Hear the voice
By his rude interruption of Social Services Minister, Anne Ruston, at a press conference last week, the Prime Minister epitomised the ongoing male domination that women face in having a …
Govt. cuts budget scrutiny
Billions of dollars in government spending could go without scrutiny, after the Morrison Government slashed the Auditor General’s budget. The Government has quietly cut $14m from the operating budget of …
Bell from Birchip
David Bell’s history with the Democrats goes back to the very beginnings of the party so it was wonderful to have him join recently and take a very active role …
South Australia sets the table without plastics
The South Australian Government has passed legislation to end the sale, supply and distribution of plastic straws, cutlery and drink stirrers. They are the first State to get real and …
An economy for the future
Our An economy for the future campaign platform is a far cry from the Coalition’s trickle-down-economics, tax breaks for the wealthy and big business, and handouts to fossil fuel mates. …
Dirty coal, dirty tricks
It appears, at least in Queensland, that coal-fired generators are manipulating power production in order to drive costs down to zero at times in order to put large scale solar …
MDB in strife, water audit needed
It is clear that government policy is being made on-the-run, and against the evidence of scientists and its own departmental experts. It is equally clear that our understanding of the …
The ugly truth about facial recognition & surveillance
Facial recognition technology is now in operation across every jurisdiction in Australia and governments and private companies are fast turning the nation into a surveillance state. We think that’s a …
Extend JobKeeper to stop uni job losses
We call on the Morrison Government to do the one thing that it has consistently refused to do so far during this Covid crisis, to support Australian universities and prevent …
Our donations policy released
The Australian Democrats intend to contest the next Federal election and we will certainly need donations to win seats in the Parliament but here is how we will deal with …