I found this on Reddit, and thought it would fit here.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AusPol/comments/1hizmq/drug_policies_of_australian_federal_political/
Animal Justice Party
Official Website: http://www.animaljusticeparty.org/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Christians
Official Website: http://australianchristians.com.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://australianchristians.com.au/values/
Strong anti-drugs policies based on complete abstinence and harsh legal penalties for all.
Australian Democrats
Official Website: http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.ne...LICY_-_Alcohol_and_Other_Drugs.pdf?1365136507
Primarily harm reduction based policies.
Australian First Nations Political Party
Official Website: N/A
No mention of drug policies found.
Australia First Party
Official Website: http://ausfirst.alphalink.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Fishing & Lifestyle Party
Official Website: http://aflp.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Greens
Official Website: http://www.greens.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.greens.org.au/policies/drugs-substance-abuse-addiction
Primarily harm reduction based polices.
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Official Website: http://www.alp.org.au/
No specific drug policies listed, however comments indicate no change to current drug laws are on their agenda. Former Prime Minsiter Julia Gillard has stated >''I am not in favour of decriminalisation of any of our drug laws'' source
Australian Protectionist Party
Official Website: http://www.protectionist.net/
Views of this party seem to advocate harsh penalties for drug users and suppliers and supports current criminal penalties. source
Also recommended voting for Nick Xenophon for his “Strong stand against drugs.” and recommended voting for Pauline Hanson's United Australia Party in QLD and One Nation in NSW and Victoria in 2007. source
Australian Sex Party
Official Website: http://www.sexparty.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.sexparty.org.au/Party-Info/australian-sex-party-drugs-policy.html
A substantial drug policy based on harm reduction, less criminality associated with drug use and rational policies.
Australian Stable Population Party
Official Website: http://www.populationparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Bank Reform Party
Official Website: http://www.bankreformparty.com/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Building Australia Party
Official Website: http://www.buildingaustralia.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Bullet Train for Australia Party
Official Website: http://bullettrainforaustralia.com.au/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Carer's Alliance
Official Website: http://www.carers.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Christian Democratic Party
Official Website: http://www.cdp.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.cdp.org.au/federal-policies/drugs-and-addiction.html
Conservative religeous party with severe anti-drugs policies based on complete abstinence and harsh legal penalties for all.
Citizen's Electoral Council
Official Website: http://www.cecaust.com.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.cecaust.com.au/info/platform/platform.html
Extreme views on total abstinence, harsh criminal penalties and scarily aggressive war terminology.
Country Alliance
Official Website: http://www.countryalliance.org/
Flyer in previous election compared this party as opposite to the Greens and hence are against Greens policies such as >“Removing criminal sanctions for personal drug use. Funding heroin injection rooms.” source
Country Liberals (NT)
Official Website: http://www.clp.org.au
Supports tougher drug testing in jails. source. No other specific mention of drug policies found.
Democratic Labor Party
Official Website: http://www.dlp.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) Party
Official Website: http://australianhempparty.com/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://australianhempparty.com/about/policies
Single issue party that advocates the legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medical and industrial uses.
Katter's Australian Party
Official Website: http://www.ausparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Liberal Democratic Party
Official Website: http://www.ldp.org.au/news
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.ldp.org.au/policies/1268-cannabis
A Libertarian party which supports free speech and opposes the criminalisation of victimless crimes, such as drug use. However, their drug policy currently only mentions marijuana specifically.
Liberal Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.liberal.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Liberal National Party of Queensland
Official Website: https://lnp.org.au/
Supports harsh criminal penalties for drug traffickers, no matter how minor that trafficking may be.
National Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.nationals.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics
Official Website: http://www.climate-sceptics.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
Official Website: http://www.equalparenting.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
One Nation
Official Website: http://www.onenation.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Pirate Party Australia
Official Website: http://pirateparty.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policies/Drugs
Comprehensive drug policy with an aim to legalise certain drugs and decriminalisation of other currently illegal drugs.
Rise Up Australia
Official Website: http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/
No mention of drug policies found.
Secular Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.secular.org.au/
A party that's primary purpose is to separate church and state with an emphasis on human rights and personal freedoms. While there is not much specifically mentioned about drug law reform, it is mentioned briefly on their policy page. source
Senator Online
Official Website: http://www.senatoronline.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Shooters and Fishers Party
Official Website: http://www.shootersandfishers.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Socialist Alliance
Official Website: http://www.socialist-alliance.org/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.socialist-alliance.org/page.php?page=1260
Supports the legalisation and regulated sale of currently illegal drugs.
Socialist Equality Party
Official Website: http://www.sep.org.au/website/
No mention of drug policies found.
