POLITICAL SPEECH - (RUNNING FOR AN ELECTION)

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen,

I stand here today, as the leader, of the Nationalist People Party, but tomorrow, here as the representative of the people of our great country.
FOR YEARS, we have voted and elected political parties, politicians who have said that they will represent the people, but all they have delivered is a personal agenda which has only looked after their own. 
Well! Today that changes! It changes for everyone, and as the voting public, it is up to you to finally take that big step forward and stop the rut which we have become used to. It is time for a change. It is time for their AGENDA TO BE SCRAPPED!
It is now time for the country, our country, Australia, to be 
represented by a political party which is not here to look after their own party, not here to fulfil their personal agenda, not here to lead to country as the see, but to STOP! LISTEN! AND ACT! It is time for the Nationalist People Party to come in and take control of the situation, by presenting a party whose policies revolve around the peoples wishes. It is time for us to stop and listen, and change will happen! And it will be this change that I will deliver.
HOW! How will I do this! How will this political party change 
happenings of the past! With one simple plan.
We, the nationalist People Party, want to produce one of the largest questionnaires, if not the largest, that this country has ever seen. This questionnaire will contain over two-hundred and fifty multiple choice (a, b, c, d) questions, and close to two-hundred and fifty yes / no questions giving a total of five-hundred questions for you the public to answer. It will be these questions which will form the basis of our party policies, and will give us reason to act on some issues and not act on others. The questions will be divided up into various sections, including health, education, defence, transport, sport, entertainment, environment, foreigners, aboriginals, youth and 
the elderly. Various questions will be asked under each section. These will also be added sections which will be optional do, which will either fall under individual state issues, international issues or miscellaneous. The questionnaire will work like this. A question like ‘Should troops be withdrawn from Iraq?’ If more than seventy-five percent of Australia say yes, well the troops would be bought home. But if their was not a majority of three out of every fourth person saying yes, the troops would stay there. That is an example. We would rate each question, so questions which had a ninety percent approval would come first, moving down to those which have also be passed by the public. We look at this as Australia as a whole, to have a say in each decision made. With multiple choice questions, for example, If 
the questions was ‘what should be the cost of University fees for HECS paying students?’ answer might include (a) twenty-five percent of the current cost of course fees, (b) fifty to seventy-five percent of current cost of course fees, (c) course fees should stay the same, and finally (d) HECS fees should raise by twenty-five percent. Now if there is an even spread between answers, the system will stay the same unless a reform is really needed, and the political party will make a 
decision after deeply researching the issue, however if fifty percent of Australians agree with answer b, or if b was 15 percent ahead on votes over any of the other answers, we would act on that because that is what the Australian public want. 
We understand there are issues that may concern the Australian public. These issues could be, how would the voting be done and when. Who can vote of these issues and finally who would fund this questionnaire. 
Issue number one would involve how would the voting be done, and when 
will it take place. After the election you will be given a choice of 
either logging onto an internet site and answering the questions over a period of a month and sending your answers by email. The other options are that a person can fax their answers after printing the questionnaire off the internet site or going down to your local post office when you can pick up a copy of the questionnaire. Each household will receive a copy of the questionnaire, with all the members filling out their answers on the same questionnaire. To stop people voting on numerous occasions, only one questionnaire will be accepted by each household. This questionnaire will be done between weeks two and six after the elections is held.
Issue number two is who can vote. If you are an Australian citizen, between the age of eighteen to fifty-five, it will be compulsory to fill out a questionnaire. This is to ensure that enough votes are gathered to show Australia’s feelings on any particular issue. There will also be a chance to vote if you are aged between fourteen and seventeen, and over fifty - five, though this is not compulsory. This is a chance for everyone to vote and help will be supplied for those with limited access or limited availability to information about the questionnaire. And for those who will try to avoid this, for whatever reason, harsh penalties will apply, only because we want this to be a 
real indication of Australia as a whole, and as Australian individuals your thoughts on the main issues that effect our daily lives are extremely important.
Issue number three, who will fund a project such as this? Well firstly I will admit that invaluable as it is to gather the publics’ thoughts on all the major issues affecting the Australian public, this project will be quite expensive, with a cost of around $135,982,414. As most Australians would agree, a policy like this would be fine if there was not a major cost connected to it, and with the thought of where the funds come from would definitely discourage this policy however I will guarantee that though this is for the public to have a say, the funding WILL NOT, come from the low earning taxpayer. We plan to fund 
the $135,982,414 by taking a small % of high income salaries, which will include Politicians, Judges, people in the entertainment business and sports stars. The difference will be made up by using funds from the taxation office and also a % of income from the State Governments Police and Parking Fines. 
It is time for this country to stop following like sheep. It is time 
for the people of this country to have a chance to say how this 
country should be run, and it is time to change the balance of power in this country and under the Australian Nationalist Party, I guarantee the balance of power will change in favour of the people. It is time to make a stand as an Australian, THAT STAND IS VOTING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONALIST PEOPLE PARTY!