100POSITIVE

POLICIES

LABOR WILL PROTECT MEDICAREAccess to healthcare should rely on your Medicare card not your credit card. Malcolm Turnbull wants to privatise Medicare services. Privatising Medicare will be the end of Medicare as we know it. Nobody wants to head down the same path as America when it comes to our health system. Labor introduced Medicare to Australia and Labor will always protect it.

100POSITIVE

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EDUCATIONInvesting in our schools and TAFEs: opportunity, equity and innovation.

Your Child. Our Future. Full Gonski And More. Needs Based School FundingComputer Coding For Every SchoolSkilling Teachers in STEM: Upskilling TeachersGirls Into CodeA Stronger Vocational Education & Training SectorNational TAFE Funding GuaranteeYour Child. Our Future. Support For Students With DisabilityYour Child. Our Future. Non-Govt School Funding SupportNew Graduates into STEM TeachingInvesting in Indigenous StudentsTargeted TeachingMore Affordable Child CareSupporting Country ClassroomsAddressing The Child Care SqueezeReal Skills, Good JobsSafe Schools: Supporting LGBTI StudentsReducing Admission Fees To Questacon

HEALTHMaking health our #1 priority: protecting Medicare, investing in our health system.

A Stronger Medicare For All AustraliansBetter Mental Health CareMedicinal CannabisIndigenous Eye Health HelpManaging Allergic DiseasesFight Smoking Related DiseasesIncrease Support For Australians With Breast CancerSupport Men With Prostate CancerLabor Will End Malcolm Turnbull’s Medicines Price HikeReforming Australia’s Healthcare SystemStronger Medicare: New Models of CareStronger Medicare: Strengthening HospitalsAn Age-Friendly NationSupporting Australians To Die WellLife-Saving Ovarian Cancer ResearchNational Plan for Excellence in Perinatal Mental HealthLabor Will Reverse Cuts To Medicare For Pathology And ImagingA New National Drug StrategyA National Approach to Suicide PreventionA National Dementia Strategy

HIGHER EDUCATIONKeeping higher education accessible for all families: no $100,000 degrees.

Higher Education – Getting More Students To GraduateRegional Incubators And AcceleratorsNational Digital Workforce PlanStartup Year To Create More StartupsDebt-Free Stem DegreesHigher Education – Student Funding GuaranteeHigher Education – Independent CommissionHigher Education – Clearer Information For Parents And StudentsUniversity Of Tasmania Jobs And Growth PackageRestoring Integrity In Vet And Protecting Students And Taxpayers From Rip-Offs

INFRASTRUCTURENation-building infrastructure: jobs, road and rail.

Empowering Infrastructure AustraliaPlan For Our CitiesFinancing The Infrastructure Of The FutureSmart, Sustainable InfrastructurePlan For Australian Metals Manufacturing And JobsBacking ApprenticeshipsFast-Tracking Priority National Infrastructure ProjectsBuild Jobs And Industry While Tackling Climate ChangeHigh Speed RailNational Cycling StrategyManufacturing Transition BoostPerth Growth Corridor Infrastructure ProgramBuild Perth METRONETA First-Class Stadium For TownsvilleA ‘National Interest Test’ For Gas ExportsWestern Sydney Night ‘No-Fly Zone’Brisbane Roads Package (M1 And Ipswich)Hobart Airport InfrastructureLabor’s $550 Million Commitment To Adelaide Jobs And InfrastructureBoosting Rail Freight at Port BotanyNBN - National Broadband NetworkWestern Sydney RailMelbourne Metro & Park-and-Ride InfrastructureBrisbane’s Cross River RailMelbourne RoadsVictorian Regional TransportBoost for Central & North Queensland Roads

CLIMATE CHANGEActing on climate change, protecting the environment.

Net Zero Pollution By 205050% Renewables By 2030

Animal Testing BanCut Pollution – Emissions Trading Scheme

Cleaner Power GenerationIncreased Energy Efficiency

Carbon Capture On The LandProtecting Animal Welfare And Boosting Agricultural ProfitabilityDouble The Number Of Indigenous RangersGreat Barrier Reef PlanCommunity Power NetworkGovernment Renewable Energy Power Purchase AgreementsMarine Parks: Protecting Our Oceans And Fisheries

PENALTY RATESProtecting penalty rates and your rights at work.

