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AHPA WA State Election Guide 2017 WA State Election Make your vote count for health promotion Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) Special Edition 2017 Special Edition | State Election 2017 CONTENTS MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT 00 Make your vote count for health promotion AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PROMOTION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (WA BRANCH) 01 Political party scorecard ADVOCACY SUB-COMMITTEE AHPA® (WA Branch) is pleased to present this guide to the 2017 Western Australian State Election Kirsty de Blanken 03 Electoral Q&A Nicole Toia 08 What‘s the deal with preference deals? to support its members and the wider community to explore the role politics plays in our lives and Carl Heslop its opportunities to create a healthy society. Health promotion is about giving people power over Courtney Mickan 11 Political party policy links Melinda Edmunds conditions which can influence health. It goes beyond a focus on the individual, recognising the 12 Political compass STATE ELECTION GUIDE EDITORS impact which physical, socio-economic and cultural aspects of the environment can have on the 13 Public health election manifestos Dr Jonathan Hallett health of the community. Keira Bury 13 Political commentary CURTIN UNIVERSITY STUDENT 13 WAEC Election information There are many limitations to focusing only on behavioural approaches to health promotion. It is VOLUNTEERS not enough to just encourage individuals to change their attitudes and lifestyles, when, in fact, the Jennifer Dalby 14 On twitter? Priya Jagadeesan environment in which they live and work gives them little choice or support to make such changes. Lisa Moro We must address those aspects of the environment which promote ill health, rather than simply Adele Oliver Ashleigh Parnell deal with illness after it appears. Understanding the structural mechanisms through which we can promote health, such as the development of healthy public policy and supportive environments, is critical. Health promotion advocates for healthy public policy across all sectors of government. This includes addressing the physical environment (e.g. air, water and land quality), as well as the social determinants of health (e.g. transport, housing, social inclusion, education and employment). As can be seen in Figure 1 the factors that influence health are varied and occur across all sectors. Health promotion demands that individuals not be treated in isolation from the larger social units, political contexts and ecological settings in which they live, work and play. The decisions made by our political leaders to support different policy actions can greatly influence public health and achieve widespread, sustained outcomes for the betterment of our health… or its detriment. The more we understand politics, the more we can actively participate in the democratic process to Figure 1. A socio-ecological model of human and environmental health improve health for all. (Source: European Centre for Environment & Human Health, n.d.) Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) Special Edition | State Election 2017 01 02 Key Y Evidence of support P Partial or mixed evidence of support ? No information available N Evidence of opposition About the WA State Election 2017 Health Promotion Scorecard This scorecard assesses selected political parties against a range of health promotion priorities adapted from WA STATE ELECTION 2017 election manifestos from the following organisations: Cancer Council WA, Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, Public Health Association of Australia (WA Branch) and WA Alcohol and Youth Action Coalition. HEALTH PROMOTION SCORECARD Parties were included if they had an existing elected representative in the Western Australian parliament or were currently polling above 5%. ~ The sources of information used to compile this scorecard are available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9t9sjyvr55m5sws/AHPAWA_StateElectionScorecardReferences.pdf?dl=0. ~ Please note this table was correct at the time of publication, however, AHPA (WA Branch) acknowledges political policies may be amended closer to the election date. Commit to maintaining and where possible increasing the health promotion 1 and prevention workforce. ? Y Y ? ? ? Maintain funding for strong, evidence-based public education and health 2 promotion programs, including specific campaigns for at-risk groups. Y Y Y P ? ? Provide funding options to support local governments to develop and 3 implement Public Health Plans. ? Y Y ? ? ? 4 Implement mandatory kilojoule labelling in quick service restaurants. ? ? Y ? ? ? 5 Support reducing exposure to alcohol promotion by removing advertising from public transport and other sites, including at major sporting grounds. N Y Y ? ? ? Implement policy to transition WA to renewable energy to contribute to 6 broader international effort for effective action on climate change. N P Y P N N Increase restrictions on tobacco sales including setting a target to cap and 7 then reduce the number of WA tobacco licence holders over the next 4 years, P ? Y ? ? ? and increasing the annual tobacco sellers licence fee. 6008. WA Subiaco, Road, 334 Rokeby Branch]), [WA Association Chapman and Courtney Mickan Health Promotion Lorena by Authorised (Australian Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) Special Edition | State Election 2017 03 04 In the Legislative Council on the other hand, the whole state is divided into 6 ELECTORAL Q&A large regions and 6 people are elected to represent each region (known as multi- member electorates). This means there’s What areas of law are the responsibility of the State government? 36 people in the Legislative Council In addition to WA Health which comprises publicly run metropolitan and regional hospitals and ideally taking a bigger picture view to health service networks, the State government is responsible for the legislation, financing and the enactment of legislation. The regions management of the following (all of which can impact on health in some way): WA lands (pastoral consist of three metropolitan and three lands, mines, parks, forests, woodlands, islands, wetlands, waterways); transport (roads, public regional/rural electorates: transport, airports and ports); law enforcement (police, justice system and corrective services); • East Metropolitan child protection; state housing; education; Aboriginal affairs; culture and the arts; environmental • North Metropolitan regulation (environmental health, conservation and wildlife); fire and emergency services; • South Metropolitan agriculture and fisheries; heritage; tourism; racing, gaming and liquor; sport and recreation; water • Agricultural generation and distribution; and energy generation and distribution. • Mining and Pastoral • South West What is the difference between the Legislative Assembly and the 4.0, Image Maltonaj83 - Own BY-SA by work, CC https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56199818 Legislative Council? The role and function of the Legislative Assembly is the provision of finance for The WA Parliament is made up of two ‘houses’ in what is known as a bicameral system. It is made up government operations, to scrutinise the of the Legislative Assembly (or lower house) and the Legislative Council (or upper house). They are government’s performance (the primary functionally similar to the House of Representatives and the Senate at the Federal level. function of the opposition), legislation (including the introduction of new laws or the amendment or repeal of existing laws), to provide a forum for matters of public concern and to represent the people of WA. Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Before legislation can become law, it has to be supported by both houses. The Legislative Council is often called a ‘house of review’ for its role in monitoring and reviewing government legislation, administration and expenditure. It plays a role similar to the Senate within the Federal Parliament. What is the role of a local member of parliament? The 59 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) or ‘local members’ are elected for a term of four years and are those members you will most likely be familiar with as they engage with constituents in a smaller electorate than those in the Legislative Council. All elected members of parliament take Images courtesy of the Parliament of Western Australia part in debates and pass, amend or defeat laws. Members also serve on parliamentary committees to closely examine issues as well as addressing These two houses provide different forms of representation. In the Legislative Assembly only one the concerns, issues, questions and ideas of their constituents. Most members represent a political person is elected to represent a geographically small electorate (what is known as a single-member party and contribute to the views and policies of that party. These are the people you may like electorate – there’s 59 all up across the state) and they become your local member of parliament to to contact about issues that are important to you as your vote is important to them (along with advocate for their local community. ministers or spokespeople with specific responsibility). Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) Special Edition | State Election 2017 05 06 What is a political party? A political party is an organisation of people with similar political philosophies, interests and ideological views. WA has two dominant political parties, the Liberal party and the Labor party as well as minor parties including The Nationals, The Greens and One Nation. A registered political party must have
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