Labor lays out plan for government

Even before the starting gun fires on the election, Labor has laid out a comprehensive plan for government.

WHAT WOULD A LABOR GOVERNMENT DELIVER?

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FIRST 100 DAYS

* Reverse cut to Sunday penalty rates for 700,000 workers and legislate so penalty rates can never be arbitrarily reduced again.

* National inquiry into post-secondary education (first since 1974)

* Summit on indigenous children safety

* Start work on Gladstone port access road

* Consultation on an indigenous voice to parliament

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FIRST TERM

* National vote on an Australian head of state

* Special budget allocation for Western Australia

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OVERALL

* National integrity commission

* Climate policy includes 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030

* NBN service guarantee to better protect consumers and businesses

* Restore funding to the ABC

* More federal police overseas to crack down on people smuggling

* Political donation reform

* Extra $14 billion for public schools over a decade

* Two-year national preschool and kindy program

* Scrap up front fees for skill-shortage TAFE courses

* New Environmental Protection Agency

* Rebuild foreign aid budget

* Cap on private health insurance price increases

* 10-year affordable housing plan

* Limit future negative gearing concessions to new housing and reduce the CGT discount from 50 per cent to 25 per cent.

* Indigenous recognition action plan and Stolen Generations compensation scheme

* Fair Work Commission to consider 'living wage'

* Abolish Australian Building and Construction Commission

* National rail plan

* Close cash refunds for excess dividend imputation credits

* FutureAsia strategy including language training and trade policy

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(Source: ALP policy documents pre-April 1)