Jing Lee - Better Community Policies
My vision for South Australia is about building a Better Community, a Safer Society,
and a Stronger Economy - Jing Lee
Every policy I put forward is shaped by listening to our community. I believe that good policy starts with people – with their lived experiences, their aspirations, and their challenges. That’s why I’ve built this platform around three key priorities:
Better Community, Safer Society, Stronger Economy.
These pillars reflect my commitment to making everyday life better for
South Australians – no matter where they live, work, or come from.
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I believe a better community is where everyone feels a sense of belonging and shared purpose for collective growth and wellbeing. These policies focus on strengthening education, housing, and access to essential services.
Better Community
Proposes a statewide commitment to evidence-based literacy instruction to ensure all South Australian children can read confidently by Year 3. Addressing widening literacy gaps—especially among disadvantaged students.
Structured Literacy Guarantee
Aligns with the Grattan Institute reports.
Calling for all South Australian pre-school children to be offered vision screening at their pre-school. This will allow for early diagnosis and treatment to ensure full participation in school.
Universal Pre-School
Vision Screening
Aligns with Optometry Australia and NSW, WA and Qld
Include emergency-access, including emergency treatment costs even when transport isn’t required into the current ESL system for people on pension - to ensure vulnerable South Australians can access emergency care without financial fear.
Seniors Ambulance Cover
Aligns with SACOSS, COTA SA, Health Consumers Alliance SA
Proposing targeted reforms to ensure nurses, teachers, aged care workers, hospitality staff, and other essential employees can afford to live near their workplaces. Supporting housing affordability, workforce retention, and community resilience.
Key Worker Housing
Aligns with the Grattan Institute, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Call on the incoming Government for increased funding to Community Language Schools SA to expand partnerships programs and language learning hubs which connect students and families with access to public schools’ facilities, other educational institutions, services, and cultural activities. Together, these initiatives build belonging, boost participation, and strengthen local community pride.
Investing in Language Learning
Strengthen independent disability advocacy services so people with disability are heard, supported, and protected. Adequate funding and accessible systems are essential to uphold rights, remove barriers, and help individuals and families navigate services with confidence and dignity.
Disability Advocacy Services
Aligns with JFA Purple Orange
Advance a co‑designed equitable education strategy that improves access, resources, and support for students with disability across all education sectors. This will help create inclusive learning environments where every young person feels valued and able to reach their full potential.
Equitable Education Strategy
Aligns with JFA Purple Orange
In a safe society all citizens, regardless their background or ability, can fully and freely participate. These policies ensure that everyone feels respected, empowered and safe.
Safer Society
This policy calls on the incoming State Government to fully fund an annual multicultural conference, uniting all communities, from all cultures, backgrounds, faiths, professions, and industry sectors, as well as service providers, employers, and key agencies to openly examine what is and isn’t working in current multicultural policies and services. This summit will focus on solutions, identifying practical actions to remove barriers and reduce division, strengthen social cohesion, and ensure every South Australian feels safe and that they belong in our society.
Multicultural Summit
Aligns with community and sector peak bodies
Addressing the rise in crime and anti-social behaviour in South Australia’s hospitality sector to protect workers, support small businesses, and reduce the burden of public safety currently falling on private operators.
Workers Safety
& Crime Prevention
Aligns with Australian Hospitality Association SA
Increase investment in regional legal aid and legal assistance services and victim–support programs to reduce disparities between metro and regional areas, ensuring timely assistance and a fairer, more connected community.
Funding & Access to Justice Support in the Regions
Aligns with The Law Society SA
Advocating for Community Carers category within SA’s child protection framework, which will improve placement stability, cultural identity retention, and long-term wellbeing for CaLD children in out-of-home care.
Community Carers
Aligns with FECCA reports on multicultural child protection. Modelled on WA program.
Empowering vulnerable women to enter or re-enter the workforce through targeted support addressing childcare, trauma recovery, and financial barriers using grants and wrap around support services.
Women's Workforce Recovery
& Empowerment Program
Aligns with Catherine House etc. Modelled on NSW, Vic and QLD programs.
Call on the incoming Government to introduce a Human Rights Act protecting dignity and fairness, safeguards fundamental freedoms, strengthens accountability, and guides government decision–making with integrity, supporting a safer and more inclusive future.
