The Assisted Dying Bill is currently being debated in the Victorian Upper House. This is a defining moment for Victoria. What happens in this debate will determine how we treat our most vulnerable people now and in the future. …
Sensible decisions can only be made when they are made with the input and support of the Indigenous communities they are going to effect. The following is an article in which Senator Pat Dodson decries the fact that Indigenous communities…
Document outlawed by Indonesia was ‘smuggled from one end of Papua to the other’ and signed by 70% of the population. Australia must support the pleas of the West Papuans on the floor of the United Nations. The DLP is…
Australians are fair and reasonable people. We may disagree with each other on many issues but we never stop those we disagree with from having their say. While the DLP does not agree with same sex marriage we believe those…
The 1st of December, marks West Papua’s original independence day when the Morning Star flag was first raised in 1961. The Dutch had prepared West Papua for independence. However, within months, the Indonesian military invaded – determined to include the…
The Democratic Labour Party has continued its call from 2016 that the Australian Government show support for the plight of the people of West Papua by establishing a West Papuan Solidarity Day, including a public raising of the Morning Star Flag on…
Infrastructure has been one of the most hotly disputed topics in previous Federal and State elections. Both major parties have been desperately competing to win the public with their infrastructure policies. It’s fair to say that the approach of both…
Members are aware of the unethical behaviour of Cory Bernardi and Rachel Carling-Jenkins when they conspired to take the legislative council seat of Western Metropolitan to which the DLP had been elected by the voters of that region. The state…
The DLP state seat of Western Metropolitan, occupied by Rachel Carling-Jenkins, has been poached by Cory Bernardi and the Australian Conservatives. Neither Bernardi nor any member of his party have made any contact with the state or federal executives…
It is with a heavy heart that we report on the passing of Mr Stephen Smith of Melbourne. Mr Smith passed away on Wednesday 23 November, aged 51 years. A DLP member until his death, Mr Smith was active in…