Western Australia stands at a crossroads. Despite our vast natural resources, skilled population, and potential to be a global leader, our state is bogged down by overregulation, wasteful spending, and policies that stifle innovation and opportunity.
The Libertarian Party offers a bold and transformative vision for WA - one that puts individuals, families, and businesses back in control of their lives.
This is how we unlock your potential.
1. Energy
Ending Climate Alarmism Policies:
Repeal state laws and subsidies tied to net-zero targets. Let the free market decide the energy mix.
Lifting Bans on Uranium and Nuclear Energy:
Legalise uranium mining and remove regulatory barriers to nuclear energy projects. With nuclear-powered submarines soon to be hosted in WA, the state must embrace this technology to ensure its energy policies align with modern advancements.
Deregulating Energy Markets:
Remove subsidies for renewable energy and scrap compulsory carbon reduction measures. Allow businesses and consumers to choose the energy sources that suit them.
Removing Decarbonisation Mandates:
Eliminate decarbonisation requirements from regulations and state government contracts.
Providing Abundant and Reliable Energy for High-Tech Industries:
Ensure WA has cheap and dependable energy to support data-intensive industries, such as artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency mining, and other high-tech sectors requiring massive energy consumption.
2. Prosperity
Deregulate and Lower Taxes:
Slash state taxes, including payroll taxes, and streamline regulations to attract businesses from interstate and overseas.
Expand Downstream Industries:
Encourage local processing and manufacturing of raw materials, like lithium batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, and refined minerals, to increase economic value and create jobs.
Unlock Entrepreneurship:
Cut red tape and regulatory burdens to empower small businesses and startups to thrive.
Privatise Inefficient State-Owned Enterprises:
Sell off underperforming government assets and use proceeds to pay down debt.
Address the Burden of Indigenous Requirements:
Reduce the growing regulatory burden tied to Indigenous-related requirements, which impose heavy costs on state infrastructure projects and state and local government operations. Ensure policies benefit all Australians equally and focus on cost-effective, results-driven solutions.
Overhaul Aboriginal Industry Spending:
Demand transparency and accountability for taxpayer funds spent in the Aboriginal sector, like all government sectors, ensuring public spending produces measurable outcomes.
3. Affordability
Cutting Government Waste:
Audit government spending to eliminate inefficiencies and focus on essential services.
Reducing Cost of Living:
Cut government-imposed price distortions and unnecessary charges, including stamp duty, payroll tax, vehicle registrations, GST on utilities, and inflated utility costs.
Freeing Up Housing Supply:
Streamline zoning laws, cut developer levies, and release state land for housing to address the housing affordability crisis.
Lowering Energy Prices:
Remove green energy mandates and subsidies that drive up energy costs for consumers.
4. Privacy and Property Rights
Reinforce Property Rights:
End the increasing restrictions on public land access, including under the guise of Aboriginal heritage laws. Every Western Australian should enjoy equal rights to access land and resources.
Defend Digital Privacy:
Ban government surveillance overreach and ensure that personal data remains private and secure by opposing:
- Digital ID requirements.
- Social media bans.
- Internet censorship.
- Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).
- Cash bans.
Repeal Coercive Legislation:
Undo laws that violate personal freedoms, such as coerced vaccinations, lockdowns, and other pandemic-era measures, and address impractical and overbearing regulations, such as on firearms and freedom of movement, acknowledging that these may be just the start of an alarming trend.
Prevent Renewable Energy Bullying:
Respect the property rights of Western Australians and defend regional WA communities from bearing the costs of the government’s renewable energy agenda.
5. Education
Expanding School Choice:
Introduce vouchers and education savings accounts to let parents choose the best schooling options for their children, including homeschooling, co-ops and micro-schools.
Modernising Curriculum:
Focus on practical skills, financial literacy, and STEM to prepare students for the workforce.
Removing Woke Ideology:
Eliminate divisive and ideological content from the government curriculum, ensuring education prioritises critical thinking and balanced perspectives.
Including History Without Bias:
Teach modern history without bias, acknowledging the imperfect past while celebrating the achievements of Western civilisation.
Privatising Inefficient Schools:
Encourage private sector involvement in education to improve quality and competition.
Improving Education Standards:
Address declining education outcomes by reallocating resources to effective teaching methods and holding schools accountable for student performance. Ensure children receive a better standard of education that prepares them for a secure and prosperous future.
Promoting Free Speech:
Protect students and educators from ideological bias and censorship.
6. Covid-19 Justice
A Royal Commission:
Investigate government overreach during the pandemic, including lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and censorship.
Justice for Vaccine-Injured:
Secure compensation schemes and accountability for those adversely affected by vaccine mandates.
Transparency in Health Policy:
Mandate full disclosure of health advice and statistics to ensure informed public debate and policy decisions.