Action Summary/Policy Development Committee

Action Summary
This is a summary of the topics discussed and actions taken by the Policy Development Committee. Summaries for other groups can be found below.
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Policy Development Committee

This is a summary of the actions taken by the Pirate Party Australia Policy Development Committee.

Date	Chair	Minutes	Discussed	Motions
08-01-2014	Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer	Wiki	Universal healthcare, education and childcare Revenge Pornography Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians Tort of Privacy	Y Focus on the development of universal healthcare, education and childcare policies. Healthcare should consider dental and ambulance cover. Education should consider cost of education and accessibility. Template:MotionLapses Focus on the development of a revenge pornography policy that considers the introduction of a concept of "permanent publication" and the addition of predators to a list. Y Focus on the development of a policy regarding Indigenous Australians, having specific regard to the proposals of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians. Y Focus on the development of a policy regarding a tort for privacy violations. Y Focus on the development of a revenge pornography policy that considers the introduction of a concept of "permanent publication", a potential sentencing requiring placement on a list for sexual predators, and the ability for police to act upon threatening calls.
22-01-2014	Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer	Wiki	PDC is now responsible for ensuring submissions to inquiries are made. Digital economy policy Patents on life	Y Focus on investigating policies to advance the opportunities for small to medium startup businesses in Australia to enhance the digital economy.
19-03-2014	Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer	Wiki	Retask Refocus Indigenous Australians WG to address constitutional reform more broadly TIA Act supplementary submission proposed A position statement referencing our various related policies might be a good way to highlight that's what our policies are about.	Y Rename the Indigenous Australians WG to "Constitutional Reform Working Group" with the following brief: "Examine potential reforms of the Australian Constitution, including recognition of Indigenous Australians as recommended by the Expert Panel."
02-04-2014	Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer	Wiki	Constitutional Reform WG has hit a deadlock on whether to develop a stance on republicanism. Republicanism to be included (see minutes) Serious Invasions of Privacy WG discussion paper released, submission required Senate Elections WG to be chaired by Brendan instead of Andrew and renamed to Election Inquiry WG	None
28-05-2014	Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer	Wiki	KAFTA, submission started Education policy amendments proposed, see minutes Discourse exists and should be used [1] One meeting of the Agriculture and Food Working Group called so far	None
13-08-2014	Andrew Downing	Wiki	Inquiries Officer introduced (Mozart Mozart to submit to Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper and Data retention legislation inquiry Constitutional Reform, Energy, Privacy Tort and Senate Elections Working Groups completed Universal Education, Universal Childcare and Sexual Offences Working Groups benched Universal Healthcare Working Group chair changed to Bill McLean	None
27-08-2014	Andrew Downing	Wiki	Fletcher Boyd, Sunny Kalsi and Ben Fairless added to the PDC, Laura Killian taking a break Brendan and Mozart are looking at crowdfunding the translation of an important Dutch case into English. The consultation paper on data retention has been leaked Agriculture and Food Working Group moved to backlog Library and Cultural Development Working Group brought back from backlog, chaired by Sunny Kalsi Distributed Digital Currencies and Economies Policy discussed, see minutes	None