.
This includes the Future Drought Fund and the Drought Communities Program to help farmers, and local communities that rely on them, prepare for and respond to drought. The Liberal and Nationals Government will also continue to support farmers, families and communities with extra support to help rebuild agriculture in flood-hit zones, particularly via the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency. Lower taxes
The Liberal and Nationals Government will also continue to support farmers, families and communities with extra support to help rebuild agriculture in flood-hit zones, particularly via the North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency. Lower taxes The Morrison Government wants Australians to earn more and to keep more of what they earn.
Lower taxes The Morrison Government wants Australians to earn more and to keep more of what they earn. Lower taxes are a critical part of our plan to deliver a strong economy
The Morrison Government wants Australians to earn more and to keep more of what they earn. Lower taxes are a critical part of our plan to deliver a strong economy and record job creation.
Lower taxes are a critical part of our plan to deliver a strong economy and record job creation. In 2018, the Coalition’s three-part plan delivered $144 billion in personal income tax cuts.
and record job creation. In 2018, the Coalition’s three-part plan delivered $144 billion in personal income tax cuts. The legislated package had three elements.
In 2018, the Coalition’s three-part plan delivered $144 billion in personal income tax cuts. The legislated package had three elements. To provide immediate relief to address cost of living pressures, protect income earners from bracket creep and to simplify and incentivise the tax system by abolishing an entire tax bracket.
The legislated package had three elements. To provide immediate relief to address cost of living pressures, protect income earners from bracket creep and to simplify and incentivise the tax system by abolishing an entire tax bracket. A re-elected Morrison Government will provide an additional $158 billion in tax relief for hard-working Australians.
To provide immediate relief to address cost of living pressures, protect income earners from bracket creep and to simplify and incentivise the tax system by abolishing an entire tax bracket. A re-elected Morrison Government will provide an additional $158 billion in tax relief for hard-working Australians. It represents the largest personal income tax cuts since the Howard Government.
A re-elected Morrison Government will provide an additional $158 billion in tax relief for hard-working Australians. It represents the largest personal income tax cuts since the Howard Government. The changes will more than double the low- and middle- income tax offset from 2018-19.
It represents the largest personal income tax cuts since the Howard Government. The changes will more than double the low- and middle- income tax offset from 2018-19. Taxpayers earning up to $126,000 a year – including teachers, tradies and nurses – will receive a tax cut this year.
The changes will more than double the low- and middle- income tax offset from 2018-19. Taxpayers earning up to $126,000 a year – including teachers, tradies and nurses – will receive a tax cut this year. For a single income family, this will mean tax relief of $1,080 each year and up to $2,160 for families on a dual income.
Taxpayers earning up to $126,000 a year – including teachers, tradies and nurses – will receive a tax cut this year. For a single income family, this will mean tax relief of $1,080 each year and up to $2,160 for families on a dual income. More than 10 million taxpayers will benefit, with 4.5 million receiving the full amount.
For a single income family, this will mean tax relief of $1,080 each year and up to $2,160 for families on a dual income. More than 10 million taxpayers will benefit, with 4.5 million receiving the full amount. And the relief will flow quickly and be available to Australians after tax returns for the 2018-19 year are submitted in July.
More than 10 million taxpayers will benefit, with 4.5 million receiving the full amount. And the relief will flow quickly and be available to Australians after tax returns for the 2018-19 year are submitted in July. This tax relief will lift household incomes, ease cost of living pressures
And the relief will flow quickly and be available to Australians after tax returns for the 2018-19 year are submitted in July. This tax relief will lift household incomes, ease cost of living pressures and boost spending at local businesses.
This tax relief will lift household incomes, ease cost of living pressures and boost spending at local businesses. A re-elected Morrison Government will also deliver long-term structural reform by lowering the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent from 1 July 2024.
and boost spending at local businesses. A re-elected Morrison Government will also deliver long-term structural reform by lowering the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent from 1 July 2024. This will cover all taxpayers earning between $45,000 and $200,000 and mean that 94 per cent of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar.
A re-elected Morrison Government will also deliver long-term structural reform by lowering the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent from 1 July 2024. This will cover all taxpayers earning between $45,000 and $200,000 and mean that 94 per cent of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar. Unlike Labor, a re-elected Morrison Government will place a speed limit on taxes, and ensure that tax as a share of GDP does not rise above the 23.9 per cent cap.
This will cover all taxpayers earning between $45,000 and $200,000 and mean that 94 per cent of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar. Unlike Labor, a re-elected Morrison Government will place a speed limit on taxes, and ensure that tax as a share of GDP does not rise above the 23.9 per cent cap. Taxes will always be lower under the Morrison Government.
Unlike Labor, a re-elected Morrison Government will place a speed limit on taxes, and ensure that tax as a share of GDP does not rise above the 23.9 per cent cap. Taxes will always be lower under the Morrison Government. Backing small and family business
Taxes will always be lower under the Morrison Government. Backing small and family business The Morrison Government believes that small and family businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy.
Backing small and family business The Morrison Government believes that small and family businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off.
The Morrison Government believes that small and family businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off. It means more jobs,
When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off. It means more jobs, more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities.
It means more jobs, more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities. The Morrison Government wants small businesses to prosper.
more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities. The Morrison Government wants small businesses to prosper. We want them to employ even more Australians.
The Morrison Government wants small businesses to prosper. We want them to employ even more Australians. The Morrison Government is pursuing a number of measures to strengthen small and medium businesses and the national economy.
We want them to employ even more Australians. The Morrison Government is pursuing a number of measures to strengthen small and medium businesses and the national economy. The Morrison Government will continue to deliver tax relief to small and family businesses.
The Morrison Government is pursuing a number of measures to strengthen small and medium businesses and the national economy. The Morrison Government will continue to deliver tax relief to small and family businesses. The company tax rate for small and medium-sized companies with a turnover of less than $50 million has been lowered to 27.5 per cent.
The Morrison Government will continue to deliver tax relief to small and family businesses. The company tax rate for small and medium-sized companies with a turnover of less than $50 million has been lowered to 27.5 per cent. This rate will be lowered further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 as the Government accelerates its plan to deliver lower tax rates.
The company tax rate for small and medium-sized companies with a turnover of less than $50 million has been lowered to 27.5 per cent. This rate will be lowered further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 as the Government accelerates its plan to deliver lower tax rates. Similar timing applies to the increases in the unincorporated small business tax discount rate, which will increase to 16 per cent by 2021-22 (up to the cap of $1,000).
This rate will be lowered further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 as the Government accelerates its plan to deliver lower tax rates. Similar timing applies to the increases in the unincorporated small business tax discount rate, which will increase to 16 per cent by 2021-22 (up to the cap of $1,000). The instant asset write-off threshold has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and expanded to include medium-sized businesses with annual turnover of less than $50 million.
Similar timing applies to the increases in the unincorporated small business tax discount rate, which will increase to 16 per cent by 2021-22 (up to the cap of $1,000). The instant asset write-off threshold has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and expanded to include medium-sized businesses with annual turnover of less than $50 million. The initiative will benefit around 3.4 million businesses employing around 7.7 million workers.
The instant asset write-off threshold has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and expanded to include medium-sized businesses with annual turnover of less than $50 million. The initiative will benefit around 3.4 million businesses employing around 7.7 million workers. The Morrison Government will make it easier for aspiring and existing small businesses to secure finance to start or expand their business.
The initiative will benefit around 3.4 million businesses employing around 7.7 million workers. The Morrison Government will make it easier for aspiring and existing small businesses to secure finance to start or expand their business. The $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund will increase access to more competitive finance following analysis that small to medium enterprises did not have access to the finance they need to start or grow their businesses.
The Morrison Government will make it easier for aspiring and existing small businesses to secure finance to start or expand their business. The $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund will increase access to more competitive finance following analysis that small to medium enterprises did not have access to the finance they need to start or grow their businesses. The new pool of capital will help address this gap, as smaller banks and non-bank lenders will have access to more capital specifically for the sector.
The $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund will increase access to more competitive finance following analysis that small to medium enterprises did not have access to the finance they need to start or grow their businesses. The new pool of capital will help address this gap, as smaller banks and non-bank lenders will have access to more capital specifically for the sector. The Morrison Government will also ensure small business is paid on time, both by government and big business.
The new pool of capital will help address this gap, as smaller banks and non-bank lenders will have access to more capital specifically for the sector. The Morrison Government will also ensure small business is paid on time, both by government and big business. Affordable and reliable energy
The Morrison Government will also ensure small business is paid on time, both by government and big business. Affordable and reliable energy The Morrison Government’s Energy Plan will deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for Australian households and businesses.
Affordable and reliable energy The Morrison Government’s Energy Plan will deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for Australian households and businesses. The Morrison Government has given the green light to the Snowy 2.0 project by committing to a $1.4 billion equity injection.
The Morrison Government’s Energy Plan will deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for Australian households and businesses. The Morrison Government has given the green light to the Snowy 2.0 project by committing to a $1.4 billion equity injection. The project will firm up intermittent renewable energy by bringing 2000 megawatts (MW) of new renewable pumped hydro capacity into the system that will provide up to 175 hours of storage which can meet the peak demand of up to 500,000 homes.
The Morrison Government has given the green light to the Snowy 2.0 project by committing to a $1.4 billion equity injection. The project will firm up intermittent renewable energy by bringing 2000 megawatts (MW) of new renewable pumped hydro capacity into the system that will provide up to 175 hours of storage which can meet the peak demand of up to 500,000 homes. The Morrison Government has joined with the Tasmanian Government to accelerate the Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link projects by providing $56 million for the Marinus Link interconnector – a second electricity transmission connection between Tasmania and Victoria.
The project will firm up intermittent renewable energy by bringing 2000 megawatts (MW) of new renewable pumped hydro capacity into the system that will provide up to 175 hours of storage which can meet the peak demand of up to 500,000 homes. The Morrison Government has joined with the Tasmanian Government to accelerate the Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link projects by providing $56 million for the Marinus Link interconnector – a second electricity transmission connection between Tasmania and Victoria. To ensure a sufficient supply of reliable energy, the Morrison Government is delivering a program to underwrite investment in new reliable generation.
The Morrison Government has joined with the Tasmanian Government to accelerate the Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link projects by providing $56 million for the Marinus Link interconnector – a second electricity transmission connection between Tasmania and Victoria. To ensure a sufficient supply of reliable energy, the Morrison Government is delivering a program to underwrite investment in new reliable generation. This will support increased competition in the National Electricity Market and help reduce wholesale electricity prices.
To ensure a sufficient supply of reliable energy, the Morrison Government is delivering a program to underwrite investment in new reliable generation. This will support increased competition in the National Electricity Market and help reduce wholesale electricity prices. The Morrison Government has agreed to a shortlist of 12 projects representing a combined capacity of 3,818 MW equivalent to around 7 per cent of the National Electricity Market.
This will support increased competition in the National Electricity Market and help reduce wholesale electricity prices. The Morrison Government has agreed to a shortlist of 12 projects representing a combined capacity of 3,818 MW equivalent to around 7 per cent of the National Electricity Market. To reduce electricity costs for households, a re-elected Morrison Government will stop price gouging by energy companies.
The Morrison Government has agreed to a shortlist of 12 projects representing a combined capacity of 3,818 MW equivalent to around 7 per cent of the National Electricity Market. To reduce electricity costs for households, a re-elected Morrison Government will stop price gouging by energy companies. This includes banning sneaky late payment penalties, making energy retailers pass on savings in wholesale prices and stopping anti-competitive behaviour.
To reduce electricity costs for households, a re-elected Morrison Government will stop price gouging by energy companies. This includes banning sneaky late payment penalties, making energy retailers pass on savings in wholesale prices and stopping anti-competitive behaviour. A price safety net will stop big power companies ripping off loyal customers.
This includes banning sneaky late payment penalties, making energy retailers pass on savings in wholesale prices and stopping anti-competitive behaviour. A price safety net will stop big power companies ripping off loyal customers. The Morrison Government will also provide relief for electricity consumers through a one-off, income tax exempt payment of $75 for singles and $125 for couples to around 4 million eligible social security payment recipients, assisting with their next power bill and cost of living expenses.
A price safety net will stop big power companies ripping off loyal customers. The Morrison Government will also provide relief for electricity consumers through a one-off, income tax exempt payment of $75 for singles and $125 for couples to around 4 million eligible social security payment recipients, assisting with their next power bill and cost of living expenses. Building modern and productive transport infrastructure
The Morrison Government will also provide relief for electricity consumers through a one-off, income tax exempt payment of $75 for singles and $125 for couples to around 4 million eligible social security payment recipients, assisting with their next power bill and cost of living expenses. Building modern and productive transport infrastructure The Morrison Government has a $100 billion, 10 year infrastructure plan to better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets.
Building modern and productive transport infrastructure The Morrison Government has a $100 billion, 10 year infrastructure plan to better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets. Since 2013, the Coalition has made commitments to more than 770 major projects, as well as thousands of smaller upgrades across every local government area and region in Australia.
The Morrison Government has a $100 billion, 10 year infrastructure plan to better connect people to jobs, their homes and their communities, and allow businesses to connect to domestic and global export markets. Since 2013, the Coalition has made commitments to more than 770 major projects, as well as thousands of smaller upgrades across every local government area and region in Australia. Over 270 major projects have already been completed, with over 160 under construction,
Since 2013, the Coalition has made commitments to more than 770 major projects, as well as thousands of smaller upgrades across every local government area and region in Australia. Over 270 major projects have already been completed, with over 160 under construction, providing over 50,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Over 270 major projects have already been completed, with over 160 under construction, providing over 50,000 direct and indirect jobs. Investing in infrastructure projects that support the productive capacity of the economy supports growth and supports the Budget.
providing over 50,000 direct and indirect jobs. Investing in infrastructure projects that support the productive capacity of the economy supports growth and supports the Budget. The Coalition’s reforms to project selection, including assessment by Infrastructure Australia for projects receiving over $100 million, will ensure benefits flow across the economy.
Investing in infrastructure projects that support the productive capacity of the economy supports growth and supports the Budget. The Coalition’s reforms to project selection, including assessment by Infrastructure Australia for projects receiving over $100 million, will ensure benefits flow across the economy. The Morrison Government has developed a rolling 10-year infrastructure pipeline, locking in funding over the medium-term to give greater certainty for state and territory governments to plan for new projects and for industry to invest in business and workforce capacity.
The Coalition’s reforms to project selection, including assessment by Infrastructure Australia for projects receiving over $100 million, will ensure benefits flow across the economy. The Morrison Government has developed a rolling 10-year infrastructure pipeline, locking in funding over the medium-term to give greater certainty for state and territory governments to plan for new projects and for industry to invest in business and workforce capacity. The Coalition will work with state and territory governments - who are responsible for procurement on their road and rail networks - to ensure tendering processes encourage competition.
The Morrison Government has developed a rolling 10-year infrastructure pipeline, locking in funding over the medium-term to give greater certainty for state and territory governments to plan for new projects and for industry to invest in business and workforce capacity. The Coalition will work with state and territory governments - who are responsible for procurement on their road and rail networks - to ensure tendering processes encourage competition. This will ensure taxpayers get value for money,
The Coalition will work with state and territory governments - who are responsible for procurement on their road and rail networks - to ensure tendering processes encourage competition. This will ensure taxpayers get value for money, while also building the diversity and capability of the Australian construction sector.
This will ensure taxpayers get value for money, while also building the diversity and capability of the Australian construction sector. Creating more export opportunities through better infrastructure
while also building the diversity and capability of the Australian construction sector. Creating more export opportunities through better infrastructure Quality infrastructure is essential for the nation’s productive capacity and to better connect us to international markets.
Creating more export opportunities through better infrastructure Quality infrastructure is essential for the nation’s productive capacity and to better connect us to international markets. The Morrison Government will continue to invest in the transformation of Australia’s transport corridors to open new markets to Australian businesses
Quality infrastructure is essential for the nation’s productive capacity and to better connect us to international markets. The Morrison Government will continue to invest in the transformation of Australia’s transport corridors to open new markets to Australian businesses and make it easier to move goods from our primary producers and industries to domestic and overseas markets.
The Morrison Government will continue to invest in the transformation of Australia’s transport corridors to open new markets to Australian businesses and make it easier to move goods from our primary producers and industries to domestic and overseas markets. As part of the Coalition’s $100 billion 10-year infrastructure plan, significant investments are being made in rail, road and intermodal facilities, such as the Gladstone Port Access Road ($100m), the Shepparton Bypass on the Goulburn Valley Highway ($208m) and Tranche 3 of the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program ($68m).
and make it easier to move goods from our primary producers and industries to domestic and overseas markets. As part of the Coalition’s $100 billion 10-year infrastructure plan, significant investments are being made in rail, road and intermodal facilities, such as the Gladstone Port Access Road ($100m), the Shepparton Bypass on the Goulburn Valley Highway ($208m) and Tranche 3 of the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program ($68m). The signature Roads of Strategic Importance initiative has been increased to $4.5 billion to ensure our key freight roads efficiently connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs, and manufacturers can connect to their market.
As part of the Coalition’s $100 billion 10-year infrastructure plan, significant investments are being made in rail, road and intermodal facilities, such as the Gladstone Port Access Road ($100m), the Shepparton Bypass on the Goulburn Valley Highway ($208m) and Tranche 3 of the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program ($68m). The signature Roads of Strategic Importance initiative has been increased to $4.5 billion to ensure our key freight roads efficiently connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs, and manufacturers can connect to their market. The Coalition will continue to deliver the $9.3 billion Inland Rail from Brisbane to Melbourne, a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project connecting regional Australia to national and international markets.
The signature Roads of Strategic Importance initiative has been increased to $4.5 billion to ensure our key freight roads efficiently connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs, and manufacturers can connect to their market. The Coalition will continue to deliver the $9.3 billion Inland Rail from Brisbane to Melbourne, a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project connecting regional Australia to national and international markets. This project – already under construction – will deliver economic and social benefits across the country.
The Coalition will continue to deliver the $9.3 billion Inland Rail from Brisbane to Melbourne, a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project connecting regional Australia to national and international markets. This project – already under construction – will deliver economic and social benefits across the country. The nature of the freight task is evolving and freight volumes remain on track to double in the 20 years to 2030.
This project – already under construction – will deliver economic and social benefits across the country. The nature of the freight task is evolving and freight volumes remain on track to double in the 20 years to 2030. A co-ordinated national approach will drive action in investment, planning and data and technology.
The nature of the freight task is evolving and freight volumes remain on track to double in the 20 years to 2030. A co-ordinated national approach will drive action in investment, planning and data and technology. To help position Australia to meet this challenge, the Coalition will finalise a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy with all tiers of government.
A co-ordinated national approach will drive action in investment, planning and data and technology. To help position Australia to meet this challenge, the Coalition will finalise a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy with all tiers of government. Creating more export opportunities through trade deals
To help position Australia to meet this challenge, the Coalition will finalise a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy with all tiers of government. Creating more export opportunities through trade deals In just six years the Liberal National Government has embedded Australia into the major economic engines of our region.
Creating more export opportunities through trade deals In just six years the Liberal National Government has embedded Australia into the major economic engines of our region. The Government has concluded export agreements with China, Japan, Korea, the 10 economies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11)1, the 10 countries of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus)2, as well as Indonesia, Peru and Hong Kong.
In just six years the Liberal National Government has embedded Australia into the major economic engines of our region. The Government has concluded export agreements with China, Japan, Korea, the 10 economies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11)1, the 10 countries of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus)2, as well as Indonesia, Peru and Hong Kong. Australian exporters now have duty-free or preferential access to 2.8 billion consumers around the world, up more than 1.75 billion since the Coalition came to office.
The Government has concluded export agreements with China, Japan, Korea, the 10 economies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11)1, the 10 countries of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus)2, as well as Indonesia, Peru and Hong Kong. Australian exporters now have duty-free or preferential access to 2.8 billion consumers around the world, up more than 1.75 billion since the Coalition came to office. Australia’s free trade partners account for more than 55 per cent of global GDP, or over $44 trillion.
Australian exporters now have duty-free or preferential access to 2.8 billion consumers around the world, up more than 1.75 billion since the Coalition came to office. Australia’s free trade partners account for more than 55 per cent of global GDP, or over $44 trillion. Our trade deals have created substantial new opportunities for Australian exporters, including our farmers, manufacturers, miners and service providers.
Australia’s free trade partners account for more than 55 per cent of global GDP, or over $44 trillion. Our trade deals have created substantial new opportunities for Australian exporters, including our farmers, manufacturers, miners and service providers. For example, the value of exports of fresh or chilled Australian beef to Japan has increased by 42 per cent to $1.2 billion since the Japan-Australia free trade agreement came into force.
Our trade deals have created substantial new opportunities for Australian exporters, including our farmers, manufacturers, miners and service providers. For example, the value of exports of fresh or chilled Australian beef to Japan has increased by 42 per cent to $1.2 billion since the Japan-Australia free trade agreement came into force. The value of Australian exports of fresh grapes to China has increased more than 9 times to $150 million since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement came into force.
For example, the value of exports of fresh or chilled Australian beef to Japan has increased by 42 per cent to $1.2 billion since the Japan-Australia free trade agreement came into force. The value of Australian exports of fresh grapes to China has increased more than 9 times to $150 million since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement came into force. And there’s more to come.
The value of Australian exports of fresh grapes to China has increased more than 9 times to $150 million since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement came into force. And there’s more to come. The Morrison Government’s export agreement with Indonesia, once in force, will provide a major boost for Australian farmers.
And there’s more to come. The Morrison Government’s export agreement with Indonesia, once in force, will provide a major boost for Australian farmers. Under the agreement, producers of grains, live cattle and meat, dairy and horticulture, and many other products will benefit from lower tariffs and improved access to Indonesian markets.
The Morrison Government’s export agreement with Indonesia, once in force, will provide a major boost for Australian farmers. Under the agreement, producers of grains, live cattle and meat, dairy and horticulture, and many other products will benefit from lower tariffs and improved access to Indonesian markets. Australian grain growers will be able to export feed grains into Indonesia tariff free, building on our substantial milling wheat exports.
Under the agreement, producers of grains, live cattle and meat, dairy and horticulture, and many other products will benefit from lower tariffs and improved access to Indonesian markets. Australian grain growers will be able to export feed grains into Indonesia tariff free, building on our substantial milling wheat exports. A re-elected Morrison Government will prioritise the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the European Union, the implementation of the India Economic Strategy and the expansion of the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Australian grain growers will be able to export feed grains into Indonesia tariff free, building on our substantial milling wheat exports. A re-elected Morrison Government will prioritise the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the European Union, the implementation of the India Economic Strategy and the expansion of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Other market-opening opportunities include a free trade deal with the United Kingdom as soon as they are ready to do so as well as a trade agreement with the 4 nation Pacific Alliance.
A re-elected Morrison Government will prioritise the conclusion of a free trade agreement with the European Union, the implementation of the India Economic Strategy and the expansion of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Other market-opening opportunities include a free trade deal with the United Kingdom as soon as they are ready to do so as well as a trade agreement with the 4 nation Pacific Alliance. The Morrison Government will also help more Australian businesses to take on the world.
Other market-opening opportunities include a free trade deal with the United Kingdom as soon as they are ready to do so as well as a trade agreement with the 4 nation Pacific Alliance. The Morrison Government will also help more Australian businesses to take on the world. The 2019-20 Budget provided an additional $60 million for Export Market Development Grants to allow small and medium businesses to capitalise on these opportunities.
The Morrison Government will also help more Australian businesses to take on the world. The 2019-20 Budget provided an additional $60 million for Export Market Development Grants to allow small and medium businesses to capitalise on these opportunities. Ensuring the Government lives within its means
The 2019-20 Budget provided an additional $60 million for Export Market Development Grants to allow small and medium businesses to capitalise on these opportunities. Ensuring the Government lives within its means The Morrison Government has restored our nation’s finances.
Ensuring the Government lives within its means The Morrison Government has restored our nation’s finances. This turnaround has been achieved by building a strong economy and applying careful fiscal discipline.
The Morrison Government has restored our nation’s finances. This turnaround has been achieved by building a strong economy and applying careful fiscal discipline. Real spending growth is at its lowest level by any government for half a century.
This turnaround has been achieved by building a strong economy and applying careful fiscal discipline. Real spending growth is at its lowest level by any government for half a century. Australia’s budget is back in the black with a surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20.
Real spending growth is at its lowest level by any government for half a century. Australia’s budget is back in the black with a surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20. Over the next four years, the budget will deliver $45 billion in surpluses, growing to more than 1 per cent of GDP from 2026-27.
Australia’s budget is back in the black with a surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019-20. Over the next four years, the budget will deliver $45 billion in surpluses, growing to more than 1 per cent of GDP from 2026-27. We will reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner.
Over the next four years, the budget will deliver $45 billion in surpluses, growing to more than 1 per cent of GDP from 2026-27. We will reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner. This is a critical achievement as the interest bill on Labor’s legacy of debt in just one year was $18 billion – enough to build 500 schools or a world-class hospital in every state and territory.
We will reach our goal of eliminating Commonwealth net debt by 2030 or sooner. This is a critical achievement as the interest bill on Labor’s legacy of debt in just one year was $18 billion – enough to build 500 schools or a world-class hospital in every state and territory. The Choice
This is a critical achievement as the interest bill on Labor’s legacy of debt in just one year was $18 billion – enough to build 500 schools or a world-class hospital in every state and territory. The Choice There is a lot at stake at this election.
The Choice There is a lot at stake at this election. And there is a clear choice.
There is a lot at stake at this election. And there is a clear choice. A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy.
And there is a clear choice. A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy. A choice between a Government that is fixing the budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money.
A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy. A choice between a Government that is fixing the budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A choice between a Government that is making life easier for families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, families and small business.
A choice between a Government that is fixing the budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A choice between a Government that is making life easier for families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, families and small business. A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card.
A choice between a Government that is making life easier for families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees, families and small business. A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card. A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures.
A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card. A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures. An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy.
A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures. An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy. A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction.
An uncertain international economic outlook underlines the need for a sure hand in guiding the economy. A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction. A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history.
A Labor Government would mean a drastic change in economic direction. A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours.
A Shorten Labor Government would easily be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours. An economic leap in the dark
And when Labor runs out of money they come after yours. An economic leap in the dark A Shorten Labor Government will be very different from a re-elected Morrison Government.
An economic leap in the dark A Shorten Labor Government will be very different from a re-elected Morrison Government. Under Labor, personal and business taxes will be higher not lower.
A Shorten Labor Government will be very different from a re-elected Morrison Government. Under Labor, personal and business taxes will be higher not lower. Labor’s track record tells you there will be budget deficits instead of surpluses.
Under Labor, personal and business taxes will be higher not lower. Labor’s track record tells you there will be budget deficits instead of surpluses. A reckless emissions reduction target instead of a responsible one.
Labor’s track record tells you there will be budget deficits instead of surpluses. A reckless emissions reduction target instead of a responsible one. Policy based on envy rather than aspiration.
A reckless emissions reduction target instead of a responsible one. Policy based on envy rather than aspiration. Union muscle rather than the rule of law.
Policy based on envy rather than aspiration. Union muscle rather than the rule of law. Mr Shorten will take Australia in a very different direction.
Union muscle rather than the rule of law. Mr Shorten will take Australia in a very different direction. It will be an economic leap in the dark.
Mr Shorten will take Australia in a very different direction. It will be an economic leap in the dark. Labor’s plan means fewer jobs
It will be an economic leap in the dark. Labor’s plan means fewer jobs In the last 6 years, the Liberal National Government created more than 1.3 million jobs.
Labor’s plan means fewer jobs In the last 6 years, the Liberal National Government created more than 1.3 million jobs. In the next 5 years, a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs.
In the last 6 years, the Liberal National Government created more than 1.3 million jobs. In the next 5 years, a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs. It’s a credible promise because the Liberal Nationals have a proven record in job creation.
In the next 5 years, a re-elected Morrison Government will create another 1.25 million jobs. It’s a credible promise because the Liberal Nationals have a proven record in job creation. The opposite is true of Labor.When the last Labor Government was elected in 2007, the jobless rate was 4.4 per cent.
It’s a credible promise because the Liberal Nationals have a proven record in job creation. The opposite is true of Labor.When the last Labor Government was elected in 2007, the jobless rate was 4.4 per cent. When Labor left office 6 years later, the jobless rate was 5.7 per cent and rising.
The opposite is true of Labor.When the last Labor Government was elected in 2007, the jobless rate was 4.4 per cent. When Labor left office 6 years later, the jobless rate was 5.7 per cent and rising. And there were 54,700 fewer young people with jobs.
When Labor left office 6 years later, the jobless rate was 5.7 per cent and rising. And there were 54,700 fewer young people with jobs. That’s a record of job destruction not creation.
And there were 54,700 fewer young people with jobs. That’s a record of job destruction not creation. Labor’s key policy proposals will not create new jobs.
That’s a record of job destruction not creation. Labor’s key policy proposals will not create new jobs. Labor’s plan for $387 billion in new taxes will strangle economic growth.
Labor’s key policy proposals will not create new jobs. Labor’s plan for $387 billion in new taxes will strangle economic growth. That means fewer jobs not more.
Labor’s plan for $387 billion in new taxes will strangle economic growth. That means fewer jobs not more. Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction plan will kill 336,000 jobs by 2030, according to independent peer-reviewed modelling.
That means fewer jobs not more. Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction plan will kill 336,000 jobs by 2030, according to independent peer-reviewed modelling. Labor’s plan to give militant unions the power to control workplaces will destroy jobs, especially for young Australians.
Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction plan will kill 336,000 jobs by 2030, according to independent peer-reviewed modelling. Labor’s plan to give militant unions the power to control workplaces will destroy jobs, especially for young Australians. Labor will blow the budget
Labor’s plan to give militant unions the power to control workplaces will destroy jobs, especially for young Australians. Labor will blow the budget Since 1989-90, Labor Governments have delivered 12 budgets, but not a single surplus.
Labor will blow the budget Since 1989-90, Labor Governments have delivered 12 budgets, but not a single surplus. Like the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd Governments, a Shorten Labor Government will never deliver a surplus budget.
Since 1989-90, Labor Governments have delivered 12 budgets, but not a single surplus. Like the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd Governments, a Shorten Labor Government will never deliver a surplus budget. It is a habit Labor cannot break.
Like the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd Governments, a Shorten Labor Government will never deliver a surplus budget. It is a habit Labor cannot break. Labor regularly and cynically leaves massive deficits for incoming Coalition Governments to fix.
It is a habit Labor cannot break. Labor regularly and cynically leaves massive deficits for incoming Coalition Governments to fix. In 1996, the incoming Howard Government inherited an underlying cash deficit (in today’s dollars) of $26 billion or 1.5 per cent of GDP.
Labor regularly and cynically leaves massive deficits for incoming Coalition Governments to fix. In 1996, the incoming Howard Government inherited an underlying cash deficit (in today’s dollars) of $26 billion or 1.5 per cent of GDP. 3 The Howard Government returned the Budget to surplus.
In 1996, the incoming Howard Government inherited an underlying cash deficit (in today’s dollars) of $26 billion or 1.5 per cent of GDP. 3 The Howard Government returned the Budget to surplus. In 2013-14, Labor left the Coalition Government an underlying cash deficit of $48.5 billion or 3 per cent of GDP.
3 The Howard Government returned the Budget to surplus. In 2013-14, Labor left the Coalition Government an underlying cash deficit of $48.5 billion or 3 per cent of GDP. Like the Howard Government a decade ago, the Coalition has again repaired Labor’s budget mess and this year returns the Budget to surplus.
In 2013-14, Labor left the Coalition Government an underlying cash deficit of $48.5 billion or 3 per cent of GDP. Like the Howard Government a decade ago, the Coalition has again repaired Labor’s budget mess and this year returns the Budget to surplus. If given the chance, Labor will squander the surplus again, even with tens of billions in new taxes, as they did before.
Like the Howard Government a decade ago, the Coalition has again repaired Labor’s budget mess and this year returns the Budget to surplus. If given the chance, Labor will squander the surplus again, even with tens of billions in new taxes, as they did before. We must not reward Labor’s cynicism.
If given the chance, Labor will squander the surplus again, even with tens of billions in new taxes, as they did before. We must not reward Labor’s cynicism. We cannot repeat this cycle again.
We must not reward Labor’s cynicism. We cannot repeat this cycle again. We must not give up all the gains we have made.
