Free Australia

The FREE AUSTRALIA PARTY has lodged a formal complaint to the Socialist International Association Ethics Committee which sits in Geneva on November 5 - 6 regarding one of its full fee paying members, namely the Labor government.  The complaint has been lodged due to concerns that the Labor party are breaching the Ethics Charter of the Socialist International by implementing laws which go contrary to their stated agenda and against international human rights standards.  Under sections 5.1 – 3 of the Statutes of the Socialist International association a decision to expel a rogue party or organisation from membership can be taken by the Congress if a majority of two-thirds of member parties voted for that to occur.   This means that political parties, countries, and associations, which do not agree to adhere to the clearly stated principles of the Socialist International association, would a) not be supported to become party members, or b) if they were members, an expulsion would be justified.

The Ethical Charter of the Socialist International points out that member parties will follow strictly certain principles to defend pluralistic democracy, of which, a respect of the rights of minorities and individuals; and an independent and impartial judicial system based on the law are identified as essential to the fulfilment of this charter.  By implementing the Serious Organised Crime Control Act (S.O.C.C.A) the Labor government is not acting “in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, they are not showing a “respect of private life”; and because of passing laws which state that the prosecution do not have to prove their case when attempting to sentence an individual to a long term jail sentence they are not providing a “right to equal treatment” before law.

The FREE AUSTRALIA PARTY stands opposed to authoritarian governance and calls for an Independent Commission Against Corruption (I.C.A.C) to be given the highest priority at this time.