About us: 2025 Platforms

The Australian Democrats are taking nine evidence-based platforms to the 2025 election, shown immediately below. The full list of sub-platforms is available underneath the 9 platform headings below.

Full list of sub-platforms

• Political party finance
• Truth in political advertising
• Lobbyists
• Preserving the right to protest
• Protecting journalists and whistleblowers
• Lowering the voting age to 16

An Educated Future

• Schooling
• Early childhood

Climate, Environment & Waste

• The Environment
• Adapting to climate change
• Decarbonising the power sector
• Biodiversity

Good health and care

• Youth mental health
• Gambling reform
• Family and domestic violence
• Good health

Global affairs and defence

• Why we worry about nukes
• Securing the nation
• Ocean plastic
• Gender in foreign affairs

Other

• The Arts
• Rural and remote services
• Right to repair
• Constitutional reforms
• Media
• Science
• Transport
• Standing with first nations
• Stop locking up children