Green Tax Swap  +  No Population Growth + More Transport & Health  +  Cost Effective Defence

NewAustralia promotes simple and cost-effective policy solutions to climate change and Australia's other major problems.

Tax   The Big Green Tax Swap
  • Less Income Tax
  • No Payroll Tax
  • Replace with Climate Taxes
  • Providing a stong and steady price on greenhouse emissions.
Environment   Saving the Biosphere
  • No Population Growth - for Australia or the World
  • Immediate Action on Climate, Water & Biodiversity
  • Redirecting Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
  • Quickly turning around decades of neglect.
Energy   The Energy Revolution
  • More Wind, Solar, Geothermal & All Other Renewables
  • Phase Out Fossil Power, No Nuclear Power
  • Plug-in Hybrids
  • Made possible by shifting subsidies from fossil to renewable energy.
Transport   Rail not Road
  • More Public Transport - More Freight by Rail
  • Replace Level Crossings with Road Bridges
  • Federal Control of Transport
  • Made possible by shifting road funding to sustainable transport.
Defence   Cost Effective Self Defence
  • Self-Reliant Self-Defence - saving billions
  • Re-evaluation of each major defence purchase
  • Selection of the most cost-effective defence assets for Australia
  • Making possible Free Tertiary Education, Free Kinder & More Science.
Housing   Affordable Housing
  • Tens of Thousands of Discount Apartments
  • Cheaper Rental, Cheaper Homes
  • Fire and Flood Resistant Housing
  • Made possible by scrapping Negative Gearing for Property Speculators.
Jobs   More Employment
  • Abolish Payroll Tax
  • An Employment Bonus
  • Balanced Trade
  • Made possible by the shift from Payroll Tax to Eco Taxes.
Economics   A New Economy
  • More Jobs and more flexible hours
  • Abolition of Payroll Tax as part of the Green Tax Shift
  • Balanced Trade via an 'Optimal Exchange Rate' mechanism.
Health   Better Public Health Services
  • Add Dental Care and Ambulance to Medicare
  • Support Bulk Billing
  • State Control of Health Services
  • Made possible by re-directing the Private Health subsidy to Public Health.
Rural & Regional   Supporting Regional Australia
  • No Tax on Farm Income!
  • New Crops, New Opportunities
  • Active Decentralisation
  • Made possible by shifting tax on to carbon, methane & water.
Education   Better Public Education
  • Free Kinder & Mostly Free Tertiary Education
  • Free Tertiary Education
  • State Control of Education
  • Made possible by having more cost effective self defence.
Gambling   Controlling Gambling
  • Less pokies
  • More restrictions to limit problem gambling
  • Deregulate low-bet social gambling games as an alternative.
Telecommunications    Telecommunications
  • Cancel the $43 Billion Broadband roll out - ADSL2+ will do!
  • More robust systems to cope with disasters
  • No internet censorship
  • $43 Billion re-directed to help fund above projects.

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