We cannot repeat this cycle again. We must not give up all the gains we have made. Labor’s tax assault will weaken essential services
We must not give up all the gains we have made. Labor’s tax assault will weaken essential services Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes over the next decade will reduce the capacity of the economy to fund essential services like health, education, infrastructure and national security.
Labor’s tax assault will weaken essential services Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes over the next decade will reduce the capacity of the economy to fund essential services like health, education, infrastructure and national security. This is equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400 within a decade.
Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes over the next decade will reduce the capacity of the economy to fund essential services like health, education, infrastructure and national security. This is equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400 within a decade. A potential Labor Government would be the highest taxing Australian government on record.
This is equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400 within a decade. A potential Labor Government would be the highest taxing Australian government on record. This would be a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before.
A potential Labor Government would be the highest taxing Australian government on record. This would be a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before. When taxes rise, economic growth slows.
This would be a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before. When taxes rise, economic growth slows. When growth slows, government revenue falls.
When taxes rise, economic growth slows. When growth slows, government revenue falls. When government revenue falls, budgets slide deeper into deficit.
When growth slows, government revenue falls. When government revenue falls, budgets slide deeper into deficit. It becomes harder to provide high quality essential services including health, education, infrastructure and national security.
When government revenue falls, budgets slide deeper into deficit. It becomes harder to provide high quality essential services including health, education, infrastructure and national security. Business and consumer confidence fall.
It becomes harder to provide high quality essential services including health, education, infrastructure and national security. Business and consumer confidence fall. Growth slows further.
Business and consumer confidence fall. Growth slows further. Deficits deepen.
Growth slows further. Deficits deepen. The cost of servicing the debt grows.
Deficits deepen. The cost of servicing the debt grows. The economic downward spiral accelerates.
The cost of servicing the debt grows. The economic downward spiral accelerates. A Shorten Government will bow to the iron fist of militant union bosses
The economic downward spiral accelerates. A Shorten Government will bow to the iron fist of militant union bosses The Labor Party has never been more deferential to militant union demands.
A Shorten Government will bow to the iron fist of militant union bosses The Labor Party has never been more deferential to militant union demands. Labor would put militant union bosses back in charge.
The Labor Party has never been more deferential to militant union demands. Labor would put militant union bosses back in charge. They have promised a return to lawlessness in the construction industry by abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
Labor would put militant union bosses back in charge. They have promised a return to lawlessness in the construction industry by abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission. Last time they abolished the construction industry watchdog, days lost to industrial action in the industry increased by 660 per cent.
They have promised a return to lawlessness in the construction industry by abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission. Last time they abolished the construction industry watchdog, days lost to industrial action in the industry increased by 660 per cent. They would allow a return to bad behaviour by dodgy trade union bosses by abolishing our anti-corruption agency for unions and employer associations, the Registered Organisations Commission.
Last time they abolished the construction industry watchdog, days lost to industrial action in the industry increased by 660 per cent. They would allow a return to bad behaviour by dodgy trade union bosses by abolishing our anti-corruption agency for unions and employer associations, the Registered Organisations Commission. They would threaten the livelihoods of 35,000 owner truck drivers by promising a return of the union-friendly trucking tribunal that threatened to put them out of business.
They would allow a return to bad behaviour by dodgy trade union bosses by abolishing our anti-corruption agency for unions and employer associations, the Registered Organisations Commission. They would threaten the livelihoods of 35,000 owner truck drivers by promising a return of the union-friendly trucking tribunal that threatened to put them out of business. And they are a risk to the CFA volunteer firefighters that we protected from a hostile union takeover despite constant opposition from Labor.
They would threaten the livelihoods of 35,000 owner truck drivers by promising a return of the union-friendly trucking tribunal that threatened to put them out of business. And they are a risk to the CFA volunteer firefighters that we protected from a hostile union takeover despite constant opposition from Labor. Labor would also completely change the rules of industrial relations.
And they are a risk to the CFA volunteer firefighters that we protected from a hostile union takeover despite constant opposition from Labor. Labor would also completely change the rules of industrial relations. Labor has already promised to impose industry-wide strikes, allow politicians to interfere with pay decisions, tear up enterprise bargaining, give union bosses the upper hand in negotiations, give unions the power to pilfer workers’ entitlements held in accounts they control, exempt union-run industry super funds from tax hikes, impose a union veto on trade agreements and restrict backpacker work visas that help our farming sector.
Labor would also completely change the rules of industrial relations. Labor has already promised to impose industry-wide strikes, allow politicians to interfere with pay decisions, tear up enterprise bargaining, give union bosses the upper hand in negotiations, give unions the power to pilfer workers’ entitlements held in accounts they control, exempt union-run industry super funds from tax hikes, impose a union veto on trade agreements and restrict backpacker work visas that help our farming sector. This alone will hurt jobs
Labor has already promised to impose industry-wide strikes, allow politicians to interfere with pay decisions, tear up enterprise bargaining, give union bosses the upper hand in negotiations, give unions the power to pilfer workers’ entitlements held in accounts they control, exempt union-run industry super funds from tax hikes, impose a union veto on trade agreements and restrict backpacker work visas that help our farming sector. This alone will hurt jobs and the economy.
This alone will hurt jobs and the economy. And who knows what other changes former union leader Bill Shorten would make to keep militant union bosses happy.
and the economy. And who knows what other changes former union leader Bill Shorten would make to keep militant union bosses happy. Labor’s reckless emissions reductions will flatten the economy, jobs and wages
And who knows what other changes former union leader Bill Shorten would make to keep militant union bosses happy. Labor’s reckless emissions reductions will flatten the economy, jobs and wages Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will damage virtually every sector of the Australian economy.
Labor’s reckless emissions reductions will flatten the economy, jobs and wages Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will damage virtually every sector of the Australian economy. Labor also wants to increase the cost of family SUVs and tradies utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles with its new car tax.
Labor’s reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target will damage virtually every sector of the Australian economy. Labor also wants to increase the cost of family SUVs and tradies utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles with its new car tax. Economic modelling by respected economist Dr Brian Fisher has found Labor’s 45 per cent target will slash economic growth
Labor also wants to increase the cost of family SUVs and tradies utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles with its new car tax. Economic modelling by respected economist Dr Brian Fisher has found Labor’s 45 per cent target will slash economic growth , jobs and wage growth.
Economic modelling by respected economist Dr Brian Fisher has found Labor’s 45 per cent target will slash economic growth , jobs and wage growth. Over the decade to 2030, there will be a $472 billion hit to the Australian economy,
, jobs and wage growth. Over the decade to 2030, there will be a $472 billion hit to the Australian economy, 336,000 jobs will be lost and average yearly full-time wages will shrink by nearly $9000 by 2030.
Over the decade to 2030, there will be a $472 billion hit to the Australian economy, 336,000 jobs will be lost and average yearly full-time wages will shrink by nearly $9000 by 2030. All sectors, except iron ore, will shrink.
336,000 jobs will be lost and average yearly full-time wages will shrink by nearly $9000 by 2030. All sectors, except iron ore, will shrink. Electricity prices will nearly double under Labor’s target.
All sectors, except iron ore, will shrink. Electricity prices will nearly double under Labor’s target. The Cost
Electricity prices will nearly double under Labor’s target. The Cost The Coalition’s Plan for a Stronger Economy
The Cost The Coalition’s Plan for a Stronger Economy and More Jobs will not place additional costs on the Budget.
The Coalition’s Plan for a Stronger Economy and More Jobs will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for Lower Taxes for Small Business
and More Jobs will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for Lower Taxes for Small Business KEY POINTS
Our Plan for Lower Taxes for Small Business KEY POINTS Small businesses are the beating heart of the Australian economy.
KEY POINTS Small businesses are the beating heart of the Australian economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off.
Small businesses are the beating heart of the Australian economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off. It means more jobs,
When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off. It means more jobs, more choice, better living standards
It means more jobs, more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities.
more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities. When you work hard, build your business and invest in your community you are having a go.
and more vibrant and connected communities. When you work hard, build your business and invest in your community you are having a go. And you will get a go under the Morrison Government.
When you work hard, build your business and invest in your community you are having a go. And you will get a go under the Morrison Government. That’s what the Morrison Government believes in.
And you will get a go under the Morrison Government. That’s what the Morrison Government believes in. That’s why we are backing small business to invest, employ more workers and grow their business.
That’s what the Morrison Government believes in. That’s why we are backing small business to invest, employ more workers and grow their business. We will lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses.
That’s why we are backing small business to invest, employ more workers and grow their business. We will lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses. We will make it easier for them to employ even more Australians.
We will lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses. We will make it easier for them to employ even more Australians. We will incentivise their investment in productivity-enhancing equipment.
We will make it easier for them to employ even more Australians. We will incentivise their investment in productivity-enhancing equipment. We will expand their access to finance.
We will incentivise their investment in productivity-enhancing equipment. We will expand their access to finance. We will ensure they have the skills they need for today and tomorrow.
We will expand their access to finance. We will ensure they have the skills they need for today and tomorrow. We will ensure they get a fair go by stopping big business abusing their market power.
We will ensure they have the skills they need for today and tomorrow. We will ensure they get a fair go by stopping big business abusing their market power. We will ensure they are paid on-time by government and larger businesses.
We will ensure they get a fair go by stopping big business abusing their market power. We will ensure they are paid on-time by government and larger businesses. We will lift the red tape and paperwork burden.
We will ensure they are paid on-time by government and larger businesses. We will lift the red tape and paperwork burden. We will enable them to get their products to their customers more quickly with modern transport infrastructure.
We will lift the red tape and paperwork burden. We will enable them to get their products to their customers more quickly with modern transport infrastructure. We will give them access to billions of global consumers with market-opening trade agreements.
We will enable them to get their products to their customers more quickly with modern transport infrastructure. We will give them access to billions of global consumers with market-opening trade agreements. We will ensure they have affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.
We will give them access to billions of global consumers with market-opening trade agreements. We will ensure they have affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. We will help them seize the opportunities provided by the digital economy.
We will ensure they have affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. We will help them seize the opportunities provided by the digital economy. We will support their mental health and wellbeing so they can support their family, business, employees and local community.
We will help them seize the opportunities provided by the digital economy. We will support their mental health and wellbeing so they can support their family, business, employees and local community. We will support tens of thousands of Australian women through our female entrepreneurs programs.
We will support their mental health and wellbeing so they can support their family, business, employees and local community. We will support tens of thousands of Australian women through our female entrepreneurs programs. It is part of our plan for a stronger economy that provides the settings and opportunity for business to do what it does best.
We will support tens of thousands of Australian women through our female entrepreneurs programs. It is part of our plan for a stronger economy that provides the settings and opportunity for business to do what it does best. Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration.
It is part of our plan for a stronger economy that provides the settings and opportunity for business to do what it does best. Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Labor’s taxes are bad for business.
Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Labor’s taxes are bad for business. Small business will get hit twice.
Labor’s taxes are bad for business. Small business will get hit twice. First, Labor's higher taxes would directly hit small business.
Small business will get hit twice. First, Labor's higher taxes would directly hit small business. Second, a Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history.
First, Labor's higher taxes would directly hit small business. Second, a Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history. That will weaken our economy and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in.
Second, a Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history. That will weaken our economy and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in. OUR PLAN
That will weaken our economy and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in. OUR PLAN The Morrison Government is already delivering lower taxes for small and medium businesses.
OUR PLAN The Morrison Government is already delivering lower taxes for small and medium businesses. Lower taxes mean more money to reinvest back into the business
The Morrison Government is already delivering lower taxes for small and medium businesses. Lower taxes mean more money to reinvest back into the business and create more jobs for Australians.
Lower taxes mean more money to reinvest back into the business and create more jobs for Australians. The Morrison Government has already provided lower taxes to around 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employing over 7 million workers.
and create more jobs for Australians. The Morrison Government has already provided lower taxes to around 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employing over 7 million workers. We have fast tracked small and medium businesses moving to a lower corporate tax rate.
The Morrison Government has already provided lower taxes to around 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employing over 7 million workers. We have fast tracked small and medium businesses moving to a lower corporate tax rate. The Morrison Government has already lowered the tax rate from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent.
We have fast tracked small and medium businesses moving to a lower corporate tax rate. The Morrison Government has already lowered the tax rate from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent. And this rate will be cut further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 - five years earlier than previously planned.
The Morrison Government has already lowered the tax rate from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent. And this rate will be cut further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 - five years earlier than previously planned. Fast-tracking these lower taxes will benefit around 970,000 small and medium companies that employ over 5 million workers.
And this rate will be cut further to 25 per cent by 2021-22 - five years earlier than previously planned. Fast-tracking these lower taxes will benefit around 970,000 small and medium companies that employ over 5 million workers. We will ensure that unincorporated small businesses receive comparable treatment through an increase in their small business discount.
Fast-tracking these lower taxes will benefit around 970,000 small and medium companies that employ over 5 million workers. We will ensure that unincorporated small businesses receive comparable treatment through an increase in their small business discount. This will benefit around 2.4 million businesses employing 1.9 million workers.
We will ensure that unincorporated small businesses receive comparable treatment through an increase in their small business discount. This will benefit around 2.4 million businesses employing 1.9 million workers. The Morrison Government is also helping small and medium businesses invest
This will benefit around 2.4 million businesses employing 1.9 million workers. The Morrison Government is also helping small and medium businesses invest And grow through increasing and expanding the instant asset write-off.
The Morrison Government is also helping small and medium businesses invest And grow through increasing and expanding the instant asset write-off. It has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and it can be used every time an asset under that amount is purchased.
And grow through increasing and expanding the instant asset write-off. It has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and it can be used every time an asset under that amount is purchased. That will enable a café to get a new fridge or grill, a plumber to buy new tools or a courier a new van.
It has been increased from $25,000 to $30,000 and it can be used every time an asset under that amount is purchased. That will enable a café to get a new fridge or grill, a plumber to buy new tools or a courier a new van. The incentive will also be expanded so medium-sized businesses with a turnover up to $50 million can access it.
That will enable a café to get a new fridge or grill, a plumber to buy new tools or a courier a new van. The incentive will also be expanded so medium-sized businesses with a turnover up to $50 million can access it. This will benefit an extra 22,000 additional businesses employing around 1.7 million workers.
The incentive will also be expanded so medium-sized businesses with a turnover up to $50 million can access it. This will benefit an extra 22,000 additional businesses employing around 1.7 million workers. The Morrison Government has set a speed limit on taxes as a share of our economy.
This will benefit an extra 22,000 additional businesses employing around 1.7 million workers. The Morrison Government has set a speed limit on taxes as a share of our economy. We are ensuring that the economy isn’t burdened with higher and higher taxes.
The Morrison Government has set a speed limit on taxes as a share of our economy. We are ensuring that the economy isn’t burdened with higher and higher taxes. The personal tax relief we are providing to millions of Australians will help boost spending at local small businesses.
We are ensuring that the economy isn’t burdened with higher and higher taxes. The personal tax relief we are providing to millions of Australians will help boost spending at local small businesses. Haylee and Martin own a company, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd, through which they operate several nurseries in Newcastle.
The personal tax relief we are providing to millions of Australians will help boost spending at local small businesses. Haylee and Martin own a company, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd, through which they operate several nurseries in Newcastle. HM Nurseries Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $5.2 million and a taxable income of $150,000 for the 2019-20 income year.
Haylee and Martin own a company, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd, through which they operate several nurseries in Newcastle. HM Nurseries Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $5.2 million and a taxable income of $150,000 for the 2019-20 income year. They employ 15 workers.
HM Nurseries Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $5.2 million and a taxable income of $150,000 for the 2019-20 income year. They employ 15 workers. To continue to expand the business, and offer delivery services to clients, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd purchases two new vans halfway through the financial year.
They employ 15 workers. To continue to expand the business, and offer delivery services to clients, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd purchases two new vans halfway through the financial year. The vans cost $29,000 each, exclusive of GST.
To continue to expand the business, and offer delivery services to clients, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd purchases two new vans halfway through the financial year. The vans cost $29,000 each, exclusive of GST. Under previously announced arrangements, the vans each cost more than the $25,000 threshold for the instant asset write-off in the 2019-20 income year.
The vans cost $29,000 each, exclusive of GST. Under previously announced arrangements, the vans each cost more than the $25,000 threshold for the instant asset write-off in the 2019-20 income year. This means they would be added to HM Nurseries Pty Ltd’s small business depreciation asset pool and depreciated by 15 per cent.
Under previously announced arrangements, the vans each cost more than the $25,000 threshold for the instant asset write-off in the 2019-20 income year. This means they would be added to HM Nurseries Pty Ltd’s small business depreciation asset pool and depreciated by 15 per cent. HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $8,700 for the depreciation of the vans.
This means they would be added to HM Nurseries Pty Ltd’s small business depreciation asset pool and depreciated by 15 per cent. HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $8,700 for the depreciation of the vans. Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $58,000 for the purchase of the two vans in the 2019-20 income year, $49,300 more than under previously announced arrangements.
HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $8,700 for the depreciation of the vans. Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $58,000 for the purchase of the two vans in the 2019-20 income year, $49,300 more than under previously announced arrangements. This will help the business to invest, grow and employ more workers.
Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, HM Nurseries Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $58,000 for the purchase of the two vans in the 2019-20 income year, $49,300 more than under previously announced arrangements. This will help the business to invest, grow and employ more workers. The Morrison Government’s changes mean that HM Nurseries Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by over $13,500.
This will help the business to invest, grow and employ more workers. The Morrison Government’s changes mean that HM Nurseries Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by over $13,500. Mark owns a company, Lat Val Pty Ltd, through which he operates a food manufacturing business in the Latrobe Valley employing 60 staff.
The Morrison Government’s changes mean that HM Nurseries Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by over $13,500. Mark owns a company, Lat Val Pty Ltd, through which he operates a food manufacturing business in the Latrobe Valley employing 60 staff. Lat Val Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $25 million and a taxable income of $900,000 for the 2019-20 income year.
Mark owns a company, Lat Val Pty Ltd, through which he operates a food manufacturing business in the Latrobe Valley employing 60 staff. Lat Val Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $25 million and a taxable income of $900,000 for the 2019-20 income year. Ordinarily Lat Val Pty Ltd would be too large to access the instant asset write-off, but the changes in the 2019 20 Budget mean it can now benefit.
Lat Val Pty Ltd has an aggregated turnover of $25 million and a taxable income of $900,000 for the 2019-20 income year. Ordinarily Lat Val Pty Ltd would be too large to access the instant asset write-off, but the changes in the 2019 20 Budget mean it can now benefit. Lat Val Pty Ltd purchases 10 new commercial ovens halfway through the income year, at a cost of $12,000 each, exclusive of GST, to allow Lat Val Pty Ltd to expand its business and improve efficiency.
Ordinarily Lat Val Pty Ltd would be too large to access the instant asset write-off, but the changes in the 2019 20 Budget mean it can now benefit. Lat Val Pty Ltd purchases 10 new commercial ovens halfway through the income year, at a cost of $12,000 each, exclusive of GST, to allow Lat Val Pty Ltd to expand its business and improve efficiency. Under existing tax arrangements, Lat Val Pty Ltd would depreciate the new ovens using an effective life of 15 years.
Lat Val Pty Ltd purchases 10 new commercial ovens halfway through the income year, at a cost of $12,000 each, exclusive of GST, to allow Lat Val Pty Ltd to expand its business and improve efficiency. Under existing tax arrangements, Lat Val Pty Ltd would depreciate the new ovens using an effective life of 15 years. Choosing to use the diminishing value method, Lat Val Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $800 per oven, a total deduction of $8,000 for the 2019-20 income year.
Under existing tax arrangements, Lat Val Pty Ltd would depreciate the new ovens using an effective life of 15 years. Choosing to use the diminishing value method, Lat Val Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $800 per oven, a total deduction of $8,000 for the 2019-20 income year. Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, Lat Val Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $120,000 for the purchase of the 10 ovens in the 2019 20 income year, $112,000 more than under existing arrangements.
Choosing to use the diminishing value method, Lat Val Pty Ltd would claim a tax deduction of $800 per oven, a total deduction of $8,000 for the 2019-20 income year. Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, Lat Val Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $120,000 for the purchase of the 10 ovens in the 2019 20 income year, $112,000 more than under existing arrangements. This will help the business to invest, grow
Under the new $30,000 instant asset write-off, Lat Val Pty Ltd would instead claim an immediate deduction of $120,000 for the purchase of the 10 ovens in the 2019 20 income year, $112,000 more than under existing arrangements. This will help the business to invest, grow and employ more workers.
This will help the business to invest, grow and employ more workers. The Morrison Government’s changes mean that Lat Val Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by $30,800.
and employ more workers. The Morrison Government’s changes mean that Lat Val Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by $30,800. THE CHOICE
The Morrison Government’s changes mean that Lat Val Pty Ltd pays less tax, increasing its cash flow by $30,800. THE CHOICE Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration.
THE CHOICE Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Labor's plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small businesses.
Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Labor's plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small businesses. Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business.
Labor's plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small businesses. Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business. Not only will small business suffer directly from higher taxes, they will feel the effects of the flow-on impact of a weaker economy.
Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business. Not only will small business suffer directly from higher taxes, they will feel the effects of the flow-on impact of a weaker economy. Within a decade, Labor's tax hit will be the equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400.
Not only will small business suffer directly from higher taxes, they will feel the effects of the flow-on impact of a weaker economy. Within a decade, Labor's tax hit will be the equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400. That is $5,400 less to spend at local businesses.
Within a decade, Labor's tax hit will be the equivalent to an extra yearly household tax bill of $5,400. That is $5,400 less to spend at local businesses. That’s $5,400 less going back into the community.
That is $5,400 less to spend at local businesses. That’s $5,400 less going back into the community. A Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history.
That’s $5,400 less going back into the community. A Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history. This would weaken our economy and provide fewer opportunities for small business to thrive.
A Shorten Labor government would be the highest taxing government in Australia’s history. This would weaken our economy and provide fewer opportunities for small business to thrive. Labor are proposing a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before.
This would weaken our economy and provide fewer opportunities for small business to thrive. Labor are proposing a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before. Each and every one of Labor’s new taxes will hit small, medium and family businesses across Australia.
Labor are proposing a dangerous experiment on a scale that has never been conducted before. Each and every one of Labor’s new taxes will hit small, medium and family businesses across Australia. Labor’s $230 billion income tax and $6.5 billion deficit levy will limit enterprise and aspiration.
Each and every one of Labor’s new taxes will hit small, medium and family businesses across Australia. Labor’s $230 billion income tax and $6.5 billion deficit levy will limit enterprise and aspiration. Unincorporated small businesses will be directly hit as their business grows and incomes rise as a result of their hard work.
Labor’s $230 billion income tax and $6.5 billion deficit levy will limit enterprise and aspiration. Unincorporated small businesses will be directly hit as their business grows and incomes rise as a result of their hard work. Small business will feel the effects if legislated tax relief is taken away from millions of Australians, reducing spending at local small businesses.
Unincorporated small businesses will be directly hit as their business grows and incomes rise as a result of their hard work. Small business will feel the effects if legislated tax relief is taken away from millions of Australians, reducing spending at local small businesses. Labor’s $31 billion housing tax will reduce home values and increase rents.
Small business will feel the effects if legislated tax relief is taken away from millions of Australians, reducing spending at local small businesses. Labor’s $31 billion housing tax will reduce home values and increase rents. Small business owners will be directly hit as they often rely on the equity in their homes to secure finance - making access to finance more difficult as the value of their homes reduces.
Labor’s $31 billion housing tax will reduce home values and increase rents. Small business owners will be directly hit as they often rely on the equity in their homes to secure finance - making access to finance more difficult as the value of their homes reduces. Small business owners will be directly hit by higher rents.
Small business owners will be directly hit as they often rely on the equity in their homes to secure finance - making access to finance more difficult as the value of their homes reduces. Small business owners will be directly hit by higher rents. Small businesses in the construction industry will be hit with the Master Builders Association finding that Labor’s policy would result in up to 42,000 fewer new dwellings, 32,000 fewer full-time jobs and an $11.8 billion drop in building activity.
Small business owners will be directly hit by higher rents. Small businesses in the construction industry will be hit with the Master Builders Association finding that Labor’s policy would result in up to 42,000 fewer new dwellings, 32,000 fewer full-time jobs and an $11.8 billion drop in building activity. Labor’s $57 billion retiree tax will destroy the value small business owners have built up in their business.
Small businesses in the construction industry will be hit with the Master Builders Association finding that Labor’s policy would result in up to 42,000 fewer new dwellings, 32,000 fewer full-time jobs and an $11.8 billion drop in building activity. Labor’s $57 billion retiree tax will destroy the value small business owners have built up in their business. Small business owners will be directly hit if they receive dividends from their business.
Labor’s $57 billion retiree tax will destroy the value small business owners have built up in their business. Small business owners will be directly hit if they receive dividends from their business. It will destroy the plans of older small business owners who have spent many years building their business,
Small business owners will be directly hit if they receive dividends from their business. It will destroy the plans of older small business owners who have spent many years building their business, creating jobs
It will destroy the plans of older small business owners who have spent many years building their business, creating jobs and investing in their community,
creating jobs and investing in their community, with the plan to use the franking credits from their small business in retirement.
and investing in their community, with the plan to use the franking credits from their small business in retirement. It will hit main street small businesses in communities with large retiree populations, as retirees will no longer be able to afford to go out for the club meal, purchase a coffee and cake or buy some toys for their grandkids.
with the plan to use the franking credits from their small business in retirement. It will hit main street small businesses in communities with large retiree populations, as retirees will no longer be able to afford to go out for the club meal, purchase a coffee and cake or buy some toys for their grandkids. Labor’s $27 billion family business tax will tax small family businesses at the same rate as large multinational companies.
It will hit main street small businesses in communities with large retiree populations, as retirees will no longer be able to afford to go out for the club meal, purchase a coffee and cake or buy some toys for their grandkids. Labor’s $27 billion family business tax will tax small family businesses at the same rate as large multinational companies. 300,000 small family businesses will be directly hit with a minimum tax rate of 30 per cent.
Labor’s $27 billion family business tax will tax small family businesses at the same rate as large multinational companies. 300,000 small family businesses will be directly hit with a minimum tax rate of 30 per cent. It will hurt small businesses that are using these trusts for asset protection, estate planning or to manage cash flows.
300,000 small family businesses will be directly hit with a minimum tax rate of 30 per cent. It will hurt small businesses that are using these trusts for asset protection, estate planning or to manage cash flows. Labor’s $34 billion in superannuation taxes will punish start-up and micro business owners limiting how they can contribute to their superannuation.
It will hurt small businesses that are using these trusts for asset protection, estate planning or to manage cash flows. Labor’s $34 billion in superannuation taxes will punish start-up and micro business owners limiting how they can contribute to their superannuation. Labor will no longer allow personal superannuation contributions to be deducted where more than 10 per cent of their income is from outside their business - a common occurrence if they are working another job while establishing their business.
Labor’s $34 billion in superannuation taxes will punish start-up and micro business owners limiting how they can contribute to their superannuation. Labor will no longer allow personal superannuation contributions to be deducted where more than 10 per cent of their income is from outside their business - a common occurrence if they are working another job while establishing their business. 800,000 Australians are estimated to benefit from working part time, taking a salary while establishing their business.
Labor will no longer allow personal superannuation contributions to be deducted where more than 10 per cent of their income is from outside their business - a common occurrence if they are working another job while establishing their business. 800,000 Australians are estimated to benefit from working part time, taking a salary while establishing their business. Labor’s $2 billion tax return tax will mean an extra cost for many sole trading businesses to comply with Australian tax laws, and because they can no longer afford it will mean they do not get the important advice they need.
800,000 Australians are estimated to benefit from working part time, taking a salary while establishing their business. Labor’s $2 billion tax return tax will mean an extra cost for many sole trading businesses to comply with Australian tax laws, and because they can no longer afford it will mean they do not get the important advice they need. Making matters worse the $387 billion tax hike doesn’t take into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes.
Labor’s $2 billion tax return tax will mean an extra cost for many sole trading businesses to comply with Australian tax laws, and because they can no longer afford it will mean they do not get the important advice they need. Making matters worse the $387 billion tax hike doesn’t take into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes. Small business will be directly hit as the cost of doing business is pushed up, and the car tax will mean businesses may not be able to purchase the vehicles they need to do the job properly.
Making matters worse the $387 billion tax hike doesn’t take into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes. Small business will be directly hit as the cost of doing business is pushed up, and the car tax will mean businesses may not be able to purchase the vehicles they need to do the job properly. The choice is clear.
Small business will be directly hit as the cost of doing business is pushed up, and the car tax will mean businesses may not be able to purchase the vehicles they need to do the job properly. The choice is clear. Small, medium and family businesses will suffer as a result of Labor’s $387 billion plan for higher taxes.
The choice is clear. Small, medium and family businesses will suffer as a result of Labor’s $387 billion plan for higher taxes. By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of backing small and medium businesses and a plan for lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses.
Small, medium and family businesses will suffer as a result of Labor’s $387 billion plan for higher taxes. By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of backing small and medium businesses and a plan for lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses. COSTS
By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of backing small and medium businesses and a plan for lower taxes for small, medium and family businesses. COSTS The Coalition’s plan for lower taxes for small business will not place additional costs on the Budget.
COSTS The Coalition’s plan for lower taxes for small business will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan to Support Retirees
The Coalition’s plan for lower taxes for small business will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan to Support Retirees Key points
Our Plan to Support Retirees Key points Retirees should enjoy choice.
Key points Retirees should enjoy choice. The reward for a lifetime of hard work should always be a long, healthy and dignified retirement.
Retirees should enjoy choice. The reward for a lifetime of hard work should always be a long, healthy and dignified retirement. When you work hard, save and provision for the future, nothing should stand in the way of your freedom and independence.
The reward for a lifetime of hard work should always be a long, healthy and dignified retirement. When you work hard, save and provision for the future, nothing should stand in the way of your freedom and independence. That’s what the Morrison Government believes.
When you work hard, save and provision for the future, nothing should stand in the way of your freedom and independence. That’s what the Morrison Government believes. And that’s why we’re backing retirees to achieve their goals of self-reliance and fulfilment.
That’s what the Morrison Government believes. And that’s why we’re backing retirees to achieve their goals of self-reliance and fulfilment. We will support retirees’ independence and dignity.
And that’s why we’re backing retirees to achieve their goals of self-reliance and fulfilment. We will support retirees’ independence and dignity. We will ensure their savings are protected.
We will support retirees’ independence and dignity. We will ensure their savings are protected. We will protect and expand access to self-managed super.
We will ensure their savings are protected. We will protect and expand access to self-managed super. We will not undermine the value of their home.
We will protect and expand access to self-managed super. We will not undermine the value of their home. We will not hit them with new taxes on superannuation.
We will not undermine the value of their home. We will not hit them with new taxes on superannuation. Guaranteed.
We will not hit them with new taxes on superannuation. Guaranteed. We understand that not everybody will face the same circumstances or make the same choices later in life.
Guaranteed. We understand that not everybody will face the same circumstances or make the same choices later in life. Our policies respect these differences: whether you’re a self-funded retiree or a pensioner.
We understand that not everybody will face the same circumstances or make the same choices later in life. Our policies respect these differences: whether you’re a self-funded retiree or a pensioner. The same cannot be said of Bill Shorten and the Labor Party.
Our policies respect these differences: whether you’re a self-funded retiree or a pensioner. The same cannot be said of Bill Shorten and the Labor Party. Labor thrives on conflict, including policies to turn retirees against pensioners.
The same cannot be said of Bill Shorten and the Labor Party. Labor thrives on conflict, including policies to turn retirees against pensioners. Their devastating Retiree Tax is a $57 billion tax grab that would hit over 1 million Australians.
Labor thrives on conflict, including policies to turn retirees against pensioners. Their devastating Retiree Tax is a $57 billion tax grab that would hit over 1 million Australians. This includes more than 900,000 Australians with direct shareholdings, 200,000 self-managed super funds and 1,800 super funds.
Their devastating Retiree Tax is a $57 billion tax grab that would hit over 1 million Australians. This includes more than 900,000 Australians with direct shareholdings, 200,000 self-managed super funds and 1,800 super funds. On average, these retirees would lose almost $2,300 a year – and more than half of them are women.
This includes more than 900,000 Australians with direct shareholdings, 200,000 self-managed super funds and 1,800 super funds. On average, these retirees would lose almost $2,300 a year – and more than half of them are women. Self-managed super funds would lose $12,000 a year.
On average, these retirees would lose almost $2,300 a year – and more than half of them are women. Self-managed super funds would lose $12,000 a year. Labor claims their Retiree Tax will only slug the wealthy, but the truth is that 84% of Australians who would be affected are on a taxable income of less than $37,000.
