Family First: A game based App
VIS – The Web & Mobile Specialist last Saturday has announced the launch of its latest product – a state-of-the-art political app for the promotion of Family First party.
The Family First Party is a socially conservative political party. It has two members in the South Australian Legislative Council – Robert Brokenshire and Dennis Hood. The party’s current federal chairman is Bob Day who has filed a nomination for the Federal Senate in the forthcoming election.
With the growth and popularity of technology in today’s era, the Family First App is exemplary in technology usage including the political arena.
The Family First App, in simple words, is an app that keeps you connected and updated with the latest news and hot topics about Family First. The app allows you to share with your friends, family and other supporters via Facebook and Twitter. Other features include sending a message to Family First, special quotes, national anthem and the election countdown.
The most impressive feature of this app is the voting campaign. It’s completely in game mode. So, voting is more fun. The game is located on the front page with an Australian jigsaw map puzzle and 21 different Family First policies to chose from and allows you to vote for one Family First policy at a time. Every time you vote, you will receive a point and if you invite your friends to download the app, you earn 2 points and after gaining certain points, you will be entitled to different upgrades/rewards:
1. Privilege - This allows you to place 2 votes a day.
2. Titles– Vote for your chosen policy and when you reach the voting limit for that policy, you will solve 1 part of the jigsaw puzzle which allows you to unlock a new policy. With increased numbers of your votes, you will be moving from one level to another earning you different titles such as a Diplomat, Governor, Senator or Prime Minister.
• Level 1:
You will need to vote for four polices to complete the puzzle. The first hundred voters who complete level 1 will be honored with the title “Diplomat”. However, others can still compete for the seat of a Governor, Senator or Prime Minister if the hundred seats of Diplomats are taken.
• Level 2:
This requires you to unlock a total of nine policies and solve the puzzle. The first 6 users who solve nine parts of the puzzle will be honored with the title of “Governor”.
• Level 3:
This requires you to unlock fifteen policies and solve the puzzle. The first 76 users who solve fifteen parts of the puzzle will be honored with the title of “Senator”.
• Level 4:
This is the final level where you are required to complete the whole jigsaw puzzle i.e. twenty one policies. The first voter who is able to complete this level will be honored with the title of “Prime Minister”. You could be the one and only Prime Minister, so go for it!
The more you vote the greater your chances are of completing the map of Australia with the ultimate goal of gaining the title of Prime Minister. Don’t waste time, complete the puzzle now.
The app is available absolutely for free on the App Store and Google play. So, download it now and enjoy your voting. Voting with a twist.
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No-go zones for disabled
Disabled commuters still have a long way to go to be able to catch public transport with the same convenience as the rest of the community. Despite government commitments to have all buses wheelchair accessible by 2019, the disabled are doing it very tough.
“The greatest respect a person can be shown is to be fully included,’ said Family First spokesperson Bob Day. “At Family First we are committed to supporting practical initiatives that enable people with disabilities to be included in work, recreation, and community life to the full extent of their ability,” he said. “This means advocating for support where support is needed; seeking systemic change where systems fail to offer the opportunities for growth and development that all of us expect; and most importantly, ensuring that every citizen, regardless of their ability, is able to claim their democratic rights.”
Raw deal for stay-at-home mums
Stay at home mothers will be thousands of dollars worse off than mothers in the paid workforce under both Labor’s and the Liberals’ new paid parental leave schemes. Under Labor, mothers who are in the paid workforce receive the minimum wage for six months (approximately $16,000). Under the Liberals, new mothers receive the equivalent of their current salary up to $75,000. Mothers who are not in the workforce however receive nothing under the Liberals – they are scrapping the baby bonus, and a means-tested $2,000 for their first child and $1,000 for subsequent births under Labor.
Family First spokesperson Bob Day said all mothers should be treated equally. “What Labor and the Liberals are basically saying is ‘women who stay at home are not working - they are ‘unemployed!’. Family First refutes this. These mothers are not ‘unemployed’, they are professional mothers and carers. A lot of stay at home mums have given up a whole salary to care for their babies, particularly women who do not live in the big cities. There is massive discrimination going on here which is creating higher taxes for everyone. The single-income family once again gets a raw deal.”
Family First said it wanted equal treatment for all mothers. “Whether you’ve got a job or not should not matter. Once the baby arrives all mothers are doing the same job – staying at home and looking after their new-born babies. Whatever happened to the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’?”
Road black spots funding rejected
Funding to fix 50 of SA’s worst road ‘Black Spots’ has been knocked back. Documents reveal that of 142 Black Spot projects submitted by SA Councils in the past two financial years, 50 did not receive funding. The figures, released under Freedom of Information laws, show 27 Black Spot projects - at sites which have recorded a high number of crashes - were eligible for cash in 2010-11 and 2011-12, but insufficient funding was available. “It would have cost about $30m to fix the Black Spots and would have saved numerous lives”, said Family First Chairman Bob Day. “Yet the government doesn’t mind spending that same amount - $30m, on so-called ‘market research’ so its media spin doctors can come up with messages to help itself get re-elected. A third of all official requests to upgrade the accident Black Spots around South Australia are currently being rejected because of a lack of government funds,” he said.
