Victorian policy

Digital Rights and Privacy

  • Strengthen cyber defences and supply chain resilience.
  • Support domestic development of critical technologies (e.g. AI, biotech, quantum).
  • Protect data sovereignty and ban foreign surveillance partnerships.
  • Protect Australians from surveillance-state overreach, centralised identity tracking, and forced biometric verification.
  • Require clear Australian data jurisdiction, procurement-security and access safeguards for state digital infrastructure and sensitive cloud services, with scrutiny of foreign ownership and control.
  • Review state use of digital identity and biometric verification to ensure consent, proportionate safeguards and meaningful alternatives.
  • Require clear rules for access to government-held personal data, domestic procurement security and accountability for surveillance technologies.

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Digital Rights and Online Freedom

Oppose compulsory Digital ID without parliamentary approval and a public vote, protect against surveillance-state overreach and keep sensitive data under Australian jurisdiction.

Civil Liberties and Judicial Fairness

Introduce the Equality of Arms Principle and a Public Justice Equality Scheme, review advocates’ immunity and protect freedom of speech, conscience and religious practice.

Government Integrity and Accountability

Introduce mandatory disclosure of political donations and lobbying, enforce penalties for misleading parliament, publish major contracts and strengthen whistleblower protection.

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