Freedom Liberation Movement
SUMMARY POLICIES
OF THE
FREEDOM LIBERATION MOVEMENT
DRAFT POLICIES FOR COMMENT
Issued and updated by the Department of the FLM Leader
Last revised: January 2008, Revision G
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A. The Nation
1. Defence & Security
2. International issues
3. Immigration & Racial issues
4. Environment & Animal rights
5. General governance
6. General issues
B. The Economy
7. Economic & Finance
8. Employment
9. Social security
10. Rural affairs
C. The Society
11. Education & Training
12. Health & Medical
13. Welfare & Social services
14. Law & Order
15. Society & Community affairs
16. Personal freedom & Civil rights
Appendices:
One: Community Self-Defence Force
Two: Structure of Government
INTRODUCTION
This document outlines, in summary form, the policies of the Freedom Liberation Movement in relation to the main areas and policy portfolios that concern a responsible government and its governance of a nation, its people, and all related matters.
The FLM believes that the governments of Australia, both past and present, and the current major political parties, are failing the community by adherence to, and enactment of, failing and destructive policies. The major political parties are resorting to short-term and popular policies designed to win support at the expense of the correct policies needed to secure the decent and just society envisioned by the FLM.
Part A: The Nation
1. Defence & Security
The FLM supports the following in relation to the issue of defence and security.
(a) National defence
- The defence budget to be increased to provide for an expanded military force in order to adequately defend the Australian mainland. National service will be re-introduced to provide the manpower for an expanded military.
(b) Border protection
· The creation of a Federal Border Protection Department to manage border security and protection to ensure Australia is protected against the entry of undesirables and narcotics that could endanger the security of Australia or its community in general.
- The creation of a dedicated Coast Guard to be managed by the Border Protection Department which will be responsible for patrolling and securing Australia’s borders in order to free the Navy to carry out its role of national defence. The Navy will be available to assist the Coast Guard when required.
(c) Security for the community
· The creation of a Federal Department of Internal Security to manage all aspects of security within Australia and the Australian community. The Federal Police and ASIO will be merged into this Department and become the department’s investigative arms.
- Customs will be strengthened to ensure illicit items such as narcotics are intercepted before entering Australia.
- A Community Self-Defence Force (CSDF) will be created in each Local Government Sector (see Appendix One)
(d) Reducing the threat from “terrorism”
The FLM will enact the following in order to reduce any threat from “terrorism” that may exist in the world today to Australia, and which by rights should not exist at all if it wasn’t for the policy of past and present Australian governments supporting American worldwide aggression and terrorism to which terrorist attacks are a response to:
- Renounce all support for American foreign policy that involves waging aggression against countries to satisfy its own geopolitical ends. Promise not to support any new American act of aggression that does not involve a direct threat to the borders of Australia or an attack within Australia.
- Apologise and offer condolences to all nations that America has waged aggression against in recent years within the Arab and Muslim world, especially all the innocent victims of that aggression, and regret past Australian participation in American aggression.
- Make reparations to the victims of American aggression via foreign aid payments.
- Withdraw all Australian forces from, and renounce support for, American-led campaigns of aggression, occupations and certain economic and “rogue state”-related sanctions and campaigns.
- Announce to the Arab and Muslim world that Australia is not an enemy and that Australia does not support American aggression, imperialism and occupation against, and of, those countries in the Arab and Muslim world.
- Increase aid to those countries devastated or adversely affected by American aggression.
2. International issues
The FLM supports the following in relation to various international and foreign affairs issues.
(a) Selected conflicts and struggles
- Supports the Palestinian cause in their just struggle against Israeli occupation and aggression and its efforts to win back the land stolen from them by Israel. Opposes Israeli occupation of, and aggression against, the Palestinians. Israel must be required to withdraw unconditionally to the 1967 borders as a first step, then required to withdraw to the 1949 borders created by the United Nations partition. Israel must either dismantle, or abandon intact, and withdraw from all settlements located on the West Bank and Gaza. Once Israel withdraws unconditionally from the West Bank and Gaza, the United Nations must help the Palestinians create an independent and viable State. Calls on the United Nations to enforce the numerous resolutions passed against Israel.