Figures also show individual speed camera locations are clocking up hundreds of thousands of dollars per annum – some over a million dollars, from motorists in locations which do not rate highly as speeding ‘Black Spots’. “These are not accident ‘Black Spots’ but revenue ‘Hot Spots’”, said Mr Day. “If speed cameras are genuinely about saving lives they should be placed where speed has been identified as causing death and serious injury”, he said.
What the young fear most
The economy has overtaken the environment as the most pressing concern for the young, according to a survey of people aged 15 to 19. Whereas the environment was the top national concern in the past two National Youth Surveys conducted by Mission Australia, its 11th annual report, which surveyed more than 15,000 young people, found the environment had slipped to 6th place with only 17 per cent of respondents now saying it was the most important issue facing the country compared with 37 per cent who made the same comment last year.
The biggest concern for the younger generation was finding a job to support their families. Many expressed anxiety about their parents losing their jobs.
Family First Chairman Bob Day said it was clear the environment had been overtaken by more immediate worries. “The environment has been replaced by their concerns about the economy, which is understandable,” he said. “When young people are finding it hard to get a job, the environment takes a back seat. I suspect they are seeing Labor’s and the Liberal’s environmental policies and are satisfied with them,” Mr Day said. “It’s why Family First is committed to ensuring all young people are able to get a job and buy a house.”
More trades, fewer graduates
The government’s 30 year mantra of “education, education, education” is being challenged.
In a report published by SA-based Family First Party Australia, report author Bob Day says, “the practice of pressuring young people to stay on to Year 12 when they’re clearly not enjoying school is not only economically foolish it is morally wrong. It condemns them to a life of misery” he said. “In researching this subject, I have encountered numerous young lads not enjoying school, causing trouble at home, getting in trouble with the police who then start working on a building site and I can tell you by Friday night they’re too tired to be hooning around in cars, setting fire to brush fences and spraying graffiti at all hours of the night!
I have also met hundreds of trade contractors - carpenters, bricklayers, tilers, who left school at 15 and have gone on to lead very happy and successful lives. They’ve all got 2 or 3 investment properties, cars, boats and they send their kids to private schools. They’re also members of the local CFS or surf lifesaving club and coach local football or netball teams. They are good citizens and yet they received very little in the way of formal education. We need more of them!” Mr Day said the trade/graduate balance is out of kilter for the needs of society. “We need more trades people and less university graduates. As the old saying goes, “It’s not what you’re good at in school that matters but what you’re good at in life.”
Petrol taxes for roads!
Whether it’s taking kids to school or taking farm produce to market, good roads are essential. The deterioration of SA’s roads over the past two decades especially in our country areas has been disgraceful – especially considering the amount of money collected in petrol taxes. “Petrol taxes were introduced to pay for roads - building new ones and maintaining existing ones” said Family First Chairman Bob Day. “My first job was with the Highways Department. In those days petrol taxes were spent on roads – building new ones and maintaining existing ones, he said.
“It is a classic government ploy – they introduce a new tax or levy, earmark it for a specific purpose, and then slowly siphon the money off into other things. After a few years they break all connection between the amount collected for that specific purpose and the amount spent on it. It’s no wonder people get cynical about politics”, said Mr Day. “In 2011 motorists paid nearly $20bn in fuel taxes (including GST on fuel!) but only half was spent on roads.”
Valuing Older People
“Older people are the glue which holds our communities together”, said Family First spokesman Robert Brokenshire.
“Their involvement as volunteers and in the care of grandchildren enriches us all. It is important that they experience a good quality of life both while they are active and when their need for care is greater.
Accordingly, Family First supports an increase in the aged pension to help them cope with the dramatic increases in water and power prices. “Some of our oldies are finding it a bit hard going. They’re doing it tough”, he said. “What we are hearing from older people is that they would like to stay in their own homes as long as possible but when this is no longer an option they are finding it difficult to get into aged care. They are unsure who the aged-care providers are, what services they offer and what it all costs”, he said.
An aged-care industry spokesman said there had been a significant growth in aged care residential facilities and services in Australia but most older people and their families were not across all the details.
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Regarding Aboriginal affairs, Family first says, there is no future in laws which discriminate on the basis of race. It believes that all laws should be non-racial. Most Aboriginal people live outside the city areas in regional areas. Aboriginal affairs should reflect a colorblind law. If a person needs help, their race or ethnicity should be irrelevant. Farming in Australia is an important sector for the Australian economy. Farming in Australia employs around 370,000 people across Australia generating up to $43 billion in gross value each year. Farming in Australia has traditionally been a family business passing from generation to generation. However, since 1950, international economic factors and changes in farming methods have lead to larger farms being more economically viable than smaller ones. The number of farming families have decreased and the average size of farms have increased. Many modern farmers have struggled to make a profit from farming alone and many take on extra jobs to supplement their farm income. Climate change has been occurring since time immemorial. Many hundreds of eminent scientists have strongly criticised both the climate change doctrine and the predictions made by the International Panel on Climate Change. Claims that 'there is a scientific consensus' and 'the science is settled' are not true.
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