Milton Caine

Chairman of the Newcastle, Wallsend and Charlestown Branch of the

Christian Democratic Party

IMMIGRATION POLICY PROPOSAL

A discussion paper for the CDP immigration policy position:

Preamble to the preamble:

It is important that the policies of the CDP are balanced and will achieve the desired out come. The concerns of the Muslimization of our country needs to be addressed in a balanced way for as we approach in the manner that we have with regard to the “Muslim Policies” will give ammunition to our political opponents that will deal a significant blow to us that will, unless turned around, we may never recover from. The effective way to deal with the Muslim issue is to re-vamp the immigration policy so that the Australian culture is enhanced by its direction. We can only influence the direction of this country if we stop being the 4% party and so we must become palatable to a wider section of the community and with this in mind I propose the following direction. It is true we could just follow the being afraid of the Muslim issues and to stereo-type all middle east looking people as being Muslim and therefore a terrorist or a recruiter of anti Australian and pro Shari Law supporters. This is unwise and causes many to treat us with the contempt that we deserve when we support such ideas. We can and Must do better.

The development of an Australian culture that we would want to leave for our descendents should Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ tarry his return for yet a further generation or so must be seen as a main goal of our immigration policy, however such a policy must not be able to be seen to be offensive to the voting public. Having said this it is important that we learn the skill of having policies that do not compromise our principles and yet are electorally palatable. The key is to understand our objectives and to have them as the foundation of our policies and yet we will not have to make statements that will give us bad press or to prevent the “almost CDP voters” from voting and supporting us.

The concerns we have to be addressed by our immigration policy must include: The increasing Muslim population, the seeming difficulties of the Christian refugees coming to Australia, the moving away from the Christian principals with much public policy. The policy outline I hope will begin to address these concerns.

The Preamble:

The purpose of our immigration and visitors policies must be to balance our needs as a country and the desires of people wanting to visit or settle in Australia. As a Christian Party we wish to support the values that have been established and developed over the 200 years since settlement. While some may dispute that we are a Christian Country all must agree that all our origins are steeped in Christian tradition. It would be our desire to favour people of Christian tradition as in our view this would lead to greater harmony within Australia as it is our strong desire to have a society of one people without enclaves of segregated people groups as this could give rise to unacceptable disharmony. We have tried to be balanced in our policy direction but we are mindful of the changed world due to the security issues that are now very real in Australia and in the world at large. It is not our intent to prejudge applicants but all care must be taken to protect the national interest and the citizens of this great country, Australia.

The principals of an Immigration Policy:

• It must be clear in its purpose
• It must be fair
• It must make citizenship to be an honourable and desirable thing
• It must set a standard that is in keeping with principals that are forward looking.
• It must enhance Australia’s security
• It must promote unity of the nation

The types of visa categories in general terms:

• Tourist or visitors visa
• Working holiday visa
• Working special purpose visa
• Temporary work visa
• Permanent resident visa
• Refuge or protection visa
• Citizenship Certificate

The conditions in general for these visas:

• Tourist or visitors visa:
• A person of good character
• A person without history of breaching visa conditions
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• A person with sufficient funds to be able to look after themselves or an Australian sponsor who will vouch to cover their expenses
• An understanding that Australian Law is based upon the Judeo-Christian ethics
• A return ticket
• Should be of good health or evidence of self funding of health issues
• A contract that no work will be undertaken while visiting
• Visa for not more than 12 months can be applied for
• Visa would have to be applied for external to Australia
• Working holiday visa:
• A person of good character
• A person without history of breaching visa conditions
• A person would have to have sufficient funds to look after himself or herself or a resident of Australia to vouch for them.
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• An understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics
• An understanding of the Taxation laws applicable to employment in Australia.
• Should be of good health or evidence of self funding of health issues
• A return ticket or proof of funds set aside for this purpose
• Work would have to be for not longer than 6 months for a 12-month visa.
• Visa may be extended a further 6 months giving a total of 18 months maximum of stay in Australia.
• Visa would have to be applied for external to Australia

• Working special purpose visa:
• A person of good character
• A person without a history of breaching visa conditions
• A contract for the special purpose of work. This work could for a special project where particular expertise is needed, entertainment tours, and expert consulting.
• An understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• An understanding of the taxation laws applicable to employment in Australia
• Visa would be for the time of the special purpose but not exceeding 12 months with the possibility of an extension of a tourist visa for a period not exceeding 3 months.
• Should be of good health or evidence of self funding of health issues
• Visa would have to be applied for external to Australia
• The Australian sponsor would need to place a guarantee that the work cannot be performed by an Australian and that the applicant will exit the country at the end of the contract.

