Here it is
1. | Corporate taxes in Australia are too high. | Disagree |
2. | In general social security payments and other Centrelink entitlements such as Austudy, etc., are too low. | Agree |
3. | Overall economic growth is less important than reducing the gap between the rich and the poor. | Agree |
4. | Subsidising private health insurance is a more effective way of improving health care than increasing Medicare funding. | Strongly disagree |
5. | There should be a national dental care scheme funded by the federal government. | Strongly disagree |
6. | Education spending as a proportion of overall government spending should be increased. | Strongly disagree |
7. | Teacher pay should be linked to the performance of their students. | Strongly disagree |
8. | The Federal Government should increase funding for child care. | Agree |
9. | Australia should spend less on defence and the military than it does now. | Disagree |
10. | Australia should withdraw its combat troops from Iraq within the next year. | Strongly disagree |
11. | Special laws that give police extra powers to detain, search and question suspects without charge are necessary to fight terrorism. | Strongly disagree |
12. | Australia’s policies to deter asylum seekers are too harsh. | Strongly agree |
13. | Australia should become a republic. | Strongly disagree |
14. | Union power in the workplace should be reduced. | Disagree |
15. | Australia should commit to binding greenhouse gas reduction targets to help stop climate change. | Strongly disagree |
16. | Australia should build nuclear power plants. | Strongly disagree |
17. | Same sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual de-facto couples. | Agree |
18. | Tough penalties for drug users are a better way to deal with illicit drugs than decriminalisation. | Disagree |
19. | The Australian Government should say ‘sorry’ to Indigenous Australians for past injustices. | Strongly agree |
All of these highlighted go against Greens policy.
In a related story, a few people have told me that the Getup election day scorecards they sent me to hand out on election day are wrong and misleading when it comes to Labor's policy. I will be in contact with GetUp, Labor and few other people to get to the bottom of this.
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