Self-managed super funds would lose $12,000 a year. Labor claims their Retiree Tax will only slug the wealthy, but the truth is that 84% of Australians who would be affected are on a taxable income of less than $37,000. And 50,000 pensioners in self-managed super funds would also be hit.
Labor claims their Retiree Tax will only slug the wealthy, but the truth is that 84% of Australians who would be affected are on a taxable income of less than $37,000. And 50,000 pensioners in self-managed super funds would also be hit. The Morrison Government believes in choice, freedom and dignity for all Australians who have worked hard.
And 50,000 pensioners in self-managed super funds would also be hit. The Morrison Government believes in choice, freedom and dignity for all Australians who have worked hard. Labor has no respect for those who have worked hard, paid taxes and planned for an independent retirement.
The Morrison Government believes in choice, freedom and dignity for all Australians who have worked hard. Labor has no respect for those who have worked hard, paid taxes and planned for an independent retirement. Our Plan
Labor has no respect for those who have worked hard, paid taxes and planned for an independent retirement. Our Plan Our policies are already delivering for retirees and pensioners.
Our Plan Our policies are already delivering for retirees and pensioners. We are backing self-funded retirees and pensioners by: Guaranteeing no new taxes on superannuation.
Our policies are already delivering for retirees and pensioners. We are backing self-funded retirees and pensioners by: Guaranteeing no new taxes on superannuation. Improving flexibility of the superannuation system.
We are backing self-funded retirees and pensioners by: Guaranteeing no new taxes on superannuation. Improving flexibility of the superannuation system. From 1 July 2020, Australians aged 65 and 66 will be able to make voluntary superannuation contributions even if they do not meet the current work test requirement to work at least 40 hours over a 30-day period in the year they seek to make contributions.
Improving flexibility of the superannuation system. From 1 July 2020, Australians aged 65 and 66 will be able to make voluntary superannuation contributions even if they do not meet the current work test requirement to work at least 40 hours over a 30-day period in the year they seek to make contributions. For example, it means part time workers – such as a 65 year-old who works one day a week and who wouldn’t meet the current work test – can now contribute to superannuation.
From 1 July 2020, Australians aged 65 and 66 will be able to make voluntary superannuation contributions even if they do not meet the current work test requirement to work at least 40 hours over a 30-day period in the year they seek to make contributions. For example, it means part time workers – such as a 65 year-old who works one day a week and who wouldn’t meet the current work test – can now contribute to superannuation. Providing wage subsidies and training incentives for mature age workers.
For example, it means part time workers – such as a 65 year-old who works one day a week and who wouldn’t meet the current work test – can now contribute to superannuation. Providing wage subsidies and training incentives for mature age workers. Protecting and expanding access to self-managed super, with a plan to extend the maximum size of self-managed super funds from four to six members – enabling more families to take control of their retirement savings.
Providing wage subsidies and training incentives for mature age workers. Protecting and expanding access to self-managed super, with a plan to extend the maximum size of self-managed super funds from four to six members – enabling more families to take control of their retirement savings. Widening choices in later years through an expanded pension loans scheme, giving around 1.8 million Australians the option to boost their income by drawing down on more of the equity in their own home.
Protecting and expanding access to self-managed super, with a plan to extend the maximum size of self-managed super funds from four to six members – enabling more families to take control of their retirement savings. Widening choices in later years through an expanded pension loans scheme, giving around 1.8 million Australians the option to boost their income by drawing down on more of the equity in their own home. Allowing contributions to super from the proceeds of downsizing, up to $300,000 for eligible Australians aged 65 and over.
Widening choices in later years through an expanded pension loans scheme, giving around 1.8 million Australians the option to boost their income by drawing down on more of the equity in their own home. Allowing contributions to super from the proceeds of downsizing, up to $300,000 for eligible Australians aged 65 and over. Continuing to give self-managed super funds the flexibility to borrow on a non-recourse basis to help maximise returns for retirement.
Allowing contributions to super from the proceeds of downsizing, up to $300,000 for eligible Australians aged 65 and over. Continuing to give self-managed super funds the flexibility to borrow on a non-recourse basis to help maximise returns for retirement. In contrast, Labor has promised to ban this practice.
Continuing to give self-managed super funds the flexibility to borrow on a non-recourse basis to help maximise returns for retirement. In contrast, Labor has promised to ban this practice. Stopping Labor’s unfair Retiree Tax.
In contrast, Labor has promised to ban this practice. Stopping Labor’s unfair Retiree Tax. Currently, most retirees who receive share dividends get a (franking credit) refund on the tax they have already paid via the company in which they invest.
Stopping Labor’s unfair Retiree Tax. Currently, most retirees who receive share dividends get a (franking credit) refund on the tax they have already paid via the company in which they invest. By abolishing tax refunds on dividends, Labor’s Retiree Tax would reach into the pockets of over 1 million Australians, many being retirees and pensioners, taxing them again.
Currently, most retirees who receive share dividends get a (franking credit) refund on the tax they have already paid via the company in which they invest. By abolishing tax refunds on dividends, Labor’s Retiree Tax would reach into the pockets of over 1 million Australians, many being retirees and pensioners, taxing them again. Stopping Labor’s unfair Housing Tax. Labor’s plan to abolish negative gearing as we know it will push down home values.
By abolishing tax refunds on dividends, Labor’s Retiree Tax would reach into the pockets of over 1 million Australians, many being retirees and pensioners, taxing them again. Stopping Labor’s unfair Housing Tax. Labor’s plan to abolish negative gearing as we know it will push down home values. An independent report found house prices will fall as much as 16 per cent, or around $100,000, on a typical house in Melbourne.
Stopping Labor’s unfair Housing Tax. Labor’s plan to abolish negative gearing as we know it will push down home values. An independent report found house prices will fall as much as 16 per cent, or around $100,000, on a typical house in Melbourne. Stopping Labor’s plan for four new superannuation taxes, which would hit around 1 million Australians.
An independent report found house prices will fall as much as 16 per cent, or around $100,000, on a typical house in Melbourne. Stopping Labor’s plan for four new superannuation taxes, which would hit around 1 million Australians. The Choice
Stopping Labor’s plan for four new superannuation taxes, which would hit around 1 million Australians. The Choice There is a lot at stake at this election.
And there is a clear choice. A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy. A choice between a Government that is fixing the Budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money.
A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy. A choice between a Government that is fixing the Budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history.
A choice between a Government that is fixing the Budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. When Labor runs out of money they come after yours.
A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing government in the nation’s history. When Labor runs out of money they come after yours. When you take responsibility and save for your own retirement, Labor comes after your money.
When Labor runs out of money they come after yours. When you take responsibility and save for your own retirement, Labor comes after your money. Bill Shorten now describes refunding franking credits as a “gift”. (Doorstop, 12 April 2019)
When you take responsibility and save for your own retirement, Labor comes after your money. Bill Shorten now describes refunding franking credits as a “gift”. (Doorstop, 12 April 2019) Even though Labor supported this policy as recently as 2017.
Bill Shorten now describes refunding franking credits as a “gift”. (Doorstop, 12 April 2019) Even though Labor supported this policy as recently as 2017. Of course, in Australia we have dividend imputation – a great Labor reform – which means that every domestic payer of corporate tax in effect gets it back.
Even though Labor supported this policy as recently as 2017. Of course, in Australia we have dividend imputation – a great Labor reform – which means that every domestic payer of corporate tax in effect gets it back. We actually refund our corporate tax to our domestic investors, something which is quite unique around the world and often gets lost in this debate. (Chris Bowen, House Hansard, 11/9/2017)
Of course, in Australia we have dividend imputation – a great Labor reform – which means that every domestic payer of corporate tax in effect gets it back. We actually refund our corporate tax to our domestic investors, something which is quite unique around the world and often gets lost in this debate. (Chris Bowen, House Hansard, 11/9/2017) Bill Shorten and his Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen want to punish Australians who have worked hard and saved for retirement.
We actually refund our corporate tax to our domestic investors, something which is quite unique around the world and often gets lost in this debate. (Chris Bowen, House Hansard, 11/9/2017) Bill Shorten and his Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen want to punish Australians who have worked hard and saved for retirement. Their arrogant response to those who would lose out from their tax hit?
Bill Shorten and his Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen want to punish Australians who have worked hard and saved for retirement. Their arrogant response to those who would lose out from their tax hit? We don’t care, vote for someone else.
Their arrogant response to those who would lose out from their tax hit? We don’t care, vote for someone else. I say to your listener: if you feel very strongly about this, if they feel that this is something that should impact their vote they are of course perfectly entitled to vote against us. (Chris Bowen, radio interview, 30/1/2019)
We don’t care, vote for someone else. I say to your listener: if you feel very strongly about this, if they feel that this is something that should impact their vote they are of course perfectly entitled to vote against us. (Chris Bowen, radio interview, 30/1/2019) Australian retirees, including the 50,000 pensioners who will be hit by Labor’s policy, deserve to be treated with respect, not hit by unfair taxes.
I say to your listener: if you feel very strongly about this, if they feel that this is something that should impact their vote they are of course perfectly entitled to vote against us. (Chris Bowen, radio interview, 30/1/2019) Australian retirees, including the 50,000 pensioners who will be hit by Labor’s policy, deserve to be treated with respect, not hit by unfair taxes. Bill Shorten believes retirees are a piggy bank to be raided as part of Labor’s $387 billion tax assault.
Australian retirees, including the 50,000 pensioners who will be hit by Labor’s policy, deserve to be treated with respect, not hit by unfair taxes. Bill Shorten believes retirees are a piggy bank to be raided as part of Labor’s $387 billion tax assault. By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of respect for the independence, dignity and choice of older Australians.
Bill Shorten believes retirees are a piggy bank to be raided as part of Labor’s $387 billion tax assault. By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of respect for the independence, dignity and choice of older Australians. We will guarantee and protect retirement savings and superannuation.
By contrast, the Morrison Government has a proven track record of respect for the independence, dignity and choice of older Australians. We will guarantee and protect retirement savings and superannuation. Our Plan for Lower Energy Costs for Small Businesses
We will guarantee and protect retirement savings and superannuation. Our Plan for Lower Energy Costs for Small Businesses KEY POINTS
Our Plan for Lower Energy Costs for Small Businesses KEY POINTS Small businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy.
KEY POINTS Small businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off.
Small businesses are the beating heart of Australia’s economy. When small businesses are healthy, all Australians are better off. It means more jobs,
more choice, better living standards and more vibrant and connected communities. Australia’s 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employ over 7 million workers.
and more vibrant and connected communities. Australia’s 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employ over 7 million workers. We understand power prices are hurting Australian small businesses,
Australia’s 3.4 million small, medium and family businesses employ over 7 million workers. We understand power prices are hurting Australian small businesses, preventing them from employing more people and grasping new opportunities.
We understand power prices are hurting Australian small businesses, preventing them from employing more people and grasping new opportunities. The Morrison Government is committed to lower power prices while keeping the lights on.
preventing them from employing more people and grasping new opportunities. The Morrison Government is committed to lower power prices while keeping the lights on. The Morrison Government is taking strong action to lower power prices to ensure our small, medium and family businesses can continue to grow strongly.
The Morrison Government is committed to lower power prices while keeping the lights on. The Morrison Government is taking strong action to lower power prices to ensure our small, medium and family businesses can continue to grow strongly. We are already seeing results.
The Morrison Government is taking strong action to lower power prices to ensure our small, medium and family businesses can continue to grow strongly. We are already seeing results. By mid-2019, over one million Australian families and small businesses will benefit from electricity prices falling by up to 15 per cent.
We are already seeing results. By mid-2019, over one million Australian families and small businesses will benefit from electricity prices falling by up to 15 per cent. Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities:A price safety net to protect loyal customers and help families and small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plans.
By mid-2019, over one million Australian families and small businesses will benefit from electricity prices falling by up to 15 per cent. Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities:A price safety net to protect loyal customers and help families and small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plans. Big stick legislation to stop the big energy company rip-offs and ban sneaky late payment fees.
Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities:A price safety net to protect loyal customers and help families and small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plans. Big stick legislation to stop the big energy company rip-offs and ban sneaky late payment fees. Supporting reliable power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand.
Big stick legislation to stop the big energy company rip-offs and ban sneaky late payment fees. Supporting reliable power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand. Underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition, including Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects.
Supporting reliable power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand. Underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition, including Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects. The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%.
Underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition, including Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects. The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%. A new Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management.
The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%. A new Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management. The Morrison Government has a clear plan to reduce power prices for families and businesses.
A new Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management. The Morrison Government has a clear plan to reduce power prices for families and businesses. In contrast, by 2030, Labor’s reckless emissions policies will reduce the average full time wage by $9,000 in real terms, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000
The Morrison Government has a clear plan to reduce power prices for families and businesses. In contrast, by 2030, Labor’s reckless emissions policies will reduce the average full time wage by $9,000 in real terms, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000 and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent.
In contrast, by 2030, Labor’s reckless emissions policies will reduce the average full time wage by $9,000 in real terms, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000 and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent. Labor also wants to increase the cost of business SUVs and tradies' utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles.
and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent. Labor also wants to increase the cost of business SUVs and tradies' utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles. OUR RECORD
Labor also wants to increase the cost of business SUVs and tradies' utes by $5,000 and restrict choice of vehicles. OUR RECORD Since 2013, the Liberal National Government has:Abolished the carbon tax, saving households and small businesses $200 on electricity bills and $70 on gas bills in 2014-15.
OUR RECORD Since 2013, the Liberal National Government has:Abolished the carbon tax, saving households and small businesses $200 on electricity bills and $70 on gas bills in 2014-15. Taken action to ban retailers from charging sneaky late payment penalties.
Since 2013, the Liberal National Government has:Abolished the carbon tax, saving households and small businesses $200 on electricity bills and $70 on gas bills in 2014-15. Taken action to ban retailers from charging sneaky late payment penalties. Implemented National Energy Market rules that will protect small businesses:Banning retailers from offering confusing discounts.
Taken action to ban retailers from charging sneaky late payment penalties. Implemented National Energy Market rules that will protect small businesses:Banning retailers from offering confusing discounts. Requiring energy retailers to notify customers when their discounts are about to finish or change.
Implemented National Energy Market rules that will protect small businesses:Banning retailers from offering confusing discounts. Requiring energy retailers to notify customers when their discounts are about to finish or change. Requiring retailers to accept self-meter reads instead of estimated reads so customers are accurately charged.
Requiring energy retailers to notify customers when their discounts are about to finish or change. Requiring retailers to accept self-meter reads instead of estimated reads so customers are accurately charged. Upgraded the Energy Made Easy website to empower customers to get a better deal, and invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase their energy efficiency.
Requiring retailers to accept self-meter reads instead of estimated reads so customers are accurately charged. Upgraded the Energy Made Easy website to empower customers to get a better deal, and invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase their energy efficiency. Reined in the power of the electricity networks, which if Labor had done when last in Government, would have saved consumers more than $6 billion.
Upgraded the Energy Made Easy website to empower customers to get a better deal, and invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase their energy efficiency. Reined in the power of the electricity networks, which if Labor had done when last in Government, would have saved consumers more than $6 billion. Supported the COAG Energy Council’s establishment of Energy Consumers Australia to represent households and SME consumers.
Reined in the power of the electricity networks, which if Labor had done when last in Government, would have saved consumers more than $6 billion. Supported the COAG Energy Council’s establishment of Energy Consumers Australia to represent households and SME consumers. Secured more gas for Australian businesses through the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism.
Supported the COAG Energy Council’s establishment of Energy Consumers Australia to represent households and SME consumers. Secured more gas for Australian businesses through the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism. The Liberal National Government has provide more funding and new powers to enable the ACCC to monitor electricity and gas prices.
Secured more gas for Australian businesses through the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism. The Liberal National Government has provide more funding and new powers to enable the ACCC to monitor electricity and gas prices. We have directed the ACCC to hold an inquiry into prices, profits and margins in the National Electricity Market and committed $31.9 million in additional funding for the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator.
The Liberal National Government has provide more funding and new powers to enable the ACCC to monitor electricity and gas prices. We have directed the ACCC to hold an inquiry into prices, profits and margins in the National Electricity Market and committed $31.9 million in additional funding for the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator. We have also funded the ACCC to monitor the behaviour and prices of producers, exporters, pipelines and retailers in our gas markets.
We have directed the ACCC to hold an inquiry into prices, profits and margins in the National Electricity Market and committed $31.9 million in additional funding for the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator. We have also funded the ACCC to monitor the behaviour and prices of producers, exporters, pipelines and retailers in our gas markets. Our Plan
We have also funded the ACCC to monitor the behaviour and prices of producers, exporters, pipelines and retailers in our gas markets. Our Plan Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities.
Our Plan Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities. Small Business Energy Efficiency Programs
Our Fair Deal on Energy delivers affordable, reliable, 24/7 power to Australian families, businesses and communities. Small Business Energy Efficiency Programs The Morrison Government’s Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management.
Small Business Energy Efficiency Programs The Morrison Government’s Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management. Eligible small businesses will be able to claim grants of up to $20,000 and high-energy using businesses up to $25,000.
The Morrison Government’s Energy Efficient Communities Program will provide $50 million through more than 2,500 grants to eligible businesses and community organisations, helping them save energy and reduce their power bills by installing new equipment or reviewing and improving their energy management. Eligible small businesses will be able to claim grants of up to $20,000 and high-energy using businesses up to $25,000. Funding will support activities to help businesses and community organisations to save energy through:equipment upgrades that reduce energy consumption
Eligible small businesses will be able to claim grants of up to $20,000 and high-energy using businesses up to $25,000. Funding will support activities to help businesses and community organisations to save energy through:equipment upgrades that reduce energy consumption investment in energy monitoring and management systems to better manage energy use
Funding will support activities to help businesses and community organisations to save energy through:equipment upgrades that reduce energy consumption investment in energy monitoring and management systems to better manage energy use completion of energy systems assessments or feasibility studies to investigate energy efficiency opportunities
investment in energy monitoring and management systems to better manage energy use completion of energy systems assessments or feasibility studies to investigate energy efficiency opportunities Small businesses will also be able to access a $30,000 instant asset write-off to purchase new energy-efficient equipment.
completion of energy systems assessments or feasibility studies to investigate energy efficiency opportunities Small businesses will also be able to access a $30,000 instant asset write-off to purchase new energy-efficient equipment. Price Safety Net
Small businesses will also be able to access a $30,000 instant asset write-off to purchase new energy-efficient equipment. Price Safety Net From 1 July 2019, we will permanently get rid of the ‘loyalty tax’ and lock in better deals for nearly 800,000 households and small businesses.
Price Safety Net From 1 July 2019, we will permanently get rid of the ‘loyalty tax’ and lock in better deals for nearly 800,000 households and small businesses. The price safety net will protect loyal customers and help small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plan.
From 1 July 2019, we will permanently get rid of the ‘loyalty tax’ and lock in better deals for nearly 800,000 households and small businesses. The price safety net will protect loyal customers and help small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plan. For households or equivalent small businesses, changing to default market offers from standing offer tariffs could save up to $479 in South Australia, $696 in New South Wales and $660 in south-east Queensland.
The price safety net will protect loyal customers and help small businesses make empowered and informed decisions about their energy plan. For households or equivalent small businesses, changing to default market offers from standing offer tariffs could save up to $479 in South Australia, $696 in New South Wales and $660 in south-east Queensland. Advice for Small Business
For households or equivalent small businesses, changing to default market offers from standing offer tariffs could save up to $479 in South Australia, $696 in New South Wales and $660 in south-east Queensland. Advice for Small Business We have invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase energy efficiency.
Advice for Small Business We have invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase energy efficiency. Further information on the practical steps small businesses can take to get better deals, switching energy providers and better managing their energy use is available online at our ‘Powering Forward’ campaign (energy.gov.au).
We have invested $11.7 million in the Business Energy Advice Program, delivering practical advice to help small businesses get better energy deals and increase energy efficiency. Further information on the practical steps small businesses can take to get better deals, switching energy providers and better managing their energy use is available online at our ‘Powering Forward’ campaign (energy.gov.au). Delivering Reliable Energy Supplies
Further information on the practical steps small businesses can take to get better deals, switching energy providers and better managing their energy use is available online at our ‘Powering Forward’ campaign (energy.gov.au). Delivering Reliable Energy Supplies The Morrison Government is supporting reliable 24/7 power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand, and underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition.
Delivering Reliable Energy Supplies The Morrison Government is supporting reliable 24/7 power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand, and underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition. Our investments include Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects.
The Morrison Government is supporting reliable 24/7 power by requiring energy companies to sign contracts guaranteeing enough energy to meet demand, and underwriting investment in new reliable power generation to improve competition. Our investments include Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects. The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%.
Our investments include Snowy 2.0, Battery of the Nation and a shortlist of reliable generation projects. The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%. The Government’s $56 million investment in the Marinus Link – a second interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria will – unlock Tasmania’s world-class renewable hydro resources.
The ACCC forecasts that underwriting new generation can reduce wholesale power prices by more than 25%. The Government’s $56 million investment in the Marinus Link – a second interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria will – unlock Tasmania’s world-class renewable hydro resources. The Battery of the Nation will bring more affordable and reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses.
The Government’s $56 million investment in the Marinus Link – a second interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria will – unlock Tasmania’s world-class renewable hydro resources. The Battery of the Nation will bring more affordable and reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses. The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will also create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction
The Battery of the Nation will bring more affordable and reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses. The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will also create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction and deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus to north-western Tasmania and regional Victoria.
The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will also create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction and deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus to north-western Tasmania and regional Victoria. This is the type of investment which unlocks opportunities for small businesses.
and deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus to north-western Tasmania and regional Victoria. This is the type of investment which unlocks opportunities for small businesses. Regional and Remote Small Businesses
This is the type of investment which unlocks opportunities for small businesses. Regional and Remote Small Businesses The $50.4 million Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund will support up to 50 off-grid and fringe-of-grid communities and businesses to investigate whether establishing a micro grid is cost-effective
Regional and Remote Small Businesses The $50.4 million Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund will support up to 50 off-grid and fringe-of-grid communities and businesses to investigate whether establishing a micro grid is cost-effective and whether existing off-grid capabilities can be upgraded with modern technology.
The $50.4 million Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund will support up to 50 off-grid and fringe-of-grid communities and businesses to investigate whether establishing a micro grid is cost-effective and whether existing off-grid capabilities can be upgraded with modern technology. A micro grid is energy infrastructure at the community level, generally in rural and remote areas, including farms, and in the mining sector and Indigenous communities.
and whether existing off-grid capabilities can be upgraded with modern technology. A micro grid is energy infrastructure at the community level, generally in rural and remote areas, including farms, and in the mining sector and Indigenous communities. Micro grids include generation (often a diesel generator), transmission (the poles and wires) and any storage.
A micro grid is energy infrastructure at the community level, generally in rural and remote areas, including farms, and in the mining sector and Indigenous communities. Micro grids include generation (often a diesel generator), transmission (the poles and wires) and any storage. Micro grids can be entirely separate from the grid or connected.
Micro grids include generation (often a diesel generator), transmission (the poles and wires) and any storage. Micro grids can be entirely separate from the grid or connected. The Morrison Government’s $50.4 million micro grid program will allow communities to improve their local transmission, install community-scale batteries to support existing generation (such as solar), or upgrade existing facilities such as old diesel generators.
Micro grids can be entirely separate from the grid or connected. The Morrison Government’s $50.4 million micro grid program will allow communities to improve their local transmission, install community-scale batteries to support existing generation (such as solar), or upgrade existing facilities such as old diesel generators. Moving some remote customers to off-grid supply could save hundreds of millions of dollars in network costs and reduce bushfire risks, while delivering more reliable and affordable power.
The Morrison Government’s $50.4 million micro grid program will allow communities to improve their local transmission, install community-scale batteries to support existing generation (such as solar), or upgrade existing facilities such as old diesel generators. Moving some remote customers to off-grid supply could save hundreds of millions of dollars in network costs and reduce bushfire risks, while delivering more reliable and affordable power. The Choice
Moving some remote customers to off-grid supply could save hundreds of millions of dollars in network costs and reduce bushfire risks, while delivering more reliable and affordable power. The Choice Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration.
The Choice Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business.
Labor do not believe in enterprise and aspiration. Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business. A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing Government in Australia’s history – and that’s without taking into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes.
Each and every one of Labor’s $387 billion of higher taxes are bad for business. A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing Government in Australia’s history – and that’s without taking into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes. Labor’s plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small business twice.
A Shorten Labor Government would be the highest taxing Government in Australia’s history – and that’s without taking into account Labor’s electricity and car taxes. Labor’s plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small business twice. First, they will be directly hit as the cost of doing business increases.
Labor’s plan for higher taxes will cost Australian small business twice. First, they will be directly hit as the cost of doing business increases. Second, a Shorten Labor Government will weaken our economy
First, they will be directly hit as the cost of doing business increases. Second, a Shorten Labor Government will weaken our economy and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in.
Second, a Shorten Labor Government will weaken our economy and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in. During the last Labor Government, power prices doubled and went up each and every year.
and make it a harder environment for small business to operate in. During the last Labor Government, power prices doubled and went up each and every year. Labor’s reckless emissions targets will drive up power prices once again,
During the last Labor Government, power prices doubled and went up each and every year. Labor’s reckless emissions targets will drive up power prices once again, cost jobs and reduce wages.
Labor’s reckless emissions targets will drive up power prices once again, cost jobs and reduce wages. Labor’s policies will not reduce global emissions as businesses, jobs and wages are forced overseas.
cost jobs and reduce wages. Labor’s policies will not reduce global emissions as businesses, jobs and wages are forced overseas. By 2030, Labor’s reckless targets will reduce average full time real wages by $9,000, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000 and
Labor’s policies will not reduce global emissions as businesses, jobs and wages are forced overseas. By 2030, Labor’s reckless targets will reduce average full time real wages by $9,000, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000 and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent.
By 2030, Labor’s reckless targets will reduce average full time real wages by $9,000, reduce the number of jobs by 336,000 and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent. Labor’s car tax will increase the costs of vehicles by over $4,800 and mandate EVs for half of all new car sales.
increase wholesale electricity prices by 58 per cent. Labor’s car tax will increase the costs of vehicles by over $4,800 and mandate EVs for half of all new car sales. Seventeen of the top 20 vehicles sold in Australia don't have models which meet Labor's new carbon standard.
Labor’s car tax will increase the costs of vehicles by over $4,800 and mandate EVs for half of all new car sales. Seventeen of the top 20 vehicles sold in Australia don't have models which meet Labor's new carbon standard. Tradies and small businesses which require larger vehicles will be hardest hit by these policies.
Seventeen of the top 20 vehicles sold in Australia don't have models which meet Labor's new carbon standard. Tradies and small businesses which require larger vehicles will be hardest hit by these policies. Cost
Tradies and small businesses which require larger vehicles will be hardest hit by these policies. Cost The Coalition’s plan for reducing energy costs for small businesses will not place additional costs on the Budget.
Cost The Coalition’s plan for reducing energy costs for small businesses will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for Keeping Australians Safe on our Roads
The Coalition’s plan for reducing energy costs for small businesses will not place additional costs on the Budget. Our Plan for Keeping Australians Safe on our Roads Key Points
Our Plan for Keeping Australians Safe on our Roads Key Points The Liberal and Nationals Government has a plan to help make Australians safer on our roads.
Key Points The Liberal and Nationals Government has a plan to help make Australians safer on our roads. Our plan to deliver a strong economy is ensuring we can guarantee the essential services Australians rely on with increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads.
The Liberal and Nationals Government has a plan to help make Australians safer on our roads. Our plan to deliver a strong economy is ensuring we can guarantee the essential services Australians rely on with increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads. Our record $100 billion investment in transport infrastructure will reduce congestion, keep our roads safe, connect people to jobs and get our produce to market.
Our plan to deliver a strong economy is ensuring we can guarantee the essential services Australians rely on with increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads. Our record $100 billion investment in transport infrastructure will reduce congestion, keep our roads safe, connect people to jobs and get our produce to market. As part of our commitment to road safety, the Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network, including:$4 billion from 2019-20 under the Urban Congestion Fund to improve traffic safety and flow and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas
Our record $100 billion investment in transport infrastructure will reduce congestion, keep our roads safe, connect people to jobs and get our produce to market. As part of our commitment to road safety, the Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network, including:$4 billion from 2019-20 under the Urban Congestion Fund to improve traffic safety and flow and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas $4.5 billion under the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors
As part of our commitment to road safety, the Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network, including:$4 billion from 2019-20 under the Urban Congestion Fund to improve traffic safety and flow and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas $4.5 billion under the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors Improving local roads, including:                       an additional $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program
$4.5 billion under the Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors Improving local roads, including:                       an additional $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program an additional $550 million for the Black Spot Program
Improving local roads, including:                       an additional $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program an additional $550 million for the Black Spot Program an additional $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program and
an additional $550 million for the Black Spot Program an additional $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program and an additional $275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program.
an additional $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program and an additional $275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program. The quality of our roads has a big impact on safety.
an additional $275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program. The quality of our roads has a big impact on safety. So too do risky driving behaviours such as speeding, driving under the influence, driver fatigue and, increasingly, driver distraction such as mobile phone use.
The quality of our roads has a big impact on safety. So too do risky driving behaviours such as speeding, driving under the influence, driver fatigue and, increasingly, driver distraction such as mobile phone use. To help with safer driving options and to combat driver fatigue, a re-elected Morrison Government will:Work with state and territory governments, local councils, industry and other road safety stakeholders to develop a nationally consistent approach to new and improved pullover bays with a focus on single lane highways, popular tourist routes and off-network roads.
So too do risky driving behaviours such as speeding, driving under the influence, driver fatigue and, increasingly, driver distraction such as mobile phone use. To help with safer driving options and to combat driver fatigue, a re-elected Morrison Government will:Work with state and territory governments, local councils, industry and other road safety stakeholders to develop a nationally consistent approach to new and improved pullover bays with a focus on single lane highways, popular tourist routes and off-network roads. Invest an additional $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and to support the establishment of new sites.
To help with safer driving options and to combat driver fatigue, a re-elected Morrison Government will:Work with state and territory governments, local councils, industry and other road safety stakeholders to develop a nationally consistent approach to new and improved pullover bays with a focus on single lane highways, popular tourist routes and off-network roads. Invest an additional $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and to support the establishment of new sites. Invest $4 million in a Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund.
Invest an additional $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and to support the establishment of new sites. Invest $4 million in a Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund. Initial priorities will include:$1.2 million over four years to support the Driver Reviver program to improve awareness of sites and for engagement of volunteers.
Invest $4 million in a Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund. Initial priorities will include:$1.2 million over four years to support the Driver Reviver program to improve awareness of sites and for engagement of volunteers. $1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness.
Initial priorities will include:$1.2 million over four years to support the Driver Reviver program to improve awareness of sites and for engagement of volunteers. $1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness. Invest $16 million to extend the Keys2drive program for a further two years to 2022-23, an initiative that provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors.
$1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness. Invest $16 million to extend the Keys2drive program for a further two years to 2022-23, an initiative that provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors. Invest up to $1.8 million to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students. The pilot will cover the foundations of road safety – including getting to and from school safely.
Invest $16 million to extend the Keys2drive program for a further two years to 2022-23, an initiative that provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors. Invest up to $1.8 million to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students. The pilot will cover the foundations of road safety – including getting to and from school safely. Our Plan
Invest up to $1.8 million to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students. The pilot will cover the foundations of road safety – including getting to and from school safely. Our Plan The Liberal and Nationals Government is delivering national leadership on road safety through major road investments, improvements to policy collaboration across all governments and road safety stakeholders, and taking practical steps to reduce driving risks.
Our Plan The Liberal and Nationals Government is delivering national leadership on road safety through major road investments, improvements to policy collaboration across all governments and road safety stakeholders, and taking practical steps to reduce driving risks. Better and safer roads
The Liberal and Nationals Government is delivering national leadership on road safety through major road investments, improvements to policy collaboration across all governments and road safety stakeholders, and taking practical steps to reduce driving risks. Better and safer roads The Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network through our $100 billion infrastructure investment plan over the next 10 years.
Better and safer roads The Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network through our $100 billion infrastructure investment plan over the next 10 years. We have committed to more than 770 major projects and more than 24,000 local projects across the nation since coming to government.