Uniting Australia Party
Official Website: http://www.unitingaustraliaparty.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Voluntary Euthenasia Party
Official Website: http://vep.org.au/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Nick Xenophon Group
Official Website: http://www.nickxenophon.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found. Wants synthetic drugs banned at a Federal level source
The Wikileaks Party
Official Website: http://www.wikileaksparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AusPol/comments/1hizmq/drug_policies_of_australian_federal_political/
Animal Justice Party
Official Website: http://www.animaljusticeparty.org/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Christians
Official Website: http://australianchristians.com.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://australianchristians.com.au/values/
Strong anti-drugs policies based on complete abstinence and harsh legal penalties for all.
“In relation to drugs, Australian Christians will introduce legislation that have a ‘zero tolerance’ approach and focus on abstinence and rather than on how to use ‘safely’.”
Australian Democrats
Official Website: http://www.australiandemocrats.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.ne...LICY_-_Alcohol_and_Other_Drugs.pdf?1365136507
Primarily harm reduction based policies.
“Prohibitionist and 'tough on drugs' approaches to illicit drugs are not working...” “Drug and alcohol issues are more appropriately dealt with as health rather than criminal matters...” “Trials of cannabis, ecstasy and heroin for medical purposes.“
Australian First Nations Political Party
Official Website: N/A
No mention of drug policies found.
Australia First Party
Official Website: http://ausfirst.alphalink.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Fishing & Lifestyle Party
Official Website: http://aflp.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Australian Greens
Official Website: http://www.greens.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.greens.org.au/policies/drugs-substance-abuse-addiction
Primarily harm reduction based polices.
“Harm minimisation policies are those directed towards reducing the adverse health, social and economic consequences of drug use.“ “The Australian Greens do not support the legalisation of currently illegal drugs.“ “The individual use of illegal drugs should not fall within the criminal framework.“
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Official Website: http://www.alp.org.au/
No specific drug policies listed, however comments indicate no change to current drug laws are on their agenda. Former Prime Minsiter Julia Gillard has stated >''I am not in favour of decriminalisation of any of our drug laws'' source
Australian Protectionist Party
Official Website: http://www.protectionist.net/
Views of this party seem to advocate harsh penalties for drug users and suppliers and supports current criminal penalties. source
Also recommended voting for Nick Xenophon for his “Strong stand against drugs.” and recommended voting for Pauline Hanson's United Australia Party in QLD and One Nation in NSW and Victoria in 2007. source
Australian Sex Party
Official Website: http://www.sexparty.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.sexparty.org.au/Party-Info/australian-sex-party-drugs-policy.html
A substantial drug policy based on harm reduction, less criminality associated with drug use and rational policies.
“The Australian Sex Party recognises that attempts to regulate and prevent drug use through a criminal framework have been unsuccessful; the war on drugs has failed. We advocate for a new approach to drugs, which will replace a criminal framework with a community health and administrative response. Abolition of criminal penalties in a decriminalised framework has proven highly successful in Portugal (1)(2), and their model should be influential in developing policy in Australia.“
“Decriminalisation, not legalisation, of purchase, possession and consumption of all drugs for personal use, such quantity to be defined as an amount equal or less than 14 day’s supply for one person.“ “Legalise the prescription of heroin to registered and habitual users.“
Australian Stable Population Party
Official Website: http://www.populationparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Bank Reform Party
Official Website: http://www.bankreformparty.com/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Building Australia Party
Official Website: http://www.buildingaustralia.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Bullet Train for Australia Party
Official Website: http://bullettrainforaustralia.com.au/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Carer's Alliance
Official Website: http://www.carers.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Christian Democratic Party
Official Website: http://www.cdp.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.cdp.org.au/federal-policies/drugs-and-addiction.html
Conservative religeous party with severe anti-drugs policies based on complete abstinence and harsh legal penalties for all.
“CDP disagrees with the concept of “harm minimisation”. Harm minimisation is a defeatist concept which assumes that addictive behaviour cannot be overcome and that consequently the best policy is to maintain the addict in the addicted state whilst taking precautions against some of the harms of addiction. “
Citizen's Electoral Council
Official Website: http://www.cecaust.com.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.cecaust.com.au/info/platform/platform.html
Extreme views on total abstinence, harsh criminal penalties and scarily aggressive war terminology.
“We must wage a real war on drugs. The present "harm minimisation" policy is a disaster, which merely expands drug usage. The war on drugs must be fought with all the weapons of war, including international cooperation to destroy the drug crops at their source—which requires reversing the current military policy of protecting the poppy fields of Afghanistan—and dramatically expanded physical and human resources to our police and other enforcement bodies. Most importantly, the drug cartels presently launder an estimated $10 billion per year through Australia's banks, without whose cooperation the drug trade could not function; these banks, who have also financed the decriminalisation/legalisation lobby in this country, must be pursued ruthlessly. “
Country Alliance
Official Website: http://www.countryalliance.org/
Flyer in previous election compared this party as opposite to the Greens and hence are against Greens policies such as >“Removing criminal sanctions for personal drug use. Funding heroin injection rooms.” source
Country Liberals (NT)
Official Website: http://www.clp.org.au
Supports tougher drug testing in jails. source. No other specific mention of drug policies found.
