Minutes/National Council/2020-10-15

National Council meeting 15th October 2020

20:30 Sydney time. Meeting

Quorum achieved at 22:07 AEDT.

Agenda

 * Should press release mailer also bounce to party mailing list with opt out (Miles)
 * "good idea, opt-out essential" -John

Attendance

 * Alex Jago
 * Dave Kennedy
 * Phillip Richards
 * Fred Gerner
 * John August
 * Bryn Busai

Discussion: from where shall we get some traction?

 * Assange, perennial topic of controversy
 * Note that Sweden has dropped the assault allegations now
 * Moral vs legal cases


 * John brings up the "democracy is essential" NSW thing
 * UBI is UBI
 * gel blasters
 * vaping
 * Phrasing: "people should have the freedom to do what they like as long as it doesn't hurt others" as opposed to "people have the right to self-harm"
 * Kevin Rudd's Murdoch thing
 * our angle on this can be citizen-initiated-referendum related
 * debates with other parties potentially worth it

Motion

 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on October 1st.
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-10-01
 * Put By: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: AJ, JA, PR, FG; Abstain 1 (DK)
 * Motion carried 22:41 AEDT.


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Carried unanimously at 22:47 AEDT.