The Morrison Government is making record investments in Australia’s road network through our $100 billion infrastructure investment plan over the next 10 years. We have committed to more than 770 major projects and more than 24,000 local projects across the nation since coming to government. We established the $4 billion Urban Congestion Fund to bust congestion, improve traffic safety and flow, and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas.
We have committed to more than 770 major projects and more than 24,000 local projects across the nation since coming to government. We established the $4 billion Urban Congestion Fund to bust congestion, improve traffic safety and flow, and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas. We have also established the $4.5 billion Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors which connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs.
We established the $4 billion Urban Congestion Fund to bust congestion, improve traffic safety and flow, and increase network efficiency for commuter and freight movements in major urban areas. We have also established the $4.5 billion Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors which connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs. Across the nation, ROSI will deliver sealing, flood immunity, strengthening and widening, and pavement rehabilitation works, as well as bridge and culvert upgrades, and road realignments.
We have also established the $4.5 billion Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative to support the upgrade of key regional road corridors which connect agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs. Across the nation, ROSI will deliver sealing, flood immunity, strengthening and widening, and pavement rehabilitation works, as well as bridge and culvert upgrades, and road realignments. As part of the 2019-20 Budget we are improving local roads, committing an extra $2.2 billion for key road initiatives, including: $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program
Across the nation, ROSI will deliver sealing, flood immunity, strengthening and widening, and pavement rehabilitation works, as well as bridge and culvert upgrades, and road realignments. As part of the 2019-20 Budget we are improving local roads, committing an extra $2.2 billion for key road initiatives, including: $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program The Howard Government established the Roads to Recovery Program in March 2001 and on returning to government in 2013 the Coalition committed to expanding it once the Budget returned to surplus.
As part of the 2019-20 Budget we are improving local roads, committing an extra $2.2 billion for key road initiatives, including: $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program The Howard Government established the Roads to Recovery Program in March 2001 and on returning to government in 2013 the Coalition committed to expanding it once the Budget returned to surplus. We have also made Roads to Recovery an ongoing initiative rather than a terminating program.
The Howard Government established the Roads to Recovery Program in March 2001 and on returning to government in 2013 the Coalition committed to expanding it once the Budget returned to surplus. We have also made Roads to Recovery an ongoing initiative rather than a terminating program. This brings total Roads to Recovery funding for local councils to $5 billion over the next ten years.
We have also made Roads to Recovery an ongoing initiative rather than a terminating program. This brings total Roads to Recovery funding for local councils to $5 billion over the next ten years. This funding will help local governments respond to local priorities, providing for thousands of new projects.
This brings total Roads to Recovery funding for local councils to $5 billion over the next ten years. This funding will help local governments respond to local priorities, providing for thousands of new projects. $550 million for the Black Spot Program
This funding will help local governments respond to local priorities, providing for thousands of new projects. $550 million for the Black Spot Program The Black Spot Program specifically targets road locations where serious crashes have occurred to reduce the risk of further accidents.
$550 million for the Black Spot Program The Black Spot Program specifically targets road locations where serious crashes have occurred to reduce the risk of further accidents. The program funds safety measures such as traffic signals, roundabouts, turning lanes, safety barriers and lighting at locations where there is a history of at least three casualty crashes in five years and at other emerging high risk locations.
The Black Spot Program specifically targets road locations where serious crashes have occurred to reduce the risk of further accidents. The program funds safety measures such as traffic signals, roundabouts, turning lanes, safety barriers and lighting at locations where there is a history of at least three casualty crashes in five years and at other emerging high risk locations. Over 2,100 projects have been approved since 2013.
The program funds safety measures such as traffic signals, roundabouts, turning lanes, safety barriers and lighting at locations where there is a history of at least three casualty crashes in five years and at other emerging high risk locations. Over 2,100 projects have been approved since 2013. These projects are estimated to save around 250 lives and prevent more than 12,500 injury crashes over 10 years.
Over 2,100 projects have been approved since 2013. These projects are estimated to save around 250 lives and prevent more than 12,500 injury crashes over 10 years. $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program
These projects are estimated to save around 250 lives and prevent more than 12,500 injury crashes over 10 years. $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program The Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program will receive an extra $25 million a year from 2019–20 to deliver safer roads for trucks and more opportunities for drivers to rest.
$275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program The Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program will receive an extra $25 million a year from 2019–20 to deliver safer roads for trucks and more opportunities for drivers to rest. This program provides funding for rest-stops, parking/decoupling bays, technology trials and other road safety enhancements.
The Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program will receive an extra $25 million a year from 2019–20 to deliver safer roads for trucks and more opportunities for drivers to rest. This program provides funding for rest-stops, parking/decoupling bays, technology trials and other road safety enhancements. $275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program
This program provides funding for rest-stops, parking/decoupling bays, technology trials and other road safety enhancements. $275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program The Bridges Renewal Program funds the replacement of bridges to enhance access for local communities and make roads safer. In the 2019–20 Budget, we committed an extra $25 million a year.
$275 million for the Bridges Renewal Program The Bridges Renewal Program funds the replacement of bridges to enhance access for local communities and make roads safer. In the 2019–20 Budget, we committed an extra $25 million a year. This will build on a recent round of the program which upgraded and replaced 126 ageing bridges in rural and regional Australia.
The Bridges Renewal Program funds the replacement of bridges to enhance access for local communities and make roads safer. In the 2019–20 Budget, we committed an extra $25 million a year. This will build on a recent round of the program which upgraded and replaced 126 ageing bridges in rural and regional Australia. Safer drivers
This will build on a recent round of the program which upgraded and replaced 126 ageing bridges in rural and regional Australia. Safer drivers Governments have an important role in helping motorists make better decisions about the safety of their vehicle and their driving.
Safer drivers Governments have an important role in helping motorists make better decisions about the safety of their vehicle and their driving. With human error contributing to more than 90 per cent of road accidents, we have a massive opportunity to save lives and prevent injuries by ensuring we drive smarter and safer.
Governments have an important role in helping motorists make better decisions about the safety of their vehicle and their driving. With human error contributing to more than 90 per cent of road accidents, we have a massive opportunity to save lives and prevent injuries by ensuring we drive smarter and safer. Building on our investments in long-running, respected road safety programs, a re-elected Morrison Government will go further by providing $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and provide for new equipment, as well as to support the establishment of new sites.
With human error contributing to more than 90 per cent of road accidents, we have a massive opportunity to save lives and prevent injuries by ensuring we drive smarter and safer. Building on our investments in long-running, respected road safety programs, a re-elected Morrison Government will go further by providing $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and provide for new equipment, as well as to support the establishment of new sites. Grants could be made for a range of purposes, including the maintenance and extension of seating and refreshment facilities.
Building on our investments in long-running, respected road safety programs, a re-elected Morrison Government will go further by providing $8 million in capped grants to help upgrade the 175 existing Driver Reviver locations nation-wide to improve amenity and provide for new equipment, as well as to support the establishment of new sites. Grants could be made for a range of purposes, including the maintenance and extension of seating and refreshment facilities. We will also provide $1.2 million over four years to support delivery of the Driver Reviver program as an initial priority under the $4 million Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund established in the 2019-20 Budget.
Grants could be made for a range of purposes, including the maintenance and extension of seating and refreshment facilities. We will also provide $1.2 million over four years to support delivery of the Driver Reviver program as an initial priority under the $4 million Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund established in the 2019-20 Budget. This will improve awareness of Driver Reviver sites for commuters and support greater participation of volunteers.
We will also provide $1.2 million over four years to support delivery of the Driver Reviver program as an initial priority under the $4 million Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund established in the 2019-20 Budget. This will improve awareness of Driver Reviver sites for commuters and support greater participation of volunteers. Priority activities will include improving community engagement and supporting volunteer training and co-ordination.
This will improve awareness of Driver Reviver sites for commuters and support greater participation of volunteers. Priority activities will include improving community engagement and supporting volunteer training and co-ordination. In addition to new support for Driver Reviver, the Fund will also provide:$1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness;
Priority activities will include improving community engagement and supporting volunteer training and co-ordination. In addition to new support for Driver Reviver, the Fund will also provide:$1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness; $400,000 of seed funding over two years for the Australian College of Road Safety to establish a self-sustaining International Outreach Chapter;
In addition to new support for Driver Reviver, the Fund will also provide:$1 million over four years to partner with industry to develop and promote programs to better educate caravan, campervan and motorhome drivers on safety awareness; $400,000 of seed funding over two years for the Australian College of Road Safety to establish a self-sustaining International Outreach Chapter; $200,000 over four years for sponsorship of Fatality Free Friday;
$400,000 of seed funding over two years for the Australian College of Road Safety to establish a self-sustaining International Outreach Chapter; $200,000 over four years for sponsorship of Fatality Free Friday; $200,000 over four years, with matching funding from state and territory governments, for a Road Worker Safety Campaign;
$200,000 over four years for sponsorship of Fatality Free Friday; $200,000 over four years, with matching funding from state and territory governments, for a Road Worker Safety Campaign; $200,000 over four years for the annual Australasian Road Safety Conference; and
$200,000 over four years, with matching funding from state and territory governments, for a Road Worker Safety Campaign; $200,000 over four years for the annual Australasian Road Safety Conference; and $25,000 a year to co-sponsor (on rotation with each state and territory) Australia’s launch event of the annual National Road Safety Week.
$200,000 over four years for the annual Australasian Road Safety Conference; and $25,000 a year to co-sponsor (on rotation with each state and territory) Australia’s launch event of the annual National Road Safety Week. Supporting young drivers
$25,000 a year to co-sponsor (on rotation with each state and territory) Australia’s launch event of the annual National Road Safety Week. Supporting young drivers The Morrison Government is committed to the safety of young drivers.
Supporting young drivers The Morrison Government is committed to the safety of young drivers. We have locked in funding of $16 million for Keys2Drive to guarantee delivery of the program over the next four years.
The Morrison Government is committed to the safety of young drivers. We have locked in funding of $16 million for Keys2Drive to guarantee delivery of the program over the next four years. Keys2Drive provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors, and an educational website with supportive resources and information.
We have locked in funding of $16 million for Keys2Drive to guarantee delivery of the program over the next four years. Keys2Drive provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors, and an educational website with supportive resources and information. The Morrison Government is focused on increasing uptake in regional areas where young drivers in particular are overrepresented in crashes.
Keys2Drive provides a free theory and practical lesson to learner drivers and their supervisors, and an educational website with supportive resources and information. The Morrison Government is focused on increasing uptake in regional areas where young drivers in particular are overrepresented in crashes. As a precursor to Keys2Drive, the Morrison Government will provide up to $1.8 million in additional funding to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students.
The Morrison Government is focused on increasing uptake in regional areas where young drivers in particular are overrepresented in crashes. As a precursor to Keys2Drive, the Morrison Government will provide up to $1.8 million in additional funding to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students. Tragically, children continue to die and be seriously injured not just in cars but as pedestrians.
As a precursor to Keys2Drive, the Morrison Government will provide up to $1.8 million in additional funding to support a one-year pilot of the Australian Safety Foundation’s Digital Road Safety Passport for Schools for Year 9 students. Tragically, children continue to die and be seriously injured not just in cars but as pedestrians. It’s important that they understand the road rules when they are walking home from school, a passenger in a car, and ultimately as a learner driver.
Tragically, children continue to die and be seriously injured not just in cars but as pedestrians. It’s important that they understand the road rules when they are walking home from school, a passenger in a car, and ultimately as a learner driver. The pilot will trial targeted road safety material in classrooms and online, with a view to rolling out the initiative to all 11-15 year-old students in partnership with the states and territories.
It’s important that they understand the road rules when they are walking home from school, a passenger in a car, and ultimately as a learner driver. The pilot will trial targeted road safety material in classrooms and online, with a view to rolling out the initiative to all 11-15 year-old students in partnership with the states and territories. National Leadership
The pilot will trial targeted road safety material in classrooms and online, with a view to rolling out the initiative to all 11-15 year-old students in partnership with the states and territories. National Leadership The Morrison Government is taking national leadership on road safety to ensure all governments continue to invest in safe road transport.
National Leadership The Morrison Government is taking national leadership on road safety to ensure all governments continue to invest in safe road transport. We will make road safety a standing item at all meetings of the COAG Transport and Infrastructure Ministerial Council meetings and improve linkages with other COAG Councils with an interest such as health, education and policing.
The Morrison Government is taking national leadership on road safety to ensure all governments continue to invest in safe road transport. We will make road safety a standing item at all meetings of the COAG Transport and Infrastructure Ministerial Council meetings and improve linkages with other COAG Councils with an interest such as health, education and policing. Our plan is to:Develop the next National Road Safety Strategy, with ambitious and measurable KPIs and strategies focused on reducing road trauma.
We will make road safety a standing item at all meetings of the COAG Transport and Infrastructure Ministerial Council meetings and improve linkages with other COAG Councils with an interest such as health, education and policing. Our plan is to:Develop the next National Road Safety Strategy, with ambitious and measurable KPIs and strategies focused on reducing road trauma. Finalise the governance arrangements across the road safety system and agree a comprehensive implementation plan for the recommendations of the 2018 Inquiry into the National Road Safety Strategy.
Our plan is to:Develop the next National Road Safety Strategy, with ambitious and measurable KPIs and strategies focused on reducing road trauma. Finalise the governance arrangements across the road safety system and agree a comprehensive implementation plan for the recommendations of the 2018 Inquiry into the National Road Safety Strategy. The the Morrison Government is making additional road safety investments including:$12 million for a Road Safety Innovation Fund;
Finalise the governance arrangements across the road safety system and agree a comprehensive implementation plan for the recommendations of the 2018 Inquiry into the National Road Safety Strategy. The the Morrison Government is making additional road safety investments including:$12 million for a Road Safety Innovation Fund; $6 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative;
The the Morrison Government is making additional road safety investments including:$12 million for a Road Safety Innovation Fund; $6 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative; $6.6 million for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP);
$6 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative; $6.6 million for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP); $5.9 million for a new Federal Office of Road Safety to drive reforms, improve coordination and performance reporting, and promote road safety in partnership with the states, territories , local governments and stakeholders; and
$6.6 million for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP); $5.9 million for a new Federal Office of Road Safety to drive reforms, improve coordination and performance reporting, and promote road safety in partnership with the states, territories , local governments and stakeholders; and $2.6 million for the Australian Road Research Board to assist local governments to assess road asset management and maintenance.
$5.9 million for a new Federal Office of Road Safety to drive reforms, improve coordination and performance reporting, and promote road safety in partnership with the states, territories , local governments and stakeholders; and $2.6 million for the Australian Road Research Board to assist local governments to assess road asset management and maintenance. The Liberal and Nationals Government’s plan to keep Australians safe on our roads builds on our record of improving road safety, including:Under our $10 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade Program there has been a 31 per cent reduction in crashes and a 32 per cent reduction in fatalities since 2013
$2.6 million for the Australian Road Research Board to assist local governments to assess road asset management and maintenance. The Liberal and Nationals Government’s plan to keep Australians safe on our roads builds on our record of improving road safety, including:Under our $10 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade Program there has been a 31 per cent reduction in crashes and a 32 per cent reduction in fatalities since 2013 Investments in the Pacific Highway are delivering a safer road for the thousands of motorists who use it every day.
The Liberal and Nationals Government’s plan to keep Australians safe on our roads builds on our record of improving road safety, including:Under our $10 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade Program there has been a 31 per cent reduction in crashes and a 32 per cent reduction in fatalities since 2013 Investments in the Pacific Highway are delivering a safer road for the thousands of motorists who use it every day. Fatalities have more than halved, down from more than 40 per year prior to the commencement of the upgrade in 1996 to less than 20 in recent years.
Investments in the Pacific Highway are delivering a safer road for the thousands of motorists who use it every day. Fatalities have more than halved, down from more than 40 per year prior to the commencement of the upgrade in 1996 to less than 20 in recent years. Infrastructure to improve heavy vehicle operations across Australia, including to help heavy and passenger vehicles share our road network via the $508 million Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program.
Fatalities have more than halved, down from more than 40 per year prior to the commencement of the upgrade in 1996 to less than 20 in recent years. Infrastructure to improve heavy vehicle operations across Australia, including to help heavy and passenger vehicles share our road network via the $508 million Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program. The Choice
Infrastructure to improve heavy vehicle operations across Australia, including to help heavy and passenger vehicles share our road network via the $508 million Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program. The Choice The Morrison Government has a comprehensive plan to improve safety on our roads.
The Choice The Morrison Government has a comprehensive plan to improve safety on our roads. upgrading major highways and local roads;
The Morrison Government has a comprehensive plan to improve safety on our roads. upgrading major highways and local roads; ensuring better vehicles with the latest safety technology are on the road;
upgrading major highways and local roads; ensuring better vehicles with the latest safety technology are on the road; providing a suite of driver education initiatives; and
ensuring better vehicles with the latest safety technology are on the road; providing a suite of driver education initiatives; and improving and increasing the number of rest areas across the nation to help keep Australian drivers and their families safe.
providing a suite of driver education initiatives; and improving and increasing the number of rest areas across the nation to help keep Australian drivers and their families safe. We have committed record funding of $100 billion for infrastructure across the country to make sure hardworking Australians can spend more time at home with their families.
improving and increasing the number of rest areas across the nation to help keep Australian drivers and their families safe. We have committed record funding of $100 billion for infrastructure across the country to make sure hardworking Australians can spend more time at home with their families. Importantly, our plan for better infrastructure will be achieved without adding $387 billion of new taxes over the decade.
We have committed record funding of $100 billion for infrastructure across the country to make sure hardworking Australians can spend more time at home with their families. Importantly, our plan for better infrastructure will be achieved without adding $387 billion of new taxes over the decade. Because Bill Shorten and Labor can’t manage money, it can’t run strong budgets that result in investment for local roads let alone our major highways.
Importantly, our plan for better infrastructure will be achieved without adding $387 billion of new taxes over the decade. Because Bill Shorten and Labor can’t manage money, it can’t run strong budgets that result in investment for local roads let alone our major highways. When last in power, Labor neglected regional road funding with flow-on consequences for road safety.
Because Bill Shorten and Labor can’t manage money, it can’t run strong budgets that result in investment for local roads let alone our major highways. When last in power, Labor neglected regional road funding with flow-on consequences for road safety. Instead of working to improve road safety and implement practical measures, Labor plans to reinstate its union-dictated Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), which would once again discriminate against family-owned businesses and bring the trucking industry to its knees.
When last in power, Labor neglected regional road funding with flow-on consequences for road safety. Instead of working to improve road safety and implement practical measures, Labor plans to reinstate its union-dictated Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), which would once again discriminate against family-owned businesses and bring the trucking industry to its knees. Our Government will stand up for small business.
Instead of working to improve road safety and implement practical measures, Labor plans to reinstate its union-dictated Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), which would once again discriminate against family-owned businesses and bring the trucking industry to its knees. Our Government will stand up for small business. We know that joining a union doesn’t make a truck safer,
Our Government will stand up for small business. We know that joining a union doesn’t make a truck safer, but it does put up costs and threaten jobs – especially in the regions.
We know that joining a union doesn’t make a truck safer, but it does put up costs and threaten jobs – especially in the regions. After abolishing the RSRT, the Liberal National Government redirected $15.6 million over four years to the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiatives program – providing grants for projects that actually improve heavy vehicle safety.
but it does put up costs and threaten jobs – especially in the regions. After abolishing the RSRT, the Liberal National Government redirected $15.6 million over four years to the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiatives program – providing grants for projects that actually improve heavy vehicle safety. We have increased funding for this program by $6 million in the 2019-20 Budget. Labor would dismantle this program to fund the re-establishment of the RSRT.
After abolishing the RSRT, the Liberal National Government redirected $15.6 million over four years to the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiatives program – providing grants for projects that actually improve heavy vehicle safety. We have increased funding for this program by $6 million in the 2019-20 Budget. Labor would dismantle this program to fund the re-establishment of the RSRT. Cost
We have increased funding for this program by $6 million in the 2019-20 Budget. Labor would dismantle this program to fund the re-establishment of the RSRT. Cost The Morrison Government is investing an additional $9.8 million in road safety to ensure Australians get home safe.
Cost The Morrison Government is investing an additional $9.8 million in road safety to ensure Australians get home safe. Our Plan for Tasmania
The Morrison Government is investing an additional $9.8 million in road safety to ensure Australians get home safe. Our Plan for Tasmania Key Points
Our Plan for Tasmania Key Points Tasmania has become the nation’s turnaround state through the combined efforts of the Morrison and Hodgman governments.
Key Points Tasmania has become the nation’s turnaround state through the combined efforts of the Morrison and Hodgman governments. We are creating jobs,
Tasmania has become the nation’s turnaround state through the combined efforts of the Morrison and Hodgman governments. We are creating jobs, strengthening the health system
We are creating jobs, strengthening the health system and protecting the Tasmanian way of life.
strengthening the health system and protecting the Tasmanian way of life. Tasmania’s economy has grown strongly since 2013.
and protecting the Tasmanian way of life. Tasmania’s economy has grown strongly since 2013. When the Coalition was elected, the Tasmanian economy was weak after six years of federal Labor and a decade and a half of a state Labor-Greens alliance.
Tasmania’s economy has grown strongly since 2013. When the Coalition was elected, the Tasmanian economy was weak after six years of federal Labor and a decade and a half of a state Labor-Greens alliance. Tasmania’s jobless rate was at 8.1 per cent, having peaked at 8.8 per cent.
When the Coalition was elected, the Tasmanian economy was weak after six years of federal Labor and a decade and a half of a state Labor-Greens alliance. Tasmania’s jobless rate was at 8.1 per cent, having peaked at 8.8 per cent. It is now down to around 6.7 per cent.
Tasmania’s jobless rate was at 8.1 per cent, having peaked at 8.8 per cent. It is now down to around 6.7 per cent. The stronger economy is attracting more people to the state, which will only further boost the economy.
It is now down to around 6.7 per cent. The stronger economy is attracting more people to the state, which will only further boost the economy. There are more people visiting than ever before, with a record 1.3 million visitors in the year ending June 2018.
The stronger economy is attracting more people to the state, which will only further boost the economy. There are more people visiting than ever before, with a record 1.3 million visitors in the year ending June 2018. A re-elected Morrison Government will build an even stronger Tasmanian economy,
There are more people visiting than ever before, with a record 1.3 million visitors in the year ending June 2018. A re-elected Morrison Government will build an even stronger Tasmanian economy, allowing us to guarantee and improve essential services.
A re-elected Morrison Government will build an even stronger Tasmanian economy, allowing us to guarantee and improve essential services. Major elements of our Plan include:Boosting funding for Tasmanian healthcare, with a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan that addresses health care needs and provides affordable and accessible healthcare for Tasmanians, and an additional $25.6 million for north and north-west Tasmania.
allowing us to guarantee and improve essential services. Major elements of our Plan include:Boosting funding for Tasmanian healthcare, with a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan that addresses health care needs and provides affordable and accessible healthcare for Tasmanians, and an additional $25.6 million for north and north-west Tasmania. Creating jobs by investing in new infrastructure to grow the Tasmanian economy, bust congestion and improve safety, including an additional $313 million for transport infrastructure over the next decade, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion
Major elements of our Plan include:Boosting funding for Tasmanian healthcare, with a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan that addresses health care needs and provides affordable and accessible healthcare for Tasmanians, and an additional $25.6 million for north and north-west Tasmania. Creating jobs by investing in new infrastructure to grow the Tasmanian economy, bust congestion and improve safety, including an additional $313 million for transport infrastructure over the next decade, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation, including supporting the Marinus Link second interconnector and investing in skills
Creating jobs by investing in new infrastructure to grow the Tasmanian economy, bust congestion and improve safety, including an additional $313 million for transport infrastructure over the next decade, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation, including supporting the Marinus Link second interconnector and investing in skills Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania
Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation, including supporting the Marinus Link second interconnector and investing in skills Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania Supporting Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3 as part of our efforts to grow Tasmania’s world-class primary industries, and establishing a forestry hub for north and north-western Tasmania
Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania Supporting Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3 as part of our efforts to grow Tasmania’s world-class primary industries, and establishing a forestry hub for north and north-western Tasmania Supporting the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct in Launceston at the Australian Maritime College.
Supporting Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3 as part of our efforts to grow Tasmania’s world-class primary industries, and establishing a forestry hub for north and north-western Tasmania Supporting the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct in Launceston at the Australian Maritime College. Continuing to grow the tourism sector, with funding for Freycinet National Park
Supporting the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct in Launceston at the Australian Maritime College. Continuing to grow the tourism sector, with funding for Freycinet National Park Delivering Tasmanian households the largest personal income tax relief since the Howard Government, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000.
Continuing to grow the tourism sector, with funding for Freycinet National Park Delivering Tasmanian households the largest personal income tax relief since the Howard Government, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000. For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time
Delivering Tasmanian households the largest personal income tax relief since the Howard Government, with tax relief of up to $1,080 for single income families earning up to $126,000. For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time Backing small and family businesses, with lower taxes and an increase in the instant asset tax write-off to $30,000 now expanded to medium-sized businesses
For a dual income family that’s up to $2,160 back in families’ pockets in a few weeks’ time Backing small and family businesses, with lower taxes and an increase in the instant asset tax write-off to $30,000 now expanded to medium-sized businesses Delivering safer Tasmanian communities by maintaining strong borders, increasing funding for the Safer Communities Fund, and implementing comprehensive plans to address drugs, domestic violence and online safety
Backing small and family businesses, with lower taxes and an increase in the instant asset tax write-off to $30,000 now expanded to medium-sized businesses Delivering safer Tasmanian communities by maintaining strong borders, increasing funding for the Safer Communities Fund, and implementing comprehensive plans to address drugs, domestic violence and online safety Implementing the City Deals for Launceston and Hobart
Delivering safer Tasmanian communities by maintaining strong borders, increasing funding for the Safer Communities Fund, and implementing comprehensive plans to address drugs, domestic violence and online safety Implementing the City Deals for Launceston and Hobart Cementing Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway with $2.8 billion of investment.
Implementing the City Deals for Launceston and Hobart Cementing Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway with $2.8 billion of investment. Tasmania’s turnaround has been a major success, but these gains will unravel quickly with the wrong policies.
Cementing Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway with $2.8 billion of investment. Tasmania’s turnaround has been a major success, but these gains will unravel quickly with the wrong policies. Labor’s plan for $387 billion of new taxes on retirees, workers, investors and family businesses
Tasmania’s turnaround has been a major success, but these gains will unravel quickly with the wrong policies. Labor’s plan for $387 billion of new taxes on retirees, workers, investors and family businesses and a reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target threatens to stop Tasmania’s growth trajectory in its tracks.
Labor’s plan for $387 billion of new taxes on retirees, workers, investors and family businesses and a reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target threatens to stop Tasmania’s growth trajectory in its tracks. Labor’s economic and budget mismanagement also means the services Tasmanians rely on, like health, education and aged care, would also be put at risk.
and a reckless 45 per cent emissions reduction target threatens to stop Tasmania’s growth trajectory in its tracks. Labor’s economic and budget mismanagement also means the services Tasmanians rely on, like health, education and aged care, would also be put at risk. Our Record
Labor’s economic and budget mismanagement also means the services Tasmanians rely on, like health, education and aged care, would also be put at risk. Our Record There are more Tasmanians in jobs,
Our Record There are more Tasmanians in jobs, fewer Tasmanians on welfare,
There are more Tasmanians in jobs, fewer Tasmanians on welfare, and business confidence in Tasmania is high thanks to the strong partnership between the Morrison and Hodgman governments.
fewer Tasmanians on welfare, and business confidence in Tasmania is high thanks to the strong partnership between the Morrison and Hodgman governments. Around 17,000 jobs have been created in Tasmania since the Coalition was first elected in 2013.
and business confidence in Tasmania is high thanks to the strong partnership between the Morrison and Hodgman governments. Around 17,000 jobs have been created in Tasmania since the Coalition was first elected in 2013. To deliver an even stronger Tasmanian economy, we have committed over $2.7 billion in transport infrastructure, including:$400 million toward the upgrade of the Midland Highway with almost $120 million for the Breadalbane to Perth and the Perth Link Road;
Around 17,000 jobs have been created in Tasmania since the Coalition was first elected in 2013. To deliver an even stronger Tasmanian economy, we have committed over $2.7 billion in transport infrastructure, including:$400 million toward the upgrade of the Midland Highway with almost $120 million for the Breadalbane to Perth and the Perth Link Road; $400 million for the Tasmanian Roads Package including $60 million for the Bass Highway and $10 million for the Murchison Highway; and
To deliver an even stronger Tasmanian economy, we have committed over $2.7 billion in transport infrastructure, including:$400 million toward the upgrade of the Midland Highway with almost $120 million for the Breadalbane to Perth and the Perth Link Road; $400 million for the Tasmanian Roads Package including $60 million for the Bass Highway and $10 million for the Murchison Highway; and $461 million for the Bridgewater Bridge replacement.
$400 million for the Tasmanian Roads Package including $60 million for the Bass Highway and $10 million for the Murchison Highway; and $461 million for the Bridgewater Bridge replacement. We have also strengthened digital and communications infrastructure, with the NBN now rolled out to over 99% of Tasmanians, and an investment in 47 mobile blackspot base stations.
$461 million for the Bridgewater Bridge replacement. We have also strengthened digital and communications infrastructure, with the NBN now rolled out to over 99% of Tasmanians, and an investment in 47 mobile blackspot base stations. We have expanded the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme,
We have also strengthened digital and communications infrastructure, with the NBN now rolled out to over 99% of Tasmanians, and an investment in 47 mobile blackspot base stations. We have expanded the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme, provided tax relief to hard-working Tasmanians, ensured Tasmania gets its fair share of GST,
We have expanded the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme, provided tax relief to hard-working Tasmanians, ensured Tasmania gets its fair share of GST, and provided a direct link between Tasmania and the world with the $38 million international runway at Hobart Airport.
provided tax relief to hard-working Tasmanians, ensured Tasmania gets its fair share of GST, and provided a direct link between Tasmania and the world with the $38 million international runway at Hobart Airport. Regional and rural Tasmania have also been supported with $60 million to expand the Tranche II irrigation projects, protecting market access with $20 million to tackle fruit fly, new free trade agreements opening up new market opportunities for Tasmanian produce, and a range of regional economic development projects like Devonport’s Living City project and upgrades to the NBN on the West Coast.
and provided a direct link between Tasmania and the world with the $38 million international runway at Hobart Airport. Regional and rural Tasmania have also been supported with $60 million to expand the Tranche II irrigation projects, protecting market access with $20 million to tackle fruit fly, new free trade agreements opening up new market opportunities for Tasmanian produce, and a range of regional economic development projects like Devonport’s Living City project and upgrades to the NBN on the West Coast. A stronger economy has allowed us to guarantee the services Tasmanians rely on and support the Tasmanian way of life.
Regional and rural Tasmania have also been supported with $60 million to expand the Tranche II irrigation projects, protecting market access with $20 million to tackle fruit fly, new free trade agreements opening up new market opportunities for Tasmanian produce, and a range of regional economic development projects like Devonport’s Living City project and upgrades to the NBN on the West Coast. A stronger economy has allowed us to guarantee the services Tasmanians rely on and support the Tasmanian way of life. Our strong economic and budget management means we have been able to deliver:Record funding for Tasmanian public hospitals, with funding having increased by 44.5 per cent from $294 million in 2012-13 under Labor to $425 million in 2019-20.
A stronger economy has allowed us to guarantee the services Tasmanians rely on and support the Tasmanian way of life. Our strong economic and budget management means we have been able to deliver:Record funding for Tasmanian public hospitals, with funding having increased by 44.5 per cent from $294 million in 2012-13 under Labor to $425 million in 2019-20. Cheaper medicines for Tasmanians, with more than 2,000 new medicine listings on the PBS since we were elected in 2013, including life-saving drugs for cancer.
Our strong economic and budget management means we have been able to deliver:Record funding for Tasmanian public hospitals, with funding having increased by 44.5 per cent from $294 million in 2012-13 under Labor to $425 million in 2019-20. Cheaper medicines for Tasmanians, with more than 2,000 new medicine listings on the PBS since we were elected in 2013, including life-saving drugs for cancer. More funding for Tasmanian schools, with a total of $6.5 billion from 2019 to 2029, equivalent to growth of 60.6 per cent per student.
Cheaper medicines for Tasmanians, with more than 2,000 new medicine listings on the PBS since we were elected in 2013, including life-saving drugs for cancer. More funding for Tasmanian schools, with a total of $6.5 billion from 2019 to 2029, equivalent to growth of 60.6 per cent per student. Childcare reforms which have cut out-of-pocket costs for parents within the first six months, including by 10.7 per cent in Hobart.