- Supports the cause of the Tamil people, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who represent the Tamil people, in their just struggle for independence and greater autonomy within Sri Lanka.
- Reverse the decision of the Federal government to ban the Hizbollah organisation within Australia (in May 2003) and recognises that it fought a just struggle of resistance against Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, and that it has not threatened any sovereign nation, especially including Australia.
- Reverse the decision of the Federal government to ban the Hamas organisation within Australia (in November 2003), as it was solely an example of the John Howard-led Federal government following America’s lead. Recognise the fact that Hamas is not a threat to Australia, while acknowledging that Palestinian resistance operations should be directed against Israeli military targets and not innocent civilians unrelated to the conflict.
- Supports the republican movement in Northern Ireland.
- Supports the independence movement of Chechnya and strongly condemns the brutal aggression of the Russian military against the Muslim-majority Republic. Condemns the condoning and support of this brutal Russian aggression by the West and particularly the United States and Britain. Also condemns acts of terrorism committed against innocent people unrelated to the events in Chechnya by those claiming to be fighting for the independence cause.
(b) Relations with countries
- Develop, foster and maintain good relations with all countries equally with as little political partisanship as possible, and with no deference to the policies or wishes of the United States.
- Maintain economic relations with the United States of America, with the proviso that Australia maintains a totally independent policy regarding international crises and internal economic matters.
- The Human rights record of countries shall be raised and held to be more important than greedy economic and business interests. The society as a whole should be willing to accept less economic returns if it means helping genuinely oppressed people.
- Withdraw all support for and participation in the American ECHELON global communications interception spying network and require all American spying and surveillance networks in Australia to be closed down and withdrawn.
- No support for, or participation in, any American-led anti-ballistic missile system.
(c) United Nations
- Supports reform of the United Nations to remove or dilute the influence any one country has over the organisation and its member nations.
- Expanding the Security Council to at least 30 or 40 nations on a rotating membership to further reduce the ability of any one country to influence members. Membership to the Security Council would be decided by the General Assembly.
- Remove the permanent status of the “Big Five” permanent members (United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia) as it is an out dated and now irrelevant situation. Permanent membership may be retained as long as the two following conditions are met: 1) There is no veto power; and 2) More permanent members are introduced, to be selected by the General Assembly, from the remaining most powerful countries, including, Germany, Italy, Japan, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and combined seats representing each of the following zones: Africa, the Middle East and Asia (excluding China and Japan).
- The veto power of the permanent five members must be abolished to ensure decisions are taken along properly democratic lines.
- Amend the United Nations Charter to ensure that UN General Assembly resolutions are legally binding and enforceable through appropriate means as a way of diluting the power of any individual country.
- Clarify the United Nations Charter to ensure that military action can only be approved for genuine threats to international peace and security as envisaged by the original Charter, and not when it suits the particular geopolitical goals of any individual country.
(d) Iraq
- All Australian personnel to be withdrawn from Iraq with the exception of aid agencies volunteering their services. Against any nation offering their support in helping the United States occupy the country and thus legitimising the American installed puppet regime and the American invasion. The occupying forces should immediately leave the country and allow the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid and rebuilding efforts assisted by international donations and assistance. Should the United States not withdraw, Iraq should be left solely to the United States to deal with in relation to the costs of occupation and fighting the Iraqi resistance. Should the United States not withdraw, the United Nations should only be involved in providing continued humanitarian aid and rebuilding efforts to the Iraqi people. Acknowledge that the people of Iraq have the right under international law to carry out a justified campaign of resistance against foreign occupation and Iraqis collaborating with the occupation.
(e) The American declared “rogue states”
- Offer no support to America’s campaign against its self-declared “rogue states”, including, but not limited to, the following countries: Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Libya and Sudan. Give no support or recognition to America’s campaigns against these including propaganda, sanctions, isolation and any form of aggression. Foster good relations and trade with these countries in order to remove any potential “threat” they are said to pose and to bring them into the international community.
