Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia
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Introduce a tax on the excess profits of large corporations (e.g. on banks, gas companies)
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of closing loopholes that enable multinational tax avoidance, stating: “The only problem with super-profit taxes is that corporations will use accounting methods to artificially present a lower taxable income so they don't pay them (which also adds to inefficiencies). As far as the mining and other extractive industries goes, we would prefer an increase in royalty payments on the actual units taken from the country forever, be that minerals, or water wastefully used, timber extracted and so on. It is not really our concern if the company makes a profit or a loss doing that extraction as long as they have paid proper substantial compensation to traditional owners and the community in general for the damage and loss caused. Likewise in the services industries we would rather see corporations forced to deliver improved wages and conditions to their employees. Once again if they make a profit or loss doing that is, in a sense, irrelevant to the community”.
Introduce short-term price caps (e.g. on rent and gas prices)
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of introducing short-term price caps in key sectors for groups that need it most, stating: “The IAPA represents the poorest most disadvantaged people in the continent so of course we support cost of living support but we would want these measures to target those in most need and take careful account of any unintended consequences”.
Support a significant reduction of individuals employed by the public service
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of cutting public service jobs, stating: “Cutting the public service will only mean that more money is spent on external consultants in the big accounting firms; KPMG, PWC, Deloitte etc. This has been proved to be more expensive in only the previous Coalition government so for it to be proposed seriously again is outrageous. Furthermore, PWC was found to be corrupt and actually treasonous in its selling of ways to avoid Australian tax changes to its overseas clients using information gained from its contract with the Australian government. The fact these facts are not pointed out by the media in discussions about the size of the public service is an indictment of our compromised and ineffective our media has become. While public servants are nowhere near as disadvantaged as Blakfullas, we know a crude dog whistle when we see one”.
Prevent big companies from controlling the market and limiting consumer choice (e.g. supermarkets)
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of reforming regulations that increase corporate competition, stating: ”Generally support but would have to carefully consider any unintended consequences. Perhaps large supermarkets (for instance) should have service obligations to remote areas like Telstra does”.
Phase out tax concessions for property investors (e.g. negative gearing or capital gains tax discount)
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of phasing out negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts, stating: “The IAPA does not support earned income being taxed more heavily than speculative income. That is ridiculous, so it is obvious that capital gain should be taxed at the same rate or higher than earned income. However it is common for losses in one of your income streams to be averaged out with profits in an another area. For instance a artist building up a creative business while also working for wages for someone else. So once again careful modelling would have to be undertaken to avoid unintended consequences. The IAPA cares about real people in private rentals, and we do not want their rents to increase, even in the short term to satisfy an ideological position”.
Incentivise state/territory government to increase renter rights and protections
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increase renter rights and protections, stating: “The IAPA cares about real people in private rentals, and we do not want their rents to increase”.
Increase investment in public and community housing
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing investment in public and community housing, stating: “the IAPA supports a massive increase in high quality affordable public housing, especially in remote areas as a way of driving down rents, rather than relying solely on various tax levers”.
Allow first home-buyers to access their super to help purchase their first home
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of allowing first-home buyers to access their super, stating: “Most disadvantage Blakfullas don't have big Superannuation balances. Careful modelling would have to be conducted to make sure this measure doesn't just further inflate the market for existing properties and further marginalise our constituency from home ownership or even renting properties at a reasonable rate”.
Incentivise state/territory governments to increase housing supply
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing federal incentives for state and territory-led reforms that increase housing supply.
Help first-home buyers with shared equity programs that would allow participants to co-purchase a home with the government
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being tentatively supportive of expanding shared equity programs, stating: ‘Tentatively support. Once again careful modelling required to look for unintended consequences on the most disadvantaged”.
Introduce energy bill rebates
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of an energy rebate for every household, stating instead: “Should be means tested. General rebate just encourages the use of fossil fuels and all the problems which go with that”.