More funding for Tasmanian schools, with a total of $6.5 billion from 2019 to 2029, equivalent to growth of 60.6 per cent per student. Childcare reforms which have cut out-of-pocket costs for parents within the first six months, including by 10.7 per cent in Hobart. Major commitment to aged care including $21.6 billion for aged care in 2019-20 across Australia, an increase of more than 50 per cent since 2013 14, including funding for an additional 10,000 home care packages, and a Royal Commission into the sector.
Childcare reforms which have cut out-of-pocket costs for parents within the first six months, including by 10.7 per cent in Hobart. Major commitment to aged care including $21.6 billion for aged care in 2019-20 across Australia, an increase of more than 50 per cent since 2013 14, including funding for an additional 10,000 home care packages, and a Royal Commission into the sector. We have also prioritised creating a safer Tasmania, including investments under the Safer Communities Fund for CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems for community spaces and other infrastructure.
Major commitment to aged care including $21.6 billion for aged care in 2019-20 across Australia, an increase of more than 50 per cent since 2013 14, including funding for an additional 10,000 home care packages, and a Royal Commission into the sector. We have also prioritised creating a safer Tasmania, including investments under the Safer Communities Fund for CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems for community spaces and other infrastructure. The Liberal National government has also maintained strong borders – we stopped the boats, stopped the deaths at sea, removed children from detention, and cancelled the visas of thousands of criminals across the country, including 15 in Tasmania.
We have also prioritised creating a safer Tasmania, including investments under the Safer Communities Fund for CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems for community spaces and other infrastructure. The Liberal National government has also maintained strong borders – we stopped the boats, stopped the deaths at sea, removed children from detention, and cancelled the visas of thousands of criminals across the country, including 15 in Tasmania. Our Plan
The Liberal National government has also maintained strong borders – we stopped the boats, stopped the deaths at sea, removed children from detention, and cancelled the visas of thousands of criminals across the country, including 15 in Tasmania. Our Plan Record funding for infrastructure
Our Plan Record funding for infrastructure A strong Tasmanian economy with more jobs depends on ongoing investment in infrastructure to ease congestion in cities, unlock the potential regional centres, ensure Tasmanians get to their destinations quickly and safely, and help businesses efficiently transport goods and products.
Record funding for infrastructure A strong Tasmanian economy with more jobs depends on ongoing investment in infrastructure to ease congestion in cities, unlock the potential regional centres, ensure Tasmanians get to their destinations quickly and safely, and help businesses efficiently transport goods and products. In the 2019-20 Budget, the Morrison Government locked in a further $313 million investment over the next decade for land transport infrastructure in Tasmania, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion.
A strong Tasmanian economy with more jobs depends on ongoing investment in infrastructure to ease congestion in cities, unlock the potential regional centres, ensure Tasmanians get to their destinations quickly and safely, and help businesses efficiently transport goods and products. In the 2019-20 Budget, the Morrison Government locked in a further $313 million investment over the next decade for land transport infrastructure in Tasmania, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion. New projects include:An additional $68 million investment in the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program, bringing our total investment to over $187 million.
In the 2019-20 Budget, the Morrison Government locked in a further $313 million investment over the next decade for land transport infrastructure in Tasmania, bringing our total investment to over $2.7 billion. New projects include:An additional $68 million investment in the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program, bringing our total investment to over $187 million. This means greater efficiencies and lower prices for businesses that use freight rail.
New projects include:An additional $68 million investment in the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation Program, bringing our total investment to over $187 million. This means greater efficiencies and lower prices for businesses that use freight rail. It is good news for Tasmanians as more freight on rail means fewer heavy vehicles on roads.
This means greater efficiencies and lower prices for businesses that use freight rail. It is good news for Tasmanians as more freight on rail means fewer heavy vehicles on roads. That saves taxpayers in avoided road maintenance and means fewer road accidents.
It is good news for Tasmanians as more freight on rail means fewer heavy vehicles on roads. That saves taxpayers in avoided road maintenance and means fewer road accidents. $210 million for projects from the Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, including:$130 million for the Hobart to Sorrell Corridor
That saves taxpayers in avoided road maintenance and means fewer road accidents. $210 million for projects from the Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, including:$130 million for the Hobart to Sorrell Corridor $80 million for a range of road upgrades, including Birralee Main Road, Murchison Highway, Old Surrey Road and Massey Green Drive, and Strahan Road
$210 million for projects from the Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, including:$130 million for the Hobart to Sorrell Corridor $80 million for a range of road upgrades, including Birralee Main Road, Murchison Highway, Old Surrey Road and Massey Green Drive, and Strahan Road $35 million for projects from the Urban Congestion Fund, including:$25 million for a Hobart congestion package
$80 million for a range of road upgrades, including Birralee Main Road, Murchison Highway, Old Surrey Road and Massey Green Drive, and Strahan Road $35 million for projects from the Urban Congestion Fund, including:$25 million for a Hobart congestion package $10 million for Tasman Highway Intelligent Transport Solutions
$35 million for projects from the Urban Congestion Fund, including:$25 million for a Hobart congestion package $10 million for Tasman Highway Intelligent Transport Solutions The Morrison Government is also committing $100 million for Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche III, fully funded by the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund.
$10 million for Tasman Highway Intelligent Transport Solutions The Morrison Government is also committing $100 million for Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche III, fully funded by the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund. We will ensure Tasmania gets its fair share of our $2.2 billion Local and State Road Safety Package, which includes additional funding of $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program; $550 million for the Black Spots Program; $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program; and $275 million for bridges renewal funding.
The Morrison Government is also committing $100 million for Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche III, fully funded by the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund. We will ensure Tasmania gets its fair share of our $2.2 billion Local and State Road Safety Package, which includes additional funding of $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program; $550 million for the Black Spots Program; $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program; and $275 million for bridges renewal funding. This brings total commitments to these programs from 2013-14 to $13.1 billion.
We will ensure Tasmania gets its fair share of our $2.2 billion Local and State Road Safety Package, which includes additional funding of $1.1 billion for the Roads to Recovery Program; $550 million for the Black Spots Program; $275 million for the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program; and $275 million for bridges renewal funding. This brings total commitments to these programs from 2013-14 to $13.1 billion. Strengthening the Tasmanian health system
This brings total commitments to these programs from 2013-14 to $13.1 billion. Strengthening the Tasmanian health system The Morrison Government’s Tasmanian Health Plan will protect lives, improve lives and save lives.
Strengthening the Tasmanian health system The Morrison Government’s Tasmanian Health Plan will protect lives, improve lives and save lives. It builds on the 44.5 per cent increase in funding we have provided for Tasmanian public hospitals, a $730 million investment in the Mersey Community Hospital, record levels of bulk billing and more than 2,000 new medicines subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year.
The Morrison Government’s Tasmanian Health Plan will protect lives, improve lives and save lives. It builds on the 44.5 per cent increase in funding we have provided for Tasmanian public hospitals, a $730 million investment in the Mersey Community Hospital, record levels of bulk billing and more than 2,000 new medicines subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year. Funding for Tasmanian public hospitals will increase from $425 million to $525 million a year under a new hospitals agreement.
It builds on the 44.5 per cent increase in funding we have provided for Tasmanian public hospitals, a $730 million investment in the Mersey Community Hospital, record levels of bulk billing and more than 2,000 new medicines subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year. Funding for Tasmanian public hospitals will increase from $425 million to $525 million a year under a new hospitals agreement. We will also deliver a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan to strengthen Tasmania’s health system, providing affordable and accessible health services for more Tasmanians, where and when they need them.
Funding for Tasmanian public hospitals will increase from $425 million to $525 million a year under a new hospitals agreement. We will also deliver a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan to strengthen Tasmania’s health system, providing affordable and accessible health services for more Tasmanians, where and when they need them. The plan includes:Reducing elective surgery wait times and improving hospital and health services and infrastructure, including upgrading the birthing suite at Launceston General Hospital ($35.1 million)
We will also deliver a $91.9 million Tasmanian Health Plan to strengthen Tasmania’s health system, providing affordable and accessible health services for more Tasmanians, where and when they need them. The plan includes:Reducing elective surgery wait times and improving hospital and health services and infrastructure, including upgrading the birthing suite at Launceston General Hospital ($35.1 million) More frontline mental health services, including a new adult mental health centre in Launceston, a headspace centre in Devonport and a satellite service in Burnie, and a residential eating disorder clinic in Hobart ($24.4 million)
The plan includes:Reducing elective surgery wait times and improving hospital and health services and infrastructure, including upgrading the birthing suite at Launceston General Hospital ($35.1 million) More frontline mental health services, including a new adult mental health centre in Launceston, a headspace centre in Devonport and a satellite service in Burnie, and a residential eating disorder clinic in Hobart ($24.4 million) Helping Tasmanians in their fight against cancer with a second linear accelerator machine at the North West Centre at Burnie ($4.4 million)
More frontline mental health services, including a new adult mental health centre in Launceston, a headspace centre in Devonport and a satellite service in Burnie, and a residential eating disorder clinic in Hobart ($24.4 million) Helping Tasmanians in their fight against cancer with a second linear accelerator machine at the North West Centre at Burnie ($4.4 million) A new bulk-billed MRI service at Devonport to give patients access to Medicare subsidised scans for cancer, as well as strokes and other conditions ($4.7 million)
Helping Tasmanians in their fight against cancer with a second linear accelerator machine at the North West Centre at Burnie ($4.4 million) A new bulk-billed MRI service at Devonport to give patients access to Medicare subsidised scans for cancer, as well as strokes and other conditions ($4.7 million) Improving access to breast cancer diagnosis services with two additional diagnostic mammography units in Hobart and Launceston ($3 million)
A new bulk-billed MRI service at Devonport to give patients access to Medicare subsidised scans for cancer, as well as strokes and other conditions ($4.7 million) Improving access to breast cancer diagnosis services with two additional diagnostic mammography units in Hobart and Launceston ($3 million) Boosting new medical research, including in a University of Tasmania/ Menzies Institute Multiple Sclerosis flagship program, and preventative health research at University of Tasmania ($12.4 million)
Improving access to breast cancer diagnosis services with two additional diagnostic mammography units in Hobart and Launceston ($3 million) Boosting new medical research, including in a University of Tasmania/ Menzies Institute Multiple Sclerosis flagship program, and preventative health research at University of Tasmania ($12.4 million) Improved alcohol and drug support, including a new 10 bed rehabilitation facility in the greater Burnie region and an eight bed service in Circular Head ($7.4 million)
Boosting new medical research, including in a University of Tasmania/ Menzies Institute Multiple Sclerosis flagship program, and preventative health research at University of Tasmania ($12.4 million) Improved alcohol and drug support, including a new 10 bed rehabilitation facility in the greater Burnie region and an eight bed service in Circular Head ($7.4 million) Supporting the Tasmanian Primary Health Network to engage experts such as physiotherapists and personal trainers to run the innovative ‘Strength2Strength’ program in North West Tasmania ($500,000).
Improved alcohol and drug support, including a new 10 bed rehabilitation facility in the greater Burnie region and an eight bed service in Circular Head ($7.4 million) Supporting the Tasmanian Primary Health Network to engage experts such as physiotherapists and personal trainers to run the innovative ‘Strength2Strength’ program in North West Tasmania ($500,000). The Morrison Government will also make a further $25.6 million investment in improving healthcare in north and north-western Tasmania, including the following grants:$10 million to redevelop and extend the existing Kings Meadows Community Health Centre into a contemporary community health centre to meet increased demand, including for renal and oral health.
Supporting the Tasmanian Primary Health Network to engage experts such as physiotherapists and personal trainers to run the innovative ‘Strength2Strength’ program in North West Tasmania ($500,000). The Morrison Government will also make a further $25.6 million investment in improving healthcare in north and north-western Tasmania, including the following grants:$10 million to redevelop and extend the existing Kings Meadows Community Health Centre into a contemporary community health centre to meet increased demand, including for renal and oral health. $10 million for improvements to the Acute Care facility at North West Regional Hospital.
The Morrison Government will also make a further $25.6 million investment in improving healthcare in north and north-western Tasmania, including the following grants:$10 million to redevelop and extend the existing Kings Meadows Community Health Centre into a contemporary community health centre to meet increased demand, including for renal and oral health. $10 million for improvements to the Acute Care facility at North West Regional Hospital. $1 million for the Queenstown Allied Health and Aged facility.
$10 million for improvements to the Acute Care facility at North West Regional Hospital. $1 million for the Queenstown Allied Health and Aged facility. $4.5 million for a perinatal infant mental health service at Launceston General Hospital and North West Regional Hospital.
$1 million for the Queenstown Allied Health and Aged facility. $4.5 million for a perinatal infant mental health service at Launceston General Hospital and North West Regional Hospital. $100,000 for two mobile unit health buses supported by Rotary Tasmania and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
$4.5 million for a perinatal infant mental health service at Launceston General Hospital and North West Regional Hospital. $100,000 for two mobile unit health buses supported by Rotary Tasmania and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation
$100,000 for two mobile unit health buses supported by Rotary Tasmania and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation The Coalition will support Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation plan with a $56 million investment to accelerate the delivery of the Marinus Link - a second interconnector with the mainland.
Supporting Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation The Coalition will support Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation plan with a $56 million investment to accelerate the delivery of the Marinus Link - a second interconnector with the mainland. The interconnector will deliver more affordable and reliable electricity for households and businesses and would have prevented the blackouts we saw in southern states this summer.
The Coalition will support Tasmania’s Battery of the Nation plan with a $56 million investment to accelerate the delivery of the Marinus Link - a second interconnector with the mainland. The interconnector will deliver more affordable and reliable electricity for households and businesses and would have prevented the blackouts we saw in southern states this summer. The Marinus Link will unlock new generation and storage in Tasmania, helping lower prices and increase reliability in the National Electricity Market.
The interconnector will deliver more affordable and reliable electricity for households and businesses and would have prevented the blackouts we saw in southern states this summer. The Marinus Link will unlock new generation and storage in Tasmania, helping lower prices and increase reliability in the National Electricity Market. The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction
The Marinus Link will unlock new generation and storage in Tasmania, helping lower prices and increase reliability in the National Electricity Market. The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus, predominantly to north-western Tasmania.
The Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation will create 3,800 direct and indirect jobs during construction deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus, predominantly to north-western Tasmania. This investment is on top of our initial investment of $20 million to support the development of prefeasibility studies for the Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation.
deliver a $7 billion economic stimulus, predominantly to north-western Tasmania. This investment is on top of our initial investment of $20 million to support the development of prefeasibility studies for the Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation. To support the rollout of this package, the Government will also invest $17 million in an Energising Tasmania skills initiative.
This investment is on top of our initial investment of $20 million to support the development of prefeasibility studies for the Marinus Link and Battery of the Nation. To support the rollout of this package, the Government will also invest $17 million in an Energising Tasmania skills initiative. This will provide fee-free training in priority areas such as project management, civil construction, electro-technology and engineering skills to ensure Tasmania can train a workforce to build up its pumped hydro capabilities and support the energy infrastructure of the future.
To support the rollout of this package, the Government will also invest $17 million in an Energising Tasmania skills initiative. This will provide fee-free training in priority areas such as project management, civil construction, electro-technology and engineering skills to ensure Tasmania can train a workforce to build up its pumped hydro capabilities and support the energy infrastructure of the future. Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania
This will provide fee-free training in priority areas such as project management, civil construction, electro-technology and engineering skills to ensure Tasmania can train a workforce to build up its pumped hydro capabilities and support the energy infrastructure of the future. Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania North-west Tasmania will benefit from the Morrison Government’s $525 million national skills package, including our $58 million investment in Industry Training Hubs and scholarships to skill young Australians for jobs of the future.
Tackling high youth unemployment in north-west Tasmania North-west Tasmania will benefit from the Morrison Government’s $525 million national skills package, including our $58 million investment in Industry Training Hubs and scholarships to skill young Australians for jobs of the future. Burnie is one of ten locations of elevated youth unemployment across Australia that have been selected to host an Industry Training Hub, which will strengthen partnerships between local schools, employers and industries, and ensure that vocational education programs are tailored to meet local workforce needs and skills demands.
North-west Tasmania will benefit from the Morrison Government’s $525 million national skills package, including our $58 million investment in Industry Training Hubs and scholarships to skill young Australians for jobs of the future. Burnie is one of ten locations of elevated youth unemployment across Australia that have been selected to host an Industry Training Hub, which will strengthen partnerships between local schools, employers and industries, and ensure that vocational education programs are tailored to meet local workforce needs and skills demands. While Tasmania’s unemployment rate has fallen since 2013, youth unemployment in the Burnie region at 15.8 per cent remains well above the national average of 11.5 per cent.
Burnie is one of ten locations of elevated youth unemployment across Australia that have been selected to host an Industry Training Hub, which will strengthen partnerships between local schools, employers and industries, and ensure that vocational education programs are tailored to meet local workforce needs and skills demands. While Tasmania’s unemployment rate has fallen since 2013, youth unemployment in the Burnie region at 15.8 per cent remains well above the national average of 11.5 per cent. Under the scholarship program, young people aged 15-24 in training hub areas will be eligible to apply for a scholarship to undertake an eligible VET Approved Program of Study.
While Tasmania’s unemployment rate has fallen since 2013, youth unemployment in the Burnie region at 15.8 per cent remains well above the national average of 11.5 per cent. Under the scholarship program, young people aged 15-24 in training hub areas will be eligible to apply for a scholarship to undertake an eligible VET Approved Program of Study. Across the nation, four hundred scholarships, valued at up to $17,500 each, will be made available from Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level.
Under the scholarship program, young people aged 15-24 in training hub areas will be eligible to apply for a scholarship to undertake an eligible VET Approved Program of Study. Across the nation, four hundred scholarships, valued at up to $17,500 each, will be made available from Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level. Growing Tasmania’s world-class primary industries
Across the nation, four hundred scholarships, valued at up to $17,500 each, will be made available from Certificate III to Advanced Diploma level. Growing Tasmania’s world-class primary industries Tasmania’s traditional sectors of agriculture, forestry and fisheries have always been a strong part of the state’s economy.
Growing Tasmania’s world-class primary industries Tasmania’s traditional sectors of agriculture, forestry and fisheries have always been a strong part of the state’s economy. These sectors have consistently delivered jobs
Tasmania’s traditional sectors of agriculture, forestry and fisheries have always been a strong part of the state’s economy. These sectors have consistently delivered jobs and economic growth for the state,
These sectors have consistently delivered jobs and economic growth for the state, and our free trade deals are providing new opportunities to expand into overseas markets.
and economic growth for the state, and our free trade deals are providing new opportunities to expand into overseas markets. A re-elected Morrison Government will continue to support these traditional industries to grow even more jobs, with plans that will:Increase Tasmania’s agricultural industry and exports through a $100 million investment in phase one of Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3, building on our commitment of $60 million for Tranche 2.
and our free trade deals are providing new opportunities to expand into overseas markets. A re-elected Morrison Government will continue to support these traditional industries to grow even more jobs, with plans that will:Increase Tasmania’s agricultural industry and exports through a $100 million investment in phase one of Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3, building on our commitment of $60 million for Tranche 2. This will be fully funded from the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund.
A re-elected Morrison Government will continue to support these traditional industries to grow even more jobs, with plans that will:Increase Tasmania’s agricultural industry and exports through a $100 million investment in phase one of Tasmanian Irrigation Tranche 3, building on our commitment of $60 million for Tranche 2. This will be fully funded from the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund. Expand the offshore aquaculture industry with a $70 million investment in the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre.
This will be fully funded from the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund. Expand the offshore aquaculture industry with a $70 million investment in the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre. Deliver a new forestry hub in northern and north-western Tasmania as part of our $12.5 million investment in nine hubs across the country.
Expand the offshore aquaculture industry with a $70 million investment in the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre. Deliver a new forestry hub in northern and north-western Tasmania as part of our $12.5 million investment in nine hubs across the country. The Morrison Government will open up even more markets for Tasmanian producers by implementing signed free trade agreements with Peru, Indonesia and Hong Kong, as well as by concluding free trade agreements with the European Union, regional markets via the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the four nation Pacific Alliance (Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia).
Deliver a new forestry hub in northern and north-western Tasmania as part of our $12.5 million investment in nine hubs across the country. The Morrison Government will open up even more markets for Tasmanian producers by implementing signed free trade agreements with Peru, Indonesia and Hong Kong, as well as by concluding free trade agreements with the European Union, regional markets via the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the four nation Pacific Alliance (Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia). Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct
The Morrison Government will open up even more markets for Tasmanian producers by implementing signed free trade agreements with Peru, Indonesia and Hong Kong, as well as by concluding free trade agreements with the European Union, regional markets via the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the four nation Pacific Alliance (Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia). Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct A re elected Morrison Government will invest $30 million in phase one of the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design precinct at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) in Launceston.
Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design Precinct A re elected Morrison Government will invest $30 million in phase one of the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design precinct at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) in Launceston. The new Precinct will help drive defence-related research and development and innovation projects, creating a world-class research precinct and highly-skilled jobs in Launceston.
A re elected Morrison Government will invest $30 million in phase one of the Tasmanian Defence Innovation and Design precinct at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (AMC) in Launceston. The new Precinct will help drive defence-related research and development and innovation projects, creating a world-class research precinct and highly-skilled jobs in Launceston. It is estimated the Precinct will ultimately result in over 150 additional jobs in the region each year, with up to 58 additional jobs in the region during the construction program.
The new Precinct will help drive defence-related research and development and innovation projects, creating a world-class research precinct and highly-skilled jobs in Launceston. It is estimated the Precinct will ultimately result in over 150 additional jobs in the region each year, with up to 58 additional jobs in the region during the construction program. The Precinct will help the Morrison Government deliver on its massive $200 billion investment in defence capability over the next decade and its $90 billion national Naval Shipbuilding Plan.
It is estimated the Precinct will ultimately result in over 150 additional jobs in the region each year, with up to 58 additional jobs in the region during the construction program. The Precinct will help the Morrison Government deliver on its massive $200 billion investment in defence capability over the next decade and its $90 billion national Naval Shipbuilding Plan. By supporting Phase 1 of the Research and Design Precinct, a re-elected Morrison Government will be supporting high value testing and evaluation needs for the Royal Australian Navy;
The Precinct will help the Morrison Government deliver on its massive $200 billion investment in defence capability over the next decade and its $90 billion national Naval Shipbuilding Plan. By supporting Phase 1 of the Research and Design Precinct, a re-elected Morrison Government will be supporting high value testing and evaluation needs for the Royal Australian Navy; increasing opportunities for greater collaboration between Defence, academia and industry to deliver cutting-edge defence capability;
By supporting Phase 1 of the Research and Design Precinct, a re-elected Morrison Government will be supporting high value testing and evaluation needs for the Royal Australian Navy; increasing opportunities for greater collaboration between Defence, academia and industry to deliver cutting-edge defence capability; and build the AMC’s ability to support the National Shipbuilding College as it builds the workforce of the future to deliver on our national Naval Shipbuilding Plan.
increasing opportunities for greater collaboration between Defence, academia and industry to deliver cutting-edge defence capability; and build the AMC’s ability to support the National Shipbuilding College as it builds the workforce of the future to deliver on our national Naval Shipbuilding Plan. Only the Coalition can be trusted to deliver on its Defence commitments.
and build the AMC’s ability to support the National Shipbuilding College as it builds the workforce of the future to deliver on our national Naval Shipbuilding Plan. Only the Coalition can be trusted to deliver on its Defence commitments. Labor’s record when it comes to Defence is one of over $18 billion in cuts and slashing the Defence budget to its lowest level since 1938 as a proportion of GDP.
Only the Coalition can be trusted to deliver on its Defence commitments. Labor’s record when it comes to Defence is one of over $18 billion in cuts and slashing the Defence budget to its lowest level since 1938 as a proportion of GDP. Supporting tourism and jobs in Freycinet
Labor’s record when it comes to Defence is one of over $18 billion in cuts and slashing the Defence budget to its lowest level since 1938 as a proportion of GDP. Supporting tourism and jobs in Freycinet The Liberal National Government has a strong track record of supporting Tasmania’s tourism industry, with visitor numbers at a record 1.3 million people.
Supporting tourism and jobs in Freycinet The Liberal National Government has a strong track record of supporting Tasmania’s tourism industry, with visitor numbers at a record 1.3 million people. Freycinet National Park is one of the fastest growing and most popular tourism destinations in Tasmania.
The Liberal National Government has a strong track record of supporting Tasmania’s tourism industry, with visitor numbers at a record 1.3 million people. Freycinet National Park is one of the fastest growing and most popular tourism destinations in Tasmania. Visitation to Freycinet and Coles Bay has increased at an average of 14 per cent per annum over the past five years.
Freycinet National Park is one of the fastest growing and most popular tourism destinations in Tasmania. Visitation to Freycinet and Coles Bay has increased at an average of 14 per cent per annum over the past five years. As a ‘must see’ tourist attraction, Freycinet and Coles Bay continue to help drive tourism within the East Coast Tasmania region, where domestic and international tourists spent 1.6 million nights and $185 million in the year ending September 2018.
Visitation to Freycinet and Coles Bay has increased at an average of 14 per cent per annum over the past five years. As a ‘must see’ tourist attraction, Freycinet and Coles Bay continue to help drive tourism within the East Coast Tasmania region, where domestic and international tourists spent 1.6 million nights and $185 million in the year ending September 2018. While domestic visitor numbers to the area are strong, international visitors have more than doubled in the past five years.
As a ‘must see’ tourist attraction, Freycinet and Coles Bay continue to help drive tourism within the East Coast Tasmania region, where domestic and international tourists spent 1.6 million nights and $185 million in the year ending September 2018. While domestic visitor numbers to the area are strong, international visitors have more than doubled in the past five years. The Morrison Government will commit $7.2 million to the Freycinet National park for tourism infrastructure upgrades as part of the Government’s $50 million National Tourism Icons Package:$5.7 million towards a new visitor gateway, including a transit hub with new road access and car parking, shelter and information centre
While domestic visitor numbers to the area are strong, international visitors have more than doubled in the past five years. The Morrison Government will commit $7.2 million to the Freycinet National park for tourism infrastructure upgrades as part of the Government’s $50 million National Tourism Icons Package:$5.7 million towards a new visitor gateway, including a transit hub with new road access and car parking, shelter and information centre $650,000 for an Aboriginal education program and Discovery Ranger Program
The Morrison Government will commit $7.2 million to the Freycinet National park for tourism infrastructure upgrades as part of the Government’s $50 million National Tourism Icons Package:$5.7 million towards a new visitor gateway, including a transit hub with new road access and car parking, shelter and information centre $650,000 for an Aboriginal education program and Discovery Ranger Program $450,000 for a new Wineglass Bay lookout
$650,000 for an Aboriginal education program and Discovery Ranger Program $450,000 for a new Wineglass Bay lookout $400,000 for a foreshore walkway
$450,000 for a new Wineglass Bay lookout $400,000 for a foreshore walkway This builds on other investments we have made in Tasmanian tourism, including the $30 million investment in the Cradle Mountain Cableway, and $1.5 million for a major art installation in Tasmania’s south as part of MONA’s Dark Mofo festival.
$400,000 for a foreshore walkway This builds on other investments we have made in Tasmanian tourism, including the $30 million investment in the Cradle Mountain Cableway, and $1.5 million for a major art installation in Tasmania’s south as part of MONA’s Dark Mofo festival. Lower taxes for hard-working Tasmanians
This builds on other investments we have made in Tasmanian tourism, including the $30 million investment in the Cradle Mountain Cableway, and $1.5 million for a major art installation in Tasmania’s south as part of MONA’s Dark Mofo festival. Lower taxes for hard-working Tasmanians The Morrison Government is lowering taxes for hard-working Australians as part of our plan to deliver a stronger economy
Lower taxes for hard-working Tasmanians The Morrison Government is lowering taxes for hard-working Australians as part of our plan to deliver a stronger economy and record job creation.
The Morrison Government is lowering taxes for hard-working Australians as part of our plan to deliver a stronger economy and record job creation. Our tax system must be fair for all Australians.
and record job creation. Our tax system must be fair for all Australians. Our Personal Income Tax Plan delivers lower taxes for Tasmanians, ensuring they keep more of what they earn.
Our tax system must be fair for all Australians. Our Personal Income Tax Plan delivers lower taxes for Tasmanians, ensuring they keep more of what they earn. The enhanced plan will result in a better tax system, with greater reward for effort while ensuring top earners pay their fair share.
Our Personal Income Tax Plan delivers lower taxes for Tasmanians, ensuring they keep more of what they earn. The enhanced plan will result in a better tax system, with greater reward for effort while ensuring top earners pay their fair share. Around 210,000 lower and middle income earners in Tasmania will receive relief of up to $1,080 after they lodge their 2018-19 tax return.
The enhanced plan will result in a better tax system, with greater reward for effort while ensuring top earners pay their fair share. Around 210,000 lower and middle income earners in Tasmania will receive relief of up to $1,080 after they lodge their 2018-19 tax return. That’s up to $2,160 for dual income families.
Around 210,000 lower and middle income earners in Tasmania will receive relief of up to $1,080 after they lodge their 2018-19 tax return. That’s up to $2,160 for dual income families. These benefits are then locked in for subsequent years.
That’s up to $2,160 for dual income families. These benefits are then locked in for subsequent years. In 2024-25, the Government will reduce the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent, improving incentives for working Australians and increasing the reward for effort.
These benefits are then locked in for subsequent years. In 2024-25, the Government will reduce the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent, improving incentives for working Australians and increasing the reward for effort. As a result of this plan, around 94 per cent of Australian taxpayers are projected to face a marginal tax rate of 30 per cent or less in 2024-25.
In 2024-25, the Government will reduce the 32.5 per cent tax rate to 30 per cent, improving incentives for working Australians and increasing the reward for effort. As a result of this plan, around 94 per cent of Australian taxpayers are projected to face a marginal tax rate of 30 per cent or less in 2024-25. The Government’s strong fiscal management means that it can deliver surpluses while also easing the cost of living pressure on hard-working Australians.
As a result of this plan, around 94 per cent of Australian taxpayers are projected to face a marginal tax rate of 30 per cent or less in 2024-25. The Government’s strong fiscal management means that it can deliver surpluses while also easing the cost of living pressure on hard-working Australians. Supporting small and family businesses
The Government’s strong fiscal management means that it can deliver surpluses while also easing the cost of living pressure on hard-working Australians. Supporting small and family businesses Small and family businesses are at the centre of our economic plan for Australia.
Supporting small and family businesses Small and family businesses are at the centre of our economic plan for Australia. They are the engine room of our economy, with Tasmania’s 60,000 small and medium sized businesses employing around 146,000 Tasmanian workers.
Small and family businesses are at the centre of our economic plan for Australia. They are the engine room of our economy, with Tasmania’s 60,000 small and medium sized businesses employing around 146,000 Tasmanian workers. A re-elected Morrison Government will implement a range of measures to reduce costs and make life easier for Tasmania’s small and family businesses.
They are the engine room of our economy, with Tasmania’s 60,000 small and medium sized businesses employing around 146,000 Tasmanian workers. A re-elected Morrison Government will implement a range of measures to reduce costs and make life easier for Tasmania’s small and family businesses. We are reducing taxes on small businesses – the business tax rate has been reduced from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent and will fall further to 25 per cent in 2021-22.
A re-elected Morrison Government will implement a range of measures to reduce costs and make life easier for Tasmania’s small and family businesses. We are reducing taxes on small businesses – the business tax rate has been reduced from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent and will fall further to 25 per cent in 2021-22. Unincorporated Tasmanian small businesses will have access to the Government’s increase to the unincorporated tax discount.
We are reducing taxes on small businesses – the business tax rate has been reduced from 30 per cent to 27.5 per cent and will fall further to 25 per cent in 2021-22. Unincorporated Tasmanian small businesses will have access to the Government’s increase to the unincorporated tax discount. As part of the 2019-20 Budget, we delivered an increase to the instant asset write-off threshold to $30,000 until 30 June 2020.
Unincorporated Tasmanian small businesses will have access to the Government’s increase to the unincorporated tax discount. As part of the 2019-20 Budget, we delivered an increase to the instant asset write-off threshold to $30,000 until 30 June 2020. We are also expanding access to the instant asset write-off to include medium-sized businesses by increasing the annual turnover threshold from $10 million to $50 million.
