Welcome to our online "ThinkTank"

Welcome to our online ‘ThinkTank’

ThinkTank is the Labor Connect Community’s policy incubator. Sign up now to contribute your policy ideas, share your feedback and vote on other policy ideas. Watch good ideas bubble to the top, helping Federal Labor form better policy.

Everyone is welcome to participate. Join party supporters, members and ministers and participate in Labor’s policy development.

How ThinkTank will work

Topics

Each ThinkTank will be about a specific policy idea so we can keep the ideas generated as constructive as possible. Once we open a ThinkTank it is all over to you.


Contribute

You can contribute your policy suggestion and then vote and comment on which policy ideas you like best.

The ideas that rise to the top will be submitted to the National Policy Committee for consideration in developing the Party Platform. ThinkTank members will have had more direct input into the Platform than ever before in our Party’s history.

ThinkTank and your local Branch

ThinkTank topics are great discussion starters at local branches. We encourage all Party Units to discuss ThinkTank topics and incorporate them into their normal activities. Nominate a member of your branch to post the idea and encourage everyone to vote up your Branch’s policy idea so it rises higher up in ThinkTank.





Latest ThinkTank Issues


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  • What do you want to ask the National President candidates?

    What do you want to ask the National President candidates?

    by ALP LaborHQ at Sunday, 2 October 2011

    Every three years Party members have the responsibility to elect the National President and two Vice-Presidents who serve on a rotational basis. The new incoming executive take office at the triennial National Conference in December 2011. So that you can get a clear understanding on where all the candidates stand on issues that matter to you submit your questions below. Vote other members questions up that you want to hear a response on and t...

    Categories:
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 24

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  • Health Reform

    Health Reform

    by ALP LaborHQ at Tuesday, 13 July 2010

    Our health and hospitals system is an essential service that millions of Australians rely on. As the population ages and more people live with chronic diseases, the demand for health services has continued to rapidly increase.


    At the same time, medical care is becoming more expensive as technology and medicines become more sophisticated and specialised. A key pressure point in our health and hospitals system is public hospital emergen...

    Categories: Doctors, Emergency, Health, Hospitals, Nurses
    Status: Active
    Ideas: 172

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  • A Strong Economy

    A Strong Economy

    by ALP LaborHQ at Tuesday, 13 July 2010

    A strong economy is important – it generates jobs for working families and helps us build a fairer society. The Labor Government’s response to the global financial crisis protected jobs and small businesses.


    This has placed Australia in a strong position to capitalise on future opportunities and to confront t...

    Categories: Economy, Finance, GFC, Jobs, Resources
    Status: Active
    Ideas: 240

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  • Platform Review #12 - National Constitution of the ALP

    Platform Review #12 - National Constitution of the ALP

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage ...

    Categories: ALP, Constitution, Governance, NPC, Platform, Review
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 19

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  • Platform Review #1 - Governing for Australia's long-term future

    Platform Review #1 - Governing for Australia's long-term future

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage more people to vote up...

    Categories: ALP, Future, Governance, Platform
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 11

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  • Platform Review #10 - Strengthening Australia in a changing world

    Platform Review #10 - Strengthening Australia in a changing world

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage ...

    Categories: Affairs, ALP, Australia, Foreign, International, NPC, Platform, Relations, Review
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 21

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  • Platform Review #11 - New ways of governing for a stronger democracy

    Platform Review #11 - New ways of governing for a stronger democracy

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage ...

    Categories: ALP, Australia, Democracy, Governance, NPC, Platform, Review
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 7

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  • Platform Review #2 - Securing our future with responsible economic management

    Platform Review #2 - Securing our future with responsible economic management

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage more people to vote up...

    Categories: ALP, Economy, Future, Platform, Review
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 7

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  • Platform Review #3 - Building a 21st century economy

    Platform Review #3 - Building a 21st century economy

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage more people to vote up...

    Categories: ALP, Economy, Future, Infrastructrue, Platform, Review
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 9

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  • Platform Review #4 - Delivering fairness for working families

    Platform Review #4 - Delivering fairness for working families

    by ALP LaborHQ at Monday, 30 May 2011

    Labor Connect members are invited to participate in developing the 2011 draft National Policy Platform by sharing your ideas in the ThinkTank. There are twelve Platform Review ThinkTanks, each one addressing an individual chapter of the current platform. Contributions by the ThinkTank will be considered along side other submission processes.


    Share your ideas, vote and contribute to others, and important encourage more people to vote up...

    Categories: ALP, Children, Economy, Families, Platform, Review, "Working Families"
    Status: Closed
    Ideas: 12

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Labor ThinkTank has:

  • 19 issues
  • 662 ideas
  • 620 comments
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