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Fusion Party announces tech entrepreneur and AI advocate Owen Miller as candidate for 2023 Aston by-election
Posted by Owen Miller · February 27, 2023 1:51 PM
Ferntree Gully, Australia, 27 February 2023
β The Fusion Party is excited to announce Owen Miller as its candidate for the upcoming Aston by-election on the 1st of April 2023.Owen Miller has extensive expertise in technology and entrepreneurial innovation, having worked since 2015 at major tech firms in the United States. Now back in Melbourne, he is more committed than ever to serving his community and country. With his experience and excitement, Miller brings a fresh perspective to the political landscape.
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Message from the President - February 2023
Posted by Andrea Leong · February 13, 2023 11:10 PM
This message from president Sahar Khalili was included in the February 2023 newsletter to members and supporters.
Since the new Executive Committee commenced in November 2022, the Fusion Party has been hard at work making important steps towards clarifying our vision and stance, for the benefit of our members and public.
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Federal budget submission: Cooling the Planet and Australia's STEM future
Posted by Andrea Leong · February 13, 2023 11:10 PM
We will publish our 2023-24 Pre-budget Submission when the relevant website does so, or when the budget is released.
Pre-budget submissions are our opportunity to make a case for significant government investment where it is needed. Ours is titled Cooling the Planet and Australia's STEM future.
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Submission on removing nuclear energy prohibitions
Posted by Andrea Leong · February 13, 2023 11:10 PM
Download this submission to the Inquiry into the Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2022Β (PDF 228 KB).
Fusion's position is that the current prohibition on nuclear energy unnecessarily restricts Australia's ability to conduct research and development in this field and our nation's future energy options.
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Newsletter January 2023
Posted by Andrea Leong · January 21, 2023 12:41 PM
Happy New Year! Thanks for your support in 2022, and read on to find out what we're up to as we roll into 2023:
- Mardi Gras planning meeting β Sun 15 Jan
- Brisbane meetup β Sat 28 Jan
- Monthly meetings in 2023 β Wed 1 Feb
- All About Nuclear with Jo Lackenby β now online
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Digital Platforms are Making Our Government Irrelevant
Posted by Owen Miller · December 16, 2022 3:55 PM
The Senate Economics References Committee has recently been investigating the power and influence of "Big Tech" over Australian democracy. Our submission was that as the Australian government fails to even try competing against such growing powers, then the Australian way of life is increasingly just the whims of what Big Tech lets us do.
The subsequent release of ChatGPT just days later has vividly shown how true our predictions are β that people live online, outside the notion of "Australia"; and that if we are to have any say in how our society operates; then our governments need to be participants in providing our online life. -
Newsletter November 2022-2
Posted by Andrea Leong · December 05, 2022 5:13 PM
Usually we'd send one newsletter a month, but this one was a little earlier (29th Nov) as we wanted to remind everyone of the November 30thΒ deadline for suggesting a new party name.
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Newsletter November 2022
Posted by Andrea Leong · November 16, 2022 2:12 PM
Read on for details of Fusion's party name review, dates for the diary, and our submission on burning biomass as renewable energy!
- Welcome to the new committee!
- Party name review
- Events:
- Online (Zoom) catchup β Wed 16 Nov
- Social meetups β Sat 27 Nov (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth)
- Monthly Meeting β Wed 30 Nov
- Submission to the RET consultation
- We're on Mastodon!
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Submission on biomass in the RET consultation paper
Posted by Andrea Leong · November 09, 2022 3:28 PM
UPDATE DECEMBER 2022: We did it β energy from burning native forest biomass no longer counts as "renewable"!
As this regulatory change has been made, we are publishing our submission here, even though the committee has not yet done so.
Download this submission on the Native forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Target: consultation paper (PDF 250 KB).
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water recently sought comments on whether native forest biomass should be counted as "renewable" for the purpose of the Renewable Energy Target.
It should not.
Below are some of the major points from our submission, which might one day be published on the department's website.
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Newsletter October 2022
Posted by Andrea Leong · October 13, 2022 11:58 AM
Read on for some dates for the diary, and details of Fusion's submission to the parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 federal election:
- Discord catchup β Wed 19 Oct
- AGM β Sun 23 Oct
- Next Monthly Meeting β Wed 26 Oct
- Submission to the 2022 election inquiry