Commonwealth Cleaning Services GuidelinesSafeguarding Workers RightsProtect Weekend Penalty RatesBetter Union GovernanceProtecting Rights At Work: Licensing Labour Hire

BUDGET REPAIR THAT’S FAIRBudget repair that’s fair: a 10 year plan to strengthen the Australian economy.

Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share Of TaxHelping Small Business Access FinanceHelping Small Businesses IncorporateLowering The Small Business Company Tax RateResearch & Development Investment TargetBacking In Startups And Innovative CompaniesGetting Startups Capital – Angel Investment Schemes And Reforming ESVCLPsNational Information PolicyEntrepreneur Landing PadsGreater Budget TransparencyChallenge Incentives For SME’sSharing EconomyKeeping Super FairEntrepreneur VisasInnovation Investment PartnershipNo Increase To The GSTPositive Plan On Housing Affordability – Negative Gearing ReformPositive Plan On Housing Affordability – Capital Gains Tax ReformComprehensive Credit ReportingMultinational Tax TransparencyProtecting Paid Parental LeaveInnovate Australia – Stronger Innovation SupportCutting Government Waste: Stop Paying Polluters Not To PolluteCutting Government Waste: No Plebiscite For Marriage EqualityCutting Government Waste: Not Proceeding With The New Baby BonusLabor’s Budget Repair StrategyCSIRO - Future Smart ScienceTasmanian Tourism JobsNorthern Australia: A Tourism PowerhouseReforming Competition Policy for Fairer MarketsNew Jobs Tax CutGiving the Consumer Watchdog More Teeth

EQUAL OPPORTUNITYWe will always have problems if we allow inequality to continue. That’s why Labor is committed to tackling inequality. Labor has to stand up for people who are less off and that’s what our policies will do.

Frontline Funds For Family ViolenceSupporting Stronger Disability AdvocatesNational Redress SchemeEmpowering Indigenous GirlsEmpowering Young Australians To Participate In Our DemocracyIndigenous Justice TargetRepublic TimelineYouth Jobs PathwayMarriage EqualityFamily Violence Paid LeaveNational Family Violence SummitCommunity Sector PartnershipConstitutional Recognition Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander PeoplesRoyal Commission Into The Financial Services IndustrySmall Business Ombudsman – Access To JusticeHuman Rights CommissionersAdvancing Australian MulticulturalismWater Safe: Labor’s National Water Safety Education ProgramCounting the Cost: Veterans’ Homelessness and SuicideCommitting to Family Violence ServicesFighting Discrimination Against LGBTI AustraliansCreative industries, creative countrySupporting Indigenous JusticeCommitting to Community RadioGiving Women’s Sport The Attention It DeservesA Strong, Vibrant and Sustainable Community SectorJobs Plan For People With DisabilityWorking Futures: Tackling Youth UnemploymentA National Affordable Housing Strategy

FOREIGN AFFAIRSOur national interest is in a peaceful, stable and prosperous world. There are many challenges to this global vision – including the threat of conflict between states, the rise of non-state actors, growing economic inequality, and climate change.

Defence Under Labor: A Safe, Secure and Independent AustraliaGenerating Jobs Through Trade And InvestmentRespecting And Supporting Our VeteransImmigration – Regional And Global EffortsProtecting Overseas Aid ProjectsAustralia’s Submarines Built HereImmigration – Increasing The Humanitarian IntakeDefending Australia – Future FrigatesCounter Terrorism under LaborChemical Contamination At Defence SitesImmigration – Tourism Visa ReformDefence Remuneration ReformImmigration – Mandatory Reporting And More TransparencyLetting Australian NGO’s Do Their Good Work Overseas

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A UNITED LABOR TEAM WILL PUT PEOPLE FIRSTLabor has positive policies for health including protecting Medicare. Plans for education including “Your Child, Our Future” the largest investment in education in two generations. Labor will make multinationals pay their fair share of tax. We will also protect weekend penalty rates. Labor. We’ll Put People First.

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