The National School Chaplaincy Programme provides funding to government schools to appoint religious chaplains. This funding cannot be accessed to appoint non-religious student support staff. This is discriminatory against students of other faiths or beliefs, and runs counter to the founding principles of the Australian public education system. Student support staff should be funded and...

Australia needs to end its reliance on fossil fuels. The Australian Sex Party accepts that this can’t happen immediately, and that interim energy supplies are needed. If unconventional gas continues to be used, it should be seen as a short-term solution only, using industry best-practice, following environmental reports and should not include hydraulic fracturing (fracking)...

Abortion laws are inconsistent across the states and territories meaning Australian women do not have equitable access to lawful abortion. Due to the work of Australian Sex Party MLC, Fiona Patten, Victoria has recently joined Tasmania in legislating a 150m safe access zone around abortion facilities.

The government should not subsidise the activities of organisations that actively exclude members of society on the basis of otherwise protected attributes. End government funding for religious schools that discriminate against potential and current students on the basis of religious affiliation. The Australian government contributes $10 billion per year to non-government schools including Catholic and...

Responsibility for animal welfare is shared across the three tiers of government with each state and territory having its own animal welfare and animal cruelty legislation. Depending on the state or territory, members of the RSPCA and other charitable organisations are deputised to enforce animal welfare and animal cruelty legislation.