• Temporary work visa
• A person of good character
• A person without history of breaching visa conditions
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• A sponsoring employer who can show that the position has been difficult to fill from residents within Australia
• An understanding of taxation laws dealing with employment
• An understanding of English or a commitment to study English in an approved course.
• An understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics
• Should be of good health or evidence of self funding of health issues
• Visa would have to be applied for external to Australia

• Permanent residence Visa
• A person of good character
• A person without history of breaching visa conditions.
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• Good health or sufficient funds to cover health costs for at least the first 3 years
• An understanding of English or a commitment to study English in an approved course.
• A sponsoring employer that can show a need for a long term employee, or a sponsor committed to fund the first three years of residency
• Qualification or skills suitable for proposed employment and willingness to upgrade if required to conform to local standards of qualifications
• An understanding of the taxation laws dealing with employment and income.
• A commitment to the principals of the democratic society of Australia
• Must be committed to mix with all sectors of Australian life and not to form or become a part of cultural enclaves to the exclusion of the broader community.
• An understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics 
• Sufficient funds to self fund living expenses for 3 years as no social security payments would be available until after the 3rd year of residency.
• Understanding that the conviction of a criminal offence will revoke the visa.
• Visa would have to be applied for external to Australia

• Refuge or protection visa
• Will need to be applied for external to Australia
• Demonstrated need for protection
• Demonstrated good character
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• Understanding that at all times that while having shelter in Australia that they remain a citizen of country of origin and can be returned when the need for protection is no longer needed
• Agreement to return to original country if “danger or hardship” has passed
• Will need to undertake language and culture studies to understand Australian society
• Will receive assistance under the protection visa and will be trained in to how to obtain work locally and will be given a work permit so long as the protection visa is necessary.
• Cannot send funds off shore without the Ministers expressed approval
• The conviction of a criminal offence will revoke the visa and the person will be deported to another place of the Minister’s choosing
• An understanding of the taxation laws dealing with employment and income.
• A commitment to the principals of the democratic society of Australia
• Prepared do a course of study to come to an understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics and how this works out in our society.
• Inability to vary visa for minimum of 10 years and if the conditions continue in country of origin that qualified original application then an application may be made to vary the visa after the 10 ten year period.
• An application to change the visa will be made in Australia but as if it was made outside of Australia, since the applicant is considered to at all times remain a citizen of the country of origin.

• Citizenship Certificate
• A person of good character
• A person of no security risk to Australia
• A person who has had no involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations.
• A person committed to Australian values
• A person fluent in written and spoken English
• A person who has been a permanent resident of Australia with good standing for not less than 6 years
• The conviction of a criminal offence with in the first 10 years will revoke citizenship and the person will be deported to another place of the Minister’s choosing
• An understanding of the taxation laws dealing with employment and income.
• A commitment to the principals of the democratic society of Australia
• Prepared do a course of study to come to an understanding that Australian Law is based upon Judeo-Christian ethics and how this works out in our society
• Cannot support in anyway certain organizations or countries that are declared to be ‘enemies of the state’
• Must be committed to mix with all sectors of Australian life and not to form or become a part of cultural enclaves to the exclusion of the broader community.
• Evidence from the broader community that the applicant is mixing well within a diverse sector of the community.
• Must not have supported a terrorist organization
• Not a security risk to Australia.
• Cannot send funds off shore without the Ministers expressed approval for the first 10 years.
• Must revoke loyalty to all other countries, governments or dominions
• Application can only be made in Australia after 6 consecutive years of continuous residence in Australia as a permanent resident on a permanent residence visa.

Notes:

 Determining good character: The term good character should mean proof of residence in an area for at least 10 years and the police certificate indicating all their involvement with that person. Evidence from the community that will establish good character which will be subject to examination.  Note an applicant for a protection visa may not have the necessary paper work to prove this and therefore this may be relaxed to some extent but to go from a protection visa to a citizen the applicant will need to have 10 years of good character to apply for the permanent residency visa and then if successful may after qualifying period on a permanent resident visa apply for citizenship. The full disclosure of any and all criminal activities that the applicant may have been involved in. There should also be positive statements of good character that are verifiable.

Determining capacity to cover health costs: This can be by insurance or by funds invested and set aside for that purpose.

Determining capacity to learn English: Enrolment in an approved course and attendance of greater than 85% of the lessons.

Determining capacity to understand legal system: Attendance at an approved course where a satisfactory standard is reached.

Determining of taxation as it is applied to employment: Attendance at an approved course where a satisfactory standard is reached.  