3. Immigration & Racial issues
The FLM supports the following in relation to immigration and racial issues.
(a) Immigration in general
- Conducting a major review of immigration into Australia with a view to lowering its rate in general and lowering the proportion that originates from Asian countries.
- All immigrants accepted to Australia must be capable of speaking English and become citizens upon arrival.
(b) Entry of illegal immigrants & refugees
(c) Racial issues
- Supports a nation that is based on the principals of homogenous national identity, a traditional white European ancestry, and a Christian faith, while being respectful of all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds that have found a home here.
- Against multiculturalism in principle as it fosters separate ethnic groupings to emerge and discourages assimilation and integration. Supports a nation with a strong national identity where people identify themselves primarily as Australians. Supports the greater assimilation and integration of all ethnic groups into a single homogenous society.
- Against the creation of schools exclusively for a particular national or religious grouping.
4. Environment & Animal rights
The FLM supports the following in relation to the environment and animal rights.
(a) Animal rights
- Against whaling
- Against animal experimentation.
- Supports the enacting of tough laws to prevent the discarding or dumping of pets and animals and to provide for tough penalties for those found responsible for dumping a pet or animal.
- Supports the development of guidelines to require pet stores and animal pounds adequately screen potential animal owners to prevent the unnecessary dumping of pets and animals. All potential pet and animal owners must show that they are dedicated to the pet or animal and will not discard or dump the said animal when it becomes unwanted or inconvenient.
- Against the live animal trade.
- Supports farm animals that are raised and kept “free range”.
- Against genetic engineering of animals in principle unless the potential dangers to the environment are thoroughly studied to show that it is safe and to ensure that animal rights are protected.
- Create an animal protection and enforcement agency with full police powers tasked with the objective of animal welfare and protection. The agencies personnel will work with local government’s, whose animal control personnel will be merged with the agency.
- Create a State-sponsored animal welfare agency.
(b) Environment
- Against the logging of old growth forests in principle in order to protect the surviving forests and their ecosystems. Supports the development of a comprehensive policy to phase out logging of old-growth forests over a medium to long-term time frame. All current jobs in the (old growth) forestry industry will be preserved and made redundant through natural attrition.
- Against genetically modified food in principle unless potential dangers to the environment are thoroughly studied to show that it is safe.
5. Governance
The FLM supports the following in relation to general governance and the restructuring of the systems of government in Australia to create a better, more efficient and fairer government.
- Australia’s official title will become the Republic of Australia. Supports Australia becoming a Republic and removing constitutional ties with England by making the necessary amendments to the Australian Constitution (see Appendix Two for government structure).
- Against “democracy” in principle, or at least the corrupted form that we have in place currently. The multi-party “democratic” State that we have at the moment, with a myriad of parties and candidates squabbling for short-term populist and simplistic answers to stay in power rather than the best long-term solutions, is destructive and counter-productive to the nation’s well being and development. The FLM does not consider the simple act of voting in a “democratic” election as being a measure of “freedom” as is constantly asserted.
- State governments are to be abolished and their powers transferred to either the Federal government or Local Government Sectors (LGS’s) to remove one level of government and so provide for more effective and economically viable governance in Australia. The Federal Minister for Local Government will administer LGSs. The boundaries of local councils (in New South Wales) will be altered as necessary to form these LGSs. LGSs will have equally sized populations and their sizes and areas will initially be modelled on State electorate areas in New South Wales, and similarly sized areas in other states. Each LGS will have a population of approximately 60 - 70 000 people and will be subdivided into 8 to 10 “Neighbourhood” areas of equal population size.
6. General issues
The FLM supports the following in relation to a number of general issues.
- The celebration of ANZAC Day to be phased out to be replaced with a modest dawn service. The intention will be to cease the “celebration” of war and killing and to prevent instilling in the minds of young people ideas of militarism and glory of war that has been the intention of the John Howard-led Federal government since coming to power.
