The targets, the price of a kilowatt hour, coal, nuclear and the fuel in the tank — five parties, from platforms, releases and parliamentary votes, with the check date on the table. The Sovereign Australia column restates the published policy: price first — a legislated 10 cents a kilowatt hour, coal decided by the market, and fuel Australia makes.
Checked 27 August 2026. Sources: party platforms, releases, statements and parliamentary votes; the Coalition’s November 2025 joint climate policy; AEMO quarterly data and the AER 2026–27 default market offers; DCCEEW announcements of July–August 2026 including the 28 July WA refinery investigation; Sovereign Australia’s published energy policy, platform Part 4 and the fuel security memos. “No stated position” means none found on the public record, not indifference. One Nation’s positions are drawn from speeches and Senate interventions rather than a published platform. This table states each party’s position, not this party’s characterisation of it.
| Issue | Sovereign Australia | Labor | Coalition | Greens | One Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net zero and the targets Federal |
Repeal the legislated target. Measure two published numbers instead: the price of a kilowatt hour, and the share of transport energy arriving by ship. | 43 per cent below 2005 by 2030 and net zero by 2050, both legislated. | Would legislate to scrap Labor’s targets; net zero retained only as “a welcome outcome if achieved through technology, choice and voluntary markets” (joint policy, November 2025). | Faster reduction than the legislated targets; opposes new coal and gas projects. | Opposes net zero and the legislated emissions targets. |
| Power prices State + Federal |
A legislated maximum of 10 cents a kilowatt hour for households and small business by the end of a first term; 6 cents at corridor maturity. | Energy bill relief payments; default market offers cut from 1 July 2026; the Solar Sharer free-hours scheme; Rewiring the Nation grid investment and the Capacity Investment Scheme. | Maintain baseload power, unlock new gas supply, and lift the ban on nuclear energy. | Household and business electrification, with grants and low-interest loans for appliances and solar. | Cut electricity bills by 20 per cent through changes to National Electricity Market rules so coal-generated power is not artificially priced; all sources in the mix — coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind. |
| Coal State + Federal |
No legislated closure dates. Coal runs until it is undercut on price, and closes as a market outcome. | 82 per cent renewables in the grid by 2030; renewables supplied a record 47 per cent of the market in the first quarter of 2026. | Keep coal-fired power longer for grid stability. | No new coal or gas; rapid exit. | Responsibly develop new coal mines and projects; long-term security to encourage investment in upgrading coal plant. |
| Nuclear Federal |
Opposes nuclear power — “we don’t need it”: corridor solar at scale, storage, east–west time arbitrage and gas as the transition fuel. The AUKUS nuclear submarine component is cancelled. | Opposes; the ban stands. | Lift the ban; seven reactors including small modular reactors at former coal sites. | Opposes nuclear power. | Lift the ban. Backs modern nuclear including small modular reactors, and research into cleaner coal and nuclear generation. |
| Fuel security Federal |
Drill and prove Australian oil, refine it here, and hold a true 90-day reserve of fuel Australia made. | The 2026–27 fuel security package: a government-owned reserve, a higher stockholding obligation, payments to the two remaining refineries — and, announced 28 July 2026, an investigation with the WA government into building a new oil refinery in Western Australia. | No separate published position beyond support for domestic refining. | No separate position; opposes new oil and gas exploration. | Secure supplies with 90-day onshore reserves; halve the fuel excise and end the six-monthly CPI adjustments. |
Every Sovereign Australia cell restates the published policy — the energy policy, power prices, fuel security and Part 4 of the platform. The price argument in full is Australia’s Energy Future; the fuel case is the fuel security memo pair.