Increase financial support for energy efficiency upgrades
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing federal financial incentives for home and business electrification, solar, battery storage, and energy efficiency upgrades, stating: “A major concern of the IAPA is the effect of man-made climate change on the environment so anything to reduce that is desirable”.
Increase funding for community batteries that increase access to solar
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing federal financial incentives for community batteries, stating: “This is particularly important in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities”.
Strengthen regulations to prevent price-gouging by energy companies
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increase the power of regulators to prevent price-gouging by energy companies.
Make university free
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of wiping all student debt and making university free, stating: “Wiping of student debt should be means tested”.
Cut a portion of existing student debt
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of cutting a portion of existing student debt, stating: “Should be means tested”.
Support more fee-free TAFE places
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of the Free TAFE bill or comparable legislation.
Increase funding for public schools
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive Support increasing federal share of public school funding to 25% or more.
Increase funding for and access to childcare subsidies
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing funding for and access to childcare subsidies, stating with a focus on Indigenous education: “Tentatively supported but access to culturally supported childcare and/or payments which allow Indigenous people to educate and care for their own children in a way which leads to cultural preservation rather than assimilation is most important to the IAPA”.
Stop fossil fuel project approvals and expansions
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of strengthening national environment laws to stop fossil fuel project approvals and expansions, stating: “A major concern of the IAPA is the effect of man-made climate change on the environment so anything to reduce that is desirable”.
Accelerate the rollout of renewable energy projects
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of accelerating the transition to renewable energy by replacing retiring fossil fuel capacity with renewables, stating: “A major concern of the IAPA is the effect of man-made climate change on the environment so anything to reduce that is desirable”.
Strengthen policies that ensure Australia’s biggest polluters genuinely cut their emissions
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of strengthening policies that prioritise genuine emissions reductions from Australia’s biggest polluters stating: “A major concern of the IAPA is the effect of man-made climate change on the environment so anything to reduce that is desirable”.
Increase investment in preventative health programs
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing investment into health prevention programs.
Make GP visits free or more affordable by increasing bulk billing incentives
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing incentives (by $15 billion+) to make GP visits more affordable nationwide.
Increase funding to train, attract, and retain more healthcare professionals, especially in regional areas
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing funding to train, attract, and retain more healthcare professionals, especially in regional areas.
Increase funding for dental and mental health
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing funding for dental and mental health, with a focus on remote communities, stating: “This would need to be accompanied by improved public services for remote communities because generally private dentists, psychologists and psychiatrists don't want to live in remote or disadvantaged areas. If this substantial investment is not made the change will lead to a higher proportion of public money being spent on those who already have the most”.
Expand subsidies to make more prescription medicines cheaper
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of expanding the PBS, stating: “Support, but care has to be taken to resist pressure from pharmaceutical companies to push their therapeutics over other evidence-based therapies and prevention programs, which do not rely solely on medication”.
Increase investment in large-scale renewable energy and storage
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing public and incentivising private investment in large-scale renewable energy, storage and grid infrastructure.
Require multinational gas companies to prioritise domestic supply, without supporting the approval of new gas projects
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of a domestic gas reservation scheme that does not enable new gas projects.
Invest in nuclear power as a future energy source, while extending the life of coal power and increasing gas use in the interim
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being unsupportive of nuclear in Australia.
Improve access to government-held information about government policies and decisions
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing funding for the Freedom of Information system and introducing statutory timeframes for external FOI reviews to remove backlog and delay.
Protect the ABC and SBS’s independence and funding
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of protecting the ABC and SBS's independence and funding.
Require all lobbyists that meet with politicians to be publicly disclosed
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of strengthening the Lobbying Code of Conduct and publishing ministerial diaries.
Make public transport more frequent and reliable
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of making public transport, car-sharing, and bike-sharing more frequent and reliable.
Improve bike paths and footpaths to encourage active transport
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of improbing bike paths and footpaths to encourage active transport.
Increase access and affordability of electric and low-emissions vehicles
Type: Statement
Summary: Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia responded to our survey as being supportive of increasing access and affordability of electric and low-emissions vehicles.
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