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TRANSPORT NEW SOUTH WALES

 Proposed Transport NSW policy

New South Wales On The Move -- Transport towards 2020

The Christian Democratic Party’s transport plan for NSW is to see this state become a state on the move and not just NSW stuck in traffic jams.

One of the important principals that God gives to us (The

 Christian Democratic Party) is to care for the

widows, orphans, visitors and refugees.

The purpose of transport is to move both people

 and goods as efficiently as possible.

There are several elements to a good transport policy and they all must work together and complement each other and this is not happening in New South Wales.

The modes of transport are water, air, road and rail, each of which have a very important role to play, and must be utilized in the most efficient and environmentally friendly manner and we must not exclude walking and cycling infrastructure in all our transport options.

NSW has some great waterways that can be used for transport and the Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River services should be improved and upgraded.

It is unfortunate that the NSW government wishes to close the Parramatta service. This is an excellent service that can be expanded and with improved bus interchanges it will be a first rate and flexible service.

All our great rivers and lakes need to be considered as a viable passenger and or freight service while looking after their long term health.

I have a dream that if we look after our rivers we may be able to use them as a medium of transport again.

There was a time that boats went up and down the Murray Darling River Basin. We have allowed our damaging life style to destroy these assets, now it is time for their restoration so we have more transport options.

Rail is an important and efficient way to transport both freight and passengers and we must restore it to supply passenger services beyond the Newcastle Sydney and Wollongong areas.

Today the rest of the state is reduced to a few XP services.

There was a time that many remote communities received their mail, supplies and visitors by rail and I believe that we must again bring back the rail links. These remote communities deserve a restored rail service.

It is true that passenger services will not be viable in many areas but we can bring the mixed services back so that light freight and passengers can again use our tracks. We need to work towards having passenger compartments at the front of the train with goods wagons taking up the rear; it could be possible that as the train pulls up at a station the rear goods wagon is detached so that the goods to that community can be delivered concurrently.

There are a number of tracks that are used only to carry seasonal farm produce to collection centres and these could carry passenger and freight services as they have done in the past.

The old mail train up the coast of NSW was an excellent service for mail and many people, however with the introduction of the up market Xp service the government soon withdrew all other passenger services this was unwise and did disconnect much of NSW.

This has caused an influx of people to the Sydney area and the over crowding was a result. So now the Sydney basin is not function as far as transport is concerned.

Congestion here means that Sydney transport moves slowly and is often stationary.

The rail service retreated to become a Sydney service with Wollongong and Newcastle getting an inefficient service.

I dream of a rail service that is not centered on Sydney but inclusive the whole state. The day must come when a passenger can go to Orange from Newcastle without entering the Sydney basin as also a Kiama passenger must also be able to go to broken Hill with out first going to Sydney.

It is worth noting that Perth is increasing its rail services as they develop new suburbs and this is a successful venture while the Rees’ Government is casting aside good rail solutions that have been planned for so long that developers have been paying a rail development tax to attract sales in new subdivisions pushing up costs of the new homes to get nothing but a promise of slow inefficient bus service.

As to freight there must be a greater use of rail to carry freight as the road network cannot cope with the increase of trucks it is getting. I dream of a time when large freight hubs will be established where rail and road transport exchange goods for the delivery services to continue.

The freight distribution hubs must be out side of the cities, and the goods going to airports or harbours must come in by rail from these hubs.

I propose a new freight line between Port Botany and the Eastern Creek area to remove the slow moving traffic.

The excessive number of big rigs moving through our cities causes huge pollution problems. In these days of concern over green house gasses we must seek transport solutions that are good for the environment.

The Government’s proposed solution of banning heavy trucks from certain roads during peak hours will not resolve the problems of congestion on inner city roads but rather cause new peak congestions as the trucks try to arrive, get loaded and leave the goods area of Port Botany.

Air services in NSW are again concentrated on Sydney Airport and this is unwise. In the past a second airport was considered and this was also in the Sydney basin, the experts consulted did not consider the rest of the state.

It would be wise for an airport of international standard to be commissioned in Newcastle and Canberra as well as freight services being located west of the Great divide.

It is imperative that alternative airports are available to inbound aircraft in close proximity to Sydney airport while being in different climatic zones.

All airports need to be connected with a very fast direct rail freight and passenger service so that if conditions close one airport another is available and the passengers can get to their original destination with a minimum fuss and delay. 

A freight rail service needs to connect all airports so that the rail link can be made to the transport hub without the so familiar pathetic congestion that has historically developed.

Roads in NSW are nothing short of a disaster. The forward thinking of Fraser Government introduced the Bi-centennial road funding program to have all the coastal highways from Cairns to Darwin via Sydney Melbourne and Perth to be divided and at least dual carriageway. But the Hawk government disgracefully used that money raised for this vital program on other things and so we now have an incomplete coastal road system.

