Every law in plain language. Every treaty published in full. Nothing committed in the nation’s name in secret.
One of the six doors of The People’s Portal — the DAA’s key policy. One site, one login: everything your government knows, spends and decides, across local, state and federal.
The law. Every act, regulation and by-law — federal, state and local — in plain language, translated by AusLLM with the authoritative text alongside, and its sunset review date shown. A citizen should not need a lawyer to know what the law requires of them. Questions like what the Fair Work Act says about the right to disconnect, or what the NDIS entitles a child to, get answered without paying someone to read the government’s own laws.
Bills. Everything before Parliament now, published in plain language while it can still be changed, and wired to the Have Your Say channel. No vote before consultation closes.
Treaties. Every treaty and international agreement Australia enters, published in full before it binds the country. Nothing is committed in the nation’s name in secret. This position was not formed in the abstract — it was formed watching defence agreements bind this country for decades without the public reading a page of them.
How law gets made. Before drafting: a green paper stating the problem in plain language, open for public submission for at least thirty days, submissions published, themes synthesised, and the minister required to show how the input was considered. On tabling: an independent AusLLM analysis within 24 hours — who benefits, who bears the cost, checked against the Core Values, family impact, fiscal and regional impact — and members who vote against the analysis findings state their reasons on the record. Emergency legislation: forty-eight hours minimum, with reasons published. After passage: an implementation tracker carrying the bill’s promises as measurable KPIs, a mandatory two-year review, and the ten-year sunset.
Court judgments — what the law has been held to mean — sit under Government, with the courts, and link back to the acts they interpret.