Summary
Topics are assigned during statement analysis and linked to party platform policies. Statements tagged as Other are also matched by content keywords. Use this page to trace how parties and members engage with housing policy areas.
Australian Labor Party
Labor’s current settings include the Housing Australia Future Fund for social/affordable supply, the Australian Government 5% Deposit Scheme (expanded from Oct 2025 with no place/income caps but price caps), Help to Buy shared equity, and Commonwealth Rent Assistance for eligible payment recipients.
Australian Labor Party
Increase social and affordable housing supply, support first-home buyers, and reform planning to deliver more homes.
Australian Greens
Implement nationwide rent caps, build more public and community housing, and reform negative gearing.
Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal platform material emphasises increasing housing supply through planning and approval reform, supporting first-home buyers, and relying primarily on private construction rather than large public build funds.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
One Nation’s housing policy focuses on reducing demand by cutting immigration levels and banning foreign ownership of Australian properties. They have not specified positions on programs like the Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA), Help to Buy, or the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF).
Labor is deliberately cutting housing supply through its tax grabs and its ban on SMSF investment in housing.…
Labor’s housing taxes have delivered fewer homes, fewer home loans, fewer home sales & higher rents.
The PM has delivered a trifecta of failure on housing: fewer homes, higher rents and confidence smashed. Toda…
Apparently selling T-shirts is now newsworthy. The ABC and other Senators are frothing over them! One Nation…
One Nation will slash the number of temporary visa holders and unlawful non-citizens in the country by more th…
Tomorrow I will take the No Jab No Pay repeal bill to a vote in the Senate. The current law is particularly h…
This is why Labor banned SMSFs from borrowing to invest in housing. It's about protecting their mates. https:…
Labor is so good at housing. https://t.co/nONe8BshYV
I just watched a middle aged white female Australian politician argue that we need to restrict the internet an…
I just watched a middle aged white female Australian politician argue that we need to restrict the internet an…
Our changes are working. We’re fixing a broken housing system. https://t.co/zQFm6fqORo
The vested interests are saying cutting migration will cause economic harm. Australians have been living thro…
Australia’s housing market is cooked. That’s why we’re standing up and delivering real change. https://t.co/…
I know Australians are doing it tough. Families are competing with hundreds of people for rental accommodation…
Labor lured first home buyers into the market with their pump primed 5% deposits and smashed housing confidenc…
Australians are competing with hundreds for rental accommodation and they’re stuck in ambulances because there…
Labor’s housing taxes must be repealed if we want more houses, lower rents and more first home buyers.
Higher rents, fewer homes and fewer first home buyers: three things the new taxes have delivered.
Kelty said: “The PM is telling the country with glee that the price of property is falling, yet the unaffordab…
Kelty said: “The PM is telling the country with glee that the price of property is falling, yet the unaffordab…
Kelty said: “The PM is telling the country with glee that the price of property is falling, yet the unaffordab…
Packed with science and stories, this book argues that parents, teachers and managers working with young peopl…
Bravery Trust supports current and former ADF members and their families through financial hardship, with emer…
A parent has just written to me. His son took a tiny Australian flag to school on flag day which was celebrati…
Higher rents, fewer homes and fewer first home buyers thanks to the new Labor taxes. https://t.co/nyGDLqatqx
Decisions about taxpayer money should be based on community need, with clear & transparent criteria, not p…
Negative equity now: Labor you are so good at housing. https://t.co/cWjTc0mQo2
As part of the pay rise, centres have to limit fee increases for parents. Our changes will save the average…
Chalmers doesn’t care about the growing trend of forever renters. He’ll do anything for his super mates. htt…
Australians are being crushed by Labor’s cost-of-living crisis. Mortgage repayments are up about $1,760 a mo…
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