Health Australia Party
Health Australia Party | |
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| Party President | Andrew Patterson |
| Convenor | Judith Anne Cooke |
| Founded | 2013 as Natural Medicine Party[1] |
| Ideology | …a healthy Choice[2] |
| Political position | centrist[2] |
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The Health Australia Party (HAP) is a registered political party in Australia, registered on 7 November 2013.[3] It was known as the Natural Medicine Party until 8 October 2015.[4] A true centre party committed to promoting open and transparent Government decision making, balance and honesty of information, and stimulating individual freedom of choice and thought.[2]
The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[5][6]
By Australians coming together, HAP is creating a new paradigm:
- A middle ground where Australians can come together, seek consensus and share values and aspirations.
- A new political space based on grass roots consultation, transparency and relevance that aims to improve the health of the Nation starting with the health of individual citizens, through to local councils, to state and territory governments, and finally to the national government and to international alliances.
The Health Australia Party (HAP) believes that a healthy Australia must be built on the following five fundamentals:
Healthy People
Quality medicine for all people, with access to the best of proven natural and pharmaceutical medicine. Remove the influence of multinational pharmaceutical companies. Affordable medicine – using evidence from unbiased real-world clinical studies and targeted spending. Reform the health bureaucracy. Apply research funds wisely.
Build a health-creation system, not a disease-management system.
Healthy Economy
Ensure that big business, big unions and paperwork burdens do not distort the benefits of free enterprise. Support small business. Involve the Government where necessary for the good of the country. Genuine tax reform based on fairness and truth. No more preferential treatment allowing offshore income diversion.
Fair taxes on the wealthy, encourage the middle to progress, and support the poor and disadvantaged.
Healthy Environment
Embrace sustainable/renewable energy. Development must respect and protect the environment at all times. Place a premium on Australia being “clean and green”, and support sustainable agriculture. Eco-tourism to become a significant and continuing income earner for Australia. Respect all animals and protect endangered species.
Make our environment a major asset, where Australia is a safe and unpolluted place to live and to visit.
Healthy Democracy
Expose and reduce the influence on the national media of wealthy vested interests. Strengthen the national broadcaster and formalise fact checks. Make decision-making open and transparent at all levels of government.
Encourage all citizens to participate in the national discussion, and to value their vote.
Healthy Society
Australians are at heart a caring and compassionate people. High quality, affordable education for all will transform society and eventually eliminate intolerance and racism. Make being “an Australian” valued around the world.
Encourage all citizens to participate in the national discussion, and to value their vote.
Health Australia Party (HAP) are a true centre Party where all Australians, including supporters of the 3 major parties, who are concerned about the erosion of their rights can vote in the Senate to protect those rights, including the right to choose the form of healthcare they prefer. Membership to Health Australia Party (HAP) is available through the website. Follow the progress of the Health Australia Party, and make a better Australia – a truly healthy Australia for us all.
References
- ^ "History". Health Australia Party. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Health Australia Party". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Health Australia Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Natural Medicine Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
- ^ Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences: Daily Telegraph 5 September 2013
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