Bring Australia’s excessive military spending back to long-term trend levels (PER650)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components:

  • Component 1 would reduce Department of Defence expenditure on a steady, linear trajectory in order to reach 1.5 per cent of GDP by 2022‐23.
  • Component 2 would abolish the Defence Export Facility.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.

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Bring Australia’s excessive military spending back to long-term trend levels (PER650)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components:

  • Component 1 would reduce Department of Defence expenditure on a steady, linear trajectory in order to reach 1.5 per cent of GDP by 2022‐23.
  • Component 2 would abolish the Defence Export Facility.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.

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Tuition-free TAFE and university, boost university funding, and related measures (PER649)

Summary of proposal

This proposal consists of five components. It would be announced immediately following the 2019 general election and would have effect from 1 July 2019.

Component 1: University tuition fees

Tuition for Australian citizens commencing undergraduate studies at public universities would be funded by the Commonwealth Government without requiring payments by students. Students who have held a Commonwealth-supported place within the two years prior to 1 July 2019 would still be required to pay for their tuition.

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Tuition-free TAFE and university, boost university funding, and related measures (PER649)

Summary of proposal

This proposal consists of five components. It would be announced immediately following the 2019 general election and would have effect from 1 July 2019.

Component 1: University tuition fees

Tuition for Australian citizens commencing undergraduate studies at public universities would be funded by the Commonwealth Government without requiring payments by students. Students who have held a Commonwealth-supported place within the two years prior to 1 July 2019 would still be required to pay for their tuition.

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Guarantee access to services including social, disability, and mental health services, and aged care (PER648)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components.

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Guarantee access to services including social, disability, and mental health services, and aged care (PER648)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components.

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Guarantee access to services including social, disability, and mental health services, and aged care (PER648)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has two components.

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Set aside funding to trial pill testing at festivals to save lives (PER647)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would involve three components.

omponent 1: Establish a drug testing agency with a number of drug testing sites in capital cities and regional hubs. The number of drug testing sites would be as follows.

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Set aside funding to trial pill testing at festivals to save lives (PER647)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would involve three components.

omponent 1: Establish a drug testing agency with a number of drug testing sites in capital cities and regional hubs. The number of drug testing sites would be as follows.

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Legalise, tax and regulate the trade of cannabis (PER646)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would legalise the production and sale of recreational cannabis in Australia through a tightly regulated model, as follows.

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