Letter to the Editor: Soldier Support
The primary aim of the Australian Family Party is to put the family at the centre of every conversation. Recent media reports about Australian SAS troop actions in Afghanistan have drawn widespread attention culminating in calls for the service medals of those who served and died be taken from their families. [more…]
Media Release: Former Senator launches new political party
Former Family First Senator Bob Day has announced the launch of a new political party – Australian Family Party. Day said the Party was formed to counter the insidious influence of the Greens and the disappointment of the major parties. Day said the new Party was based on six key principles: [more…]
Australian Family Party Launch
Australia has social and economic problems that it wants to solve, and social and economic goals it wants to achieve, however looking to politicians, bureaucrats and regulators to solve these problems and achieve these goals is not going to work. A restructuring is needed, one that puts the family at the centre. [more…]
How the Libs/Nats/Greens conspired to rid the parliament of minor parties
On March 17, 2016 the Coalition joined forces with the Greens to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act and abolish senate Group Voting Tickets. GVTs allowed voters to put a 1 above-the-line and let their party of choice distribute their preferences. [more…] (PDF)
Housing—The West’s One-child Policy
How governments have cruelled the aspirations of millions of households; disempowered and impoverished families; entrenched intergenerational inequity; and, like China’s One Child Policy, set ticking a time bomb that will cause a massive social and economic burden for future taxpayers. [more…] (PDF)
Maiden Speech
As a Senator I have been elected to do 2 things: 1) Represent the great State of South Australia; and 2) implement the policies that my Party and I have been expressing for many years, namely removing the barriers that prevent people from getting a job and owning a home. [more…]
Taxation
It was Benjamin Franklin who said, ‘In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.’ Will Rogers responded: ‘Yes, and the only difference between death and taxes is that death does not get any worse every time parliament sits.’ [more…] (PDF)
High Court Ruling
On 13 April 2017 the High Court of Australia ruled that Senator Day had breached Section 44(v) of the Constitution by virtue of an indirect pecuniary interest Senator Day had in an Agreement with the Commonwealth, namely a lease over his electorate office. [more…] (PDF)