Christine McShane United Australia Party
United Australia Party’s Christine McShane said she joined the party at the last election because she found it had Australia and Australians top of mind and had the means to make things happen quickly.
She said that until then she had been a “swinging voter” that had trouble deciding vote but made her decision to join UAP after attending a number of meetings of political parties and candidates.
As a mother of two university students Ms McShane wants to better theirs and the lives of other young people, many of whom “are doing it hard”.
She said people are looking for common sense ideas and UAP’s policies are in line with that.
With interest rates staring to rise the UAP has a policy that would cap interest on home loans to three per cent and make the first $30,000 paid on a home loan tax deductible to increase home ownership security.
“Many people are nervous about interest rates. They have been low for a long time and people don’t realise what it was like when the rates were 19 per cent,” Ms McShane said.
Other key policies UAP is taking to the election include:Repayment of the national debt through a 15 per cent excise on the export of iron ore and end over reliance on taxation as a source of revenue.
Return more than one trillion dollars of Australian superannuation funds currently invested overseas.
Process mineral resources in Australia. Establish research into new nuclear technology to help solve Australia’s energy problems.
Support for Buy Australia by Australian governments and people and have labelling and packaging regulations changes to it is clear what is made locally.
Abolish HECS debts for students and inject an extra $20 billion into the education sector
during the first three years of government financed by its policy to pay back the national debt.
Stop advance payment of provisional tax to relieve pressure on small businesses and contractors.
Reduce by up to 50 per cent income earned by people who choose or need a second job to boost their capacity to cope with increasing cost of living pressures.
Abolish the fringe benefits tax that hinders growth, stifles demand and kills employment.
A 20 per cent tax concession for people living more than 200 kilometres from a capital city, including all of Tasmania, to stimulate rural economic growth and relieve cities of heavy congestion, housing affordability issues and cost of living pressures.
Link defence force service pensions to total average earnings and expand Gold Card benefits to peacekeepers and spouses of all veterans for the term of their life.