- Against socialism and communism and left-wing politics in general.
- Volunteer organisations will be protected by legislation from being sued to relieve them of the need to obtain indemnity insurance and avoid spiralling costs. An oversight organisation will be created to review the operations of such organisations and receive and investigate any complaints.
- Support nuclear research for medical and legitimate research applications. Not opposed to nuclear power per se. Supports the investigation of the potential and feasibility of nuclear power if alternative power sources cannot sustain energy needs or reduce pollution and nuclear waste problems can be adequately controlled.
Part B: The Economy
7. Economic & Finance
(a) General policies
The FLM supports the following in relation to general economic and finance policies.
- The government’s role is to provide adequate services to the people and not to cut back on services in order to create the biggest possible budget surpluses. While this must be done in an economically responsible way, a certain minimum standard of services must be maintained regardless of budgetary constraints. Should additional funding be available then increased services will be provided. The intention will to maintain a balanced budget wherever possible.
- Government foreign debt will be reduced and eliminated where possible to reduce reliance on outside financial interests.
- There must be a reasonable level of taxation in order to pay for government services.
8. Employment
The FLM supports the following in relation to employment policies.
(a) Job security
· The enactment of appropriate laws to prevent companies from sacking workers when the company is making adequate profits. Jobs in these cases must be retained and only shed through a program of natural attrition.
9. Social security
To be announced
10. Rural affairs
The FLM supports the following in relation to rural affairs.
- Supports food policies that protect the rights of individual farmers, small business and genetic diversity over the interests of large businesses, multi-national corporations and genetically modified food products. Support farmer’s rights to produce a variety of foods and seeds and not become dependent on large corporations.
- Supports greater use of “organic” growing to decrease the huge use of chemicals in farming.
Part C: The Society
11. Education & Training
The FLM supports the following in relation to education and training.
- Support the principle that education is a right and not a privilege as this is the rampant American-style capitalist view that pushes education out of the reach of under-privileged people and in not commensurate with the fair aspirations of the community.
12. Health & Medical
The FLM supports the following in relation to health issues and the provision of health care to Australians, and related matters.
(a) General issues
- Smoking to be phased out by requiring all smokers to obtain a license by a set deadline. Thenceforth, only those with a smoking license are able to legally purchase or obtain cigarettes. Tough penalties for selling, or giving, cigarettes to under age or unlicensed people will be enacted.
- Against fluoridation of drinking water due to the unproven benefits and the substantial evidence suggesting it causes more harm than good. The entire community must not be subjected to a chemical without their consent for a small minority that may not be looking after themselves adequately. Create an open and proper scientific commission to investigate the health effects of water fluoridation.
- Create an open and proper scientific commission to investigate the massive use of chemicals in everyday products and the health effects or otherwise of such usage. Encourage use of alternative products that reduce the use of chemicals that are potentially harmful to people’s health.
- Support Medicare and the principles of bulk billing and universal access to health care with the exception that such services should be means-tested for those who can afford it. Continue the current regulations (as of September 2003) concerning private health care membership, but ensure that all Australians have immediate access to adequate health care whether or not they can afford it or whether or not they have membership in a private health fund.
- Support stem cell research and therapeutic cloning where such research is of benefit to health and medical research. Believes that medical research that can lead to improved treatments and health care should take precedence over religious or moral convictions.
- Create an open and proper scientific commission into the suppression of alternative medicines, treatments and vitamins that may be of benefit to people’s health and that challenge the accepted and mainstream medical establishment.
(b) Abortion
- The right for a women to have an abortion, in principle, as long as the decision is based on sound reasoning and consideration, health concerns or other acceptable reasons.
- Opposed to abortions on demand, unnecessary abortions and those carried out habitually for amoral reasons.
- The principle of the woman’s right to control her body in a responsible manner that is respectful to both her own health and life as well as to the rights of the unborn child.
- The creation of a comprehensive set of guidelines to be used by appropriate health care professionals with the aim of preventing unnecessary abortions.
