Pirate Congress 2019/Motions

Formal Motions
None as yet

PM-1: Remove the Job Guarantee Policy and adopt a position statement on Rent-Seeking and other issues
Put by: John August

Motion
Remove the Job Guarantee Policy ( https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Platform#Trial_a_Job_Guarantee_scheme_and_reinstate_the_Commonwealth_Employment_Service ) and adopt the position statement here regarding Rent-Seeking and other issues.

Rationale
The Job Guarantee Policy has not attracted any sympathetic responses, especially from Getup who we were hoping would recognise the policy. People who saw the merits in one half our policy dismissed us because of the mere presence of the other, that is to say Job Guarantee vs. Universal Basic Income (UBI). The UBI is more in accord with our overall policy position and worth keeping, while further the Job Guarantee policy is harder to explain and relies on esoteric economic approaches, while the UBI can be costed in a relatively straightforward fashion and positioned within a reasonably maintream economic framework, making it easier to explain and justify. Along the way, however, an appreciation has developed for the worth of the CES and the worth of appropriate Government involvement in the economy, with particular regard to rent-seeking. So, a position statement embracing and extending these sentiments is also put forward.

PM-2: Domestic Violence terminology
Put by: Sara Joyce

Motion
Replace mentions of "Domestic Violence" in the policy document with "Domestic Abuse".

Rationale
This is to keep in line with current terminology so that we are not excluding victims who have suffered non physical abuse.