Earlier this year, the Federal Government announced cuts of $2.8 billion to the expected funding for student support and universities, already on top of a $1 billion in cuts announced late last year. I don’t know about you, but…
There are over 500,000 unpaid primary carers in Australia. These primary carers are often people caring full time for a family member such as an elderly parent or disabled child. I cannot think of a commitment that could be more…
We are please to announce that we now have a separate blog site: federalelection.com.au While the DLP website will still maintain its blog page, federalelection.com.au will be the official blog site of the Democratic Labour Party.
In the previous West Papua post, I provided an overview of the history of West Papua and the atrocities that have been inflicted upon Papuans by the Indonesians. In this post I will talk more about why Australia has been…
On Tuesday, the DLP launched its new name and 2013 campaign slogan at Federation Square in Melbourne. DLP Senator John Madigan put on a blacksmithing display as he forged a branding iron of the letter U, which he then branded…
There’s not a drop of doubt that small business is underrepresented in Australia, as highlighted in the previous small business post. With the Federal election near at hand, let’s take a look at some of the small business policy platforms…
Choosing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) we want is like choosing an insurance company – if we pay too high a premium, we may be wasting money on what is not needed; yet, if we pay too low of a…
The failure of the major parties in relation to illegal immigration reform is nothing short of astounding. On one side you have the Australian Labor Party who promised to create a more humane system which would better balance the…
The Australian Electoral Commission has approved the DLP’s application to make an alteration to the spelling of its name. The Party’s name has been changed from ‘Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia’ to ‘Democratic Labour Party (DLP)’ This change reflects…
Senator John Madigan and Victorian Senate Candidate Mark Farrell were invited to an afternoon tea held by the Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) in Melbourne to give an overview of the DLP and what we stand for. Both John and Mark…