Economic independence for women should be supported and all forms of violence and exploitation used to suppress women should be opposed. Human society needs to move beyond patriarchy to coordinated cooperation, with women and men having equal rights in all areas of life.
Socio-economic development on the rural and regional levels throughout Australia should be increased, with emphasis on rural and regional development and local communities.
The main means of mass communication, including newspapers, publishing, radio, television and the internet, should not be privately owned but structured by statute as public, cooperative or community enterprises, independent of government, which a charter to inform, entertain and educate, and reflect the diversity of the Australian community. The management of such enterprises should be entrusted to boards of non-political, cultured and ethical educators.
Public primary, secondary and tertiary education should be free for all Australian citizens.
A humanitarian criminal justice system should be developed, which focuses on reform, rehabilitation, therapeutic treatment and restorative justice rather than punishment.