Democratic Labor Party
Official Website: http://www.dlp.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) Party
Official Website: http://australianhempparty.com/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://australianhempparty.com/about/policies
Single issue party that advocates the legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medical and industrial uses.
allow for health education, home growing, and regulated sales through registered outlets which will separate cannabis from the criminality of the black-market and end consequent associated corruption. allow medical use, utilising cannabis’ painkilling, relaxing, anti nausea and healing properties. establish a commercial hemp industry producing fuel, fibre, paper, textiles, food, oil and other environmentally sound products.
Katter's Australian Party
Official Website: http://www.ausparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Liberal Democratic Party
Official Website: http://www.ldp.org.au/news
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.ldp.org.au/policies/1268-cannabis
A Libertarian party which supports free speech and opposes the criminalisation of victimless crimes, such as drug use. However, their drug policy currently only mentions marijuana specifically.
“The LDP supports the legalisation of use, cultivation, processing, possession, transport and sale of cannabis, with protection of minors and penalties for driving while impaired.” Re-legalisation of recreational marijuana use by adults (subject to prohibition on involvement of minors, etc) and a review of prohibitions on certain other drugs. [Note: a more detailed policy on drugs is under development. Supports the re-legalisation of recreational marijuana for adults and a review of current drug laws based on actual harm rather than perceived harm (http://www.ldp.org.au/files/Bedroom brochure.pdf)
Liberal Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.liberal.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Liberal National Party of Queensland
Official Website: https://lnp.org.au/
Supports harsh criminal penalties for drug traffickers, no matter how minor that trafficking may be.
source“Drug Traffickers to serve at least 80 per cent of their sentence before being eligible for parole and any property gained in the last six years will be confiscated”
source“Drug traffickers ruin the lives of people every day and sentencing laws not only need to reflect this, but they need to be enforced to drive the message home.“
National Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.nationals.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics
Official Website: http://www.climate-sceptics.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
Official Website: http://www.equalparenting.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
One Nation
Official Website: http://www.onenation.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Pirate Party Australia
Official Website: http://pirateparty.org.au/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policies/Drugs
Comprehensive drug policy with an aim to legalise certain drugs and decriminalisation of other currently illegal drugs.
“People have always taken drugs, and modern attempts at prohibition are at odds with history as well as human nature. The war on drugs is best understood as a war on a market. Such wars are futile: demand always creates supply, and ad-hoc attacks on supply channels do nothing other than reduce the quality of drugs, and increase the risks. History shows that even the harshest attempts to outlaw a market do not make the market go away, but merely create an unregulated black market in place of the legal one, making criminals of regular citizens and funding organised crime.“
Legalise safe, non-addictive drugs. Partially decriminalise drugs which fail to meet the threshold for legalisation. Redirect existing resources and additional revenue to fund more research and support services.
Rise Up Australia
Official Website: http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/
No mention of drug policies found.
Secular Party of Australia
Official Website: http://www.secular.org.au/
A party that's primary purpose is to separate church and state with an emphasis on human rights and personal freedoms. While there is not much specifically mentioned about drug law reform, it is mentioned briefly on their policy page. source
“Personal freedoms should be based on modern secular humanist principles. Only secularism can guarantee religious freedom, and we endorse this freedom. However those who adhere to faith-based morality frequently seek to impose their religious views on the entire population. This occurs in policies concerning areas such as abortion, voluntary euthanasia, stem cell research, drug policy and gay rights.“
Senator Online
Official Website: http://www.senatoronline.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Shooters and Fishers Party
Official Website: http://www.shootersandfishers.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Socialist Alliance
Official Website: http://www.socialist-alliance.org/
Drug Policy Webpage: http://www.socialist-alliance.org/page.php?page=1260
Supports the legalisation and regulated sale of currently illegal drugs.
“A vast array of research suggests that the best and most humane way to minimise drug harms is through legal regulation. The Socialist Alliance does not support an immediate, uncontrolled legalisation of prohibited drugs (based on free market principals), which would potentially be little better than prohibition. Drug regulation in combination with state-of-the-art research could offer a range of management options, which can be adjusted depending on local priorities and needs. The Socialist Alliance believes that the legal regulation of current illicit drug use and supply can help remove stigma and discrimination and provide the basis for a policy based on health promotion and harm minimisation.”
Socialist Equality Party
Official Website: http://www.sep.org.au/website/
No mention of drug policies found.
Uniting Australia Party
Official Website: http://www.unitingaustraliaparty.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Voluntary Euthenasia Party
Official Website: http://vep.org.au/
Single issue party with no reference of drug policies found.
Nick Xenophon Group
Official Website: http://www.nickxenophon.com.au/
No mention of drug policies found. Wants synthetic drugs banned at a Federal level source
The Wikileaks Party
Official Website: http://www.wikileaksparty.org.au/
No mention of drug policies found.
Last edited by a moderator: