{"id":5527,"date":"2013-06-21T21:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=5527"},"modified":"2022-05-02T00:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T14:31:50","slug":"thank-god-its-friday-geeksrulz-compares-ideas-policies-and-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/thank-god-its-friday-geeksrulz-compares-ideas-policies-and-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"@geeksrulz compares IPA 100 point list and Labor policies and achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Interesting comparison in the ideas debate of policies, ideology and outcomes. The highlighted items on the IPA list are the ones the Coalition has committed to implementing. Please also check out Margo’s\u00a0My people\u2019s petition for Abbott to reveal his other IPA policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n


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IPA Conservative Manifesto Updated 2019<\/strong>
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IPA Wishlist Updated 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Sell the ABC<\/li>
  • Hold a Royal Commission into the Bureau of Meteorology<\/li>
  • Scrap the Fair Work Act<\/li>
  • Slash Company Tax to 20%<\/li>
  • Introduce a flat income tax<\/li>
  • Double the MPs in the House of Representatives<\/li>
  • Pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement<\/li>
  • Scrap the 18c Racial Discrimination Act<\/li>
  • Abolish superannuation<\/li>
  • Allow nuclear reactors <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    IPA 100 point list 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Repeal the carbon tax, and don’t replace it. It will be one thing to remove the burden of the carbon tax from the Australian economy. But if it is just replaced by another costly scheme, most of the benefits will be undone.<\/strong>
    2. Abolish the Department of Climate Change
    3. Abolish the Clean Energy Fund
    4. Repeal Section 18C of the Racial\u00a0Discrimination Act<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Abandon Australia’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6. Repeal the renewable energy target<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    7. Return income taxing powers to the states
    8. Abolish the Commonwealth Grants Commission
    9. Abolish the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
    10. Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol
    11. Introduce fee competition to Australian universities
    12. Repeal the National Curriculum
    13. Introduce competing private secondary school curriculums
    14. Abolish the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
    15. Eliminate laws that require radio and television broadcasters to be ‘balanced’
    16. Abolish television spectrum licensing and devolve spectrum management to the common law
    17. End local content requirements for Australian television stations
    18. Eliminate family tax benefits
    19. Abandon the paid parental leave scheme
    20. Means-test Medicare
    21. End all corporate welfare and subsidies by closing the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
    22. Introduce voluntary voting
    23. End mandatory disclosures on political donations
    24. End media blackout in final days of election campaigns
    25. End public funding to political parties
    26. Remove anti-dumping laws
    27. Eliminate media ownership restrictions
    28. Abolish the Foreign Investment Review Board
    29. Eliminate the National Preventative Health Agency
    30. Cease subsidising the car industry
    31. Formalise a one-in, one-out approach to regulatory reduction
    32. Rule out federal funding for 2018 Commonwealth Games
    33. Deregulate the parallel importation of books
    34. End preferences for Industry Super Funds in workplace relations laws
    35. Legislate a cap on government spending and tax as a percentage of GDP
    36. Legislate a balanced budget amendment which strictly limits the size of budget deficits and the period the federal government can be in deficit
    37. Force government agencies to put all of their spending online in a searchable database
    38. Repeal plain packaging for cigarettes and rule it out for all other products, including alcohol and fast food
    39. Reintroduce voluntary student unionism at universities
    40. Introduce a voucher scheme for secondary schools
    41 Repeal the alcopops tax<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    42. Introduce a special economic zone in the north of Australia including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    a) Lower personal income tax for residents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    b) Significantly expanded 457 Visa programs for workers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    c) Encourage the construction of dams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (Editors note<\/strong>: Abbott said he would ‘develop Northern Australia, but gave no details)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    43. Repeal the mining tax<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    44. Devolve environmental approvals for major projects to the states<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    (Editors note: Libs will create a one stop shop[ for environmental approvals)
    45. Introduce a single rate of income tax with a generous tax-free threshold
    46. Cut company tax to an internationally competitive rate of 25 per cent
