National Reform Priorities SL Policy Development Group of the Victorian Branch of the ALP Executive Summary Introduction The paper ‘A Third Wave of National Reform’ was publicly released by the Premier of Victoria in August 2005. The paper had not been the subject of consultation with constituent units of the party including relevant policy committees, […]
Catch and Kill- The Third Wave of National Reform and its Criticism
Former Bracks- Brumby speechwriter, Joel Deane has written a very lively, entertaining and insightful book on the history of the Bracks-Brumby Governments. Joel’s book sets out the story of how Victorian Labor was able to come back from the crushing defeat by Jeff Kennett in 1992 to be returned to government in just seven years. It focuses closely […]
What Were We Thinking? (Updated and abridged version)
Labor has very badly misread the politics on the Border Force Act (BFA). The BFA gags workers in detention centres from speaking out about conditions there. It provides that public servants, as well as consultants and contractors to the immigration department, face a penalty of up to two years imprisonment for recording or disclosing “protected information”. Protected […]
The case for a conscience vote for Labor MP’s on Asylum Seekers
“An amendment should be made to Labor’s constitution to provide for a conscience vote on asylum seekers. It should provide that while matters concerning treatment of asylum seekers and refugees can be freely debated at any forum or conference of the Party, any decision reached, which it can be reasonably argued, is not consistent with Australia’s obligations under the […]
What Were We Thinking?
“It should be recognized that the first Rudd government did attempt to achieve a more compassionate asylum seeker policy but…both under Gillard and Rudd mark II, Federal Labor made the political decision that it was not capable of leading enough Australians to accept that boat arrivals should be processed onshore, and that for many Australians, “stopping the boats” […]
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