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1. The University of Wollongong Liberal Club:
a) does strongly oppose capital punishment;
b) supports Federal Government Policy to refuse to cooperate with legal authorities in foreign countries who are seeking persons for crimes that carry the death penalty;
c) supports Federal Government Policy to assist financially those Australians in foreign countries who have been charged with offences that carry the death penalty; and
d) call on the Federal Government to lobby other nations to remove capital punishment as a sentencing measure
2. The UOW Liberal club Calls on the Federal Director of the Liberal Party to reaffirm that the main ethos of the party is protect the freedom of citizens against the encroachment of government
3. The University of Wollongong Liberal Club condemn Shoalhaven City Council for voting to publicise the personal details of objectors or supporters of development on the Council internet site. Further the University of Wollongong Liberal Club calls on:
a) The State Government to tighten clauses 56 and 57 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act to prevent Councils from publishing the details of persons expressing a view about Council decisions or process such as development applications
b) Calls on the Privacy Commissioner of New South Wales to investigate Shoalhaven City Council for potential breaches of the Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act
c) Call on the Minister for Local Government to amend the NSW Local Government Act to prevent Councils from publishing the details of residents who make statements to Council on such things as Development Applications
4. The UOW Liberal Club support changing law of damages to reincorporate the old defenses of contributory negligence and violent non fit injuri:..a) Amendment of Section 9 & 10 of Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1969 to reflect the old common law rule that a finding of contributory negligence on part of claimant will defeat any recovery of damages, this also applying to Workers compensation.
b) Section 151O of Workers Compensation Act 1987 (and any other NSW statutory provision holding non fit injuria to not defeat recovery) is amended so that the defence of non fit injuria will defeat any recovery of damages.
5. The broad nature of the Commonwealth external affairs power is such that the federal government can effectively use this power to circumvent state laws (via s109) on any subject matter even if it would otherwise lack authority to make such laws under the enumerated powers contained under s51. Some limitation must be placed on the external affairs power to uphold the federal nature of our constitution.
The UOW Liberal Club supports:..a) The classical-liberal ideal of the diffusion of power consistent with constitutional federalism...b) A Constitutional amendment (via the process for changing the constitution set out in section 128) of the external affairs power S 51 xxix to ?External affairs power: The authority to make into law only the objects or provisions of ratified treaty, subject to (i) the ratification having the approval of a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament, and (ii) being only of subject matter external to Australia."
6. In a democracy the power to enter war should not vest in the executive but require the majority assent of the legislature. The UOW Liberal club support a Constitutional Amendment (via the process for changing the constitution set out in section 128) inserting into Section 51 a 40th Commonwealth Head of Power "The power to make a declaration of war, subject to a two thirds majority in both houses of Parliament, except for cases of self defence."
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