User:Jamesjansson/Future Party (Australia)

The Future Party is a minor political party in Australia established in 2013.

Political philosophy
The Future Party believes that technological development is a positive force in human affairs. The party advocates funding for science, research and education.

Policies
Future Party policies include the following :
 * Increased science research funding.
 * New charter city including a university.
 * Increased rate of immigration.
 * Higher density residential development.
 * Internet freedom.
 * Thorium reactor research
 * Emissions trading and renewable energy.
 * Greater space research and industry.
 * A higher quality education system.
 * An Australian republic.
 * Democratic reform to both houses.
 * Simplified tax system.
 * High speed rail.
 * Rapid approval for driverless cars.
 * Greater transparency and openness in government.

Future party structure
The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission on the 2nd July 2013. It is lead by James Jansson, a PhD student studying at the Kirby Institute. The future party is run as a single entity, currently without individual state branches. At the 2013 Australian federal election the party ran two candidates in the senate in NSW. And one candidate in the NSW seat of Kingsford Smith, and another in the QLD seat of Moreton.