Lower
Income Tax
We are committed to supporting everyday Australians. Our first priority is raising the tax-free threshold from $18,200 to $40,000.
KEY POLICY
Flexible
Childcare
We are calling for childcare subsidy payments to go directly to parents so they can decide how best to care for their children.
KEY POLICY
Voluntary Superannuation
We are calling for superannuation to be voluntary. After 30 years, over half of retirees are still on a full pension. The system is not working.
KEY POLICY
Streamline the Bureaucracy
We are advocating for a Federal Convention to streamline the bureaucracies of State and Federal Governments which is costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
KEY POLICY
Public Bank
& Insurance Office
We are calling on the reinstatement of a public bank. This will ensure that bank branches stay open so people can access essential banking services.
KEY POLICY
Infrastructure Bank
Australia should not rely on foreign capital to fund its own infrastructure. Australians should own their own assets.
KEY POLICY

ECONOMIC POLICIES

Taxation
Policy
Our new tax policy is designed to empower Australian workers, increase business productivity, ensures fairness, and will stem the leakage of profits offshore.
KEY POLICY
Monetary Policy
We are calling for Government Infrastructure Bonds to be used to fund the Construction of Sovereign Assets through an Infrastructure Bank.
Public Bank
& Insurance Office
We are calling on the reinstatement of a public bank. This will ensure that bank branches stay open so people can access essential banking services.
KEY POLICY
Capital
Markets
Our capital markets policy is designed to reform Australia’s economy by putting productivity before speculation and sovereignty before foreign debt.
HECS
Reform
It is taking too long for graduates to repay their debt and Universities are not being held to account for the cost of the unpaid debts.
Superannuation Reform
We are calling for superannuation to be voluntary. After 30 years, over half of retirees are still on a full pension. The system is not working.
KEY POLICY
Energy Policy
People First support all types of home grown base load energy. This includes Coal, Nuclear, Gas and Hydro.
Primary Industries
People First stands firm in protecting Australia’s Agriculture, Mining, Logging, and Fishing industries.

SOCIAL POLICIES

Freedom of Speech
We will lobby to enshrine Freedom of Speech in the Constitution by holding a Referendum at a Federal election.
Immigration
Policy
Australia is a country built on immigration. However, our current immigration rate is unsustainable, impacting the cost of living and housing affordability.
Environment
Policy
We will focus on practical measures that will protect Australia’s environment and biodiversity, not ideology.
Education Policy
Education standards should not be set by career bureaucrats in big government. Education should be a competition of ideas and devolved where possible to schools, communities and parents.
Flexible
Childcare
We are calling for childcare subsidy payments to go directly to parents so they can decide how best to care for their children.
KEY POLICY
Health Policy
People First will support the TGA to being split into two departments.
Cut the Beer Excise Tax
People First will slash the Beer excise by around 50% for beer with an alcohol content above 3%, and standardised to 20 cents a litre.

ACCOUNTABILITY & GOVERNANCE

Whistle Blower
Protections
We are calling for whistle blower protections, through the National Crime & Corruption Commission (NACC) so that public servants acting in good faith can report misconduct without fear of recrimination.
Independent Judicial Commission
We believe the judicial system requires scrutiny and oversight by a dedicated independent body to maintain integrity in the judicial process.
Cross-Media Ownership Reform
Australia’s mainstream media has become too concentrated. We are calling for media companies will be restricted to owning only two of the three major mediums for communication – TV, Radio and Newspapers.
Aboriginal Affairs
People First will end funding for Welcome to Country and reform Native Title to remove unsupported claims, while allowing eligible land to be converted to freehold and managed by traditional owners.
Electoral Law Reform
We will advocate to reform the electoral laws to make it fairer for minor parties to compete against the major parties.
Rewind Social Media Age Restrictions
We will lobby to reverse the online social media age restrictions that were recently enacted by the Labor Government.

SENATOR RENNICK'S
MAIDEN SPEECH

10 September 2019