- Counselling conducted by appropriately trained and experienced health care professionals in accordance with the aforementioned guidelines prior to any abortion being carried out.
- The control of abortions so that they are approved by suitably qualified medical practitioners in accordance with the aforementioned guidelines and conducted only by suitably approved health care premises and health care professionals.
(c) Euthanasia
- The right for a person of sound mind and suffering from a proven incurable disease to choose the manner and timing of their own death.
- The creation of a comprehensive set of guidelines to be used by appropriate health care professionals in ensuring that all cases of euthanasia are carried out humanely and effectively.
- The control of euthanasia to ensure that they are approved by suitably qualified medical practitioners in accordance with the aforementioned guidelines and supervised by appropriate health care professionals.
13. Welfare & Social services
The FLM supports the following in relation to the issue of Welfare & Social services.
- Against paid maternity leave.
- Make families financially responsible for single mothers under the age of 21.
- Families to become more responsible for the care of family members that are aged, invalided or otherwise incapacitated to reduce the burden on the public health care system. This will be achieved firstly by education campaigns and education initiatives, and secondly through legislative initiatives. Government programs and assistance will be available to such families. Adequate government-provided services are to be provided to the elderly to ensure their health and wellbeing.
- Child-care services to be removed from the private sector and made an essential social service to be provided by non-profit government run programs. This will maximise the amount of funding for child-care services and remove the profit minded private sector whose first goal is to generate profits at the expense of maximising services and facilities.
14. Law & Order
The FLM supports the following in relation to the issue of law and order.
(a) Societal issues
- The legal age for driving is to be increased to 18. A five year “provisional” period will be required and all drivers will be liable to a “one strike and your out” system, whereby a single driving infringement will suspend a license for a period of 1 year for the first offence, then two years for the second offence and so on. The probationary period will recommence after each offence and the driver’s car impounded (if applicable) for the duration of the license suspension. All other drivers will be subject to a “three strikes and your out” system, with the same penalties applicable after three offences. A clean driving record of five years will result in one offence being annulled.
- Parents will become legally responsible for the actions of their children under the age of 18 and be liable to criminal charges and financial compensations to victims of their actions. Parents will be required to sign contracts with schools that their children attend to require their attendance at all times and will be liable to penalties should their children truant. Parents must notify the police if their children are not under their control at certain times and liable to commit offences, with such notification becoming a defence against charges of parental neglect and breaking the aforementioned contracts.
- Anti-Palestinianism and anti-Islamism will become crimes by appropriate legislation.
(b) Reducing crime
- Supports a tough stance on crime to make the streets safer, especially in relation to organised crime, crime gangs, drugs and car hoons, while acknowledging that there are societal problems contributing to crime that must be addressed by the entire community. Effective crime management and reform cannot be achieved by governments continually becoming “tougher” on crime by increasing sentences and the prison population without addressing the wider issues that contribute towards crime. Alternative and innovative measures are to be studied and developed to reduce crime, the rate of repeat offending and the prison population.
- Home and shop owners will be given the right to defend their homes, families and businesses against intruders and criminals with all means necessary, including force.
- Each Local Government Sector (see Section 5, point 4) will have a Community Self-Defence Force to help maintain law and order and enforce community protection (see Appendix One).
- Bounty hunters to be legislated to apprehend bail skippers and other selected fugitives of law enforcement agencies.
- Against capital punishment in principle due to the risk of innocent people being executed, although willing to support a national referendum on the issue if public support on the issue is evident.
15. Society & Community Affairs
The FLM believes that moral and decency standards within society in general, and within television and print media in particular, have degraded significantly to the detriment of society, the social wellbeing, and development of new generations. Therefore, the FLM supports measures to improve society, including the following in relation to the issue of Society & Community Affairs.
- The FLM supports the creation of a kinder, safer and decent society with a strong work ethic and sense of community spirit and based on the principles of national independence, reduced government control, individual freedom, increased personal responsibility, and traditional morality and values.