Reform Legislation to Create a Human Rights Act
Aligns with The Law Society SA and the Social Development Parliamentary Committee
Calling for investment by the Government to begin work on the 136 recommendations from the Commission into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Domestice Violence Prevention
Aligns with the Commission’s Report
Provide dedicated funding to expand and train accredited court interpreters, ensuring fair access to justice for South Australians from diverse linguistic backgrounds. Strengthened interpreter services promote equality, reduce delays, and build a safer, more inclusive society.
Fund & Train Interpreters for Courts
Aligns with The Law Society SA
Call on the incoming State Government to implement a strong, transparent, and co–designed State Action Plan to deliver the Disability Royal Commission recommendations, ensuring safer services, stronger protections, and systems that uphold the rights and wellbeing of people with disability and their families.
State Action Plan – Disability Royal Commission
Aligns with JFA Purple Orange
Stronger Economy
A strong economy means opportunity for all. I’m focused on local jobs, supporting small businesses, and driving regional growth through smart investment and reform.
Raising the payroll tax threshold from $1.5 million to $2.5 million, removing apprentices/trainees, superannuation and workers compensation from the calculation – relieving thousands of businesses from tax burdens and enabling reinvestment in staff, wages, and innovation.
Payroll Tax Reduction
Aligns with Motor Traders Association SA, South Australia Business Chamber, Property Council of SA, Business Victor Harbor. Threshold aligned with Northern Territory
Creating a sustainable economic future through genuine consultation and partnership between the public and private sectors, unlocking employment and investment opportunities for local communities and businesses.
Public Private Partnership Commission
Aligns with Property Council SA, Infrastructure Australia, Productivity Commission
Reduce environmental compliance costs and red tape for small businesses through targeted rebates, practical support, and advisory partnerships.
Red Tape Reduction &
Environmental Compliance Support
Aligns with the South Australian Business Chamber, Wine Industry of SA, South Australian Dairy Association
Advocating for a phased reform of stamp duty and insurance tax in South Australia. This is designed to improve housing affordability, increase mobility, and encourage adequate insurance coverage.
Stamp Duty & Insurance Tax Reform
Aligns with Property Council SA, South Australian Business Chamber, Motor Traders Association SA
Establish a network of Regional Growth Hubs in key South Australian towns to drive population growth, economic complexity, and service delivery. These hubs would act as catalysts for regional revitalisation—supporting jobs, housing, education, and infrastructure in a coordinated, community-led way.
Regional Growth Hubs
Streamlined state-level approach to harmonising employment laws with federal standards, reducing compliance burdens, introduce targeted exemptions and practical support options for small businesses.
Simplifying Employment
& IR Law
Aligns with Business Victor Harbor, South Australian Dairy Association
Cyberattacks cost Australian SMEs an average of $49,600 per incident. Many SMEs lack the resources to implement robust cybersecurity measures. Measures to reduce vulnerability and improve digital safety across the sector.
Cyber Resilience Grants
for Small Businesses
Aligns with South Australian Business Chamber, modelled on the NT program
Supports skilled and underutilised migrant workers through skills recognition, targeted training, practical support, and employer partnerships.
Skills Recognition Programs
Aligns with South Australian Business Chamber, Motor Traders Association SA, Property Council SA, SA Skills Commission, Master Builders Association SA
Expand targeted Export Development Grants to help local SMEs enter new markets, grow their international presence, and strengthen South Australia’s economy – supporting more jobs, more investment, and greater global competitiveness.
SME Export Development Grants
Aligns with The South Australian Business Chamber
Increase the top land tax threshold from $3.1 to $6 million and implement self-assessment of land tax liability to improve competitiveness with other states and reduce uncertainty for investors. Review all land tax timing, assessment processes, and existing concessions.
Land Tax Reform
Implement a fair, transparent, housing–focused, growth–funding model ensuring State and Local governments – along with developers – deliver the essential infrastructure needed to support new homes. This ensures well–planned neighbourhoods, timely services, and sustainable housing development.
Community Ready Growth Funding
Aligns with The Southern and Hills Local Government Association
Develop a Winter Tourism Strategy that boosts regional visitation, supports local businesses, and showcases South Australia’s unique culture, food, nature, and events – creating more jobs, activity, and economic resilience year–round.
Winter Tourism Strategy
Aligns with tourism sector priorities
Let's build a
community — together.
