Katter’s Australian’s answer: いいえI AM standing as the Katter's Australian Party (KAP) candidate for the Riverina because of the lack of action as support the major parties have shown not just to the agriculture communities but also to those in manufacturing and small business.
The KAP has a management strategy that balances and mitigates the extremes of high and low rainfall cycles on farming and communities is crucial to the environment and to the communities that live there.
By using sustainable irrigation practices support a huge biomass of native flora, fauna and migratory birds and as such, have become an integral and essential component of the Murray Darling River ecosystem.
The ecological value of irrigation precludes the use of damaging unseasonal artificial environmental flows.
The KAP, will rescind the Water Act of 2007 and redraft it with real input from the inhabitants and water users of the Murray-Darling Basin to incorporate an unequivocal definition of "the environment" which includes human beings - their commun...Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"Twenty-four months parental leave fully paid by employer contributions to a publicly- managed scheme, the right to return to the same job and generous paid leave to allow parents to take time off work to care for sick children and attend school activities."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: いいえNo carbon tax. No emissions trading scheme – both would involve a cost imposition upon electricity users, and virtually every person in every walk of life. It would tend to render all our export industries non-competitive. Carbon and pollutant reduction to be achieved by renewables – solar/biomass and other government initiatives and incentives (refer to ethanol).Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいKatter's Australian Party supports a uranium mining export industry because of its economic potential, the associated development of regional Queensland and for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions it would provide. Other parties may adopt a different position. Queenslanders deserve to know what these positions are.
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Katter’s Australian’s answer: いいえRestrict Australia’s migration zone to the mainland.
Any boat found in Australian waters, that is seaworthy and carrying asylum seekers, shall be turned around and escorted out of Australian waters. Any immediate humanitarian needs of passengers or crew shall be met at interception.
Asylum seekers claims are assessed quickly to screen for health and obvious security risks. Successful refugees should only be granted temporary visas and conditional release into the community on a strict social contract subject to close electronic monitoring for a probationary period in lieu of detention.Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"Immediately increase the annual refugee resettlement quota for refugees from overseas to at least 40,000. End the system of quotas for accepting asylum seekers who arrive by plane and boat, and instead accept all asylum seekers who are found to be refugees."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい、そして政治家もそうです。"Australia is a nation of immigrants and being born overseas — or being a dual citizen for any other reason — should not be an impediment to full participation in the democratic process in this country. Also, it should make no difference if the country of their other citizenship is New Zealand or Iran or anywhere else. The democratic principle is that people should be able to vote for their preferred representatives."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はい9. Governments should provide essential services such as airports, water, electricity, gas, health services, road networks, public transport and communications. Where such services are not provided by government, government should ensure that the services are affordable for all and of a reasonable standard.Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"The Socialist Alliance will lobby in international forums to overturn the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, which maximises pharmaceutical company profits be allowing 20-year patents, whist denying millions of people access to life-saving drugs."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいKAP Federal Leader and Member for Kennedy Bob Katter today pleaded with Government to invest significant funding in dental care in rural and regional Australia following horror stories from desperate North Queenslanders, some who have been forced to pull their own teeth out with pliers. “The primary responsibility of Government is to protect people and we are failing miserably in dental care,” he said.Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: もっと少なくGovernments should provide essential services such as airports, water, electricity, gas, health services, road networks, public transport and communications. Where such services are not provided by government, government should ensure that the services are affordable for all and of a reasonable standard.Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"In reality, the policy of harm minimisation is common sense. Simply lecturing people against using intoxicants has never worked, and for as long as people use them, it is crucial to minimise the harm involved. Also, sites for harm minimisation, such as safe injecting rooms, bring those who use drugs into contact with medical professionals, allowing them to discuss their health and seek assistance for dependency issues."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいGovernments should provide essential services such as airports, water, electricity, gas, health services, road networks, public transport and communications. Where such services are not provided by government, government should ensure that the services are affordable for all and of a reasonable standard.Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいKAP Leader and Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter this week in Parliament voted against the Government to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 which includes a water trigger amendment, which in effect delegates to the State Government's Coal Seam Gas (CSG) project approvals in relation to impacts on water supply.
“There is a conflict of interest when the State Governments receive royalties from the CSG industry. Being judge and jury on the approvals process, when State coffers benefit, mocks the objectivity for farmers,” Mr Katter said.
Mr Katter believes underground water is the life blood of inland Queensland, an inland almost completely bereft of surface water. CSG must drain aquifers and use contaminates thus potentially threatening this precious resource.
Mr Katter voted against the State Government becoming a ‘one stop shop’ for the approvals.
“The Bentley Case in NSW and the corruption that has ensued has resulted it seems from the close and unhealthy relation...Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: より少なく。"Reverse the “Welfare to Work” provisions which unfairly penalise supporting parents, people with a disability and the long-term unemployed."
"Abolish the “work for the dole” scheme. "
"End assessments based on relationship status."
