The Australian Sex Party NSW Policies

NSW

• Create one transport agency to plan, coordinate and integrate all public transport in NSW.

• Fast track implementation of a world-class integrated transport ticketing system.

• More support and less red tape for small business.

SYDNEY CITY

• A 24 hour vibrant cosmopolitan and world-class city.
  
  • 24 hour public transport on weekends.
  • More visible policing in nightlife hotspots, not penalisation of licensed premises.

• Complete overhaul of public transport in and through the CBD.
  
  • Bus transit corridors.
  • Light rail options.

• More open and green spaces, including turning Barangaroo into parkland.

• A full-time Member of Parliament for Sydney.

CENSORSHIP

• Freedom of speech.

• No Internet filtering & No retention of browsing history.

• Legalise X-rated DVDs and films.

• The liberalisation and rationalisation of NSW censorship and classification laws.

• Repeal NSW police powers to act as enforcers and judges of adult material.

• Support for a uniform national classification scheme.

EQUAL RIGHTS

• Equal rights for GLBTIQ people in all aspects of life.
  
  • Same sex marriage rights.
  • Same sex adoption rights.

• Amend the Birth Deaths and Marriages Act to remove the requirement for surgery to alter the gender on the record of birth.
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• Provide genital modification surgery under the NSW public health system.
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REPRODUCTION RIGHTS

• Decriminalise abortion.

• Ensure the right to safe and legal abortion.

• Repeal regressive surrogacy laws.

• Require the non-discriminatory provision of IVF services to same sex couples.

EUTHANASIA

• Voluntary euthanasia laws.

SEX WORK

• Equal rights and protections for sex workers.

• Full anti-discrimination protections for all sex workers.

• Complete decriminalisation of sex work.

• No licensing for brothels.

• No mandatory registration of sex workers.

• Establish an independent, but state-funded, advocacy organisation for sex workers.

ETHICS, RELIGION & EDUCATION

• Keep religion out of politics and the government system, including public schools.

• Ethics classes for all public schools.

• Qualified counsellors in public schools, not religious chaplains.

DRUG LAW REFORM

• Treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal issue.

• Decriminalisation of all personal drug use and possession for personal use.

• Commercial drug trafficking to remain a criminal offence.

• Extension of drug injecting rooms beyond Kings Cross.

• No sniffer dogs in public streets and public venues.

• Legalise the prescription of heroin to registered and habitual users.

• Legalise and regulate cannabis for medical use.

• Stronger anti-corruption measure for the NSW government and public sector.

• Increased resources for the ICAC and the NSW Ombudsman.

• Establish independent statutory funds to provide guaranteed budgets to the ICAC and the NSW Ombudsman.

• Remove any Ministerial control and influence over the ICAC and the NSW Ombudsman.

• Greater privacy for citizens and their information.

• No covert access to private information without a court-issued warrant and independent review and oversight.

• Royal Commission into child abuse in NSW religious institutions.

• Royal Commission into the operation of DoCS in NSW.

• Legislate to prevent local government Councillors concurrently being Members of Parliament or Parliamentary staffers.

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