💸 Cost of living & tax
Cut stamp duty: where the parties stand
Cut or abolish stamp duty for home buyers? Here's what every decoded party in the 2026 Victorian election has said, with sources.
For: Lib/Nat and Greens. Mixed: Labor. Not mentioned by: One Nation, Legalise Cannabis, Animal Justice, Libertarian, Shooters, Fishers & Farmers, Vic Socialists, Family First and Sustainable Australia.
👍 For
Lib/Nat supports this
Abolish stamp duty for eligible first-home buyers on properties up to $1m (uncosted).
Source: Liberal Party (Vic)
Greens supports this
Cut stamp duty (the party says the average buyer saves about $60,000), paid for by taxing big banks and investors with more than $5m in homes they don't live in.
Source: Victorian Greens
🤔 Mixed
Labor has a mixed position on this
Only a narrow cut: the off-the-plan stamp-duty concession runs to 21 April 2027. No broad stamp-duty cut.
Source: Victorian Government
👻 Ghosting
Not mentioned in anything we reviewed for 2026: