Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2014-04-02
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Meeting Minutes
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Agenda
- Republic issue (Mozart)
- Serious Invasions of Privacy WG (Mozart)
- Senate Elections WG (Mozart/Brendan)
Attendance
- Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer (Chair)
- Laura Killian
- Mark Gibbons
- David Crafti
- Brendan Molloy
- Ben McGinnes
Apologies
- Bill McLean
- Daniel Judge
- Andrew Downing
Minutes
Republic issue
- Constitutional Reform wG has hit a deadlock on whether to develop a stance on republicanism.
- Brendan and Mozart were in favour, Mark and Laura weren't convinced it was worth bothering.
- Ben and David both in favour.
- Ben, David, Brendan, Mozart all in favour.
- Republicanism to be included.
Serious Invasions of Privacy WG
- We did a submission on this not long ago, on the issues paper.
- The discussion paper has been released now, so we need to submit again on that.
- Frew is happy to chair the WG — no objections to this
- http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/serious-invasions-privacy-dp-80
- Due 12 May — just over a month.
- Australia's law reform process is backwards.
- The ALRC is given a very short amount of time to research and report, but it takes forever for recommendations to be implemented.
Senate Elections WG
- Andrew cannot chair this anymore.
- Brendan will chair it instead.
- WG renamed to Election Inquiry WG.
General business
- https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policy_Development_Committee/Handy_links — include useful links, be sure to label correctly so info can be found.
- WG chairs should email the committee when a meeting is taking place, and email IT to get an item in the calendar.
- Universal Education WG will start up soon.
Motions
- None needed.