    47. Cease funding the Australia Network
    48 Privatise Australia Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    49. Privatise Medibank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    50. Break up the ABC and put out to tender each individual function<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    51. Privatise SBS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    52. Reduce the size of the public service from current levels of more than 260,000 to at least the 2001 low of 212,784
    53. Repeal the Fair Work Act<\/em>
    54. Allow individuals and employers to negotiate directly terms of employment that suit them
    55. Encourage independent contracting by overturning new regulations designed to punish contractors
    56. Abolish the Baby Bonus
    57. Abolish the First Home Owners’ Grant
    58. Allow the Northern Territory to become a state
    59. Halve the size of the Coalition front bench from 32 to 16
    60. Remove all remaining tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade
    61. Slash top public servant salaries to much lower international standards, like in the United States
    62. End all public subsidies to sport and the arts
    63. Privatise the Australian Institute of Sport
    64. End all hidden protectionist measures, such as preferences for local manufacturers in government tendering
    65. Abolish the Office for Film and Literature Classification
    66. Rule out any government-supported or mandated internet censorship
    67. Means test tertiary student loans
    68. Allow people to opt out of superannuation in exchange for promising to forgo any government income support in retirement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    69. Immediately halt construction of the National Broadband Network and privatise any sections that have already been built<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    70. End all government funded Nanny State advertising
    71. Reject proposals for compulsory food and alcohol labelling
    72. Privatise the CSIRO
    73. Defund Harmony Day
    74. Close the Office for Youth
    75. Privatise the Snowy-Hydro Scheme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Updated<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    25 more ideas for Tony Abbott<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    76. Have State Premiers appoint High Court justices
    77. Allow ministers to be appointed from outside parliament
    78. Extend the GST to cover all goods and services but return all extra revenue to taxpayers through cutting other taxes
    79. Abolish the federal department of health and return health policy to the states
    80. Abolish the federal department of education and return education policy to the states
    81. Repeal any new mandatory data retention laws
    82. Abolish the Australian Human Rights Commission
    83. Have trade unions regulated like public companies, with ASIC responsible for their oversight
    84. End all public funding to unions and employer associations
    85. Repeal laws which protect unions from competition, such as the \u2018conveniently belong’ rules in the Fair Work Act
    86. Extend unrestricted work visas currently granted to New Zealand citizens to citizens of the United States
    87. Negotiate and sign free trade agreements with Australia’s largest trading partners, including China, India, Japan and South Korea
    88. Restore fundamental legal rights to all existing commonwealth legislation such as the right to silence and the presumption of innocence
    89. Adhere to section 51(xxxi) of the Constitution by not taking or diminishing anyone’s property without proper compensation
    90. Repeal legislative restrictions on the use of nuclear power
    91. Allow full competition on all foreign air routes
    92. Abolish the Medicare levy surcharge
    93. Abolish the luxury car tax
    94. Halve the number of days parliament sits to reduce the amount of legislation passed
    95. Abolish Tourism Australia and cease subsidising the tourism industry
    96. Make all government payments to external parties publicly available including the terms and conditions of those payments
    97. Abandon plans to restrict foreign investment in Australia’s agricultural industry
    98. Cease the practice of setting up government-funded lobby groups, such as YouMeUnity, which uses taxpayer funds to campaign to change the Australian Constitution
    99. Rule out the introduction of mandatory pre-commitment for electronic gaming machines
    100. Abolish the four pillars policy which prevents Australia’s major banks from merging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    ALP achievements\/bills from 2007 to 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. NBN (the real one) \u2013 total cost $37.4b (Government contribution: $30.4b)<\/li>
    2. BER 7,920 schools: 10,475 projects. (completed at less than 3% dissatisfaction rate)<\/li>
    3. Gonski \u2013 Education funding reform<\/li>
    4. NDIS\/DisabilityCare<\/li>
    5. MRRT & aligned PRRT<\/li>
    6. Won seat at the UN<\/li>
    7. Signed Kyoto<\/li>
    8. Signatory to Bali Process & Regional Framework<\/li>
    9. Eradicated WorkChoices<\/li>
    10. Established Fair Work Australia<\/li>
    11. Established Carbon Pricing\/ETS (7% reduction in emissions since July last year)<\/li>
    12. Established National Network of Reserves and Parks<\/li>
    13. Created world\u2019s largest Marine Park Network<\/li>
    14. Introduced Reef Rescue Program<\/li>
    15. National Apology<\/li>
    16. Sorry to the Stolen Generation<\/li>
    17. Increased Superannuation from 9 to 12%<\/li>
    18. Changed 85 laws to remove discrimination against same sex couples<\/li>
    19. Introduced National Plan to reduce violence against women and children<\/li>
    20. Improvements to Sex Discrimination Act<\/li>
    21. Introduced Plain packaging of cigarettes<\/li>
    22. Legislated Equal pay (social & community workers up to 45% pay increases)<\/li>
    23. Legislated Australia\u2019s first Paid Parental Leave scheme<\/li>
    24. Established $10b Renewable energy fund<\/li>
    25. Legislated Murray\/Darling Basin plan (the first in a hundred years of trying.)<\/li>
    26. Increased Education funding by 50%<\/li>
    27. Established direct electoral enrolment<\/li>
    28. Created 190,000 more University places<\/li>
    29. Achieved 1:1 ratio, computers for year 9-12 students<\/li>
    30. Established My School<\/li>
    31. Established National Curriculum<\/li>
    32. Established NAPLAN<\/li>
    33. Increased Health funding by 50%<\/li>
    34. Legislated Aged care package<\/li>
    35. Legislated Mental health package<\/li>
    36. Legislated Dental Care package<\/li>
    37. Created 90 Headspace sites<\/li>
    38. Created Medicare Locals Program<\/li>
    39. Created Aussie Jobs package<\/li>
    40. Created Kick-Start Initiative (apprentices)<\/li>
    41. Funded New Car plan (industry support)<\/li>
    42. Created Infrastructure Australia<\/li>
    43. Established Nation Building Program (350 major projects)<\/li>
    44. Doubled Federal Roads budget ($36b) (7,000kms of roads)<\/li>
    45. Rebuilding 1\/3 of interstate rail freight network<\/li>
    46. Committed more to urban passenger rail than any government since Federation<\/li>
    47. Developed National Ports Strategy<\/li>
    48. Developed National Land Freight Strategy<\/li>
    49. Created the nations first ever Aviation White Paper<\/li>
    50. Revitalized Australian Shipping<\/li>
    51. Reduced transport regulators from 23 to 3 (saving $30b over 20years)<\/li>
    52. Introduced NICS \u2013 infrastructure schedule<\/li>
    53. Australia has moved from 20th in 2007 to 2nd on OECD infrastructure ranking<\/li>
    54. Awarded International Infrastructure Minister of the Year (2012 Albanese)<\/li>
    55. Awarded International Treasurer of the Year (2011 Swan)<\/li>
    56. Introduced Anti-dumping and countervailing system reforms<\/li>
    57. Legislated Household Assistance Package<\/li>
    58. Introduced School Kids Bonus<\/li>
    59. Increased Childcare rebate (to 50%)<\/li>
    60. Allocated $6b to Social Housing (20,000 homes)<\/li>
    61. Provided $5b to Support for Homelessness<\/li>
    62. Established National Rental Affordability Scheme ($4.5b)<\/li>
    63. Introduced Closing the Gap<\/li>
    64. Supports Act of Recognition for constitutional change<\/li>
    65. Provided the highest pension increase in 100 years<\/li>
    66. Created 900,000 new jobs<\/li>
    67. Established National Jobs Board<\/li>
    68. Allocated $9b for skills and training over 5 years<\/li>
    69. Established Enterprise Connect (small business)<\/li>
    70. Appointed Australia\u2019s first Small Business Commissioner<\/li>
    71. Introduced immediate write-off of assets costing less than $6,500 for Sm\/Bus<\/li>
    72. Introduced $5,000 immediate write-off for Small Business vehicles over $6,500<\/li>
    73. Introduced Small business $1m loss carryback for tax rebate from previous year<\/li>
    74. Legislated Australian Consumer law<\/li>
    75. Introduced a national levy to assist Queensland with reconstruction<\/li>
    76. Standardized national definition of flood for Insurance purposes.<\/li>
    77. Created Tourism 2020<\/li>
    78. Completed Australia\u2019s first feasibility study on high speed rail<\/li>
    79. Established ESCAS (traceability and accountability in live animal exports)<\/li>
    80. Established Royal Commission into Institutional Sexual Abuse<\/li>
    81. Established National Crime Prevention Fund<\/li>
    82. Lowered personal income taxes (Ave family now pays $3,500 less p.a. than 2007)<\/li>
    83. Raised the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200<\/li>
    84. Australia now the richest per capita nation on earth<\/li>
    85. First time ever Australia has three triple A credit ratings from all three credit agencies<\/li>
    86. Low inflation<\/li>
    87. Lowest interest rates in 60 years (Ave mortgagee paying $5,000 less p.a. than 2007)<\/li>
    88. Low unemployment<\/li>
    89. Lowest debt to GDP in OECD<\/li>
    90. Australian dollar is now fifth most traded in the world and IMF Reserve Currency<\/li>
    91. One of the world\u2019s best performing economies during and since the GFC<\/li>
    92. Australia now highest ranked for low Sovereign Risk<\/li>
    93. Overseen the largest fiscal tightening in nations history (4.4%)<\/li>
    94. 21 years of continuous economic growth (trend running at around 3%pa)<\/li>
    95. 11 years of continuous wages growth exceeding CPI<\/li>
    96. Increasing Productivity<\/li>
    97. Increasing Consumer Confidence<\/li>
    98. Record foreign investment<\/li>
    99. Historic levels of Chinese\/Australian bilateral relations<\/li>
    100. Won International\u00a0Court of Justice whaling case against Japan<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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