1 To be beholden to no group or groups in the community but to serve the best interests of all Australians.
2 To accept the challenges of the predicament of humankind on the planet with its exponentially increasing population, disappearing finite resources and accelerating deterioration of the environment.
3 To recognise the interdependence of all people and nations, to co-operate with the United Nations, and to accept our obligation to the developing countries by co-operating with them in their social and economic development and quest for environmental protection.
4 To seek the transition to a sustainable economy, in equilibrium with world resources and ecosystems, with a minimum of dislocation by planning and increasing public awareness of the problems.
5 To be even-handed to employee and employer, and reconcile their real interests by encouraging industrial democracy and other appropriate forms of cooperation.
6 To foster greater understanding and equity between city and country dwellers.
7 To stimulate the development of a multi-faceted national culture, with full opportunity for all groups to contribute.
8 To further unite the people of Australia by co-operative, indicative national planning, taking into account social, economic and environmental objectives.
9 To seek improvement in the quality of human relationships in all aspects of society and the economy, through honesty, tolerance, compassion and a sense of mutual obligation.
10 To decentralise power, to oppose its concentration in the hands of sectional groups, and to ensure that the power of large groups or bureaucracies is not allowed to override the interests of individuals or smaller groups.
11 To achieve and defend effective participatory democracy and open government by appropriate constitutional, parliamentary and governmental reforms.
12 By supporting existing rural and provincial industries and in other ways, to stem, and finally reverse, the flow of population to the cities.
13 In social and health services to emphasise prevention rather than cure.
14 To foster community activities and the growth of community spirit, bringing government and health and social services closer to the people.
15 To enable people to pursue their own way of life so long as they do not interfere with the rights of others.
16 To provide throughout life an education for living as well as for earning a living.
17 To ensure ready access to the media for public communication.
18 To ensure that the basic needs of all people are securely met, and to distribute income, wealth, social services and opportunity more equitably without undermining either incentive or self-respect.
19 To encourage individual initiative and enterprise and to recognise the need for self-fulfillment.
20 Animals should be protected from cruelty and exploitation.
21 To recognise the rights of all peoples to self-determination.
22 To ensure the maintenance of biodiversity, to protect threatened species and to provide for better habitat protection.
23 To seek the election to the Commonwealth and state Parliaments, in sufficient numbers to form governments, of endorsed Party members committed to Party objectives.
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