We need the all of the Pacific Highway up graded to divided at least dual carriageway with bypasses where necessary and good link roads to the bypassed towns and cities.

The current government has done much about roads in Sydney and of small long term value as they are even talking about adding extra lanes to the M2 which is only a few years old. The problem is that the main roads are made around the hub of Sydney and this is where the problem occurs because of the current management of the traffic collect the traffic on two few main roads and  to disperse it in an unwise manner.

This is the receipt of congestion which Sydney drivers know so well. We need a government that values all of NSW and not just the Sydney basin; I believe we can bring that to the parliament of NSW. The traffic from the north coast going to the south of the state must use Sydney roads and that is causing serious problems. We again must change our thinking as NSW is not Sydney and there is a lot of the state out there where people need to go.

The traffic from the central north use the overused Pacific highway (f3) as there is no other efficient way for the traffic to go and this adds to our problems. The upgrading of the extra lane on the F3 will not do a lot as there need to be at least 5-6 lanes each way to take the volume of traffic between Sydney and the central coast so new high speed roads must be built. I suggest we seek to find an alternative to the F3 for the Gosford traffic, as well as an alternative for the New England traffic so as to reduce the traffic on the F3. Equally the south and the west exits from the Sydney need a re think every day we have slow moving traffic on high speed roads due to congestion and this proves that the roads are not coping with the volume of traffic needing to go places.

The development of NSW must not centre on Sydney as more development in the Sydney basin will not improve any aspect of transport.

While the government has been playing catch up in Sydney with the road network the rest of the state has been missing out.

For example in Newcastle an inner city bypass that was planned in the 1930’s is still not completed and the stalling of the government of an important road for Newcastle is multiplied across the state in most regional areas.

The public bus services are inefficient due to the congestions on the roads, while bus lanes can help over the short term they will not achieve much over the long term. The public transport system as we have it does not emulate a commuter friendly service and so while people have returned to the public transport after huge problems of a few years ago the public transport system needs huge improvements.

An efficient rail system requires a good bus system to feed each and every railway station and the bus/rail interchange must be well managed. Each railway station must have adequate secure parking and good road services to assist in the arrival and departure of the commuters. There has got to be sufficient seats on the train to deal with the demand and the ticketing must be as integrated as possible between all modes of transport.

Express services are important yet the in between stations need a regular service as well. The longer distance services need to be a lot faster than they are at this stage.

In the lower Hunter a fully integrate transport service proposal was put to the government but not acted on and yet this is how transport services do work to remove the need for people to drive their cars to work, entertainment centers and shopping trips. This should be seen as an example for the whole of NSW.

The Priorities that face us today are:

• Upgrade all of the Pacific Highway to dual carriageway.
• Increase the train and bus services to well and truly meet the demand to remove the overcrowding that is currently experienced.
• Review services offered and the needs of the public with the view to have the services more closely linked to the needs of the public.
• Commence planning a rail only link for freight to our airports and harbours.
• Encourage transport companies to begin to move out of the centre of cities as high speed distribution highways are planned a commenced construction.
• Establish Newcastle as a second international airport with a very fast train link to Mascot and to request that the ACT upgrade Canberra airport and to contribute to the very fast train link from Canberra to Mascot airport.
• Commence planning a freight only airport west of the Great divide.
• Complete Highway 123 in Newcastle.
• Construct a new highway link from the F3 north of Hornsby to the Eastern Creek area and then from there to Hume Highway south of Cambelltown.
• Plan a new crossing of the Blue Mountains
• Plan a new connection between the Sydney basin and the New England.
• Commence freight/passenger services to country NSW.
• Commence upgrade to the current public transport to become fully an integrated service.
• Upgrade and extend current passenger rail services to become faster and more efficient.

This plan is tough and forward looking but I believe it is achievable if we take our future seriously as a political party that will direct the future of NSW. To achieve this we must become politically acceptable to the community and review our political strategy to be one to win seats and not just to support the upper house candidates as we have done in the past.

If you would like find out more information or to support the Christian Democratic Party or it you have comments or feedback I would like to hear from you. Please email me at the address below. We are seeking information to assist us in policy reviews that will be undertaken  over the next few months. Thank you, Milton Caine

milton@miltoncaine.com

Alternatively you may call me on my mobile: 0410027593

If you wish you to contact the Head Office of the CDP for information about other electorates:

Head Office CDP:       

Phone: 97465817
Fax:     97466782
headoffice@cdp.org.au

written and authorised by Milton Caine 8 Burke Place Birmingham Gardens 2287