Australian Labor Party
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Statement
Evidence
Score
Introduce a tax on the excess profits of large corporations (e.g. on banks, gas companies)
Type: Voting Record
Summary: Labor passed a Public Country-by-Country reporting requirement to increase transparency and deter multinational tax avoidance.
Introduce short-term price caps (e.g. on rent and gas prices)
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Support a significant reduction of individuals employed by the public service
Type: Public Statement
Summary: Labor’s 2025–26 Budget included arguments for investing in the public service, and why the public service is a valuable resource
Prevent big companies from controlling the market and limiting consumer choice (e.g. supermarkets)
Type: Voting Record
Summary: Treasurer Jim Chalmers is taking advice from ACCC report not to give ACCC divestiture powers, but adopt other recommendations.
Phase out tax concessions for property investors (e.g. negative gearing or capital gains tax discount)
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor has ruled out out revisiting negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions
Incentivise state/territory government to increase renter rights and protections
Type: Public Statement
Summary: Labor plans to implement a framework called "A Better Deal for Renters", which will see the federal government use its leverage to negotiate with the states and territories for renters.
Increase investment in public and community housing
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor are currently rolling out the first two rounds of the Housing Australia Future Fund, with no meaningful increase in investment in the 2025-26 Budget.
Allow first home-buyers to access their super to help purchase their first home
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Incentivise state/territory governments to increase housing supply
Type: Public Statement
Summary: Labor’s 2025-26 Budget includes an additional $1B for housing, with $49.3m over two years from 2025-26 to support states and territories to scale up existing projects for prefabricated and modular housing construction:
Help first-home buyers with shared equity programs that would allow participants to co-purchase a home with the government
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor supports increasing income caps and property price caps for their "Help to Buy" shared equity scheme, announced as a part of the 2025-26 Budget.
Introduce energy bill rebates
Type: Website
Summary: Labor supports introducing energy bill rebates. From July 2025 until the end of 2025 (not into 2026), every household in the country and around one million small businesses will have $150 in rebates automatically applied to their electricity bills on a quarterly basis.
Increase financial support for energy efficiency upgrades
Type: Website
Summary: Labor’s 2025-26 Budget saw an expansion of the Household Energy Upgrades Fund (Social Housing)
Increase funding for community batteries that increase access to solar
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor government has announced a $2.3 billion investment to support over one million households, small businesses, and community facilities to install a battery.
Strengthen regulations to prevent price-gouging by energy companies
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Make university free
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Cut a portion of existing student debt
Support more fee-free TAFE places
Increase funding for public schools
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor signed a deal in Mar 2025 to ensure every public school in Australia will be fully funded by 2034.
Increase funding for and access to childcare subsidies
Type: Voting Record
Summary: The government passed the Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025, which will kick in from January 2026.
Stop fossil fuel project approvals and expansions
Type: Media Report
Summary: Since May 2022, Labor has approved 10 new coal mines or expansions. Their “Future Gas Strategy” outlines a plan to continue to explore and open new gasfields in the near to medium term, and commits Australia to continuing to export gas overseas.
Accelerate the rollout of renewable energy projects
Strengthen policies that ensure Australia’s biggest polluters genuinely cut their emissions
Type: Voting Record
Summary: Labor’s 2023 reforms were designed out to 2029-30, with a commitment to review the safeguard mechanism policy settings in 2026–27.
Increase investment in preventative health programs
There is limited evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this
Make GP visits free or more affordable by increasing bulk billing incentives
Type: Public Statement
Summary: Labor has committed $8.5 billion until 2030 to increase the bulk billing rate, estimating 9 in 10 GP visits will be free for Australians by then.
Increase funding to train, attract, and retain more healthcare professionals, especially in regional areas
Type: Website
Summary: Labor’s 2025-26 Budget allocates funding for more training places and increased salary incentives for junior doctors who want to train as GPs or specialise in rural and regional health.
Increase funding for dental and mental health
Expand subsidies to make more prescription medicines cheaper
Type: Website
Summary: Labor has announced a plan to ensure a script won’t cost Australians more than $25 under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Increase investment in large-scale renewable energy and storage
Labor’s 2025-26 Budget includes no new meaningful increases in investment or incentives
Require multinational gas companies to prioritise domestic supply, without supporting the approval of new gas projects
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Invest in nuclear power as a future energy source, while extending the life of coal power and increasing gas use in the interim
Type: Website
Summary: Labor has indicated it does not support a policy to develop a nuclear energy industry.
Improve access to government-held information about government policies and decisions
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor has refused to comment on whether they would look to reform the FOI system.
Protect the ABC and SBS’s independence and funding
Type: Public Statement
Summary: Labor announced measures to affirm ‘the independence of the national broadcasters’ and protect against ‘political interference’: additional ongoing funding for the ABC and a commitment to legislate 5-year funding terms for both national broadcasters, the ABC and SBS.
Require all lobbyists that meet with politicians to be publicly disclosed
There is no evidence to suggest the Labor Party supports this policy
Make public transport more frequent and reliable
There is limited evidence to suggest the Labor Party will increase incentives for shared transport
Improve bike paths and footpaths to encourage active transport
Type: Website
Summary: Labor has said they will maintain the previously announced $100m national active transport fund.
Increase access and affordability of electric and low-emissions vehicles
Type: Media Report
Summary: Labor has not committed to strengthening the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. There is a planned review of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard in 2026.
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