"Scrap the 104-week waiting period for newly-arrived migrants to receive welfare payments."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"The Socialist Alliance believes that the long-term sustainability of agriculture is an essential component of the well-being of Australia's economy, society and environment, and major reform must be subsidised in order to save it, and the environment, from the catastrophic effects of current and past mismanagement."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい"A genuine progressive taxation system would include: getting rid of the regressive GST; a rise in the top marginal income tax rate; and a cut in tax rates for lower and middle income people.
It would also involve a stronger capital gains tax and the end of negative gearing on investment housing."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいKAP is committed to protecting Australian jobs and maximising the productivity of the workforce to increase employment rates in terms of people in paid work, and more
importantly, the people in full time work.
KAP is committed to achieving this through considered policies that actually support the industries and
businesses that provide the employment opportunities, with a particular emphasis on small business.Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいMr Katter slammed free-trade in Parliament saying it is the result of a colonial inferiority mentality that would sicken any decent Australian. It has wreaked havoc in our country economically and brought in diseases such as citrus canker, panama, black sigatoka and papaya fruit fly.Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: いいえQueensland independent MP Bob Katter is seeking to overturn a temporary federal government ban on the import of a new rapid-action shotgun and says he is so worried about the erosion of Australians’ ability to own firearms he bought a bow and arrow.
The main importer of the Adler 110, which the Coalition has banned for one year, was Katter’s son-in-law Robert Noia.Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえ"The recent firesale of NSW’s retail electricity is a disgrace. Even worse, the government has pledged to spend $1.5 billion on a new state-owned coalmine. This, alongside $1 billion for subsidising dirty coal supplies to power stations, guarantees future corporate profits.
This sell-off comes on the back of the privatisation of the TAB, the State Bank, the Government Insurance Office (GIO), prisons and State Lotteries and attempts to privatise Sydney Ferries and more. The result is billions of dollars that would have been generated for public use is now in private hands, and prices are set to skyrocket. "Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえ"The Socialist Alliance condemns the threatened US-led Western military assault on Syria. We call on the Australian government to reject this latest imperial aggression, to extract itself from its military alliance with the US and end its involvement in all aggressive multinational military operations."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえ"Abbott said that his government was working on measures to strengthen Australia's already draconian and inhumane immigration laws and make amendments to the Australian Citizenship Act to give government the power to revoke or suspend Australian citizenship in the case of dual nationals and suspend some of the privileges of citizenship for Australian nationals “involved in terrorism”.
Civil rights organisations, lawyers and even the former national security legislation monitor Bret Walker have expressed their concerns at Abbott's argument that civil and democratic rights need to be traded for “protection” from terrorists."Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はい5. Australia's sovereignty and independence as a nation requires Australia to:
i. have a sufficient population and for that population to be so distributed as to demonstrate occupation, control and utilisation of our land, water and other resources
[Note: Demonstrating occupation of water would require an aggressive stance on whalers.]Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいAustralia’s sovereignty and independence as a nation requires Australia to: have a sufficient Defence Force to deter invasion and to prevent any territorial intrusion or threat; maintain strategic defence industry capabilities to ensure Australia is self-sufficient in the manufacture of strategic Defence requirements; establish and nurture relationships and alliances to secure support and assistance in times of peril;Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえ"the Socialist Alliance condemns the violent and repressive measures of the Egyptian armed forces since July 3, in particular the July 8 massacre of more than 50 unarmed supporters of the Morsi government and the arbitrary detention of Morsi and other leaders and functionaries of the deposed regime.
The Socialist Alliance believes the revolution belongs to the Egyptian people not the armed forces."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: はい、そしてアボリジニとトーレス海峡島民を保護する条約を組み入れます。"In the light of the grave injustices, and the significant changes required to address them, moves to simply recognise the First Peoples in the Constitution appear inadequate at best, insulting at worse.
The Constitution should acknowledge and protect the sovereignty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, incorporating the treaties as the central point of the constitution of this country."Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえ"On mandatory internet filtering
Moved: Dave Riley (National Executive) Seconded: Various
Socialist Alliance condemns the Australian government’s intention to introduce mandatory internet filtering.
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This policy fails the basic test of freedom of information and is also technically impossible to implement.
Socialist Alliance supports the nationwide protests on Dec 13 against mandatory internet filters.
Motion carried unanimously"Source
Katter’s Australian’s answer: はいYes, just build the bloody thing. It will be great for the economy while we’re building it and after. The best way to get it built is to give KAP (the party of developmentalism) the balance of power in the Senate. The other parties would prefer that we were all dead before Australia got a High Speed Train, and the greens will find an endangered earthworm and cancel the production half way through.Source
Socialist Alliance’s answer: いいえSocialist Alliance will fight to restore public education at all levels, creating a universal, free, quality secular system open to all those who need and want it. This would preclude the need for taxpayer subsidies to private institutions, which would be fully funded by those who choose to provide and use them.Source
