1) Put forward a bill that will change procedures in Parliament so that if the Government looses a vote on one of its own finance bills it would trigger a separate non-confidence vote rather than being considered a non-confidence vote itself. This would give sitting government MPs the freedom to vote against a government bill without fear of toppling their own government.
2) Initiate a commission which will bring forward a recommendation by the end of the year for how to implement proportional representation within Parliament. It is disgraceful how the BQ and the Greens both poll nationally about the same, yet the BQ has over 50 seats and the Greens have none.
3) The Prime Minister will no longer attempt to muzzle his MPs and script his ministers public. The primary purpose of MPs is to represent their constituents, not the political party they are associated with.
4) Maintain both tax deductions for political party contributions and the $1.95 per vote for each party. In a democratic society it is important that political decisions reflect the will of all people, not just the citizens who have money and can afford to give to political parties. tax deductions and $/vote both serve this purpose, additionally giving money per vote will encourage citizens with little or no money to give, to participate more in our political system.
5) Admit that coalition governments are perfectly legitimate options in our system if the party that won the most votes is unable to secure the confidence of the House. We will therefore also stop broadcasting our silly 'coalition' attack ads effective immediately.
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