As part of the 2019-20 Budget, we delivered an increase to the instant asset write-off threshold to $30,000 until 30 June 2020. We are also expanding access to the instant asset write-off to include medium-sized businesses by increasing the annual turnover threshold from $10 million to $50 million. These changes provide a much needed boost to agricultural, manufacturing, tourism and other small and medium sized businesses in Tasmania.
We are also expanding access to the instant asset write-off to include medium-sized businesses by increasing the annual turnover threshold from $10 million to $50 million. These changes provide a much needed boost to agricultural, manufacturing, tourism and other small and medium sized businesses in Tasmania. Small and family businesses in Tasmania can trust the Morrison Government to support them with other announced measures, including streamlining red tape and simplifying tax reporting;
These changes provide a much needed boost to agricultural, manufacturing, tourism and other small and medium sized businesses in Tasmania. Small and family businesses in Tasmania can trust the Morrison Government to support them with other announced measures, including streamlining red tape and simplifying tax reporting; increasing access to finance with the $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund;
Small and family businesses in Tasmania can trust the Morrison Government to support them with other announced measures, including streamlining red tape and simplifying tax reporting; increasing access to finance with the $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund; and ensuring they get paid on time by government and big business.
increasing access to finance with the $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund; and ensuring they get paid on time by government and big business. Safer and more secure Tasmanian communities
and ensuring they get paid on time by government and big business. Safer and more secure Tasmanian communities Safe communities are a key part of the Tasmanian way of life.
Safer and more secure Tasmanian communities Safe communities are a key part of the Tasmanian way of life. Thanks to the strong commitment to safety and security of the federal and state Coalition governments, crime in Tasmania is falling, with total offences down by 5 per cent in 2017-18, including stolen motor vehicles down by 21 per cent, and sexual assaults down by 26 per cent.
Safe communities are a key part of the Tasmanian way of life. Thanks to the strong commitment to safety and security of the federal and state Coalition governments, crime in Tasmania is falling, with total offences down by 5 per cent in 2017-18, including stolen motor vehicles down by 21 per cent, and sexual assaults down by 26 per cent. We are committed to continue working with the Hodgman Government to support the safety and security of communities in Tasmania.
Thanks to the strong commitment to safety and security of the federal and state Coalition governments, crime in Tasmania is falling, with total offences down by 5 per cent in 2017-18, including stolen motor vehicles down by 21 per cent, and sexual assaults down by 26 per cent. We are committed to continue working with the Hodgman Government to support the safety and security of communities in Tasmania. A re-elected Coalition will deliver a comprehensive suite of actions to keep all Tasmanians safe.
We are committed to continue working with the Hodgman Government to support the safety and security of communities in Tasmania. A re-elected Coalition will deliver a comprehensive suite of actions to keep all Tasmanians safe. In addition to maintaining strong borders and continuing to cancel visas of people who commit crimes, Tasmania will benefit from our national plans to:Deliver a comprehensive drug strategy to address the supply, demand and harm caused by illicit drugs with a five-year investment of $337 million.
A re-elected Coalition will deliver a comprehensive suite of actions to keep all Tasmanians safe. In addition to maintaining strong borders and continuing to cancel visas of people who commit crimes, Tasmania will benefit from our national plans to:Deliver a comprehensive drug strategy to address the supply, demand and harm caused by illicit drugs with a five-year investment of $337 million. This includes $152 million to strengthen law enforcement efforts to disrupt and reduce the supply of illicit drugs including by targeting the threat posed by outlaw motorcycle gangs.
In addition to maintaining strong borders and continuing to cancel visas of people who commit crimes, Tasmania will benefit from our national plans to:Deliver a comprehensive drug strategy to address the supply, demand and harm caused by illicit drugs with a five-year investment of $337 million. This includes $152 million to strengthen law enforcement efforts to disrupt and reduce the supply of illicit drugs including by targeting the threat posed by outlaw motorcycle gangs. Support local councils and community organisations to undertake crime prevention activities as well as protect schools, religious institutions and other sites from religious and racial intolerance through CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems and other infrastructure.
This includes $152 million to strengthen law enforcement efforts to disrupt and reduce the supply of illicit drugs including by targeting the threat posed by outlaw motorcycle gangs. Support local councils and community organisations to undertake crime prevention activities as well as protect schools, religious institutions and other sites from religious and racial intolerance through CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems and other infrastructure. This will be delivered through a further $58.2 million investment in the Safer Communities Fund.
Support local councils and community organisations to undertake crime prevention activities as well as protect schools, religious institutions and other sites from religious and racial intolerance through CCTV cameras, security lighting, alarm systems and other infrastructure. This will be delivered through a further $58.2 million investment in the Safer Communities Fund. Take action against domestic violence, with the largest ever Commonwealth investment of $328 million for prevention and frontline services to support the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children
This will be delivered through a further $58.2 million investment in the Safer Communities Fund. Take action against domestic violence, with the largest ever Commonwealth investment of $328 million for prevention and frontline services to support the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children Deliver a comprehensive plan to improve online safety, including funding a $10 million Online Safety Grants program to deliver practical online safety education and training projects, continue giving parents practical resources to protect their kids online through the e-safety Commissioner, and establishing an Online Safety Charter to set out expectations of social media companies.
Take action against domestic violence, with the largest ever Commonwealth investment of $328 million for prevention and frontline services to support the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children Deliver a comprehensive plan to improve online safety, including funding a $10 million Online Safety Grants program to deliver practical online safety education and training projects, continue giving parents practical resources to protect their kids online through the e-safety Commissioner, and establishing an Online Safety Charter to set out expectations of social media companies. Implementing the City Deals
Deliver a comprehensive plan to improve online safety, including funding a $10 million Online Safety Grants program to deliver practical online safety education and training projects, continue giving parents practical resources to protect their kids online through the e-safety Commissioner, and establishing an Online Safety Charter to set out expectations of social media companies. Implementing the City Deals The Coalition will work with the Hodgman Government to implement our transformative City Deals.
Implementing the City Deals The Coalition will work with the Hodgman Government to implement our transformative City Deals. The existing City Deal for Launceston is a five year plan to make Launceston one of Australia’s most liveable and economically vibrant regional cities, with increasing incomes and decreasing levels of disadvantage.
The Coalition will work with the Hodgman Government to implement our transformative City Deals. The existing City Deal for Launceston is a five year plan to make Launceston one of Australia’s most liveable and economically vibrant regional cities, with increasing incomes and decreasing levels of disadvantage. The City Deal delivers:Relocation of the University of Tasmania main campus from Newnham to Inveresk near the city centre.
The existing City Deal for Launceston is a five year plan to make Launceston one of Australia’s most liveable and economically vibrant regional cities, with increasing incomes and decreasing levels of disadvantage. The City Deal delivers:Relocation of the University of Tasmania main campus from Newnham to Inveresk near the city centre. $95 million to improve the health of the Tamar Estuary.
The City Deal delivers:Relocation of the University of Tasmania main campus from Newnham to Inveresk near the city centre. $95 million to improve the health of the Tamar Estuary. $19.4 million to support Launceston’s City Heart project, which will rejuvenate the historic CBD.
$95 million to improve the health of the Tamar Estuary. $19.4 million to support Launceston’s City Heart project, which will rejuvenate the historic CBD. Under our $1.43 billion City Deal for Hobart, we will tackle congestion bottlenecks, boosting tourism and making the airport a true international gateway,
$19.4 million to support Launceston’s City Heart project, which will rejuvenate the historic CBD. Under our $1.43 billion City Deal for Hobart, we will tackle congestion bottlenecks, boosting tourism and making the airport a true international gateway, driving scientific investment
Under our $1.43 billion City Deal for Hobart, we will tackle congestion bottlenecks, boosting tourism and making the airport a true international gateway, driving scientific investment and creating an extra 720 jobs.
driving scientific investment and creating an extra 720 jobs. It includes $82.3 million for upgraded border services including immigration, customs and biosecurity at Hobart International Airport.
and creating an extra 720 jobs. It includes $82.3 million for upgraded border services including immigration, customs and biosecurity at Hobart International Airport. Realising the full potential of Macquarie Point as a major scientific, tourism and cultural hub.
It includes $82.3 million for upgraded border services including immigration, customs and biosecurity at Hobart International Airport. Realising the full potential of Macquarie Point as a major scientific, tourism and cultural hub. $30 million to boost the supply of affordable community housing
Realising the full potential of Macquarie Point as a major scientific, tourism and cultural hub. $30 million to boost the supply of affordable community housing An extra $25 million for congestion busting projects on top of the existing $461 million investment in the Bridgewater Bridge replacement
$30 million to boost the supply of affordable community housing An extra $25 million for congestion busting projects on top of the existing $461 million investment in the Bridgewater Bridge replacement Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway
An extra $25 million for congestion busting projects on top of the existing $461 million investment in the Bridgewater Bridge replacement Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway The Morrison Government is committed to ensuring Australia remains a leader in Antarctica and cementing Tasmania as the premier gateway and scientific research hub for East Antarctica.
Tasmania as an Antarctic Gateway The Morrison Government is committed to ensuring Australia remains a leader in Antarctica and cementing Tasmania as the premier gateway and scientific research hub for East Antarctica. The Antarctic sector employs more than 830 people in Tasmania, and it is continuing to expand.
The Morrison Government is committed to ensuring Australia remains a leader in Antarctica and cementing Tasmania as the premier gateway and scientific research hub for East Antarctica. The Antarctic sector employs more than 830 people in Tasmania, and it is continuing to expand. We will invest $450 million over the next 10 years to upgrade Australia’s Antarctic research station network and supporting infrastructure – effectively tripling the investment in Antarctic infrastructure to support our science.
The Antarctic sector employs more than 830 people in Tasmania, and it is continuing to expand. We will invest $450 million over the next 10 years to upgrade Australia’s Antarctic research station network and supporting infrastructure – effectively tripling the investment in Antarctic infrastructure to support our science. This will bring our investment in Antarctica to a record level of over $2.8 billion including:$1.9 billion towards a new icebreaker.
We will invest $450 million over the next 10 years to upgrade Australia’s Antarctic research station network and supporting infrastructure – effectively tripling the investment in Antarctic infrastructure to support our science. This will bring our investment in Antarctica to a record level of over $2.8 billion including:$1.9 billion towards a new icebreaker. $210 million over 10 years for additional funding for our Antarctic operations.
This will bring our investment in Antarctica to a record level of over $2.8 billion including:$1.9 billion towards a new icebreaker. $210 million over 10 years for additional funding for our Antarctic operations. $107 million over 11 years for Antarctic research initiatives.
$210 million over 10 years for additional funding for our Antarctic operations. $107 million over 11 years for Antarctic research initiatives. $50 million for a new research station on Macquarie Island.
$107 million over 11 years for Antarctic research initiatives. $50 million for a new research station on Macquarie Island. $45 million over 10 years for overland traverse capabilities.
$50 million for a new research station on Macquarie Island. $45 million over 10 years for overland traverse capabilities. The Choice
$45 million over 10 years for overland traverse capabilities. The Choice There is a lot at stake at this election.
A choice between a Government that is delivering a strong economy or a Labor Party that would weaken our economy. A choice between a Government that is fixing the budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A choice between a Government that is easing the pressure on families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees and small business.
A choice between a Government that is fixing the budget or a Labor Party that can’t manage money. A choice between a Government that is easing the pressure on families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees and small business. A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure
A choice between a Government that is easing the pressure on families by lowering taxes or a Labor Party that will put more strain on households by imposing $387 billion in new taxes on workers, retirees and small business. A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card.
A choice between a Government that can afford to pay for better infrastructure and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card. A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures.
and services or a Labor Party that would max out Australia’s credit card. A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures. Tasmania cannot afford to go back to the bad days of Labor, when there were fewer jobs, less opportunities and choice
A choice between a Government that has secured our borders and is keeping Australians safe or a Labor Party that has learned nothing from its border security failures. Tasmania cannot afford to go back to the bad days of Labor, when there were fewer jobs, less opportunities and choice and more people on welfare.
Tasmania cannot afford to go back to the bad days of Labor, when there were fewer jobs, less opportunities and choice and more people on welfare. Labor can’t manage money and they can’t manage the economy.
and more people on welfare. Labor can’t manage money and they can’t manage the economy. When Labor can’t manage money, they come after yours.
Labor can’t manage money and they can’t manage the economy. When Labor can’t manage money, they come after yours. Labor’s plans will increase the pressure on Tasmanian households:Labor’s retiree tax will punish Tasmanians who have worked hard and saved for retirement by abolishing tax refunds on share dividends.
When Labor can’t manage money, they come after yours. Labor’s plans will increase the pressure on Tasmanian households:Labor’s retiree tax will punish Tasmanians who have worked hard and saved for retirement by abolishing tax refunds on share dividends. In Tasmania, this will affect around 20,500 individuals who have direct shareholdings and many more invested through self-managed super funds.
Labor’s plans will increase the pressure on Tasmanian households:Labor’s retiree tax will punish Tasmanians who have worked hard and saved for retirement by abolishing tax refunds on share dividends. In Tasmania, this will affect around 20,500 individuals who have direct shareholdings and many more invested through self-managed super funds. On average individuals with direct holdings lose almost $2,300 a year and self-managed super funds lose $12,000 a year.
In Tasmania, this will affect around 20,500 individuals who have direct shareholdings and many more invested through self-managed super funds. On average individuals with direct holdings lose almost $2,300 a year and self-managed super funds lose $12,000 a year. Labor’s housing and investment taxes will end negative gearing as we know it, and increase capital gains tax by 50%.
On average individuals with direct holdings lose almost $2,300 a year and self-managed super funds lose $12,000 a year. Labor’s housing and investment taxes will end negative gearing as we know it, and increase capital gains tax by 50%. If you own your own home it will be worth less and if you rent you will pay more.
Labor’s housing and investment taxes will end negative gearing as we know it, and increase capital gains tax by 50%. If you own your own home it will be worth less and if you rent you will pay more. Labor will deliver higher personal income tax by reversing the Government’s legislated income tax plan and the enhancements we announced in the 2019-20 budget.
If you own your own home it will be worth less and if you rent you will pay more. Labor will deliver higher personal income tax by reversing the Government’s legislated income tax plan and the enhancements we announced in the 2019-20 budget. Our Plan will ensure 94% of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar.
Labor will deliver higher personal income tax by reversing the Government’s legislated income tax plan and the enhancements we announced in the 2019-20 budget. Our Plan will ensure 94% of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar. It means Labor would leave over 126,000 Tasmanians worse off.
Our Plan will ensure 94% of taxpayers will pay no more than 30 cents in the dollar. It means Labor would leave over 126,000 Tasmanians worse off. Labor’s Family Business Tax will impose a minimum tax rate of 30% on the 5,000 Tasmanian small businesses structured through discretionary trusts.
It means Labor would leave over 126,000 Tasmanians worse off. Labor’s Family Business Tax will impose a minimum tax rate of 30% on the 5,000 Tasmanian small businesses structured through discretionary trusts. This is the same rate imposed on large multinational companies.
Labor’s Family Business Tax will impose a minimum tax rate of 30% on the 5,000 Tasmanian small businesses structured through discretionary trusts. This is the same rate imposed on large multinational companies. On top of this, modelling by BAEconomic’s Managing Director, Dr Brian Fisher, shows Labor’s plans for a 45% emissions reduction target and 50% Renewable Energy Target will:cost the economy $472 billion,
This is the same rate imposed on large multinational companies. On top of this, modelling by BAEconomic’s Managing Director, Dr Brian Fisher, shows Labor’s plans for a 45% emissions reduction target and 50% Renewable Energy Target will:cost the economy $472 billion, slash more than 336,000 jobs,
On top of this, modelling by BAEconomic’s Managing Director, Dr Brian Fisher, shows Labor’s plans for a 45% emissions reduction target and 50% Renewable Energy Target will:cost the economy $472 billion, slash more than 336,000 jobs, cut the average wage by over $9,000, and
slash more than 336,000 jobs, cut the average wage by over $9,000, and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58%.
cut the average wage by over $9,000, and increase wholesale electricity prices by 58%. This is a cost that Tasmanian businesses and families can’t afford.
increase wholesale electricity prices by 58%. This is a cost that Tasmanian businesses and families can’t afford. The modelling forecasts that Labor’s plan would result in an up to 8.6 per cent contraction in Australia’s $3 billion fishing sector.
This is a cost that Tasmanian businesses and families can’t afford. The modelling forecasts that Labor’s plan would result in an up to 8.6 per cent contraction in Australia’s $3 billion fishing sector. In Tasmania, which accounts for nearly one-third of national output, that would represent a blow to state output of more than $80 million.
The modelling forecasts that Labor’s plan would result in an up to 8.6 per cent contraction in Australia’s $3 billion fishing sector. In Tasmania, which accounts for nearly one-third of national output, that would represent a blow to state output of more than $80 million. Labor also plans to return to their failed Tasmanian Forestry Agreement, which was a sham deal that committed to more forest lock ups and was going to destroy our forest products industries.
In Tasmania, which accounts for nearly one-third of national output, that would represent a blow to state output of more than $80 million. Labor also plans to return to their failed Tasmanian Forestry Agreement, which was a sham deal that committed to more forest lock ups and was going to destroy our forest products industries. In contrast, the Coalition has a plan for lower taxes so that you can keep more of the money that you earn.
Labor also plans to return to their failed Tasmanian Forestry Agreement, which was a sham deal that committed to more forest lock ups and was going to destroy our forest products industries. In contrast, the Coalition has a plan for lower taxes so that you can keep more of the money that you earn. We have a fully costed $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Plan that will ensure we meet and beat our international targets without wrecking the economy,
In contrast, the Coalition has a plan for lower taxes so that you can keep more of the money that you earn. We have a fully costed $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Plan that will ensure we meet and beat our international targets without wrecking the economy, and a comprehensive plan to bring down energy prices.
We have a fully costed $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Plan that will ensure we meet and beat our international targets without wrecking the economy, and a comprehensive plan to bring down energy prices. There will only be one outcome for Tasmania under Labor – a weaker economy,
and a comprehensive plan to bring down energy prices. There will only be one outcome for Tasmania under Labor – a weaker economy, fewer jobs
There will only be one outcome for Tasmania under Labor – a weaker economy, fewer jobs and higher taxes.
fewer jobs and higher taxes. If Labor can’t be trusted to run the economy and manage the budget, they can’t be trusted to invest in the services Tasmanians rely on, including health, education and aged care.
and higher taxes. If Labor can’t be trusted to run the economy and manage the budget, they can’t be trusted to invest in the services Tasmanians rely on, including health, education and aged care. Cost
If Labor can’t be trusted to run the economy and manage the budget, they can’t be trusted to invest in the services Tasmanians rely on, including health, education and aged care. Cost The Coalition will invest an additional $25.6 million in healthcare for north and north-west Tasmania.
Cost The Coalition will invest an additional $25.6 million in healthcare for north and north-west Tasmania. Our Plan for Strengthening Australia's World-Class Health System
The Coalition will invest an additional $25.6 million in healthcare for north and north-west Tasmania. Our Plan for Strengthening Australia's World-Class Health System Key Points
Our Plan for Strengthening Australia's World-Class Health System Key Points The Morrison Government’s Long-Term National Health Plan is providing Australians with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research for new drugs and treatments.
Key Points The Morrison Government’s Long-Term National Health Plan is providing Australians with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research for new drugs and treatments. Our goal is to make our health system even stronger and to ensure it is the best in the world.
The Morrison Government’s Long-Term National Health Plan is providing Australians with access to quality medical care, record hospital funding, affordable life-saving medicines and breakthrough research for new drugs and treatments. Our goal is to make our health system even stronger and to ensure it is the best in the world. By keeping our economy strong we will ensure the essential health services that Australians rely on, such as Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Our goal is to make our health system even stronger and to ensure it is the best in the world. By keeping our economy strong we will ensure the essential health services that Australians rely on, such as Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Medicare funding is at record levels.
By keeping our economy strong we will ensure the essential health services that Australians rely on, such as Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Medicare funding is at record levels. Almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor.
Medicare funding is at record levels. Almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. We are keeping the cost of health care down by increasing funding for diagnostic services such as MRIs and PET scans to detect breast cancer.
Almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. We are keeping the cost of health care down by increasing funding for diagnostic services such as MRIs and PET scans to detect breast cancer. In partnership with GPs, we will improve options for more flexible care to meet the needs of patients and to keep them healthy and out of hospital with a $1.6 billion package to strengthen primary care.
We are keeping the cost of health care down by increasing funding for diagnostic services such as MRIs and PET scans to detect breast cancer. In partnership with GPs, we will improve options for more flexible care to meet the needs of patients and to keep them healthy and out of hospital with a $1.6 billion package to strengthen primary care. Australians have access to the latest medicines through the PBS – with reduced costs on more than 2,000 new and amended medicines listings since 2013, thanks to an investment of $10.6 billion.
In partnership with GPs, we will improve options for more flexible care to meet the needs of patients and to keep them healthy and out of hospital with a $1.6 billion package to strengthen primary care. Australians have access to the latest medicines through the PBS – with reduced costs on more than 2,000 new and amended medicines listings since 2013, thanks to an investment of $10.6 billion. These medicines are saving and changing lives.
Australians have access to the latest medicines through the PBS – with reduced costs on more than 2,000 new and amended medicines listings since 2013, thanks to an investment of $10.6 billion. These medicines are saving and changing lives. Record funding will be provided for public hospitals with an additional $31 billion from 2020-21 to 2024-25 to employ more nurses, doctors and specialists, delivering – in partnership with the states and territories – more surgeries and medical services.
These medicines are saving and changing lives. Record funding will be provided for public hospitals with an additional $31 billion from 2020-21 to 2024-25 to employ more nurses, doctors and specialists, delivering – in partnership with the states and territories – more surgeries and medical services. With one in five Australians affected by a mental health disorder, we are expanding support services particularly for young people.
Record funding will be provided for public hospitals with an additional $31 billion from 2020-21 to 2024-25 to employ more nurses, doctors and specialists, delivering – in partnership with the states and territories – more surgeries and medical services. With one in five Australians affected by a mental health disorder, we are expanding support services particularly for young people. We are working to address the nation’s suicide rate with the largest youth suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history focused on expanding headspace, Indigenous youth suicide prevention and supporting children and their parents.
With one in five Australians affected by a mental health disorder, we are expanding support services particularly for young people. We are working to address the nation’s suicide rate with the largest youth suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history focused on expanding headspace, Indigenous youth suicide prevention and supporting children and their parents. Australians living in rural and regional Australia have greater access to services including through new regional cancer centres, expanded telehealth services, regional clinical trial centres and increased opportunities for Australia’s rural and regional health workforce.
We are working to address the nation’s suicide rate with the largest youth suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history focused on expanding headspace, Indigenous youth suicide prevention and supporting children and their parents. Australians living in rural and regional Australia have greater access to services including through new regional cancer centres, expanded telehealth services, regional clinical trial centres and increased opportunities for Australia’s rural and regional health workforce. Our 10-year medical research plan through the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund backs our local scientists and ensures we can quickly take life-saving discoveries from the laboratory to the hospital.
Australians living in rural and regional Australia have greater access to services including through new regional cancer centres, expanded telehealth services, regional clinical trial centres and increased opportunities for Australia’s rural and regional health workforce. Our 10-year medical research plan through the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund backs our local scientists and ensures we can quickly take life-saving discoveries from the laboratory to the hospital. When Labor was last in Government, their budget mismanagement denied patients affordable access to life changing medicines.
Our 10-year medical research plan through the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund backs our local scientists and ensures we can quickly take life-saving discoveries from the laboratory to the hospital. When Labor was last in Government, their budget mismanagement denied patients affordable access to life changing medicines. Hospital funding and bulk billing rates were lower under Labor. And Labor won’t commit to the Private Health Insurance rebate.
When Labor was last in Government, their budget mismanagement denied patients affordable access to life changing medicines. Hospital funding and bulk billing rates were lower under Labor. And Labor won’t commit to the Private Health Insurance rebate. If you can’t manage the budget, you can’t invest in essential health services.
Hospital funding and bulk billing rates were lower under Labor. And Labor won’t commit to the Private Health Insurance rebate. If you can’t manage the budget, you can’t invest in essential health services. Introduction
If you can’t manage the budget, you can’t invest in essential health services. Introduction A stronger economy means the Morrison Government can guarantee the essential services that Australians rely on.
Introduction A stronger economy means the Morrison Government can guarantee the essential services that Australians rely on. Our Long-Term National Health Plan is based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research.
A stronger economy means the Morrison Government can guarantee the essential services that Australians rely on. Our Long-Term National Health Plan is based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research. Over the next four years, we will invest a further $6 billion in Medicare.
Our Long-Term National Health Plan is based on four key pillars: Medicare and medicines, hospitals, mental health and medical research. Over the next four years, we will invest a further $6 billion in Medicare. Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor.
Over the next four years, we will invest a further $6 billion in Medicare. Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. We will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, helping GPs provide better care and keep people healthy and out of hospital.
Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. We will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, helping GPs provide better care and keep people healthy and out of hospital. For the first time we are making Medicare available for MRI and PET scans for breast cancer with an investment of $32.6 million to benefit 15,000 patients during their diagnosis and pre-surgery planning.
We will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, helping GPs provide better care and keep people healthy and out of hospital. For the first time we are making Medicare available for MRI and PET scans for breast cancer with an investment of $32.6 million to benefit 15,000 patients during their diagnosis and pre-surgery planning. This is in addition to the $198.6 million funding for diagnostic imaging to reduce the costs of vital scans and x-rays, plus a further $375 million expansion of more than 50 MRI licences around the country.
For the first time we are making Medicare available for MRI and PET scans for breast cancer with an investment of $32.6 million to benefit 15,000 patients during their diagnosis and pre-surgery planning. This is in addition to the $198.6 million funding for diagnostic imaging to reduce the costs of vital scans and x-rays, plus a further $375 million expansion of more than 50 MRI licences around the country. All up, our investment in diagnostic imaging totals more than $606 million and benefits all patients requiring diagnostic services.
This is in addition to the $198.6 million funding for diagnostic imaging to reduce the costs of vital scans and x-rays, plus a further $375 million expansion of more than 50 MRI licences around the country. All up, our investment in diagnostic imaging totals more than $606 million and benefits all patients requiring diagnostic services. Since coming to Government, the Liberal Nationals Government has invested $10.6 billion to add over 2,000 new medicines listings to the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS).
All up, our investment in diagnostic imaging totals more than $606 million and benefits all patients requiring diagnostic services. Since coming to Government, the Liberal Nationals Government has invested $10.6 billion to add over 2,000 new medicines listings to the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS). We are subsidising breakthrough medicines such as Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy, Orkambi for cystic fibrosis and new immunotherapy drugs for cancer.
Since coming to Government, the Liberal Nationals Government has invested $10.6 billion to add over 2,000 new medicines listings to the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS). We are subsidising breakthrough medicines such as Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy, Orkambi for cystic fibrosis and new immunotherapy drugs for cancer. These are medicines that change and save lives.
We are subsidising breakthrough medicines such as Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy, Orkambi for cystic fibrosis and new immunotherapy drugs for cancer. These are medicines that change and save lives. We are bringing new cancer treatments to Australia such as the revolutionary CAR-T cell treatment for cancer, which has the potential to provide a cure for blood cancers.
These are medicines that change and save lives. We are bringing new cancer treatments to Australia such as the revolutionary CAR-T cell treatment for cancer, which has the potential to provide a cure for blood cancers. Ensuring a strong economy has enabled the Morrison Government to deliver record funding for public hospital services.
We are bringing new cancer treatments to Australia such as the revolutionary CAR-T cell treatment for cancer, which has the potential to provide a cure for blood cancers. Ensuring a strong economy has enabled the Morrison Government to deliver record funding for public hospital services. Funding has increased by 60 per cent to a record $21 billion in 2018-19.
Ensuring a strong economy has enabled the Morrison Government to deliver record funding for public hospital services. Funding has increased by 60 per cent to a record $21 billion in 2018-19. When Labor left office in 2013, public hospital funding was $13 billion.
Funding has increased by 60 per cent to a record $21 billion in 2018-19. When Labor left office in 2013, public hospital funding was $13 billion. The Morrison Government is prioritising support for mental health services with funding exceeding $4.8 billion in 2018-19.
When Labor left office in 2013, public hospital funding was $13 billion. The Morrison Government is prioritising support for mental health services with funding exceeding $4.8 billion in 2018-19. This includes a $375 million expansion of headspace services and new residential centres for treating eating disorders.
The Morrison Government is prioritising support for mental health services with funding exceeding $4.8 billion in 2018-19. This includes a $375 million expansion of headspace services and new residential centres for treating eating disorders. We will trial eight new adult mental health centres as an alternative to Emergency Departments.
This includes a $375 million expansion of headspace services and new residential centres for treating eating disorders. We will trial eight new adult mental health centres as an alternative to Emergency Departments. And we are supporting farmers and regional communities affected by natural disasters to ensure they get the support they need through increased mental health services including telehealth services.
We will trial eight new adult mental health centres as an alternative to Emergency Departments. And we are supporting farmers and regional communities affected by natural disasters to ensure they get the support they need through increased mental health services including telehealth services. We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally.
And we are supporting farmers and regional communities affected by natural disasters to ensure they get the support they need through increased mental health services including telehealth services. We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally. This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services.
We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally. This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services. Importantly our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history and focuses on expanding the headspace network, Indigenous suicide prevention and early childhood and parenting.
This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services. Importantly our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history and focuses on expanding the headspace network, Indigenous suicide prevention and early childhood and parenting. We are supporting Australians who have diabetes.
Importantly our $503.1 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan is the largest suicide prevention plan in Australia’s history and focuses on expanding the headspace network, Indigenous suicide prevention and early childhood and parenting. We are supporting Australians who have diabetes. Having delivered our commitment to provide continuous glucose monitoring for children at risk, we’re expanding the program to over 37,000 pregnant women and concession card holders over the age of 21.
We are supporting Australians who have diabetes. Having delivered our commitment to provide continuous glucose monitoring for children at risk, we’re expanding the program to over 37,000 pregnant women and concession card holders over the age of 21. We will invest a further $1 billion to provide core dental services for children and enable families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
Having delivered our commitment to provide continuous glucose monitoring for children at risk, we’re expanding the program to over 37,000 pregnant women and concession card holders over the age of 21. We will invest a further $1 billion to provide core dental services for children and enable families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. The Morrison Government is also expanding the National Immunisation Program to cover whooping cough vaccines for pregnant women and adolescents with a vaccine protecting against meningococcal strains ACWY.
We will invest a further $1 billion to provide core dental services for children and enable families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. The Morrison Government is also expanding the National Immunisation Program to cover whooping cough vaccines for pregnant women and adolescents with a vaccine protecting against meningococcal strains ACWY. We are also investing $12 million over the next three years to extend the reach of the childhood immunisation education campaign to encourage vaccinations which save lives and protect children from serious diseases.
The Morrison Government is also expanding the National Immunisation Program to cover whooping cough vaccines for pregnant women and adolescents with a vaccine protecting against meningococcal strains ACWY. We are also investing $12 million over the next three years to extend the reach of the childhood immunisation education campaign to encourage vaccinations which save lives and protect children from serious diseases. Investment in medical research is critical to the release of new medicines, medical devices and disease treatments.
We are also investing $12 million over the next three years to extend the reach of the childhood immunisation education campaign to encourage vaccinations which save lives and protect children from serious diseases. Investment in medical research is critical to the release of new medicines, medical devices and disease treatments. We will invest $6 billion to develop these new treatments and potential cures in collaboration with Australia’s health and medical research sector.
Investment in medical research is critical to the release of new medicines, medical devices and disease treatments. We will invest $6 billion to develop these new treatments and potential cures in collaboration with Australia’s health and medical research sector. Genomics is being prioritised to develop personalised treatments for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, ageing and dementia and mental health.
We will invest $6 billion to develop these new treatments and potential cures in collaboration with Australia’s health and medical research sector. Genomics is being prioritised to develop personalised treatments for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, ageing and dementia and mental health. This includes $614 million for clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs.
Genomics is being prioritised to develop personalised treatments for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, ageing and dementia and mental health. This includes $614 million for clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs. The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions.
This includes $614 million for clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs. The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions. We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities.
The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions. We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities. That is why we are investing $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade.
We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities. That is why we are investing $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade. In addition we will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program.
That is why we are investing $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade. In addition we will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program. Our Plan
In addition we will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program. Our Plan Guaranteeing Medicare
Our Plan Guaranteeing Medicare We have established the Medicare Guarantee Fund, which is guaranteeing the ongoing funding of the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with $36.6 billion in 2019-20.
