William Bourke, President of the Sustainable Australia Party, points out the ‘big lie’ in the latest Intergenerational Report.

Today the fifth so-called “intergenerational report” (IGR) is finally released. After a long delay, and no-doubt copious tweaking to make it as bleak as possible, Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg lays it all out. The problem is, the IGR is based on one big, fat lie.

The Sustainable Australia Party is very concerned at electoral inequality in Western Australia due to the fact that the system greatly favours major parties.

Born in Singleton and educated through the local public school system, I continued my education at the University of Newcastle, where I completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). I work in the rail industry as a construction manager in the Upper Hunter.

Calum Blair is Sustainable Australia Party's candidate for the 2021 Upper Hunter by-election. Calum is saying that sustainable jobs can be achieved through both an environmental job guarantee and better support for manufacturing.

Michael McLaren is joined by William Bourke, President of the Sustainable Australia Party, to comment on the RBA’s report that the pause in immigration due to the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to higher living standards in Australia and could spark wage rises in some regions and industries.

Sustainable Australia Party has entered the Upper Hunter by-election, nominating local civil engineer Calum Blair. Calum was also Sustainable Australia Party’s 2019 NSW state election candidate for Upper Hunter.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is passionate about community action to rehabilitate Perth wetlands.

Thank you to our WA committee, candidates and volunteers.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is asking for volunteers.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is saying that WA iron ore belongs to all West Australians.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West Region is talking about Albany's new Middleton Beach Hotel. Daniel says it should reflect the old Esplanade's heritage.

Sustainable Australia Party launched its campaign for a seat in the WA Upper House on 21 February in Mandurah, but in contesting the WA election, it fights on a very uneven playing field. Sustainable Australia Party will spend around $30,000 in total across all of its 20 candidates, while major parties run multi-million dollar campaigns. Why is it so lopsided?

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West Region is talking about Dunsborough development pressures.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is campaigning to ban property developer donations and stop corruption in WA.

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is campaigning about overdevelopment in Shenton Park.

Sustainable Australia Party launches its campaign for a seat in the WA Upper House this Sunday afternoon in Mandurah, aiming to emulate the Upper House success the party had in Victoria in 2018.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for South West Region is campaigning for affordable housing in WA.

“If the Bill only banned gay conversion therapy, I would have supported it with great enthusiasm.”

Colin Scott, Sustainable Australia Party candidate for North Metropolitan Region is campaigning to Save Ocean Reef from a huge marina overdevelopment.

SAP WA Organiser, Daniel Minson, at the state registration event in December 2020.

Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate, Ryan Oostryck, at the state registration event in December 2020.

Daniel Minson, Sustainable Australia Party WA candidate for South West region is campaigning to save the pristine Gnarabup Beach headland from a hotel development.

Sustainable Australia Party is fighting to protect our environment, stop overdevelopment and stop corruption. Here, party president William Bourke talks about his neighbourhood.

Fresh off an 8 per cent primary vote in the Groom federal by-election [1], Sustainable Australia Party has registered in WA to contest the March 2021 state election.[2]

Five years ago, along with being the Federal Labor Member for Wills, Kelvin Thomson was the Deputy Chair of the Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. In that capacity he wrote a Dissenting Report opposing ratification of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Sustainable Australia Party Groom by-election candidate Sandra Jephcott, a Queensland veterinarian and farmer, today thanked Groom by-election voters for their support and congratulated Liberal National Party candidate Garth Hamilton on his win, as well as all other candidates for running.

Sustainable Australia Party is calling for Groom voters to support its campaign to ban all property developer political donations as part of its plan to protect our environment, stop overdevelopment and stop corruption.

Of the four parties contesting the 28 November Groom by-election, only Sustainable Australia Party advocates for a moratorium on new coal mines and coal mine expansions as part of Australia’s action plan to address climate change.

An idiosyncratic Tudor Revival house in Brighton that was afforded no heritage protection by the local council has been saved following a community campaign to stop it being bulldozed... Meanwhile a parliamentary inquiry will be held into heritage protection in Victoria after the Legislative Council passed a proposal by Sustainable Australia Party MP Clifford Hayes.

Independent candidates and political parties who get more than 4 per cent of first preference votes at this election will receive $8.62 per vote from the ACT Electoral Commission.

Despite the constant assertions from the ACT Labor-Green alliance that they run a ‘progressive’ government, one simple fact undermines this – the ACT election funding system.

An east-coast community-focused political party will use the Preserve Gnarabup campaign as part of its drive to contest seats in the South West at next year’s WA election.

Dear supporters and Sustainable Australia Party members,

I hope my letter finds you and your loved ones well.

I hope you are all staying strong during extremely difficult circumstances. This unprecedented pandemic is undermining the social and economic fabric of our state. 

As you will be aware, the past month has been dominated by the State Government's push to extend Victoria's State of Emergency.

I will touch on that, and many other issues, in this newsletter. 

Regards, 

Clifford Hayes MP

The Sustainable Australia Party welcomes the introduction of two anti-corruption Bills into the House of Representatives by the Independent Member for the Victorian Electorate of Indi, Helen Haines.

Transparent and democratic urban planning is essential in underpinning good environmental and social outcomes and delivering liveable cities. This is particularly the case with large and complex cities like Perth.

CLIFFORD HAYES MP: What does this State Government want to be remembered for? I imagine the Premier would like his Government to be remembered by his “getting things done” mantra of construction, construction, and even more construction.

The Sustainable Australia Party says that World Environment Day should be a time to reflect on the ongoing destruction of habitat both around the world, and here in Australia, and what we can do to stop it.

Dear Member / Supporter --

How did they corrupt our planning systems?

We know that the property industry wants our major cities to look like New York. But how could they possibly achieve something so undesirable and detrimental to most Australians?

With up to 26 per cent of the entire Australian workforce – or 3.4 million people – set to lose their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic[1], the Sustainable Australia Party has called for a balanced debate on population and immigration.

The Australian Government must reassess its international student intake, both for the good of the nation and the students themselves, writes William Bourke. 

Dear Member / Supporter --

Help register our WA state party

The coronavirus pandemic must be a wake up call about the dangers and limitations of our politicians' obsession with endless growth, and the need to focus more on health and wellbeing.

In the 1990s Tasmanian state governments introduced a range of progressive planning and environmental laws including the State Coastal Policy, the Threatened Species Protection Act, the Land Use Planning Act and the establishment of the Resource Planning Development Commission (now the Tasmanian Planning Commission) and the Resource Management Planning and Appeal Tribunal.

Dear Member / Supporter --

Who owns our politicians and media?

The coronavirus crisis has helped us to understand the power and influence of the property industry. Consider the following media reports from this week.

The announcement by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he will bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the United Kingdom to 2035 is very welcome.

Herald Sun: A motion to sack the embattled Casey Council, which is at the centre of one of Victoria’s biggest corruption scandals, will be made in the upper house today as frustration grows over the state government’s inaction. Sustainable Australia's Clifford Hayes MP will make the move in the Victorian Legislative Council today urging the Andrews Government to dismiss the council.

The Hon. Kelvin Thomson:

When the economist Leith Van Onselen was recently asked on ABC radio whether his support for a substantial cut in Australia’s migration program meant he was xenophobic, he replied that he supported a return of our migration program to the numbers we had when Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, and Bob Hawke were Prime Minister, and that he presumed that they weren’t regarded as xenophobes.

The Sustainable Australia Party has called for a ban on all property developer donations and contributions to political parties, following revelations yesterday at Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.