For the truth is, that the supreme, absolute and uncontrollable authority, remains with the people.
The framers of the Australian Constitution
Australian sovereignty means that only the Australian government has supreme authority on our continent - and that the source of this authority rests with the people of Australia, who must give their consent to being governed.
Australian sovereignty is under threat from the following:
- International treaties.
- Corporatism.
- Government ignoring the people.
- Privatisation of our money supply.
Only the ASP will address these issues - which if left unchecked will continue to result in job loses, the closure of factories, higher taxes, higher inflation, higher debt, laws that favour special interest groups and unaccountable politicians.
Sovereignty Policy
Our whole monetary system is dishonest, as it is debt-based… We did not vote for it.
The Earl of Caithness
Speech to the House of Lords
1997
Most of our money in Australia is . We have to borrow this money in order to have our national currency. The consequence of having this "debt based" money system is:
- Tax rates will always increase with time.
- Prices will always increase with time.
- Household debt will always increase with time.
- Government debt will always increase with time.
The ASP Monetary Policy is to have our government create all the money that is used within our economy, and to spend it into circulation.
This policy was tried in the past on the and it worked magnificently. If we implement this policy in Australia - tax revenues can be reduced by 28%. Additional benefits are:
- Government debt will be paid off.
- Price inflation will be reduced to zero.
- Tax rates will be slashed.
- GDP will increase.
- Infrastructure will be upgraded.
Honest Money Policy
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.
Jean Baptist Colbert
Below are a few of the things that are wrong with our tax system:
- We have over .
- The is 351 pages long.
- Taxes favour the rich who employ tax experts.
- GST is a regressive tax.
The ASP Tax Policy will replace all 125 taxes (except for Customs and Excise Duties) with a single Debit Tax. This tax will tax your expenditure - not your income.
This Debit Tax is:
- Fair - it will apply equally to individuals and companies.
- Simple - the act will be no more than 50 pages long.
- Cost effective - it will not require any accountants.
- Adequate - it will raise all the revenue required.
- Transparent - there will be no "hidden taxes".
- Unavoidable - nobody will be able to rort the system.
Fair Tax Policy
I am afraid the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create money.
Reginald McKenna
Past Chairman of the Midland Bank
The ASP is not "anti-banking" - we recognize that banks play a vital role in our economy. However, banks have usurped a key role of our government, and the situation can be remedied by applying this basic principle:
There must be a separation of banking and government.
Banking is the business of:
- Accepting deposits.
- Lending money that has been deposited.
- Providing financial services.
Government must be responsible for:
- Protecting our inalienable rights.
- Creating our national currency (i.e. money).
- Maintaining the value of our money.
The right to create our national currency is the sole prerogative of our sovereign government. Unfortunately, this right to .
Banking Policy
The banks do create money. They have been doing it for a long time ... and they did not admit it.
H. W. White
Chairman of the Associated Banks of New Zealand
New Zealand Monetary Commission - 1955
Here are some facts about the RBA:
- It is a Commonwealth Authority.
- It does not lend money to the government.
- It does not create or issue our coins in circulation.
- It sells paper currency for commercial bank money.
- It does not control the quantity of money in circulation.
- It sets the interest rate for "RBA money" - not "commercial bank money".
The primary role of the RBA is to set monetary policy - which it does by fixing the "cash rate". In reality - the government has given to a group of unelected people from industry, the right to set the mortgage rates of all Australians.
The ASP will ensure that our government reclaims its sovereign right to create our money supply, and that the following limited duties are delegated to the Reserve Bank:
- To accurately measure monetary and price inflation.
- To physically create our money supply (paper, coins and digital).
- To control the quantity of money in circulation.
- To limit this quantity relative to price inflation.
- To place new money into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- To allow the market to determine interest rates.
Reserve Bank Policy