Guaranteeing Medicare We have established the Medicare Guarantee Fund, which is guaranteeing the ongoing funding of the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with $36.6 billion in 2019-20. We will increase Medicare spending by $6 billion from $24.7 billion in 2018-19 to $30.7 billion in 2022-23 – far exceeding the $19.5 billion allocated by the former Labor Government in 2013.
We have established the Medicare Guarantee Fund, which is guaranteeing the ongoing funding of the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with $36.6 billion in 2019-20. We will increase Medicare spending by $6 billion from $24.7 billion in 2018-19 to $30.7 billion in 2022-23 – far exceeding the $19.5 billion allocated by the former Labor Government in 2013. We have removed Labor’s Medicare Freeze with the re-indexation of Medicare and diagnostic imaging, totaling $2.4 billion from 2017-18 to 2022-23.
We will increase Medicare spending by $6 billion from $24.7 billion in 2018-19 to $30.7 billion in 2022-23 – far exceeding the $19.5 billion allocated by the former Labor Government in 2013. We have removed Labor’s Medicare Freeze with the re-indexation of Medicare and diagnostic imaging, totaling $2.4 billion from 2017-18 to 2022-23. Record GP Bulk Billing
We have removed Labor’s Medicare Freeze with the re-indexation of Medicare and diagnostic imaging, totaling $2.4 billion from 2017-18 to 2022-23. Record GP Bulk Billing Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with the GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor.
Record GP Bulk Billing Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with the GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. Over 133 million free GP services were delivered in 2017-18 – an increase of 5.7 million from 2016-17 and 27.3 million more than Labor managed in their last year.
Under the Morrison Government, almost nine out of 10 Australians who visit the doctor have no out of pocket costs with the GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent, up from 82 per cent under Labor. Over 133 million free GP services were delivered in 2017-18 – an increase of 5.7 million from 2016-17 and 27.3 million more than Labor managed in their last year. Supporting our GPs to provide better care
Over 133 million free GP services were delivered in 2017-18 – an increase of 5.7 million from 2016-17 and 27.3 million more than Labor managed in their last year. Supporting our GPs to provide better care The Morrison Government will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, supporting Australia’s doctors and specialists to deliver better care for patients.
Supporting our GPs to provide better care The Morrison Government will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, supporting Australia’s doctors and specialists to deliver better care for patients. A new $448.5 million funding and service model will support GPs to provide enhanced care to patients, many of whom will have chronic and complex conditions.
The Morrison Government will deliver a $1.6 billion package to strengthen Australia’s world-class primary care system, supporting Australia’s doctors and specialists to deliver better care for patients. A new $448.5 million funding and service model will support GPs to provide enhanced care to patients, many of whom will have chronic and complex conditions. This will allow Australians aged 70 and over to enter into a new type of agreement with their general practice to receive more personalised, consistent and coordinated care.
A new $448.5 million funding and service model will support GPs to provide enhanced care to patients, many of whom will have chronic and complex conditions. This will allow Australians aged 70 and over to enter into a new type of agreement with their general practice to receive more personalised, consistent and coordinated care. GPs and others in their practice will be able to provide consultations, referrals, scripts and test results by email, phone, FaceTime or Skype – making it easier and more convenient for patients, including those in rural, regional and remote areas.
This will allow Australians aged 70 and over to enter into a new type of agreement with their general practice to receive more personalised, consistent and coordinated care. GPs and others in their practice will be able to provide consultations, referrals, scripts and test results by email, phone, FaceTime or Skype – making it easier and more convenient for patients, including those in rural, regional and remote areas. Doctors will be supported by a $201.5 million boost to the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Initiative including funding to treat aged care residents.
GPs and others in their practice will be able to provide consultations, referrals, scripts and test results by email, phone, FaceTime or Skype – making it easier and more convenient for patients, including those in rural, regional and remote areas. Doctors will be supported by a $201.5 million boost to the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Initiative including funding to treat aged care residents. More Affordable Medicines
Doctors will be supported by a $201.5 million boost to the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Initiative including funding to treat aged care residents. More Affordable Medicines Under the Liberal National Government, more than 2,000 new or amended medicines listings have been added to the PBS since 2013.
More Affordable Medicines Under the Liberal National Government, more than 2,000 new or amended medicines listings have been added to the PBS since 2013. That’s an average of one new or amended medicine listing a day, worth a total of over $10.6 billion, including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year.
Under the Liberal National Government, more than 2,000 new or amended medicines listings have been added to the PBS since 2013. That’s an average of one new or amended medicine listing a day, worth a total of over $10.6 billion, including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year. Unlike Labor’s track record we have a commitment to list all medicines on the PBS after a positive recommendation from the medical experts.
That’s an average of one new or amended medicine listing a day, worth a total of over $10.6 billion, including $1.4 billion for cancer medicines in the past year. Unlike Labor’s track record we have a commitment to list all medicines on the PBS after a positive recommendation from the medical experts. The PBS is an uncapped scheme and we have provisioned $40 billion for these life-changing medicines on the PBS over the next four years.
Unlike Labor’s track record we have a commitment to list all medicines on the PBS after a positive recommendation from the medical experts. The PBS is an uncapped scheme and we have provisioned $40 billion for these life-changing medicines on the PBS over the next four years. Many of these drugs cost thousands of dollars, but are now available through your local pharmacy for $6.50 (concessional) or $40.30 (general patients) per script.
The PBS is an uncapped scheme and we have provisioned $40 billion for these life-changing medicines on the PBS over the next four years. Many of these drugs cost thousands of dollars, but are now available through your local pharmacy for $6.50 (concessional) or $40.30 (general patients) per script. These life saving and life changing medicines include:Opdivo and Yervoy® for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, which would otherwise cost patients $254,200 per treatment course without subsidy.
Many of these drugs cost thousands of dollars, but are now available through your local pharmacy for $6.50 (concessional) or $40.30 (general patients) per script. These life saving and life changing medicines include:Opdivo and Yervoy® for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, which would otherwise cost patients $254,200 per treatment course without subsidy. Ibrance® and Kisqali® for advanced and metastatic breast cancer are now available, which would otherwise cost up to $70,000 per year without subsidy.
These life saving and life changing medicines include:Opdivo and Yervoy® for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, which would otherwise cost patients $254,200 per treatment course without subsidy. Ibrance® and Kisqali® for advanced and metastatic breast cancer are now available, which would otherwise cost up to $70,000 per year without subsidy. Venclexta® in combination with Rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, which would otherwise cost $165,000 per treatment course without subsidy.
Ibrance® and Kisqali® for advanced and metastatic breast cancer are now available, which would otherwise cost up to $70,000 per year without subsidy. Venclexta® in combination with Rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, which would otherwise cost $165,000 per treatment course without subsidy. Tagrisso® for non-small cell lung cancer which would otherwise cost $88,000 per treatment course without subsidy.
Venclexta® in combination with Rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, which would otherwise cost $165,000 per treatment course without subsidy. Tagrisso® for non-small cell lung cancer which would otherwise cost $88,000 per treatment course without subsidy. Spinraza® a life-changing medicine which treats the devastating illness Spinal Muscular Atrophy is now available on the PBS, which would otherwise cost more than $367,850 per year without subsidy.
Tagrisso® for non-small cell lung cancer which would otherwise cost $88,000 per treatment course without subsidy. Spinraza® a life-changing medicine which treats the devastating illness Spinal Muscular Atrophy is now available on the PBS, which would otherwise cost more than $367,850 per year without subsidy. Orkambi® for cystic fibrosis, which would otherwise cost $250,000 without subsidy.
Spinraza® a life-changing medicine which treats the devastating illness Spinal Muscular Atrophy is now available on the PBS, which would otherwise cost more than $367,850 per year without subsidy. Orkambi® for cystic fibrosis, which would otherwise cost $250,000 without subsidy. Through community pharmacies we will continue to support quality use of medicines programs such as dose administration aids and medicines checks.
Orkambi® for cystic fibrosis, which would otherwise cost $250,000 without subsidy. Through community pharmacies we will continue to support quality use of medicines programs such as dose administration aids and medicines checks. LOWERING THE PBS SAFETY NET
Through community pharmacies we will continue to support quality use of medicines programs such as dose administration aids and medicines checks. LOWERING THE PBS SAFETY NET A re-elected Morrison Government will also invest $308 million to further cut the cost of life changing prescription medicines for over 1.4 million Australians who require multiple medicines.
LOWERING THE PBS SAFETY NET A re-elected Morrison Government will also invest $308 million to further cut the cost of life changing prescription medicines for over 1.4 million Australians who require multiple medicines. From 1 January 2020 the Safety Net threshold to receive free or cheaper medicines through the PBS will be lowered by 12 scripts for concession card holders and the equivalent of 2 scripts for non-concession card holders.
A re-elected Morrison Government will also invest $308 million to further cut the cost of life changing prescription medicines for over 1.4 million Australians who require multiple medicines. From 1 January 2020 the Safety Net threshold to receive free or cheaper medicines through the PBS will be lowered by 12 scripts for concession card holders and the equivalent of 2 scripts for non-concession card holders. This change will mean that people will take less time to reach their safety net threshold saving them up to $80 per year and providing them earlier access to free medicines or medicines at a reduced co-payment.
From 1 January 2020 the Safety Net threshold to receive free or cheaper medicines through the PBS will be lowered by 12 scripts for concession card holders and the equivalent of 2 scripts for non-concession card holders. This change will mean that people will take less time to reach their safety net threshold saving them up to $80 per year and providing them earlier access to free medicines or medicines at a reduced co-payment. This will be of particular benefit to families who require multiple medicines per month and pensioners and individuals with multiple chronic conditions such as heart disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, asthma and diabetes.
This change will mean that people will take less time to reach their safety net threshold saving them up to $80 per year and providing them earlier access to free medicines or medicines at a reduced co-payment. This will be of particular benefit to families who require multiple medicines per month and pensioners and individuals with multiple chronic conditions such as heart disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, asthma and diabetes. Greater Access to Life-saving Diagnosis, Scans and Tests
This will be of particular benefit to families who require multiple medicines per month and pensioners and individuals with multiple chronic conditions such as heart disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, asthma and diabetes. Greater Access to Life-saving Diagnosis, Scans and Tests We will significantly expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare which will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions.
Greater Access to Life-saving Diagnosis, Scans and Tests We will significantly expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare which will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions. We will invest $375 million in more than 50 Medicare-eligible MRI licences across the country.
We will significantly expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare which will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions. We will invest $375 million in more than 50 Medicare-eligible MRI licences across the country. We will invest $32.6 million to provide Medicare funded MRI and PET scans supporting the 15,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
We will invest $375 million in more than 50 Medicare-eligible MRI licences across the country. We will invest $32.6 million to provide Medicare funded MRI and PET scans supporting the 15,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer each year. The Morrison Government has also announced an extra $198.6 million investment in diagnostic imaging to reduce the cost of these services for patients by re-indexing more than 90 percent of services – including ultrasounds and x-rays.
We will invest $32.6 million to provide Medicare funded MRI and PET scans supporting the 15,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer each year. The Morrison Government has also announced an extra $198.6 million investment in diagnostic imaging to reduce the cost of these services for patients by re-indexing more than 90 percent of services – including ultrasounds and x-rays. This will lead to lower costs when patients see their radiologists, obstetricians and cardiologists.
The Morrison Government has also announced an extra $198.6 million investment in diagnostic imaging to reduce the cost of these services for patients by re-indexing more than 90 percent of services – including ultrasounds and x-rays. This will lead to lower costs when patients see their radiologists, obstetricians and cardiologists. It is the first time in 20 years that a government has increased funding for these essential services – once again, Labor failed to act to reduce these costs for patients.
This will lead to lower costs when patients see their radiologists, obstetricians and cardiologists. It is the first time in 20 years that a government has increased funding for these essential services – once again, Labor failed to act to reduce these costs for patients. We are providing record funding for Medicare funded blood tests by investing $2.95 billion for approximately 145 million pathology services last year alone, an 8.5% increase.
It is the first time in 20 years that a government has increased funding for these essential services – once again, Labor failed to act to reduce these costs for patients. We are providing record funding for Medicare funded blood tests by investing $2.95 billion for approximately 145 million pathology services last year alone, an 8.5% increase. This is an increase of $572 million since we were first elected and this investment in services will continue to grow to over $3.4 billion in 2021-22.
We are providing record funding for Medicare funded blood tests by investing $2.95 billion for approximately 145 million pathology services last year alone, an 8.5% increase. This is an increase of $572 million since we were first elected and this investment in services will continue to grow to over $3.4 billion in 2021-22. This has led to record bulk billing rates for out of hospital Medicare pathology services – 99.3% in 2017-18.
This is an increase of $572 million since we were first elected and this investment in services will continue to grow to over $3.4 billion in 2021-22. This has led to record bulk billing rates for out of hospital Medicare pathology services – 99.3% in 2017-18. We are paving the way for the future of diagnosis with a $500 million Genomics Mission focused on how we improve access to genetic tests that will enable more individually targeted cancer treatment.
This has led to record bulk billing rates for out of hospital Medicare pathology services – 99.3% in 2017-18. We are paving the way for the future of diagnosis with a $500 million Genomics Mission focused on how we improve access to genetic tests that will enable more individually targeted cancer treatment. Simpler and More Affordable Private Health Insurance
We are paving the way for the future of diagnosis with a $500 million Genomics Mission focused on how we improve access to genetic tests that will enable more individually targeted cancer treatment. Simpler and More Affordable Private Health Insurance For the 13 million Australians who rely on private health insurance, we have introduced reforms to make it more affordable and easier.
Simpler and More Affordable Private Health Insurance For the 13 million Australians who rely on private health insurance, we have introduced reforms to make it more affordable and easier. These include: •Four easy-to-understand levels of cover to make it easier to compare insurance policies.
For the 13 million Australians who rely on private health insurance, we have introduced reforms to make it more affordable and easier. These include: •Four easy-to-understand levels of cover to make it easier to compare insurance policies. •Discounts for Australians under 30 of up to 10 per cent.
These include: •Four easy-to-understand levels of cover to make it easier to compare insurance policies. •Discounts for Australians under 30 of up to 10 per cent. •Greater access for mental health services.
•Discounts for Australians under 30 of up to 10 per cent. •Greater access for mental health services. •Greater travel and accommodation benefits for regional and rural Australians.
•Greater access for mental health services. •Greater travel and accommodation benefits for regional and rural Australians. These reforms have resulted in the lowest average premium change in 18 years.
•Greater travel and accommodation benefits for regional and rural Australians. These reforms have resulted in the lowest average premium change in 18 years. The Morrison Government will guarantee the private health insurance rebate.
These reforms have resulted in the lowest average premium change in 18 years. The Morrison Government will guarantee the private health insurance rebate. Labor’s plan for private health insurance will remove the rebate from low-cost policies and force over 65,000 Australian families to pay up to 16 per cent more for their health cover.
The Morrison Government will guarantee the private health insurance rebate. Labor’s plan for private health insurance will remove the rebate from low-cost policies and force over 65,000 Australian families to pay up to 16 per cent more for their health cover. Record Hospital Investment
Labor’s plan for private health insurance will remove the rebate from low-cost policies and force over 65,000 Australian families to pay up to 16 per cent more for their health cover. Record Hospital Investment Ensuring a strong economy has enabled the Morrison Government to deliver record funding for public hospital services.
Record Hospital Investment Ensuring a strong economy has enabled the Morrison Government to deliver record funding for public hospital services. Funding has increased by 60 per cent to a record $21 billion in 2018-19.
Funding has increased by 60 per cent to a record $21 billion in 2018-19. When Labor left office in 2013, public hospital funding was $13 billion. Under the Morrison Government funding for hospitals will continue to grow.
When Labor left office in 2013, public hospital funding was $13 billion. Under the Morrison Government funding for hospitals will continue to grow. Under a new national hospitals agreement with the states and territories, the Morrison Government has committed an additional $31 billion in public hospital funding from 2020-21 to 2024-25, taking overall funding during this period to over $131 billion.
Under the Morrison Government funding for hospitals will continue to grow. Under a new national hospitals agreement with the states and territories, the Morrison Government has committed an additional $31 billion in public hospital funding from 2020-21 to 2024-25, taking overall funding during this period to over $131 billion. The Morrison Government will continue to increase funding for every hospital in every community and every state and territory across Australia, with full details available at the Department of Health Funding Facts website, health.gov.au.
Under a new national hospitals agreement with the states and territories, the Morrison Government has committed an additional $31 billion in public hospital funding from 2020-21 to 2024-25, taking overall funding during this period to over $131 billion. The Morrison Government will continue to increase funding for every hospital in every community and every state and territory across Australia, with full details available at the Department of Health Funding Facts website, health.gov.au. Patients in every state and territory will also have access to improved health and hospital services under our landmark $1.3 billion Commonwealth Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP).
The Morrison Government will continue to increase funding for every hospital in every community and every state and territory across Australia, with full details available at the Department of Health Funding Facts website, health.gov.au. Patients in every state and territory will also have access to improved health and hospital services under our landmark $1.3 billion Commonwealth Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP). Funded projects include:$100 million for Australia’s first Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick;
Patients in every state and territory will also have access to improved health and hospital services under our landmark $1.3 billion Commonwealth Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP). Funded projects include:$100 million for Australia’s first Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick; $30 million for a new state-wide brain and spinal rehabilitation unit at the revamped Repat Health Precinct in South Australia;
Funded projects include:$100 million for Australia’s first Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick; $30 million for a new state-wide brain and spinal rehabilitation unit at the revamped Repat Health Precinct in South Australia; $80 million for a Centre of Excellence in Cellular Immunotherapy at Melbourne’s world-leading Peter McCallum Cancer Centre;
$30 million for a new state-wide brain and spinal rehabilitation unit at the revamped Repat Health Precinct in South Australia; $80 million for a Centre of Excellence in Cellular Immunotherapy at Melbourne’s world-leading Peter McCallum Cancer Centre; A $25 million redevelopment of the Peel Health Campus in Western Australia and cancer treatment, elective surgery and outreach specialist services for Tasmania.
$80 million for a Centre of Excellence in Cellular Immunotherapy at Melbourne’s world-leading Peter McCallum Cancer Centre; A $25 million redevelopment of the Peel Health Campus in Western Australia and cancer treatment, elective surgery and outreach specialist services for Tasmania. We will also invest $65 million for a 16-bed inpatient cystic fibrosis unit at the Westmead Hospital, which will integrate admission services with ambulatory care and research.
A $25 million redevelopment of the Peel Health Campus in Western Australia and cancer treatment, elective surgery and outreach specialist services for Tasmania. We will also invest $65 million for a 16-bed inpatient cystic fibrosis unit at the Westmead Hospital, which will integrate admission services with ambulatory care and research. This will be Australia’s first dedicated cystic fibrosis specialist unit which will provide specialised treatment with state-of-the-art equipment, with consulting, research and diagnostic facilities all under one roof.
We will also invest $65 million for a 16-bed inpatient cystic fibrosis unit at the Westmead Hospital, which will integrate admission services with ambulatory care and research. This will be Australia’s first dedicated cystic fibrosis specialist unit which will provide specialised treatment with state-of-the-art equipment, with consulting, research and diagnostic facilities all under one roof. Medical Research Delivering Breakthrough Medicines
This will be Australia’s first dedicated cystic fibrosis specialist unit which will provide specialised treatment with state-of-the-art equipment, with consulting, research and diagnostic facilities all under one roof. Medical Research Delivering Breakthrough Medicines Investment in medical research is critical to delivering new life-saving treatments.
Medical Research Delivering Breakthrough Medicines Investment in medical research is critical to delivering new life-saving treatments. The Morrison Government's $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is supporting our local scientists to turn their medical discoveries into clinical trials and revolutionary treatments.
Investment in medical research is critical to delivering new life-saving treatments. The Morrison Government's $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is supporting our local scientists to turn their medical discoveries into clinical trials and revolutionary treatments. Under the MRFF, we are committed to a new 10-year $5 billion investment strategy underpinned by four key themes: patients, researchers, translation and missions.
The Morrison Government's $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is supporting our local scientists to turn their medical discoveries into clinical trials and revolutionary treatments. Under the MRFF, we are committed to a new 10-year $5 billion investment strategy underpinned by four key themes: patients, researchers, translation and missions. This includes doubling the funding for rare cancers research;
Under the MRFF, we are committed to a new 10-year $5 billion investment strategy underpinned by four key themes: patients, researchers, translation and missions. This includes doubling the funding for rare cancers research; unprecedented investment in medical discoveries;
This includes doubling the funding for rare cancers research; unprecedented investment in medical discoveries; more than doubling the funding for research fellowships and record funding for research infrastructure.
unprecedented investment in medical discoveries; more than doubling the funding for research fellowships and record funding for research infrastructure. Our medical research missions tackle major health challenges and support future medical advances:The $125 million Australian Brain Cancer Mission aims to double the survival rates and improve the quality of life for patients with brain cancer over the next ten years.
more than doubling the funding for research fellowships and record funding for research infrastructure. Our medical research missions tackle major health challenges and support future medical advances:The $125 million Australian Brain Cancer Mission aims to double the survival rates and improve the quality of life for patients with brain cancer over the next ten years. The $500 million Genomics Health Futures Mission aims to transform the lives of more than 200,000 Australians through research into better testing, diagnosis and treatment with precision medicine.
Our medical research missions tackle major health challenges and support future medical advances:The $125 million Australian Brain Cancer Mission aims to double the survival rates and improve the quality of life for patients with brain cancer over the next ten years. The $500 million Genomics Health Futures Mission aims to transform the lives of more than 200,000 Australians through research into better testing, diagnosis and treatment with precision medicine. The $185 million Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Research Mission will improve the quality of life of older people, enhance workforce capability and improve quality of care.
The $500 million Genomics Health Futures Mission aims to transform the lives of more than 200,000 Australians through research into better testing, diagnosis and treatment with precision medicine. The $185 million Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Research Mission will improve the quality of life of older people, enhance workforce capability and improve quality of care. The $220 million Cardiovascular Mission will improve health outcomes through prevention strategies, earlier detection and improved outcomes for patients suffering a heart attack or stroke.
The $185 million Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Research Mission will improve the quality of life of older people, enhance workforce capability and improve quality of care. The $220 million Cardiovascular Mission will improve health outcomes through prevention strategies, earlier detection and improved outcomes for patients suffering a heart attack or stroke. The $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will support practical, innovative research into the best approaches to prevention, early intervention, and treatment of health conditions of greatest concern to Indigenous communities including $35 million for rheumatic heart disease.
The $220 million Cardiovascular Mission will improve health outcomes through prevention strategies, earlier detection and improved outcomes for patients suffering a heart attack or stroke. The $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will support practical, innovative research into the best approaches to prevention, early intervention, and treatment of health conditions of greatest concern to Indigenous communities including $35 million for rheumatic heart disease. The $150 million Stem Cell Therapies Mission will advance stem cell research that could potentially grow kidneys, repair damaged spinal cords and cure dementia.
The $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will support practical, innovative research into the best approaches to prevention, early intervention, and treatment of health conditions of greatest concern to Indigenous communities including $35 million for rheumatic heart disease. The $150 million Stem Cell Therapies Mission will advance stem cell research that could potentially grow kidneys, repair damaged spinal cords and cure dementia. The $50 million Traumatic Brain Injury Mission will enable nationally co-ordinated medical research to improve the recovery of patients with a traumatic brain injury and identify the most effective care and treatments.
The $150 million Stem Cell Therapies Mission will advance stem cell research that could potentially grow kidneys, repair damaged spinal cords and cure dementia. The $50 million Traumatic Brain Injury Mission will enable nationally co-ordinated medical research to improve the recovery of patients with a traumatic brain injury and identify the most effective care and treatments. The $125 million, 10 year Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission will assist up to one million people affected by mental illness.
The $50 million Traumatic Brain Injury Mission will enable nationally co-ordinated medical research to improve the recovery of patients with a traumatic brain injury and identify the most effective care and treatments. The $125 million, 10 year Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission will assist up to one million people affected by mental illness. Developing new drugs, devices and medical technologies takes time and requires long-term investment.
The $125 million, 10 year Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission will assist up to one million people affected by mental illness. Developing new drugs, devices and medical technologies takes time and requires long-term investment. Our 10-year investment strategy and Health and Medical Research Industry Growth Plan will give researchers and industry certainty and direction.
Developing new drugs, devices and medical technologies takes time and requires long-term investment. Our 10-year investment strategy and Health and Medical Research Industry Growth Plan will give researchers and industry certainty and direction. The plan will create jobs, support opportunities for co-investing and reaffirm Australia’s reputation as a global research powerhouse.
Our 10-year investment strategy and Health and Medical Research Industry Growth Plan will give researchers and industry certainty and direction. The plan will create jobs, support opportunities for co-investing and reaffirm Australia’s reputation as a global research powerhouse. Funding includes the development of a drug discovery centre to fast track new medicines so that our researchers can work in Australia rather than overseas.
The plan will create jobs, support opportunities for co-investing and reaffirm Australia’s reputation as a global research powerhouse. Funding includes the development of a drug discovery centre to fast track new medicines so that our researchers can work in Australia rather than overseas. Clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs will be a particular focus with an investment of $614 million.
Funding includes the development of a drug discovery centre to fast track new medicines so that our researchers can work in Australia rather than overseas. Clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs will be a particular focus with an investment of $614 million. Mental Health
Clinical trials for rare cancers, rare diseases and unmet needs will be a particular focus with an investment of $614 million. Mental Health One in five Australians experience a common mental health disorder each year and to address this we have made mental health a key pillar of our national health system.
Mental Health One in five Australians experience a common mental health disorder each year and to address this we have made mental health a key pillar of our national health system. We are spending $4.8 billion on mental health this financial year alone.
One in five Australians experience a common mental health disorder each year and to address this we have made mental health a key pillar of our national health system. We are spending $4.8 billion on mental health this financial year alone. Our Primary Health Networks are receiving $1.45 billion to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services.
We are spending $4.8 billion on mental health this financial year alone. Our Primary Health Networks are receiving $1.45 billion to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services. This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychology consultations, suicide prevention activities, and community mental health nursing.
Our Primary Health Networks are receiving $1.45 billion to enable them to deliver ongoing and community-tailored mental health services. This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychology consultations, suicide prevention activities, and community mental health nursing. The Morrison Government is determined to reduce the rate of suicide, especially among young Australians.
This investment will boost crucial services such as headspace, local psychology consultations, suicide prevention activities, and community mental health nursing. The Morrison Government is determined to reduce the rate of suicide, especially among young Australians. We are tackling this national crisis through our $503 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan.
The Morrison Government is determined to reduce the rate of suicide, especially among young Australians. We are tackling this national crisis through our $503 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need by investing an additional $375 million to fund an extra 30 headspaces.
We are tackling this national crisis through our $503 million Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan. We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need by investing an additional $375 million to fund an extra 30 headspaces. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health.
We will ensure young Australians and their families get help where and when they need by investing an additional $375 million to fund an extra 30 headspaces. headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health. We have established the Million Minds Mission, providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research with the aim of bringing new treatments to an additional one million people, and ensuring our mental health system offers the best services possible.
headspace provides youth-friendly services for the challenges facing young Australians across physical health, alcohol and other drug use, vocational support and mental health. We have established the Million Minds Mission, providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research with the aim of bringing new treatments to an additional one million people, and ensuring our mental health system offers the best services possible. We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally.
We have established the Million Minds Mission, providing $125 million through the Medical Research Future Fund for mental health research with the aim of bringing new treatments to an additional one million people, and ensuring our mental health system offers the best services possible. We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally. This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services.
We will invest $70.2 million to establish new residential eating disorders treatment facilities nationally. This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services. To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors.
This builds on the $110 million announced in December 2018 to create the first specific, comprehensive Medicare items so that people affected by eating disorders can access up to 40 psychological services and 20 dietetic services. To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors. Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley.
To strengthen Indigenous youth suicide prevention, we will invest $34.1 million, including support for Indigenous leadership that delivers culturally appropriate, trauma-informed care as well as services that recognise the value of community, cultural artistic traditions and protective social factors. Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley. We will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people.
Our support includes $19.6 million for measures to prevent Indigenous youth suicide, particularly in the Kimberley. We will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people. We are also investing $15 million to create a new national information system.
We will invest $11.8 million in a range of initiatives to help parents recognise when their children are struggling, improve mental health skills training in schools, enhance peer support networks and boost counselling support services for young people. We are also investing $15 million to create a new national information system. This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm.
We are also investing $15 million to create a new national information system. This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. Our support builds on $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at selected headspace centres to provide specialist clinical services for young people at the early stages of severe mental illness.
This will ensure communities and services can respond quickly to particular areas affected by a high incidence of suicide and self-harm. Our support builds on $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at selected headspace centres to provide specialist clinical services for young people at the early stages of severe mental illness. We will deliver a $98.6 million mental health program in schools and a range of early intervention and prevention initiatives to provide young Australians with the tools and support they need to maintain the best possible mental health and wellbeing.
Our support builds on $110 million to continue the Early Psychosis Youth Services program at selected headspace centres to provide specialist clinical services for young people at the early stages of severe mental illness. We will deliver a $98.6 million mental health program in schools and a range of early intervention and prevention initiatives to provide young Australians with the tools and support they need to maintain the best possible mental health and wellbeing. The Morrison Government is also working to ensure the mental health system is comprehensive and provides coordinated, holistic care.
We will deliver a $98.6 million mental health program in schools and a range of early intervention and prevention initiatives to provide young Australians with the tools and support they need to maintain the best possible mental health and wellbeing. The Morrison Government is also working to ensure the mental health system is comprehensive and provides coordinated, holistic care. We are providing $114.5 million to trial eight new adult mental health centres to provide walk-in treatment and advice as a much needed alternative to hospital emergency departments.
The Morrison Government is also working to ensure the mental health system is comprehensive and provides coordinated, holistic care. We are providing $114.5 million to trial eight new adult mental health centres to provide walk-in treatment and advice as a much needed alternative to hospital emergency departments. Regional communities will also have greater access to mental health services through new Medicare rebates for telehealth support.
We are providing $114.5 million to trial eight new adult mental health centres to provide walk-in treatment and advice as a much needed alternative to hospital emergency departments. Regional communities will also have greater access to mental health services through new Medicare rebates for telehealth support. We are providing $43.9 million for a new perinatal mental health program to support those affected by perinatal mental illness during or after pregnancy, or grieving after the death of an infant.
Regional communities will also have greater access to mental health services through new Medicare rebates for telehealth support. We are providing $43.9 million for a new perinatal mental health program to support those affected by perinatal mental illness during or after pregnancy, or grieving after the death of an infant. To ensure that all Australian workers can maintain mental health and get early support if needed, we are investing $11.5 million in a new National Mental Health Workplace Initiative.
We are providing $43.9 million for a new perinatal mental health program to support those affected by perinatal mental illness during or after pregnancy, or grieving after the death of an infant. To ensure that all Australian workers can maintain mental health and get early support if needed, we are investing $11.5 million in a new National Mental Health Workplace Initiative. This will support workers and businesses – from sole traders to multinationals – to create supportive and healthy workplaces.
To ensure that all Australian workers can maintain mental health and get early support if needed, we are investing $11.5 million in a new National Mental Health Workplace Initiative. This will support workers and businesses – from sole traders to multinationals – to create supportive and healthy workplaces. Supporting Australians through Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
This will support workers and businesses – from sole traders to multinationals – to create supportive and healthy workplaces. Supporting Australians through Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Australians are fortunate to have access to a world-class health system where every Australian cancer patient is able to receive the highest quality of care.
Supporting Australians through Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Australians are fortunate to have access to a world-class health system where every Australian cancer patient is able to receive the highest quality of care. Each year 140,000 Australians receive a life changing cancer diagnosis.
Australians are fortunate to have access to a world-class health system where every Australian cancer patient is able to receive the highest quality of care. Each year 140,000 Australians receive a life changing cancer diagnosis. A strong economy enables the Morrison Government to invest in record support for public hospitals, access to precision diagnosis and lifesaving cancer treatment for free as well as breakthrough medicines and new revolutionary medical research.
Each year 140,000 Australians receive a life changing cancer diagnosis. A strong economy enables the Morrison Government to invest in record support for public hospitals, access to precision diagnosis and lifesaving cancer treatment for free as well as breakthrough medicines and new revolutionary medical research. We are investing more than $6 billion on cancer services each year and over $2.3 billion on PBS listed cancer medicines last year alone, one in every five dollars spent on the PBS.
