Legislative measures that will uphold and protect the inalienable and fundamental rights of every person - to life, to the essential liberties of conscience, to equal treatment under the law, to the ownership of property and to a livelihood that enhances the dignity and security of each person.
The DLP recognizes that parents who choose to provide childcare for their own children face financial discrimination by government, as opposed to families who choose to outsource their childcare, usually to day care centres.
The DLP came into existance to defend the Constitutional and democratic rights of all Australians. Our policies on these matters are the core of our political aims.
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is calling for the re-establishment of a federal development bank. The recent collapse of the financial markets has shown us that reliance on offshore funding must be a thing of the past or Australia will become a victim of it. Profit gouging by way of borrowing costs and interest rates are placing more pressure on the Australian people by way of taxes now, and into our future generations.
Increased diversification in overseas trade to broaden the base for growth, enhance competitive and comparative advantage and limit the risks from over-reliance on a few preferred markets and a specialised range of commodities and services for export.