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 unequivocally supports legislation that will preserve and protect marriage as the voluntary union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, in a commitment for life.
Absolute opposition to legislative or administrative measures that undermine or degrade marriage by conferring on homosexual, lesbian or transsexual pairings any form of legal recognition of their relationships, per se, whether through "civil unions", "relationship registers" or other legal device.
Abolition of the Family Court of Australia, exposure of its destructive ideology and its harm done to children through easy divorce and the court-instigated break-up of their families and recision of all court rulings that serve to undermine marriage or degrade it by conferring on homosexual, lesbian and transsexual pairings equivalent standing with marriage.
Restoration of the principle, in legislation covering matrimonial disputes, that "just cause" be established before a claim for "relief" through divorce can be granted in any court of law.
Statutory recognition of the principle that no child should be conceived to be borne and reared deliberately deprived of a mother or father as in the cases of single women, lesbians and homosexual couples accessing artificial reproduction technologies including IVF and surrogacy or adoption overseas or within Australia.
An acknowledgement in all legislation affecting families of the need to preserve and protect the institution of marriage and of the need to maintain the moral, social, legal and economic support of the traditional family unit as the most effective (including cost-effective) means to safeguard children from the harm of exploitation, violence, pornography, drugs and crime.
The DLP upholds the traditional family as the ideal for all to aspire to. This is not to condemn others who may find themselves in other family models through no fault of their own. We admire and support single parents for example, and recognize their particular needs and difficulties in raising children alone.
We acknowledge that women who choose not to outsource their childcare and infant education should not be disadvantaged. These women provide great service and stability to their families and society. Legislation should reflect the high value our society needs to place upon parenthood and family life. (See 2010 Federal white paper)…….
The DLP believes that the best carers for children are their parents, particularly up to school age. We advocate child care benefits be paid directly to parents and that there be no financial or other discrimination against those parents choosing to care for their own children at home.
We believe that women should have a true choice about whether or not to work at home with their children or to go outside the home for other work. A real choice would mean that women should not be forced into institutional paid work because of financial necessity. A reorganization of the tax system (including income-splitting for example,) would go some way to providing financial fairness when making such decisions.
Support for more effective State and Federal legislation to control the display and distribution of video and internet pornography and violence, with particular regard to the foremost consideration in all cases - the need to protect children from harm.
The DLP firmly opposes the sexualisation of children, particularly young girls. This includes the marketing and sale of clothing items, make-up and other accessories in imitation of alluring adult and teenage fashion. We also deplore the use of children, enhanced with makeup, clothes, shoes and other accessories to appear sexy and provocative in advertising.
Support for legislation that enhances dignity and security for the elderly and the young and that protects human life at every stage.
Absolute opposition to legislation that allows human embryos to be produced, used and destroyed in the harvesting of embryonic stem cells (as distinct from the use of ethically acceptable adult stem cells) or in human cloning experiments.
The DLP proposes a permanent embargo on all tax funding for procured abortions, destructive human embryo experiments, and the artificial reproduction of human life for any utilitarian end.
We also propose a substantial increase in the allocation of funding for palliative care facilities for the terminally ill, and the active promotion of public policy in opposition to the legalisation of euthanasia.
We also recommend enforcement of the criminal law with respect to procured abortions and euthanasia through the prosecution of medical professionals who violate human life.
Establishment at Federal State and Territory levels of an office of Advocate for the Unborn Child with all the functions, powers and duties necessary to promote and protect the life of the unborn, to afford legal voice or representation in all pertinent forums, to investigate impending medical and other threats to the child's natural right to be born and to instigate prosecutions for offences under relevant laws.
