The tea ☕: 47 issues
Who's for it, who's against it, and who's ghosting it, for every issue in the 2026 Victorian election.
💸 Cost of living & tax
- Cut land taxRoll back the 2023 land-tax increases / lift the tax-free threshold?
- Cut stamp dutyCut or abolish stamp duty for home buyers?
- Cut payroll taxReduce payroll tax (higher threshold or exemptions)?
- New taxes on big business & wealthRaise new revenue from banks, gambling, fossil fuel firms or the wealthy?
- Government action on grocery pricesIntervene in grocery prices (public supermarkets, price caps or anti-gouging)?
- Cap road tollsPut a weekly cap on freeway tolls?
🏠 Housing & planning
- Rent caps or freezeCap or freeze rent increases?
- Large public/social housing buildFund a major expansion of public or social housing?
- State-led density near transportHave the state push higher-density housing into established suburbs near transport (activity centres)?
- Restrict foreign home buyersRestrict foreign ownership of residential property?
⚡ Energy & climate
- Keep legislated renewable & emissions targetsKeep (or strengthen) Victoria's legislated renewable-energy, emissions and net-zero targets?
- VNI West & Western Renewables LinkProceed with the big renewable transmission lines as planned?
- Ban on gas in new homesKeep the ban on gas connections in new homes?
- New gas explorationOpen up new (onshore or offshore) gas exploration?
- Prop up coal powerSupport coal generation / new coal and gas plants?
- Lift the nuclear banRepeal Victoria's ban on nuclear energy?
- Public ownership of energy (SEC)Expand publicly owned energy generation or retail (e.g. the SEC)?
🚆 Transport & infrastructure
⚖️ Crime & justice
- Treat young violent offenders as adultsTry or sentence children charged with serious violent crimes as adults?
- Lower the age of criminal responsibilityLower the age of criminal responsibility (currently 12)?
- Tougher bail lawsMake bail harder to get for repeat or serious offenders?
- Warrantless knife searches (Jack's Law)Give police stop-and-search powers with metal-detector wands?
- Expand self-defence rightsExpand home self-defence laws or legalise pepper spray?
- Loosen firearm lawsEase restrictions on licensed firearm owners?
- Legalise cannabisLegalise adult cannabis use (or put it to a vote)?
- Shift money from policing to servicesRedirect police/prison growth into social services?
🩺 Health & social
- Free public dentalFund free public dental care for the general public?
- Free abortion careRemove out-of-pocket costs for abortion care?
- Expanded voluntary assisted dyingSupport the expansion of voluntary assisted dying laws?
- Hospital ED expansionFund expanded emergency departments / more hospital beds?
- Curb pokies & gambling industryRestrict poker machines, gambling ads or gambling donations?
🌿 Environment & animals
- Restart native forest loggingBring back commercial native timber harvesting?
- Keep duck hunting legalAllow recreational duck shooting to continue?
- End greyhound racing subsidiesStop taxpayer funding of greyhound racing / animals in sport?
- AI data centre moratoriumPause new AI data centres until protective laws exist?
🏛️ Integrity & government
- Construction/Big Build royal commissionHold a royal commission into corruption on major projects?
- Stronger IBAC powersGive the anti-corruption commission stronger powers?
- Ban corporate/industry donationsBan political donations from corporations or specific industries?
- Shrink the public serviceFreeze hiring or cut non-frontline public service roles?
- Sell or transfer public assetsSell, privatise or transfer state-owned assets or bodies?
- 2026 upper-house voting changeSupport the 2026 abolition of group voting tickets (new upper-house rules)?
🤝 First Peoples & society
- Statewide Treaty & Gellung WarlKeep the Statewide Treaty Act 2025 and the First Peoples' body Gellung Warl?
- LGBTIQA+ equality programsKeep or expand LGBTIQA+ equality measures (incl. school programs)?
- Ban specific protest phrasesCriminalise specific phrases such as 'globalise the intifada'?
- Lower immigration / population growthCut immigration or stabilise population? (Mostly a federal power.)