- Fostering, by a number of community based, educational and legislative initiatives, a society that is based on traditional morality and values in terms of a Christian society, improved standards for sexually explicit and violent TV and print media content, and a strengthened education policy, to instil these decent measures in our future generations.
- Opposed in principle to the American-style capitalist “pursuit of wealth” philosophy as being the main driving force behind society and business. Wealth can be shared more evenly, and government social services made available to less fortunate people, without infringing upon the general notion of a free and open economy in which profits can be generated and individuals become enriched.
- Television, movie and music video standards in terms of explicit and suggestive sexual content and gratuitous violence will be adequately strengthened to ensure that people and especially children are not continually exposed to such content whether they want that exposure or not. The FLM believes in the unconditional right of people to have access to pornography in the privacy of their own homes should they choose, however, the FLM believes that people should not be exposed to it without their consent via uncontrolled TV and other media content.
- Legal age of consent for heterosexual sex will be retained at 16 for girls and 18 for boys. The legal age of consent for homosexual sex will be increased to 18 for girls and 20 for boys to ensure that teenagers develop and mature adequately before they engage in homosexual activity, which the FLM regards as a private matter once the legal age is reached.
- Everyone is to be legally dependent on their parents until the age of 21 to ensure that all children receives adequate schooling, training and development and that parents retain overall and ultimate responsibility for the actions of their children under their legal care. Such an initiative has the aim of ensuring young people join the wider community as more mature and socially developed adults with greater respect for elders, parents and society as a whole.
- The age at which people can legally consume alcohol will be increased to the age of 21 to ensure that the problems associated with teenage alcohol consumption are eliminated.
- Ratings for movies and television are to be reviewed and strengthened with the aim of restricting underage viewing of inappropriate material.
16. Personal freedom & Civil rights
The FLM supports the creation of a society national independence, reduced government control, individual freedom, increased personal responsibility and traditional morality and values. Therefore, the FLM supports the following in relation to the issue of personal freedom and civil rights.
(a) General issues
- Supports the principle of Internet freedom and the absolute freedom of speech and expression on the Internet. Opposes the incremental control of the Internet being introduced by various governments around the world, ostensibly to fight terrorism and crime with the result being restricted freedom of speech, decreased levels of privacy and the overall erosion of previously held freedoms. Supports devices that enable parents to block access to certain material on the Internet.
- Against the introduction of a universal identification system.
(b) Firearm ownership
- Supports the principle of the right of people to own firearms.
- Supports the review and reversal of anti-gun laws imposed after 1996 and opposed to gun buy-back schemes.
- Implement an educational campaign to promote the safe and responsible ownership and use of firearms. Ensure all gun owners comply with stringent codes of practice in the ownership, storage and use of firearms. Enact new laws to provide a greater level of self-responsibility for gun owners in the care of their firearms and to make legal firearm owners responsible for any crimes or accidents committed with their firearm.
- Develop stringent guidelines to ensure gun license applicants are adequately screened and assessed as to their suitability to owning firearms. Ensure criminals with a history of gun-related crime and people with psychological conditions are denied licenses.
(c) Bill of Rights
APPENDICES
A local militia for community protection and law and order purposes will be created and will be known as the Community Self-Defence Force (CSDF).
Each Local Government Sector shall have its own CSDF unit.
The duties of the CSDF will include the following:
- Policing alongside the regular police force
- “Neighbourhood watch”-like activities
- Emergency assistance, search and rescue operations etc
- Resistance operations if country is invaded/occupied
The CSDF will be led by professional military personnel drawn from the Freedom Liberation Movement. The CSDF’s backbone will be a core of full-time, professional personnel with full military training and/or former military personnel, and current military personnel on leave and/or rotation from the military. Some of these full-time military personnel will form a central “elite”-type unit that will spearhead the CSDF units.
Regular members of the CSDF will be draw from the local community. All members will receive military and weapons training. Membership will be mainly part-time, as most members, being drawn from the community, will have jobs etc.
Units will mainly patrol unarmed except for leaders, senior personnel and the core elite unit. Regular members may be armed as required. Regular members will be on-duty on a roster basis and may be called out at any time as required.
