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Science Party (Australia)

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Leader
  
James Jansson

Headquarters
  
New South Wales

Founded
  
2013 (2013)

Political position
  
Radical Centre

Ideology
  
Utilitarianism Techno-progressivism "Bright green" environmentalism Technocentrism Australian Republicanism Cornucopianism

The Science Party, known as Future Party until March 2016, is an Australian political party established in 2013.

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Political philosophy

The Science Party believes that technological development is a positive force in human affairs and values the cultural, economic, and technological benefits of modernism. It believes in freedom of expression, and has a positive view of the power of free markets, and the benefits of high density cities. The party seeks to promote high quality science research and education.

Policies

Science Party policies include the following:

  • Opposition to unnecessary regulations of new technology.
  • Opposition to government monitoring of data and criminalisation of journalism.
  • Greater transparency and openness in government.
  • Increased science research funding.
  • New charter city including a university.
  • Increased rate of immigration.
  • Higher density residential development.
  • High quality internet, and internet freedom.
  • Thorium reactor research.
  • Emissions trading and renewable energy.
  • Greater space research and industry.
  • A higher quality education system.
  • An Australian republic.
  • Democratic reform to both houses.
  • Simplified tax system.
  • High-speed rail.
  • Rapid approval for driverless cars.

    • Party history

    The Future Party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 July 2013. It is led by Dr James Jansson, who was a PhD student studying at the Kirby Institute when the party was founded. It changed name to the Science Party, with the new name registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 22 March 2016. The Science Party is run as a single federal entity without individual state branches.

    At the 2013 federal election the party ran two candidates in the senate in NSW and one candidate in the NSW seat of Kingsford Smith, and another in the QLD seat of Moreton.

    The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance, though refused to engage in any large scale preference deal.

    The party is a member of the Alliance for Progress.

    In the 2016 federal election the Science Party fielded two senate candidates in each of New South Wales and Tasmania, and one in Victoria. To avoid being in the ungrouped column, the Victorian candidate shared the column with the candidate from the Australian Cyclists Party. It also supported ten candidates for the House of Representatives, all for seats in New South Wales.

    References

    Science Party (Australia) Wikipedia
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