Owen Miller · 20 April 2025
A perennial issue for voters is what the government is going to do about their immediate surroundings − their home and their surrounding streets.
Although streets are largely under the mandate of councils and state governments, Fusion does have some federal policies which could end up making an even larger difference when it comes to shaping neighbourhoods into places that people love.
Canning Street in Carlton. Photo: Owen Miller
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Owen Miller · 20 April 2025
As funding declines for the ABC and as artists increasingly worry about how AI will affect their jobs, people are reaching out to Fusion to ask, "will you raise your voice for Australia's storytellers?"
So let's explore how Fusion's policies will assist in this space.
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Fusion Party Victoria · 7 April 2025
With the election campaign now in full swing, many Brunswick residents are coming to recognise what has been brewing for months now − a grassroots movement with big ideas to fix the issues throughout our society.
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Owen Miller · 2 April 2025
Fusion is heading into only its second Federal election, and we’ve already grown! Recently, we welcomed aboard Democracy First (another new political party) and the Australian Progressives. With the addition of these like-minded peers to our coalition, we will be heading into the next election with 24 candidates across both the House of Representatives and the Senate. We’ve also had a slight name change on the ballot, but don’t worry Antony Green - we’re still keeping the word salad that you loved!
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Owen Miller · 22 November 2024
The Australian government is considering new laws to ban children under 16 from social media, in a move consitent with the recent desire to control the Internet.
What follows is the Pirate Party's submission (number 62) to the senate regarding the Online Saftey Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024.
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7 October 2024
One year ago, on October 7, we were horrified by the shocking attacks carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians, including at the Nova music festival, where people gathered in the spirit of peace and love. What followed in Australia was also eye-opening - suddenly, a longstanding conflict that many had barely discussed became a subject of intense debate.
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Owen Miller · 25 August 2024
Fusion is pleased to announce that Owen Miller will be running as a candidate in the upcoming council elections in Merri-bek (Melbourne)
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Owen Miller · 11 July 2024
Labor-led South Australia has recently announced some "world-leading" draft legislation which would ban political donations and instead give government money to political parties to do their campaigning. Although there seems to be widespread public support for what seems like a levelling of the playing field, it's our view that it is yet another effort to sabotage democracy by the same people who voted to triple the membership requirements for establishing federal parties.
The Labor Party are the same people establishing a Ministry of Truth; and their reluctant promise to create a National Anti-Corruption Commission has resulted in a commission which doesn't actually do anything.
What follows is our yourSAy submission about the Electoral (Accountability and Integrity) Amendment Bill 2024.
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Owen Miller · 9 May 2024
Australia is rapidly falling behind in the AI arms race, as it struggles to respond quickly to the changes that have been predicted for decades.
What follows is our submission on 2024-05-09, to the Senate's Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Miles Whiticker · 29 April 2024
In February this year, Grattan Institute released a report once again blaming teachers for educational outcomes in Australia. The ABC promoted this report, which described the situation as a “preventable tragedy”. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/grattan-institute-reading-report/103446606
This is misleading, and a product of questionable public policy which is unlikely to result in improved educational outcomes if acted on. It's well known amongst educational staff and leaders that teaching is the most politicised profession, where teachers, who are usually themselves the ones engaging in pedagogy research, seem to be the last ones consulted on how to improve the classroom.
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