What are you and your party doing, and, what will you do, to:
1. encourage and assist the use of solar energy via household rooftop photovoltaic systems and solar water heaters?
2. ensure that the distribution of total revenue from GST, is calculated on a per person basis, for each state and territory, with a reserve of about 10% to boost the less well off states and territories?
3. make compulsory, for all free to air television broadcasts, the inclusion of closed captioning, to provide for people with hearing impairment?
4. improve communication provisions for areas around the edges of all metropolitan areas, including increasing the minimum standards of reception strength, to eliminate "black spots" in reception, for both cellphones and free to air television networks, and to ensure that those minimum standards are met for cellphone networks, for the whole of coverage of major roads between regional towns and cities?
5. implement binding human rights legislation, with which all legislation must comply, in accordance with Australia's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
6. change the income taxation, so that total taxable income for married and defacto couples who live together, are shared/averaged, for both partners, as is done in the assessment of eligibility for government benefits such as social security and student allowances, and, to change the PAYE personal income taxation deductions, so as to implement this change?
7. set the maximum personal income tax rate, to be no higher than the lowest tax rate for companies and businesses?
8. set personal income taxation so that a single rate of personal income tax is applicable to all personal income over the tax free threshold, so that employees are no longer penalised, for increased productivity, and, for working more hours, and, for improving the employee's skillset and qualifications?
9. move to institute constitutional recognition of local government, including protecting local governments from forced amalgamations and restructuring by state and territory governments?
10. implement the proposed Ord River Pipeline, to supply water from the Ord River, to the Perth metropolitan area and to the regional towns and cities of southwestern Western Australia?
11. hold referenda to put the following questions to the voters;
(1) should Australia become a republic?
(2) should the upper house of the parliament, be retained or abolished?
(3) should casual vacancies for seats in the upper house of the parliament, be filled properly by using by-elections for the vacancies, instead of by appointment with the voters having no say, as is done now?
(4) should section 44(1) of the federal constitution, be changed, so that a person holding dual citizenship, is eligible to nominate as a candidate in a parliamentary election, and, if successful in the election, to hold office as a member of the parliament, but being disallowed from obtaining any additional foreign citizenship, while in office?
(5) should section 44 of the federal constitution, be changed, so that a person who is not eligible to be elected to the parliament and thence, to hold a seat in the parliament, can not be required to vote in a parliamentary election?
So, I suggest that you ask all of your state and federal members of each house of parliament, and, all of the candidates for each, these questions (at least, the ones that apply, or, can be applied, to each jurisdiction).
Remember - Your vote counts.
And, when you vote for the senate candidates,
because of the changes in the legislation,
you no longer are required to vote for all of the candidates.
You can now choose to vote for only the candidates that you want,
for the same number of candidates, as the number of senate vacancies.
So, use your vote well, and, vote for only the same number of candidates,
as there are senate vacancies, and,
vote for only the individual candidates that you want elected
(for the same number of candidates.as there are, senate vacancies),
and, vote for only the individual senate candidates who give either
the answers that you want, to all of the questions above, or,
the answers that you want, to the questions above, that you regard as being the most important.<
Remember - now that the methods for voting for members of the senate, no longer require voters
to vote for candidates that we do not want elected to the senate,
vote for only the.individual senate candidates that you believe, will best serve the state in which you live.
And, remember, for elections for each of both houses of the federal parliament, each valid first preference vote that you give, means that you, personally, are authorising a payment of over four dollars, to the candidate or the candidate's party, as part of the election rorting that is set up by the parliament. So, if you want that payment that you are authorising, by voting, to go to someone other than a major political party, give that first preference vote to the candidate/party, that you want to be paid that money. You do not get paid for validly casting your votes, but, whoever gets your first preference votes, gets paid for you casting valid votes.
With the UK "Brexit" poll voting to cause the UK to leave the European Union, which has led to movements in both Northern Ireland and, again, in Scotland, to hold local referenda to determine whether they should leave the UK, so that Scotland would be an autonomous, self-governing country that would re-enter the European Union, and, so that Northern Ireland may rejoin the south, to become part or the Republic of Ireland (Eire), to avoid complications with border issues between Eire and Northern Ireland, and, so that Northern Ireland, which also voted to stay in the European Union, along with Scotland, could stay in, the European Union, which would then change the UK to "England And Wales", so that Australia would then have an invalid Constitution, it is time to ask the Australian federal election candidates, who of them, and, which of their parties, would act to provide Australia with an Au-BrE-xit poll, to determine whether Australia should leave the British Empire, which is likely to cease to exist, as the entity of Great Britain and Ireland, as named in the Australian Constitution, as the motherland and ruler of Australia, would cease to exist, if Scotland and Northern Ireland secede from England.
As the moves in Scotland and in Northern Ireland, are intending to seek secession from England, within the next two years, which would be within the term of this parliament that we are in the process of electing, whatever Australian federal government that is elected in July 2016, may have to face the Australian federal Constitution, being made invalid, and thence, becoming an invalid government, with no authority to govern, in its term of office, if the matter is not resolved by an Au-BrE-xit poll, the decision of which, may then need to be implemented, by a constitutional referendum, in the term of office, of the incoming Australian federal parliament.
So, we need to know which candidates in the current federal election, intend to act quickly, to protect Australia from not having a valid government or valid constitution, and, which candidates intend to let Australia fall into not having either a valid government or a valid constitution, through inaction.
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Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia
[9th July 1900]
WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying
on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established:
And whereas it is expedient to provide for the admission into the Commonwealth of other Australasian Colonies
and possessions of the Queen:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act. 1
2. Act to extend to the Queen's successors
The provisions of this Act referring to the Queen shall extend to Her Majesty's heirs and successors in the sovereignty
of the United Kingdom.
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And,...
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Chapter I - The Parliament
Part I - General
1. Legislative power
The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen,
a Senate, and a House of Representatives, and which is hereinafter called The Parliament, or The Parliament of the
Commonwealth.
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So, the Queen, as "the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", is an essential part; a "sine qua non"; an indispensable condition, of the federal parliament of Australia, according to the Australian federal Constitution, as it stands at the time of this being written.
So, when Scotland leaves the UK, and, the UK ceases to exist, so also, does the federation of Australia, cease to exist, and, the Australian federal government will cease to exist.
Unless Australia would have already seceded from the British Empire, and, become an independent, self-governing republic.
Time for the Au-BrE-xit poll!
With this federal election, which parties are going to promise us, an immediate Au-BrE-xit poll, so that Australia can survive after the dissolution of the UK, which will likely happen during the term of the Australian federal parliament that is elected on Saturday?
At
http://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom
as viewed on 28 June 2016, was
" Scotland, ruled from London since 1603, formally was joined with England and Wales in 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain. (The adjective "British" came into use at this time to refer to all the kingdom's peoples.)"
And, at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
as viewed on 28 June 2016, was
"The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially Great Britain, was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800. The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706, ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands. It did not include Ireland, which remained a separate realm. The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster. The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, bringing about a "Union of the Crowns". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714, the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover."
So, Scotland is an integral and necessary part of Great Britain, thence, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
For Scotland to leave the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, would mean that the entity of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, would no longer exist, which would be further implemented by the proposal for Northern Ireland to also leave, to rejoin Eire (the Republic of Ireland).
Then, the validity of the Australian federal constitution, and, thence, the Australian federal parliament, would cease to be legal.
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