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Opportunity for all Australians: Labor's Policies

Labor believes in the powerful combination of hard work, strong families and the civilising role of government services. Labor has a plan for Australia-responsibility from all, Opportunity for all Australians. All of Labor's policies are fully costed and funded.

Rebuilding the Ladder of Opportunity
Labor To Invest $289 Million To Help Jobless Families From Welfare To Work  Election Policy
Opportunity For All Indigenous Australians  Election Policy
$75 Million Boost For Indigenous Housing
Balancing Work And Family: Labor's Baby Care Payment
Choice and Opportunity: Labor's Better Deal for Australian Women
Labor's $400 million plan to ease the housing crisis
Labor's long term plan to address poverty
Labor's plan for a National Commissioner for Children & Young People
Labor's plan for tackling poverty
Labor's plan to maintain legal assistance to indigenous people
Labor's plan to protect and strengthen human rights in Australia
Labor's plan to reform legal aid
Opportunity and Responsibility for Indigenous Australians
Better Access to Education
Better schools, better teachers, better values  Election Policy
Labor's $2.4 billion investment in needy Australian schools  Election Policy
More male role models for boys  Election Policy
Aim Higher - Learning, Training and Better Jobs for More Australians
Extra capital funding to create 21st Century schools
Investing in community playgroups
Labor's Community Charter with Catholic Schools
Labor's Plan for Fairer Schools Funding
Labor's Plan To Assist Struggling Schools
Labor's Youth Guarantee: Learn Or Earn
Read Aloud Australia
Support For Quality Teaching To Double Under Labor
Affordable Health Care
Country doctors get $22,500 incentive from Labor's bulk billing plan  Election Policy
Fighting Cancer: Labor's plan to deliver better cancer treatment  Election Policy
Labor pledges Two Medicare Teams for Flinders Medical Centre  Election Policy
Labor's National Dementia Strategy will plan for future dementia needs  Election Policy
Labor's New Deal to Save Medicare  Election Policy
Labor's Plan for Better Hospitals and Better Care  Election Policy
Preventing cancer — Labor's plan to deliver better cancer prevention programs  Election Policy
Australian Dental Care: Labor's plan for better dental services
Labor Plan To Ban Children's 'Junk' Food Advertising
Labor's plan for better support for nurses
Labor's plan for health reform
Labor's plan for improved access to health & Medicare services
Labor's plan to commit extra resources to areas of critical need
Labor's plan to provide more MRI licences for public hospitals
Protecting Australia's Children Against Deadly Diseases
Working Together for Health And Education Reform

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Prosperity with a Purpose
Labor's Low Interest Rate Guarantee  Election Policy
Creating Opportunities For Australian Tourism  Election Policy
Improving Australia's Trade Performance: A focus on the WTO and $30 million extra for export assistance  Election Policy
Labor protects Jobs - A Fair Deal On Tariff Policy  Election Policy
Labor's ICT Industry Development Policy  Election Policy
Labor's Tax and Better Family Payment Policy: Rewarding Hard Work  Election Policy
Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Labor's Approach Protects the PBS and Australian Local Culture
Greater security, more opportunities for mature age Australians
Labor Announces Australian Manufacturing Council: Encouraging enterprise, exports, growth and jobs
Labor Announces National Manufacturing Strategy: Encouraging enterprise, exports, growth and jobs
Labor's Industrial Relations Policy: Flexibility With Fairness for Australia's Workplaces
Labor's new agenda for Australian Manufacturing
Labor's plan for better and fairer banking
Labor's plan for Consumer Affairs
Labor's plan for petrol
Labor's plan to increase spending on tourism
Labor's Plan To Reduce Red Tape
Labor's plan to regulate telemarketing
Labor's policy on a simpler BAS for small business
Labor's policy on small business advocate
Labor's policy to reform the Trade Practices Act (TPA)
Superannuation: A Safer System
Superannuation: A Simpler System
Superannuation: Setting a Goal