APPENDIX TWO Structure of Government
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRALIA
Conventional long form: Republic of Australia
Conventional short form: Australia
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRALIA
Overview
Government type: Federal parliamentary democracy
Supreme National Leadership: The Freedom Liberation Movement
Head of State: President of the Republic of Australia
Chief Executive Officer: Prime Minister of the Republic of Australia
Chief Administrative body: The Cabinet of the Republic of Australia
Legislative body: A bicameral Federal parliamentary system consisting of a lower house - the National Assembly of Australia and an upper house - the National Senate of Australia.
Judicial branch: High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the Federal Government)
Administrative divisions: 8 States with State Governors overseeing approximately 160-170 Local Government Areas, each administered by a Local Government Area Administrator.
Executive branch
The Cabinet of the Republic of Australia
The membership of the Cabinet is as follows:
- Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister
- The ten (10) Cabinet Ministers
The Executive Cabinet
The membership of the Executive Cabinet is as follows:
- Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Cabinet Minister for National Security
- Cabinet Minister for the Interior
- Cabinet Minister for the Economy
Cabinet Ministers and Assistant Ministers
The following is a list of the ten (10) Cabinet Ministers and their respective Assistant Ministers:
Cabinet Minister for National Security
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Defence
Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assistant Minister for Internal Security
Assistant Minister for Border Protection
Assistant Minister for Customs
Cabinet Minister for the Interior
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Attorney-General
Assistant Minister for Media & Public Relations
Assistant Minister for Information
Assistant Minister for Local Government
Assistant Minister for Justice
Cabinet Minister for the Economy
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for the Treasury
Assistant Minister for Corporate Governance & Small business
Assistant Minister for Trade & Commerce
Assistant Minister for Industry
Assistant Minister for Finance
Assistant Minister for Resources
Cabinet Minister for the Workforce
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for the Labour Front
Assistant Minister for Workplace Relations
Assistant Minister for Employment
Cabinet Minister for Citizen Affairs
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Social & Community Affairs
Assistant Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage
Assistant Minister for Consumer Affairs & Families
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Assistant Minister for Veterans Affairs
Cabinet Minister for Assets Management
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Public Works & Infrastructure
Assistant Minister for Communications
Assistant Minister for Energy
Assistant Minister for Roads & Transport
Cabinet Minister for Public Services
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Community Services & Housing
Assistant Minister for Emergency Services
Assistant Minister for Social Security & Welfare
Assistant Minister for Education & Training
Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care
Cabinet Minister for Rural Affairs
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Food & Agriculture
Assistant Minister for Water Resources
Assistant Minister for Primary Industries
Assistant Minister for Forestry & Fisheries
Cabinet Minister for National Development
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Research & Development
Assistant Minister for Science & Technology
Assistant Minister for Urban Development & Planning
Assistant Minister for Rural & Regional Development
Cabinet Minister for General Governance
Responsible for the following Assistant Ministers and their portfolios:
Assistant Minister for Immigration
Assistant Minister for Environment
Assistant Minister for Territories
Assistant Minister for Tourism & Sport
Federal Government Departments
Each Cabinet Ministry above has a Government Department, which in turn is divided into Divisions. The advantage of these “super-departments” is that every department/portfolio that comprises the Ministry is represented in Cabinet by the respective Cabinet Minister. In other words, no portfolio is left out in a so-called “outer ministry”.
The following organizational structure is representative of all the Cabinet Minister Departments:
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Department: Federal Department of National Security |
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Division |
Responsible Civil Servant |
Responsible Minister |
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Defence |
Director |
Assistant Minister for Defence |
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Foreign Affairs |
Director |
Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Internal Security |
Director |
Assistant Minister for Internal Security |
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Border Protection |
Director |
Assistant Minister for Border Protection |
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Customs |
Director |
Assistant Minister for Customs |
Legislative branch
The legislative branch shall consist of a bicameral Federal parliamentary system consisting of a lower house - the National Assembly of Australia and an upper house - the National Senate of Australia.
