United Future's constitution policy

United Future has something the other parties don't: an actual constitution policy. They're promising a Royal Commission to follow in the footsteps of the recent select committee inquiry and make recommendations on the Treaty, a written constitution and a republic. This would be followed by a referendum on any proposed changes. They're also proposing greater use of referenda on other issues, suggesting reducing the barrier to initiate a referendum to 5% of eligible voters, and having a successful referendum automatically trigger an inquiry into the appropriate issue. I'd suggest that the inquiry be performed by Parliament, rather than the government, but that's more a technical issue.

On the negative side, United Future are also suggesting not just requiring referenda on "conscience issues", but requiring a supermajority to pass any legislation on such topics. This is a blatant attempt to stack the deck in favour of social conservativism and policy stasis, and a perfect example of American-style gaming the constitution for partisan political advantage. I'd expected better from Dunne than that.