A strong economy enables the Morrison Government to invest in record support for public hospitals, access to precision diagnosis and lifesaving cancer treatment for free as well as breakthrough medicines and new revolutionary medical research. We are investing more than $6 billion on cancer services each year and over $2.3 billion on PBS listed cancer medicines last year alone, one in every five dollars spent on the PBS. We will dramatically expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare through a $375 million investment and 99 per cent of out of hospital Medicare pathology services are free.
We are investing more than $6 billion on cancer services each year and over $2.3 billion on PBS listed cancer medicines last year alone, one in every five dollars spent on the PBS. We will dramatically expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare through a $375 million investment and 99 per cent of out of hospital Medicare pathology services are free. This will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions.
We will dramatically expand access to MRI scans covered by Medicare through a $375 million investment and 99 per cent of out of hospital Medicare pathology services are free. This will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions. We are also providing access to ground-breaking treatments such as the CAR-T therapy Kymriah® for certain blood cancers through the public health system.
This will help keep the cost of health care down for families, and boost the fight against cancer and other serious conditions. We are also providing access to ground-breaking treatments such as the CAR-T therapy Kymriah® for certain blood cancers through the public health system. This treatment has shown immense promise and could be a cure for some patients and will be extended to other conditions over the coming years.
We are also providing access to ground-breaking treatments such as the CAR-T therapy Kymriah® for certain blood cancers through the public health system. This treatment has shown immense promise and could be a cure for some patients and will be extended to other conditions over the coming years. To further support Australians with cancer we will invest significantly in cancer fighting infrastructure:$80 million to establish the Peter MacCallum centre of excellence in cellular immunotherapy and CAR-T therapy.
This treatment has shown immense promise and could be a cure for some patients and will be extended to other conditions over the coming years. To further support Australians with cancer we will invest significantly in cancer fighting infrastructure:$80 million to establish the Peter MacCallum centre of excellence in cellular immunotherapy and CAR-T therapy. $100 million for a Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre in Sydney.
To further support Australians with cancer we will invest significantly in cancer fighting infrastructure:$80 million to establish the Peter MacCallum centre of excellence in cellular immunotherapy and CAR-T therapy. $100 million for a Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre in Sydney. $614 million over 10 years under the MRFF for rare cancer and rare diseases clinical trials - to use revolutionary medical science to find cures for patients.
$100 million for a Comprehensive Children’s Cancer Centre in Sydney. $614 million over 10 years under the MRFF for rare cancer and rare diseases clinical trials - to use revolutionary medical science to find cures for patients. Over $180 million per year in ground-breaking cancer research funding through the NHMRC.
$614 million over 10 years under the MRFF for rare cancer and rare diseases clinical trials - to use revolutionary medical science to find cures for patients. Over $180 million per year in ground-breaking cancer research funding through the NHMRC. $32.6 million for free breast MRI and PET scans which will benefit thousands of patients per year.
Over $180 million per year in ground-breaking cancer research funding through the NHMRC. $32.6 million for free breast MRI and PET scans which will benefit thousands of patients per year. Australia has one of the most effective programs to beat cancer through vaccinations and early detection:We have introduced a new vaccination which will protect against 90 per cent of HPV-related cervical cancer.
$32.6 million for free breast MRI and PET scans which will benefit thousands of patients per year. Australia has one of the most effective programs to beat cancer through vaccinations and early detection:We have introduced a new vaccination which will protect against 90 per cent of HPV-related cervical cancer. We have extended free mammograms for women between the age of 50 and 74 through BreastScreen.
Australia has one of the most effective programs to beat cancer through vaccinations and early detection:We have introduced a new vaccination which will protect against 90 per cent of HPV-related cervical cancer. We have extended free mammograms for women between the age of 50 and 74 through BreastScreen. We have expanded the bowel cancer screening program so that, by the end of 2019, all Australians aged 50-74 will receive a screening test kit.
We have extended free mammograms for women between the age of 50 and 74 through BreastScreen. We have expanded the bowel cancer screening program so that, by the end of 2019, all Australians aged 50-74 will receive a screening test kit. To encourage them to take the test, $10 million will be spent on a new awareness raising campaign.
We have expanded the bowel cancer screening program so that, by the end of 2019, all Australians aged 50-74 will receive a screening test kit. To encourage them to take the test, $10 million will be spent on a new awareness raising campaign. We have extended support for prostate cancer nurses and through the McGrath Foundation breast cancer nurses to support Australian patients in most need including those in rural and regional areas.
To encourage them to take the test, $10 million will be spent on a new awareness raising campaign. We have extended support for prostate cancer nurses and through the McGrath Foundation breast cancer nurses to support Australian patients in most need including those in rural and regional areas. We will invest $20 million in an anti-smoking campaign.
We have extended support for prostate cancer nurses and through the McGrath Foundation breast cancer nurses to support Australian patients in most need including those in rural and regional areas. We will invest $20 million in an anti-smoking campaign. Preventative Health – Immunisation
We will invest $20 million in an anti-smoking campaign. Preventative Health – Immunisation Record levels of Australian children are now fully immunised, with more parents getting the message to protect their kids with life-saving vaccines.
Preventative Health – Immunisation Record levels of Australian children are now fully immunised, with more parents getting the message to protect their kids with life-saving vaccines. Our No Jab, No Pay policy has been a success with around 210,000 extra children vaccinated and is backed by a further $12 million for a new immunisation information and education campaign.
Record levels of Australian children are now fully immunised, with more parents getting the message to protect their kids with life-saving vaccines. Our No Jab, No Pay policy has been a success with around 210,000 extra children vaccinated and is backed by a further $12 million for a new immunisation information and education campaign. To protect new-born babies, the whooping cough vaccine has been made available for pregnant women through an investment of $39.5 million.
Our No Jab, No Pay policy has been a success with around 210,000 extra children vaccinated and is backed by a further $12 million for a new immunisation information and education campaign. To protect new-born babies, the whooping cough vaccine has been made available for pregnant women through an investment of $39.5 million. We have expanded access to the meningococcal vaccine providing protection against the ACWY strains through an investment of $52 million.
To protect new-born babies, the whooping cough vaccine has been made available for pregnant women through an investment of $39.5 million. We have expanded access to the meningococcal vaccine providing protection against the ACWY strains through an investment of $52 million. Preventative Health – Domestic Violence
We have expanded access to the meningococcal vaccine providing protection against the ACWY strains through an investment of $52 million. Preventative Health – Domestic Violence Family and domestic violence has a profound impact on women and children’s health and wellbeing, families and communities and society.
Preventative Health – Domestic Violence Family and domestic violence has a profound impact on women and children’s health and wellbeing, families and communities and society. The Morrison Government has zero tolerance for violence against women and has committed over $840 million since 2013 to reduce and prevent family, domestic and sexual violence.
Family and domestic violence has a profound impact on women and children’s health and wellbeing, families and communities and society. The Morrison Government has zero tolerance for violence against women and has committed over $840 million since 2013 to reduce and prevent family, domestic and sexual violence. As part of this a ‘Recognise, Respond, Refer’ pilot, already underway in Brisbane, will receive a $7.5 million boost to be extended across five Primary Health Network regions to train GPs and their staff to recognise and manage family violence.
The Morrison Government has zero tolerance for violence against women and has committed over $840 million since 2013 to reduce and prevent family, domestic and sexual violence. As part of this a ‘Recognise, Respond, Refer’ pilot, already underway in Brisbane, will receive a $7.5 million boost to be extended across five Primary Health Network regions to train GPs and their staff to recognise and manage family violence. A further $2.1 million training initiative will further improve the domestic violence response of GPs and primary care workers nationally.
As part of this a ‘Recognise, Respond, Refer’ pilot, already underway in Brisbane, will receive a $7.5 million boost to be extended across five Primary Health Network regions to train GPs and their staff to recognise and manage family violence. A further $2.1 million training initiative will further improve the domestic violence response of GPs and primary care workers nationally. Support for Patients with Diabetes
A further $2.1 million training initiative will further improve the domestic violence response of GPs and primary care workers nationally. Support for Patients with Diabetes The Morrison Government is committed to working towards the broad prevention of diabetes in the Australian community – through research, medicines and by providing access to continuous glucose monitoring devices.
Support for Patients with Diabetes The Morrison Government is committed to working towards the broad prevention of diabetes in the Australian community – through research, medicines and by providing access to continuous glucose monitoring devices. We have expanded free access to glucose monitoring devices for pregnant women, children and more adults with type 1 diabetes, saving Australians up to $7,000 a year.
The Morrison Government is committed to working towards the broad prevention of diabetes in the Australian community – through research, medicines and by providing access to continuous glucose monitoring devices. We have expanded free access to glucose monitoring devices for pregnant women, children and more adults with type 1 diabetes, saving Australians up to $7,000 a year. Our investment over the next four years will ensure that free glucose monitoring devices are available to over 37,000 eligible Australians with type 1 diabetes.
We have expanded free access to glucose monitoring devices for pregnant women, children and more adults with type 1 diabetes, saving Australians up to $7,000 a year. Our investment over the next four years will ensure that free glucose monitoring devices are available to over 37,000 eligible Australians with type 1 diabetes. We will also invest $54.5 million for research that will give new hope and support for Australian children and adults living with type 1 diabetes.
Our investment over the next four years will ensure that free glucose monitoring devices are available to over 37,000 eligible Australians with type 1 diabetes. We will also invest $54.5 million for research that will give new hope and support for Australian children and adults living with type 1 diabetes. Preventative Health – Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections
We will also invest $54.5 million for research that will give new hope and support for Australian children and adults living with type 1 diabetes. Preventative Health – Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections A Morrison Government will invest $45.4 million to support the implementation of the next National Blood Borne Virus (BBV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Strategies (2018-2022).
Preventative Health – Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections A Morrison Government will invest $45.4 million to support the implementation of the next National Blood Borne Virus (BBV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Strategies (2018-2022). This investment has been acknowledged as the greatest increase in funding to prevent, diagnose and treat STIs and BBVs in at least two decades.
A Morrison Government will invest $45.4 million to support the implementation of the next National Blood Borne Virus (BBV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Strategies (2018-2022). This investment has been acknowledged as the greatest increase in funding to prevent, diagnose and treat STIs and BBVs in at least two decades. We are able to provide record support for strategies and initiatives that are improving our collective efforts to prevent and address the impact of BBVs and STIs.
This investment has been acknowledged as the greatest increase in funding to prevent, diagnose and treat STIs and BBVs in at least two decades. We are able to provide record support for strategies and initiatives that are improving our collective efforts to prevent and address the impact of BBVs and STIs. This funding will support:national awareness and prevention strategies to reduce the impact of BBVs, such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and STIs, with a specific focus on syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
We are able to provide record support for strategies and initiatives that are improving our collective efforts to prevent and address the impact of BBVs and STIs. This funding will support:national awareness and prevention strategies to reduce the impact of BBVs, such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and STIs, with a specific focus on syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia. projects that improve diagnosis and treatment options
This funding will support:national awareness and prevention strategies to reduce the impact of BBVs, such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and STIs, with a specific focus on syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia. projects that improve diagnosis and treatment options health professional and community education
projects that improve diagnosis and treatment options health professional and community education targeted assistance to diverse and vulnerable populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse people.
health professional and community education targeted assistance to diverse and vulnerable populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse people. We have also provided $8 million to establish a taskforce to combat Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1) and other emerging communicable diseases in remote communities.
targeted assistance to diverse and vulnerable populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse people. We have also provided $8 million to establish a taskforce to combat Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1) and other emerging communicable diseases in remote communities. Drug Treatment and Prevention
We have also provided $8 million to establish a taskforce to combat Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1) and other emerging communicable diseases in remote communities. Drug Treatment and Prevention To tackle drugs such as ice, the Morrison Government has committed more than $720 million over four years to reduce the impact of drug and alcohol misuse, with more than $544 million dedicated for treatment services.
Drug Treatment and Prevention To tackle drugs such as ice, the Morrison Government has committed more than $720 million over four years to reduce the impact of drug and alcohol misuse, with more than $544 million dedicated for treatment services. We will continue to invest $450 million in the National Ice Action Strategy (NIAS) to help local communities, including funding for over 240 Local Drug Action Teams.
To tackle drugs such as ice, the Morrison Government has committed more than $720 million over four years to reduce the impact of drug and alcohol misuse, with more than $544 million dedicated for treatment services. We will continue to invest $450 million in the National Ice Action Strategy (NIAS) to help local communities, including funding for over 240 Local Drug Action Teams. We have also delivered an extra 471 local drug and alcohol services since 2016 based on community need.
We will continue to invest $450 million in the National Ice Action Strategy (NIAS) to help local communities, including funding for over 240 Local Drug Action Teams. We have also delivered an extra 471 local drug and alcohol services since 2016 based on community need. We are investing $22.3 million to support more alcohol and other drug treatment and support services in remote, rural and regional areas; an additional 65 specialist service providers will operate after-hours and on weekends in under-serviced areas.
We have also delivered an extra 471 local drug and alcohol services since 2016 based on community need. We are investing $22.3 million to support more alcohol and other drug treatment and support services in remote, rural and regional areas; an additional 65 specialist service providers will operate after-hours and on weekends in under-serviced areas. In addition, funding of $4.3 million will provide local support for families, communities and regions struggling with the impacts of illicit drug use.
We are investing $22.3 million to support more alcohol and other drug treatment and support services in remote, rural and regional areas; an additional 65 specialist service providers will operate after-hours and on weekends in under-serviced areas. In addition, funding of $4.3 million will provide local support for families, communities and regions struggling with the impacts of illicit drug use. We will also invest $7.2 million establishing a take-home naloxone program to help prevent deaths associated with opioids and other drugs.
In addition, funding of $4.3 million will provide local support for families, communities and regions struggling with the impacts of illicit drug use. We will also invest $7.2 million establishing a take-home naloxone program to help prevent deaths associated with opioids and other drugs. Dental
We will also invest $7.2 million establishing a take-home naloxone program to help prevent deaths associated with opioids and other drugs. Dental The Morrison Government will invest $1 billion over three years to support eligible Australian children to continue to access core dental services and families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.
Dental The Morrison Government will invest $1 billion over three years to support eligible Australian children to continue to access core dental services and families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. This is on top of the adult program, in which an extra $100 million has been invested to ensure low-income households, including pensioners, can receive affordable public dental care.
The Morrison Government will invest $1 billion over three years to support eligible Australian children to continue to access core dental services and families to claim up to $1,000 in benefits under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. This is on top of the adult program, in which an extra $100 million has been invested to ensure low-income households, including pensioners, can receive affordable public dental care. It means an extra 180,000 services will be delivered at little or no cost to patients.
This is on top of the adult program, in which an extra $100 million has been invested to ensure low-income households, including pensioners, can receive affordable public dental care. It means an extra 180,000 services will be delivered at little or no cost to patients. The extension of the National Partnership Agreement on dental health with the states and territories will deliver Australian Government funding of $350.3 million from January 2017 to 30 June 2020.
It means an extra 180,000 services will be delivered at little or no cost to patients. The extension of the National Partnership Agreement on dental health with the states and territories will deliver Australian Government funding of $350.3 million from January 2017 to 30 June 2020. Women's and Men’s Health
The extension of the National Partnership Agreement on dental health with the states and territories will deliver Australian Government funding of $350.3 million from January 2017 to 30 June 2020. Women's and Men’s Health The Morrison Government recently launched the Women's and Men’s Health Strategies for 2020-2030.
Women's and Men’s Health The Morrison Government recently launched the Women's and Men’s Health Strategies for 2020-2030. Our Women’s Health Strategy provides a $52 million investment in better women’s health with a significant focus on ovarian cancer and endometriosis.
The Morrison Government recently launched the Women's and Men’s Health Strategies for 2020-2030. Our Women’s Health Strategy provides a $52 million investment in better women’s health with a significant focus on ovarian cancer and endometriosis. We will invest $20 million in research to improve the survival rates for women with ovarian cancer and an additional $10 million to support women with endometriosis.
Our Women’s Health Strategy provides a $52 million investment in better women’s health with a significant focus on ovarian cancer and endometriosis. We will invest $20 million in research to improve the survival rates for women with ovarian cancer and an additional $10 million to support women with endometriosis. The new funding for endometriosis will raise awareness and support research to improve the treatment and understanding of this often misunderstood and crippling condition.
We will invest $20 million in research to improve the survival rates for women with ovarian cancer and an additional $10 million to support women with endometriosis. The new funding for endometriosis will raise awareness and support research to improve the treatment and understanding of this often misunderstood and crippling condition. This additional investment brings the total funding for endometriosis under the Morrison Government to almost $15 million.
The new funding for endometriosis will raise awareness and support research to improve the treatment and understanding of this often misunderstood and crippling condition. This additional investment brings the total funding for endometriosis under the Morrison Government to almost $15 million. We have also provided over $27 million in new funding for more McGrath Foundation Nurses for breast cancer, particulary to support patients in rural and regional areas.
This additional investment brings the total funding for endometriosis under the Morrison Government to almost $15 million. We have also provided over $27 million in new funding for more McGrath Foundation Nurses for breast cancer, particulary to support patients in rural and regional areas. In addition we are investing $32.6 million so breast cancer patients have life-saving MRI and PET scans covered under Medicare, saving patients up to $1,500 per scan.
We have also provided over $27 million in new funding for more McGrath Foundation Nurses for breast cancer, particulary to support patients in rural and regional areas. In addition we are investing $32.6 million so breast cancer patients have life-saving MRI and PET scans covered under Medicare, saving patients up to $1,500 per scan. We will also provide $43.9 million to support the mental health of expectant and new parents through a Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program.
In addition we are investing $32.6 million so breast cancer patients have life-saving MRI and PET scans covered under Medicare, saving patients up to $1,500 per scan. We will also provide $43.9 million to support the mental health of expectant and new parents through a Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program. This will improve the services available to better support families affected by perinatal mental illness, or grieving after the death of a child.
We will also provide $43.9 million to support the mental health of expectant and new parents through a Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program. This will improve the services available to better support families affected by perinatal mental illness, or grieving after the death of a child. Our Men’s Health Strategy provides more than $19 million to improve the health outcomes of all men and boys in Australia, particularly those battling cancer, mental health issues and loneliness.
This will improve the services available to better support families affected by perinatal mental illness, or grieving after the death of a child. Our Men’s Health Strategy provides more than $19 million to improve the health outcomes of all men and boys in Australia, particularly those battling cancer, mental health issues and loneliness. We are increasing funding to support 62 prostate cancer nurses.
Our Men’s Health Strategy provides more than $19 million to improve the health outcomes of all men and boys in Australia, particularly those battling cancer, mental health issues and loneliness. We are increasing funding to support 62 prostate cancer nurses. We are also providing the Men’s Sheds movement with over $11 million over 4 years to support their important work in local communities.
We are increasing funding to support 62 prostate cancer nurses. We are also providing the Men’s Sheds movement with over $11 million over 4 years to support their important work in local communities. The Morrison Government is also providing $3.8 million for research to investigate the causes and prevention of male infertility which is estimated to affect one in six couples.
We are also providing the Men’s Sheds movement with over $11 million over 4 years to support their important work in local communities. The Morrison Government is also providing $3.8 million for research to investigate the causes and prevention of male infertility which is estimated to affect one in six couples. Indigenous Health
The Morrison Government is also providing $3.8 million for research to investigate the causes and prevention of male infertility which is estimated to affect one in six couples. Indigenous Health The Morrison Government will continue to make progress towards Closing the Gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous Health The Morrison Government will continue to make progress towards Closing the Gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Funding of $4.1 billion over the next four years will improve access to health care through the Indigenous Australians Health Program.
The Morrison Government will continue to make progress towards Closing the Gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Funding of $4.1 billion over the next four years will improve access to health care through the Indigenous Australians Health Program. We are working on ending avoidable blindness and deafness and improving renal health and access to dialysis.
Funding of $4.1 billion over the next four years will improve access to health care through the Indigenous Australians Health Program. We are working on ending avoidable blindness and deafness and improving renal health and access to dialysis. A $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will deliver rapid solutions to some of the biggest preventable health challenges.
We are working on ending avoidable blindness and deafness and improving renal health and access to dialysis. A $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will deliver rapid solutions to some of the biggest preventable health challenges. $35 million has been committed to research and develop a vaccine for rheumatic heart disease, which could save thousands of lives.
A $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund will deliver rapid solutions to some of the biggest preventable health challenges. $35 million has been committed to research and develop a vaccine for rheumatic heart disease, which could save thousands of lives. We are focused also on increasing the Indigenous health workforce, so more people from local communities can provide health services.
$35 million has been committed to research and develop a vaccine for rheumatic heart disease, which could save thousands of lives. We are focused also on increasing the Indigenous health workforce, so more people from local communities can provide health services. Tragically, the suicide rate in Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander communities remains significantly higher than in the non-Indigenous population.
We are focused also on increasing the Indigenous health workforce, so more people from local communities can provide health services. Tragically, the suicide rate in Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander communities remains significantly higher than in the non-Indigenous population. We are addressing the high rate of youth suicide through our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, which includes $34.1 million for Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health initiatives.
Tragically, the suicide rate in Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander communities remains significantly higher than in the non-Indigenous population. We are addressing the high rate of youth suicide through our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, which includes $34.1 million for Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health initiatives. Specifically $4.2 million has also been provided for the Young Indigenous Ambassadors, Yarn Safe Campaign, and a fast-tracked roll-out of the Be You program in the Kimberley.
We are addressing the high rate of youth suicide through our Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, which includes $34.1 million for Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health initiatives. Specifically $4.2 million has also been provided for the Young Indigenous Ambassadors, Yarn Safe Campaign, and a fast-tracked roll-out of the Be You program in the Kimberley. In addition we will invest $12.5 million from the Million Minds Mission for research on the best approaches to prevent Indigenous suicide.
Specifically $4.2 million has also been provided for the Young Indigenous Ambassadors, Yarn Safe Campaign, and a fast-tracked roll-out of the Be You program in the Kimberley. In addition we will invest $12.5 million from the Million Minds Mission for research on the best approaches to prevent Indigenous suicide. Landmark Rural Health Strategy
In addition we will invest $12.5 million from the Million Minds Mission for research on the best approaches to prevent Indigenous suicide. Landmark Rural Health Strategy The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions.
Landmark Rural Health Strategy The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions. We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities.
The Morrison Government is implementing the most comprehensive rural health package in decades, which will improve access to doctors, nurses and other health care services for all Australians, especially those in the regions. We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities. That is why we will invest $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade.
We believe that people living in rural and regional Australia deserve the same access to high-quality healthcare services as those living in capital cities. That is why we will invest $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade. The Strategy also includes $84.1 million in additional funding for the Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide dental care, mental health services and emergency aeromedical services to rural and remote communities.
That is why we will invest $550 million for the Stronger Rural Health Strategy, which delivers 3,000 additional doctors and more than 3,000 additional nurses and allied health professionals in rural general practice over the next decade. The Strategy also includes $84.1 million in additional funding for the Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide dental care, mental health services and emergency aeromedical services to rural and remote communities. It also includes $94.5 million for a new Murray Darling Medical Schools Network which aims to increase the number of medical students training in rural areas, and increase the number of students who then go on to practice in regional and rural Australia.
The Strategy also includes $84.1 million in additional funding for the Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide dental care, mental health services and emergency aeromedical services to rural and remote communities. It also includes $94.5 million for a new Murray Darling Medical Schools Network which aims to increase the number of medical students training in rural areas, and increase the number of students who then go on to practice in regional and rural Australia. An additional $26.6 million will accommodate longer transition arrangements for the changes to rural bulk billing incentives and the Workforce Incentive Program.
It also includes $94.5 million for a new Murray Darling Medical Schools Network which aims to increase the number of medical students training in rural areas, and increase the number of students who then go on to practice in regional and rural Australia. An additional $26.6 million will accommodate longer transition arrangements for the changes to rural bulk billing incentives and the Workforce Incentive Program. We will invest $62.2 million over five years from 2018-19 to implement a National Rural Generalist Pathway.
An additional $26.6 million will accommodate longer transition arrangements for the changes to rural bulk billing incentives and the Workforce Incentive Program. We will invest $62.2 million over five years from 2018-19 to implement a National Rural Generalist Pathway. This program will train specialised rural doctors to provide health services tailored to the needs of rural and remote communities and follows the expert advice of Australia’s first National Rural Health Commissioner.
We will invest $62.2 million over five years from 2018-19 to implement a National Rural Generalist Pathway. This program will train specialised rural doctors to provide health services tailored to the needs of rural and remote communities and follows the expert advice of Australia’s first National Rural Health Commissioner. Under the Morrison Government rural and remote patients are gaining additional access to general consultations through an extension of telehealth services with an investment of $33.5 million.
This program will train specialised rural doctors to provide health services tailored to the needs of rural and remote communities and follows the expert advice of Australia’s first National Rural Health Commissioner. Under the Morrison Government rural and remote patients are gaining additional access to general consultations through an extension of telehealth services with an investment of $33.5 million. We are investing $12 million to expand the Heart of Australia mobile cardiology and health services in rural Queensland.
Under the Morrison Government rural and remote patients are gaining additional access to general consultations through an extension of telehealth services with an investment of $33.5 million. We are investing $12 million to expand the Heart of Australia mobile cardiology and health services in rural Queensland. This funding will support the ongoing service delivery of their two mobile specialist clinics and establish a third service for Northern Queensland and the Cape York Peninsula, bringing the total number of communities serviced by Heart of Australia across Queensland from 16 to 25.
We are investing $12 million to expand the Heart of Australia mobile cardiology and health services in rural Queensland. This funding will support the ongoing service delivery of their two mobile specialist clinics and establish a third service for Northern Queensland and the Cape York Peninsula, bringing the total number of communities serviced by Heart of Australia across Queensland from 16 to 25. We are investing $18 million to develop a world-class rural health and medical research facility in Orange NSW that will support the needs of rural communities throughout Australia.
This funding will support the ongoing service delivery of their two mobile specialist clinics and establish a third service for Northern Queensland and the Cape York Peninsula, bringing the total number of communities serviced by Heart of Australia across Queensland from 16 to 25. We are investing $18 million to develop a world-class rural health and medical research facility in Orange NSW that will support the needs of rural communities throughout Australia. The Institute for Regional, Rural and Remote Health and Medical Research will focus on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequity, supporting ageing and aged care, improving child health, promoting consumer-driven rural health research, building clinical research capacity and improving health service delivery.
We are investing $18 million to develop a world-class rural health and medical research facility in Orange NSW that will support the needs of rural communities throughout Australia. The Institute for Regional, Rural and Remote Health and Medical Research will focus on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequity, supporting ageing and aged care, improving child health, promoting consumer-driven rural health research, building clinical research capacity and improving health service delivery. The Morrison Government will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program.
The Institute for Regional, Rural and Remote Health and Medical Research will focus on addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequity, supporting ageing and aged care, improving child health, promoting consumer-driven rural health research, building clinical research capacity and improving health service delivery. The Morrison Government will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program. Access and participation in clinical trials can be limited for doctors and patients in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia.
The Morrison Government will invest $100 million to establish the Rural and Regional Clinical Trials Infrastructure Program. Access and participation in clinical trials can be limited for doctors and patients in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia. The $100 million investment from the Medical Research Future Fund National Critical Infrastructure initiative will establish state of the art physical infrastructure and equipment to provide patients with hope and access to advanced treatment options regardless of where they live.
Access and participation in clinical trials can be limited for doctors and patients in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia. The $100 million investment from the Medical Research Future Fund National Critical Infrastructure initiative will establish state of the art physical infrastructure and equipment to provide patients with hope and access to advanced treatment options regardless of where they live. This will also boost rural, regional and remote economies with direct industry investment in jobs.
The $100 million investment from the Medical Research Future Fund National Critical Infrastructure initiative will establish state of the art physical infrastructure and equipment to provide patients with hope and access to advanced treatment options regardless of where they live. This will also boost rural, regional and remote economies with direct industry investment in jobs. We will also establish new regional cancer centres and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in regional communities such as Mount Gambier, Townsville, Batemans Bay, North West Tasmania, Grafton and Gladstone.
This will also boost rural, regional and remote economies with direct industry investment in jobs. We will also establish new regional cancer centres and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in regional communities such as Mount Gambier, Townsville, Batemans Bay, North West Tasmania, Grafton and Gladstone. We will also provide additional mental health services and support for people affected by recent natural disasters.
We will also establish new regional cancer centres and drug and alcohol treatment facilities in regional communities such as Mount Gambier, Townsville, Batemans Bay, North West Tasmania, Grafton and Gladstone. We will also provide additional mental health services and support for people affected by recent natural disasters. People living in Northern and Western Queensland impacted by the recent floods, those affected by the fires in Tasmania and drought affected farmers in the Gippsland region will receive access to additional mental health support including through telehealth with an investment of $26.9 million.
We will also provide additional mental health services and support for people affected by recent natural disasters. People living in Northern and Western Queensland impacted by the recent floods, those affected by the fires in Tasmania and drought affected farmers in the Gippsland region will receive access to additional mental health support including through telehealth with an investment of $26.9 million. This complements work already under way in drought affected areas under the Government’s $21.9 million Empowering our Communities Program.
People living in Northern and Western Queensland impacted by the recent floods, those affected by the fires in Tasmania and drought affected farmers in the Gippsland region will receive access to additional mental health support including through telehealth with an investment of $26.9 million. This complements work already under way in drought affected areas under the Government’s $21.9 million Empowering our Communities Program. These services will be delivered by local Primary Health Networks.
This complements work already under way in drought affected areas under the Government’s $21.9 million Empowering our Communities Program. These services will be delivered by local Primary Health Networks. The Cost
These services will be delivered by local Primary Health Networks. The Cost The Coalition’s plan for strengthening Australia’s world class health system will not place additional costs on the Budget.
The Cost The Coalition’s plan for strengthening Australia’s world class health system will not place additional costs on the Budget. As at the 2019-20 Budget we have invested over $339 billion in the health system over the forward estimates.
The Coalition’s plan for strengthening Australia’s world class health system will not place additional costs on the Budget. As at the 2019-20 Budget we have invested over $339 billion in the health system over the forward estimates. Our Plan to Back Our Multicultural Communities
As at the 2019-20 Budget we have invested over $339 billion in the health system over the forward estimates. Our Plan to Back Our Multicultural Communities Key Points
Our Plan to Back Our Multicultural Communities Key Points The Morrison Government is working to keep our economy strong, keep Australians safe and keep Australians together.
Key Points The Morrison Government is working to keep our economy strong, keep Australians safe and keep Australians together. Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world and our Government is working to ensure we remain a strong, prosperous and united society.
The Morrison Government is working to keep our economy strong, keep Australians safe and keep Australians together. Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world and our Government is working to ensure we remain a strong, prosperous and united society. Our plan for Australia will: 1.Create 1.25 million more jobs over the next five years.
Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world and our Government is working to ensure we remain a strong, prosperous and united society. Our plan for Australia will: 1.Create 1.25 million more jobs over the next five years. 2.Maintain budget surpluses and pay down debt.
Our plan for Australia will: 1.Create 1.25 million more jobs over the next five years. 2.Maintain budget surpluses and pay down debt. 3.Deliver tax relief for families and small businesses.
2.Maintain budget surpluses and pay down debt. 3.Deliver tax relief for families and small businesses. 4.Keep Australians safe and our borders secure and
3.Deliver tax relief for families and small businesses. 4.Keep Australians safe and our borders secure and 5.Guarantee increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads that you and your family rely on, already at record levels.
4.Keep Australians safe and our borders secure and 5.Guarantee increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads that you and your family rely on, already at record levels. All without increasing taxes.
5.Guarantee increased funding for schools, hospitals, medicines and roads that you and your family rely on, already at record levels. All without increasing taxes. The Morrison Government will continue to celebrate our nation’s unique multicultural heritage while strengthening our economy,
All without increasing taxes. The Morrison Government will continue to celebrate our nation’s unique multicultural heritage while strengthening our economy, maintaining social cohesion and securing our future.
The Morrison Government will continue to celebrate our nation’s unique multicultural heritage while strengthening our economy, maintaining social cohesion and securing our future. Our plan will:Reward hard work and the enterprise of migrant families and businesses.
maintaining social cohesion and securing our future. Our plan will:Reward hard work and the enterprise of migrant families and businesses. Deliver better government services to people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Our plan will:Reward hard work and the enterprise of migrant families and businesses. Deliver better government services to people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Build social cohesion with practical measures that help new migrants and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to engage in the workforce and the community.