The National Assembly of Australia
Each Local Government Area shall elect three (3) representatives to the National Assembly for a two (2) year term.
Elections for the National Assembly shall be held every two years on a fixed date.
The National Senate of Australia
Each Local Government Area shall elect one (1) representative to the National Senate for a four (4) year term.
One half of the National Senate is elected every two years on the same day as the National Assembly elections.
The States
The States of Australia, as they are currently known, will be abolished and their powers transferred to either the Federal Government or Local Government Areas. This will remove one level of government and will ensure a far more effective and economically viable system of government in Australia.
The States will continue to exist, at least in the short term, in name only. This is to ensure that local and regional issues as they are identified and relate to the current States, will continue to be addressed until the Nation is fully unified under the new government structure.
The Northern Territory and Canberra will be known as States, which means there will be eight (8) States in total.
There will be scope for increasing the number of States, by for example dividing some of the larger and more populous States into two or more States. This will ensure the creation of smaller, regional groupings of States, which will ensure that the number of Local Government Areas reporting to any one State Governor is limited and more evenly distributed.
State Governors
Each “State” will become a de-facto regional grouping with all the Local Government Areas within the State boundaries reporting to the State Governor, who will be appointed by the Federal Government.
State Governors will report directly to the Assistant Minister for Local Government and will have no actual executive powers other than having an overall supervisory role of the Local Government Areas under their responsibility. The State Governors will be responsible, among other things, for monitoring the performance of Local Government Area administrations and ensuring they fulfill and comply with the policies and directions of the Federal Government.
The State Governors will ensure that fewer officials report directly to the Assistant Minister for Local Government, thus streamlining the government structure and improving efficiency, as per the following structure:
Local Government
The boundaries of current Council/Local Government Areas in Australia will be altered as necessary to form the new Local Government Areas. Local Government Areas can be referred to as “Local Councils” or “Councils”.
Each Local Government Area will ideally have equally sized populations of approximately 100,000 to 150,000 people. Each Local Government Area will be subdivided into 12 Sectors and each Sector into 12 Sub-Sectors (144 in total), all ideally of equal population size.
Local Government Area Administrator
Each Local Government Area will be headed by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Federal Government. The Administrator answers directly to the State Governor.
The Administrator will be assisted by three (3) Zone Managers, each responsible for overseeing four (4) Sectors under their responsibility. Each Sector will be headed by a Sector Manager who will be assisted by three (3) Sub-Zone Managers, each responsible for overseeing four (4) Sub-Sectors under their responsibility. Each Sub-Sector will be headed by a Sub-Sector Manager, as per the following structure:
Note: The above organizational structure only shows the line of seniority through one Zone, Sector, Sub-Zone and Sub-Sector for simplification purposes. The structure through each of the aforementioned levels in identical.
Local Government Assembly (Council Assembly)
Each Local Government Area shall have a Local Government Assembly, which can be referred to as a Council Assembly. The Council Assembly shall consist of 36 members elected by popular vote. Each Local Government Area Sector shall elect three (3) representatives to the Council Assembly for a two (2) year term. Elections for the Council Assembly shall be held on the same day as the National Assembly and National Senate elections.
The Council Assembly will ensure that local communities have a greater say in the running of the Local Government Area and the services it provides to the community.
Local Government Area powers
The precise powers of the Local Government Area, the Administrator and the Council Assembly will be specified by the Federal Government in legislation. Generally, Local Government Areas shall be responsible for all the functions traditionally associated with local Councils including building regulation, waste collection and recycling, dog and animal control, local road maintenance, public libraries and so forth.
Local Government Areas will also receive responsibility for former State government functions such as hospitals and health care, schools and education, Police and emergency services, certain infrastructure and public transport and other public services. The precise powers, functions and responsibilities of Local Government Areas may vary and will be at the convenience of the Federal Government, which shall retain overall power over Local Government Areas through the Assistant Minister for Local Government and the Cabinet Minister for the Interior.