What is the role of government in a modern Australia? Are there limits to a firm's right to make a profit? Should governments or firms for that matter be looking decades ahead? If governments are not responsible for basic issues like energy security, who is? Do resources ultimately belong to the population of the state that contains them or to the nation or the wider world? Is government there for the people or just their own party line?
Rapid change is the issue, and the two major parties face a problem here. Labor will need to rebuild old contacts, and The Liberal Party has strong links with business, but both will need to greatly broaden their contacts to remain credible. Specifically, they will need to move into areas they have completely neglected in the past in order to manage the social upheaval generated., and it is this neglect that has now conceived a new political party in the making” the Australian Peoples Party”..
As a result their politics became ever more vacuous, dishonest, and thus attractive to those obsessed with personal power and their lack of understanding of the issues of the time, let alone future challenges, was palpable if they strayed outside their carefully crafted set piece responses.
No doubt the whole system will change, but in the mean time a new kind of political operator who combines a working knowledge of the people, politics and with a sound knowledge of the issues.
The alternative, a politics that perpetuates narrow sectional interests based in old ideology and run by the usual suspects, means ultimate disaster for everyone. Which gives rise to the saying “Please sir can I have some more”.
A politics that includes more open debate and promotes participation by those who actually understand the issues will get us through in good shape. This is the politics of the Australian peoples Party.
Membership has a cost of $10.00, but with this $2.00 of every membership is returned by way of donation to an organisation within each electorate. Anybody interested should contact me by email at swulrich@bigpond.net.au

Tappy...its always good when someone 'has a go'... as you have done.

Please elaborate a bit on some policy foundations for us.

Selective Tarifs ? Protection of manufacturing from unfair labor rates ?

Subsidies for small manufacturers taken from the revenue from resources and agriculture, as they are the reason small manufacturers have been sacrificed. The National party sees the 'national interest' as being able sell more stuff we grow. The Libs see it as selling more stuff we dig out of the ground. They also see the 'national interest' as being that the Nationals are elected, so they (the libs) can form a viable government.

So, which ever way you look at it, small manufacturers are screwed.
I like the idea of Mining income based subsidies for small manufacturers, because China (the bastion of slave labor) won't take our dug up or grown stuff so much if we don't allow their slave labor based manufactured goods into Australia tarif free.

Immigration ? Selective and positive discrimination based on population and values, in the interests of social cohesian, cultural integrity and political stability ... sound ok?

and so it goes on.

I just went a hunting for some info, but all I could find was Wikipedia: ‘The Australian People's Party is a name shared by a number of short-lived political parties in Australia's history.’

I would love to know more about it:-

Immigration, but with a different slant to David; with respect to overall population policy.

Your views on long-term balance between all things human… and our environment, life-supporting and lifestyle-supporting resources of all sorts. In other words, your policy on sustainability.

And heaps more.

Sure. Just what we need. Another political party; another bunch of con-artists.

It is suprising those that think something is a con when they havnt asked.
to give a reminder for some, to put a person into the house of reps cost 350 per person, senate 700 per person.
I for one am annoyed at the fact that people have a lot to say but dont what to do anything for change.
This is a new grass roots party where the bottom line is me, and thats where the buck stops no ifs buts or maybees.
For once its about time that people stand up for what is right and do what is right and if wrong take responsibility and no spin doctoring.
The people of australia look at newspapers and media as well as our politicians like parliament question clown time, if you have watched you will understand about the multiple ways how not to answeer a question.

Immigration ? Selective and positive discrimination based on population and values, in the interests of social cohesian, cultural integrity and political stability ... sound ok?

with regards to this
imigration needs to be at a sustanable rate.
we need to be able to play the economics game here with that if this does not have balance with employment and unemployment then we will just be the place that everyone comes to for a happy retirement.
With family reuniting scheme this needs to be that the family who is already here will take responsibility for them as if they are ederly the budget is only so big.