Post by Erica Chan on Apr 14, 2010 20:22:10 GMT -5
For those of you who missed Fiona Patten, leader of the Australian Sex Party and founder of the Eros Foundation, here's an outline of some of the policies she talked about the party having. As I'm sure you'll notice, they are all very friendly towards women and the LGBTIQ society!
Taken from their brochure, which can be found in the Monash Women's Department Women's Room!
Equality
- To enact national anti-discrimination laws which make it illegal to unfairly discriminate against people or companies on the basis of job, occupation, profession or calling.
- To hold a referendum to create mandatory equal numbers of women in the Senate and State Upper Houses.
- To create total equal rights in all areas of the law for gay, lesbian and transsexuals.
- Overturn racist laws that ban Aboriginal people from possessing erotic and sexual media in the Northern Territory
- Ensure the sexual rights and freedoms of the disabled and elderly
Education
- To bring about the development of a national sex education curriculum as a first step in preventing the sexualisation of children
- Development of a national internet education scheme for parents
Health
- To enact national pregnancy termination laws along the same lines as divorce law – which allow for legal, no fault and guilt-free processes for women seeking termination.
- The listing of Viagra, Cialis and other drugs used to treat sexual dysfunction, on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Censorship
- Bring about the establishment of a truly national classification scheme which includes a uniform non-violent erotica rating for explicit adult material for all jurisdictions and through all media including the Internet and computer games
- Introduce an R and X rating for Computer games
- To overturn mandatory ISP filtering of the Internet and return Internet censorship to parents and individuals
Protection of Children
- Convene a Royal Commission into child sex abuse in the nation’s religious institutions.
- Develop global approaches to tackling child pornography which focus on detection and apprehension of the producers of the material.
Workplace Relations[/u]
- Ensure that the introduction of paid maternity leave is fair and equitable for small businesses.
- Abolish sex slavery and sexual servitude by introducing non morality-based immigration policies that allow bona-fide sex workers to work legally in Australia.
Other
- Ending the tax exempt status for programs and businesses that simply ‘promote religion’ with no charitable spin-offs.
More information can be found at the Australian Sex Party Website[/size]
Australian Sex Party Policies
Taken from their brochure, which can be found in the Monash Women's Department Women's Room!
Equality
- To enact national anti-discrimination laws which make it illegal to unfairly discriminate against people or companies on the basis of job, occupation, profession or calling.
- To hold a referendum to create mandatory equal numbers of women in the Senate and State Upper Houses.
- To create total equal rights in all areas of the law for gay, lesbian and transsexuals.
- Overturn racist laws that ban Aboriginal people from possessing erotic and sexual media in the Northern Territory
- Ensure the sexual rights and freedoms of the disabled and elderly
Education
- To bring about the development of a national sex education curriculum as a first step in preventing the sexualisation of children
- Development of a national internet education scheme for parents
Health
- To enact national pregnancy termination laws along the same lines as divorce law – which allow for legal, no fault and guilt-free processes for women seeking termination.
- The listing of Viagra, Cialis and other drugs used to treat sexual dysfunction, on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Censorship
- Bring about the establishment of a truly national classification scheme which includes a uniform non-violent erotica rating for explicit adult material for all jurisdictions and through all media including the Internet and computer games
- Introduce an R and X rating for Computer games
- To overturn mandatory ISP filtering of the Internet and return Internet censorship to parents and individuals
Protection of Children
- Convene a Royal Commission into child sex abuse in the nation’s religious institutions.
- Develop global approaches to tackling child pornography which focus on detection and apprehension of the producers of the material.
Workplace Relations[/u]
- Ensure that the introduction of paid maternity leave is fair and equitable for small businesses.
- Abolish sex slavery and sexual servitude by introducing non morality-based immigration policies that allow bona-fide sex workers to work legally in Australia.
Other
- Ending the tax exempt status for programs and businesses that simply ‘promote religion’ with no charitable spin-offs.
More information can be found at the Australian Sex Party Website[/size]