Lib/Nat: what they stand for

👍 What Lib/Nat supports 17

• Cut land tax

  Lift the land-tax-free threshold from $50,000 to $300,000 over five years.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), ABC News

• Cut stamp duty

  Abolish stamp duty for eligible first-home buyers on properties up to $1m (uncosted).

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Cut payroll tax

  Repeal payroll tax on non-government schools and on GP clinics (the 'GP tax').

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Cap road tolls

  $50/week toll cap for two years from July 2027 ($90m a year).

  Source: ABC News

• New gas exploration

  Invite producers to propose conventional gas exploration.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Guaranteed regional funding share

  Send 25% of new state infrastructure spending to regional Victoria.

  Source: Australian Election Tracker

• Treat young violent offenders as adults

  'Adult Crime, Adult Time': add 12 offences, including burglary, serious assault and attempted murder.

  Source: James Newbury MP (Liberal)

• Tougher bail laws

  A 'one-strike' bail rule for the uplifted offences.

  Source: James Newbury MP (Liberal)

• Warrantless knife searches (Jack's Law)

  Backed Jack's Law before Labor adopted it.

  Source: ABC News

• Free abortion care

  Matched Labor's free abortion care pledge.

  Source: ABC News

• Hospital ED expansion

  A new 230-bed West Gippsland hospital ($850m), regional hospital upgrades and patient transit lounges.

  Source: Australian Election Tracker

• Restart native forest logging

  Nationals: reverse the closure of the native timber industry.

  Source: The Nationals (Vic)

• Construction/Big Build royal commission

  A royal commission into alleged CFMEU misconduct on government major projects.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Stronger IBAC powers

  IBAC 'follow the money' powers, plus a new Construction Enforcement Victoria.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Shrink the public service

  Freeze back-office hiring (frontline exempt) and return public-service staffing to its population-adjusted 2014–15 level through attrition.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), Australian Election Tracker

• Sell or transfer public assets

  Transfer the Epping wholesale market to industry and wind up the Melbourne Market Authority. No broader asset-sale program was found.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

• Ban specific protest phrases

  Extend incitement laws to cover 'globalise the intifada'.

  Source: ABC News

👎 What Lib/Nat opposes 5

• State-led density near transport

  Replace Labor's activity-centre approach with community-led structure plans. Focus growth on clearing 27 precinct plans in growth areas.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), Liberal Party (Vic)

• VNI West & Western Renewables Link

  Pause VNI West and the Western Renewables Link pending a cost-benefit review, and restore 2 km wind-turbine buffer zones.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), Liberal Party (Vic)

• Ban on gas in new homes

  Repeal the ban on gas in new homes within 100 days.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), ABC News

• Suburban Rail Loop

  Pause the Suburban Rail Loop.

  Source: Australian Financial Review

• Statewide Treaty & Gellung Warl

  Introduce legislation within 100 days to repeal the Statewide Treaty framework. It claims a $948m saving over ten years.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic)

🤔 It's complicated 2

• Keep legislated renewable & emissions targets

  Proposes a technology-neutral Energy Security Requirement and urban solar parks. The reviewed material doesn't say whether the legislated state targets stay. The federal Liberals have dropped net zero.

  Source: Liberal Party (Vic), Liberal Party (Vic), RenewEconomy

• Loosen firearm laws

  Nationals oppose numerical caps on firearms for licensed owners, and back tougher penalties for trafficking.

  Source: The Nationals (Vic)

👻 What Lib/Nat doesn't mention 23

Not in anything we reviewed for 2026. Silence isn't neutral, so worth asking candidates about.

• New taxes on big business & wealth
• Government action on grocery prices
• Rent caps or freeze
• Large public/social housing build
• Restrict foreign home buyers
• Prop up coal power
• Lift the nuclear banThe reviewed state material doesn't address the nuclear ban.
• Public ownership of energy (SEC)
• Cheaper or free public transportThe reviewed material has no fare policy. The Coalition's cost-of-living offer centres on tolls and taxes.
• Lower the age of criminal responsibility
• Expand self-defence rights
• Legalise cannabis
• Shift money from policing to services
• Free public dental
• Expanded voluntary assisted dying
• Curb pokies & gambling industry
• Keep duck hunting legal
• End greyhound racing subsidies
• AI data centre moratorium
• Ban corporate/industry donations
• 2026 upper-house voting change
• LGBTIQA+ equality programs
• Lower immigration / population growthThe federal Coalition proposes capping net overseas migration. The Victorian party's reviewed material doesn't address it.

➕ Also promising

• Scrap the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy.
• Budget back in surplus by 2032; Charter of Budget Honesty; no new or increased taxes.
• 10 technical colleges for Years 10–12 ($222m); fund half of apprentices' off-the-job training costs ($115m).
• Standalone coercive-control offence (maximum seven years).
• Return passenger rail to Mildura and Dimboola by mid-2029.
• Restore weekly rubbish collection.

🪑 Lib/Nat's 43 sitting MPs

• Bill Tilley · Benambra
• Brad Battin · Berwick
• James Newbury · Brighton
• Matthew Guy · Bulleen
• David Southwick · Caulfield
• David Hodgett · Croydon
• Cindy McLeish · Eildon
• Annabelle Cleeland · Euroa
• Bridget Vallence · Evelyn
• Tim Bull · Gippsland East
• Danny O'Brien · Gippsland South
• John Pesutto · Hawthorn
• Jess Wilson · Kew
• Emma Kealy · Lowan
• Michael O'Brien · Malvern
• Jade Benham · Mildura
• Chris Crewther · Mornington
• Martin Cameron · Morwell
• Peter Walsh · Murray Plains
• Wayne Farnham · Narracan
• Anthony Marsh · Nepean
• Tim McCurdy · Ovens Valley
• Richard Riordan · Polwarth
• Rachel Westaway · Prahran
• Kim Wells · Rowville
• Brad Rowswell · Sandringham
• Kim O'Keeffe · Shepparton
• Roma Britnell · South-West Coast
• Nicole Werner · Warrandyte
• Melina Bath · Eastern Victoria Region
• Renee Heath · Eastern Victoria Region
• Nick McGowan · North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
• Richard Welch · North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
• Evan Mulholland · Northern Metropolitan Region
• Gaelle Broad · Northern Victoria Region
• Wendy Lovell · Northern Victoria Region
• Ann-Marie Hermans · South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
• David Davis · Southern Metropolitan Region
• Georgie Crozier · Southern Metropolitan Region
• Moira Deeming · Western Metropolitan Region
• Trung Luu · Western Metropolitan Region
• Bev McArthur · Western Victoria Region
• Joe McCracken · Western Victoria Region