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Protecting the Environment
Saving the Murray: Labor's $1 Billion River Plan  Election Policy
Cleaner beaches and protecting Ningaloo Reef  Election Policy
Labor's $500 Million Fund For A Sustainable Energy Future  Election Policy
Labor's Plan To Save Our Rare And Endangered Species  Election Policy
Protecting Queensland's Tropical North  Election Policy
Combating Climate Change: Labor's policy framework for a sustainable future: with quality of life and a healthy environment
Labor's plan for Point Nepean handover
Labor's plan for reducing plastic shopping bags
Labor's plan to combat salinity
Labor's Plan to list Antarctica as a World Heritage site
Labor's plan to protect our beaches and coastline
Labor's plan to ratify the Kyoto Protocol

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National Security
Labor to strengthen biosecurity  Election Policy
Labor Will Provide Better Housing For Puckapunyal Personnel  Election Policy
Labor's $30 million rail security upgrade  Election Policy
Labor's $50 Million plan for safer suburbs and stronger communities  Election Policy
Labor's Maritime Security Strategy - An Australian Coastguard  Election Policy
Labor's Plan for Defence  Election Policy
Labor's Plan for Veterans  Election Policy
Regional Airport Security  Election Policy
Australia, Iraq And The War On Terror
Honouring defence of the homeland
Improving Coordination of Homeland Security
Labor's plan for better health for veteran's kids
Labor's plan to recognise volunteers to the Australian Defence Force
Tougher penalties for people-smugglers

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New Politics - Restoring trust and confidence in Government
Machinery of Government: The Labor Approach  Election Policy
A Truly Independent Public Service: Labor's Public Service Policy
Labor led the way in reforming superannuation payable to politicians
Labor's plan for an Australian republic

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Better Life in the Regions
Creative Opportunity: Regional Identity through the Arts  Election Policy
Eureka! $1 Million For Democracy Centre At Ballarat  Election Policy
Labor To Upgrade Pakenham Station  Election Policy
Labor's Plan For The Red Meat Sector  Election Policy
Opportunities For All In The Territories  Election Policy
Opportunities for all Tasmanians  Election Policy
Opportunity for all in Northern Australia  Election Policy
Opportunity for all Western Australians  Election Policy
Labor's $193m For The Calder
Labor's Commitment To Deer Park
Apple IRA Must Start Again
Banana IRA Must Start Again
Fairer Domestic Trading Environment for Farmers
Federal Labor's Transport Priorities
Labor Committed To Pambula Bridge
Labor Committed To Townsville Port Access Road
Labor forges ahead on Pacific Highway
Labor Guarantees Lanyon Drive Upgrade
Labor To Fund Half The Pakenham Bypass
Labor's commitment to Northern Territory roads
Labor's Commitment To The Geelong Bypass
Labor's Commitment To The Lloyd St Extension
Labor's commitment to the Peel Deviation: more money, less strings
Labor's fairer deal for the dairy industry
Labor's plan for drought assistance
Labor's plan for ethanol
Labor's plan to fix Australia's quarantine regime
Latham Labor's $80m For Tully Floodworks
Restoring rail services from Casino to Murwillumbah
Road Funding Boost For North East Tasmania

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Other Key Policies
Creative Opportunity: New Australian Music  Election Policy
Creative Opportunity: Strengthening our national cultural institutions  Election Policy
E-AUSTRALIA : Labor's National Information Policy  Election Policy
Labor launches Water Safety Policy with an extra $2.2 million to help prevent drownings  Election Policy
Labor's boost for our ABC and Australian film and television  Election Policy
Labor's Consumer's Charter for Telecommunications  Election Policy
Labor's Plan for Australia Post  Election Policy
Labor's Plan for Broadcasting  Election Policy
Labor's Plan For Telecommunications  Election Policy
Labor's Sport and Recreation Plan  Election Policy
Safetyonline: Labor's Plan To Make The Internet Safer  Election Policy
Creative Opportunity: A Resale Right for Visual Artists
Creative Opportunity: Protecting our Film and Sound Heritage
Immigration: Human Rights And Equal Opportunity For All: Extract From ALP Platform
Labor's Plan for a Sports Doping Ombudsman
Labor's Plan For Problem Gambling
Labor's plan for Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs)
Labor's plan to implement a code of conduct for online wagering
Labor's policy on illegal foreign workers
Labor's policy on same sex reform
Tackling Obesity: Labor's Plan For A Healthier And More Active Australia
The Implementation Of Labor's Refugee And Asylum Seeker Conference Resolution - Policy In Government

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