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Caring for People a National Anti-Poverty Strategy CARING FOR PEOPLE A NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY The Greens’ long term plan to reduce poverty in Australia There are 2.3 million people living below the poverty line in Australia. Nearly 600,000 of them are children. The Greens are the only party talking about this, and who are willing stand up for vulnerable families by committing to a long term plan to address the underlying causes of poverty. By world standards we live in a wealthy country but poverty is > WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE, becoming increasingly entrenched in parts of our society. We cannot delay action any longer. NATIONAL PLAN TO TACKLE THE CAUSES OF POVERTY > OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE AND Piecemeal and inconsistent responses to poverty are ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE POVERTY inadequate and ineffective approaches. Currently, the underlying contributors to poverty such as There is no silver bullet to solve the long term challenge of affordable housing, food security and access to education and poverty. The problems of poverty are too widespread and employment are being tackled separately, across different complex. Government departments, and different levels of Government. The underlying causes are complex and so our efforts to address That’s why the Greens are announcing our plan to begin work the issue must be holistic and comprehensive. Yet the lack of on creating a National Anti-Poverty Strategy. coordination federal, state and local government will continue A successful strategy will facilitate coordinated action across all to result in wasteful overlaps and serious gaps in service levels of government 2013and the community services sector Initiative to delivery. reduce poverty and address its underlying causes. Addressing poverty requires a coordinated, systemic effort The Greens will: across areas such as income support, housing affordability and access to health and community services. We need concerted Establish an expert group to begin work on assessing the long term commitment at federal, state and local government current landscape and put forth recommendations that levels. could be adopted by COAG to facilitate coordinated action. Invest $12 million over 4 years to advance the development In 2002, the Australian Senate established an extensive inquiry of a nation strategy. into poverty. That inquiry made 95 recommendations including: Set poverty reductionNo targets to be reportedLonger against Current annually in Parliament That a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy be developed at the national leveli Much like a national action plan on mental health, or Closing the Gap, this initiative would ensure that action is undertaken in Social justice and social welfare organisations such as Catholic conjunction with service providers, in order to develop a Social Services and ACOSS are still consistently calling on the national response that is focused on enhancing collaboration. Government to implement this recommendation. Printed and authorised by Senator Christine Milne, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600. Page 1 of 2 > TARGETS AND REPORTING The Plan will be underpinned by specific goals, including targets for particular vulnerable groups like children and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The strategy will require annual reporting to Parliament on achievements against these targets. > POVERTY IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE IN A CARING SOCIETY The old parties are ignoring poverty in Australia. A caring society invests in reducing and preventing poverty by addressing its root causes. We can’t keep neglecting all those Australians who struggle to make ends meet. The development of an overarching National Anti-poverty Strategy will complement the Greens’ other work in this area including our targeted initiatives to: Raise Newstart by $50 a week and effectively reversing the impact of the cuts to Parenting Payment, which will reduce the pressure on our most vulnerable families Address homelessness and the housing affordability crisis Invest in better access to healthcare, denticare, mental health care and justice > THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS OF POVERTY We need to invest in this now – not doing so has costly social and economic implications for our future. While the old parties have turned their backs, the Greens are continuing to stand up2013 for vulnerable people across theInitiative country i The Senate, Community Affairs References Committee, A hand up not a hand out: Renewing the fight against poverty: Report on poverty and financial hardship, March 2004. No Longer Current Printed and authorised by Senator Christine Milne, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600. Page 2 of 2 NUCLEAR WASTE A PROCESS NOT POSTCODE APPROACH The Greens’ plan for world’s best practice in nuclear waste management There are no long‐term storage solutions for nuclear waste, however, Australia’s accrued nuclear waste must be stored, transported and managed in a transparent, consensual and scientific manner. There are no long‐term storage solutions for nuclear waste, An Independent Commission would apply world's best practice which is why the Australian Greens believe that nuclear industry to responsibly deal with Australia's radioactive waste inventory, activities should be ceased entirely. which will have to involve a more sophisticated management regime than dumping the waste containers in a shed on a cattle The Greens will continue to stand up against the idea promoted station ‐ the current irresponsible approach of the old parties. by the Pangea Corporation and most recently Bob Hawke that Australia should become the world’s nuclear waste dump. The Australian Greens will provide $2.7 million to fund an Independent Commission on the Long Term Safe Storage, Each nation must responsibly deal with their nuclear mistakes, transport and Management of Australia’s Radioactive Waste not transport their toxic waste ‘out of sight out of mind.’ to deliver: Current Initiative• The best practice model for radioactive waste management The old parties have legislated to impose nuclear waste upon in Australia; unwilling Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. Their preferred site at Muckaty station, 120km north of Tennant • An audit of the volumes of nuclear waste and the activity Creek, is on an earthquake fault and prone to heavy flooding in and contractual arrangements in place for the the wet season. Commonwealth, States and Territories; • An inventory of the waste management procedures The Muckaty proposal is currently being contested in the currently being used by States and the Commonwealth: Federal Court by the indigenous peoples who live in the area on the grounds they have not been consulted. • Community, independent expert and industry consultations and recommendations that are publicly canvassed; In order to establish a process for site selection based on science, consultation and consent, the Australian Greens 2013 • Recommended procedures for ongoing scrutiny of the propose the establishment of an Independent Commission on implementation of the decisions arrived at through this the Long Term Safe Storage, Transport and Management of proper independent process. Australia’s Radioactive Waste. LongerThe Commission will: > WE MUST FACE UP TO THE • Consist of 5 people appointed by the Governor‐General on NUCLEAR MISTAKES OF THE PAST a full time basis; • Be genuinely independent, informing itself in any way it The Greens know that Australia must responsibly deal with the sees fit, consulting with anyone it sees fit, receiving written nuclear mistakes of the past which have generated a total of No and oral information, conducting public seminars, establishing working groups, and not be subject to the • 4020 cubic metres of so‐called low‐level and short‐lived control or direction of the Minister; and intermediate radioactive waste • Approximately 600 cubic metres of long lived waste in this • Report to the Minister in 15 months. country The fact is that, whether we like it or not, we have radioactive • 32 cubic metres of spent research reactor fuel that is waste in this country, and we must responsibly deal with the returning to Australia from reprocessing in France and the consequences of irresponsible decisions made in the past. UK in 2015‐16. Printed and authorised by Senator Christine Milne, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600. Page 1 of 2 development of systems of consulting the public, and local > AUSTRALIA CAN UPHOLD communities in particular, and the creation of sources of information in which the public can have full confidence."3 INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE Australian can learn from other countries and institutions about principles of transparency, participation and accountability on > THE UK nuclear waste. Australia is either a member of these The UK government’s Committee on Radioactive Waste institutions and treaties, or we have strong relationships with Management's stated that, "There is a growing recognition that these countries considered to be like‐minded on many fronts, it is not ethically acceptable for a society to impose a which it makes it all the more regrettable that Australia is radioactive waste facility on an unwilling community." The lagging behind on this aspect of international best practice. Committee sets out a very detailed set of recommendations on how to proceed with the siting of a radioactive waste facility. > THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC Recommendation 11: Willingness to participate should be ENERGY AGENCY supported by the provision of community packages that are The International Atomic Energy Agency stated in 2007 that designed both to facilitate
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