Our+Policies


 * The Greens party has developed policies on a number of different matters. All have been carefully considered before being established in order to ensure maximum benefits for Australia.**

**__Climate Change__** ** Climate Change is one of our most urgent issues. The way things are going, the future generation pretty soon won't have a world to live in. We have to start changing our ways to prevent a catastrophe within the next 15-20 years. Australia right now is in a position to lead the world in helping to reduce the effects of climate change. The Greens aim is to reduce Australia's carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions by 40% by 2020. This policy will help to stop polluters and promote energy efficiency whilst maintaining a sustainable Australia. **

__** Asylum Seekers **__ The Greens aim to abolish detention centres such as the one on Christmas Island. Detention centres are inhumane and morally wrong- we have a duty to help all those in need, and we hope to increase Australia's humanitarian intake to 20,000 refugees.

**__Internet Filter__** The move to establish an Internet filter is a useless and expensive one. It is not for the government to decide how people use the Internet or what they do- Australians do not need the government looking over their shoulder and deciding what they can and cannot see. To protect children, we believe that an optional household filter should be established.

__**National Service**__ We believe that mandatory national service at the age of 18 is against the rights of the individual. It's an unnecessary action which could not only be detrimental to our economy, but goes completely against party policies. The decision to do national service or not should be optional.

__**Voting at 16**__ The Greens believe that 16 and 17 year-olds have the right to vote. Many young people nowadays work and pay tax which entitles them to have the vote. Don't they have the right to decide who receives their money and what happens to it? Therefore we intend to work to introduce optional voting for those aged 16 and 17, because we want our young people to be able to have a voice in Australian politics.