Supply, the tax settings, first home buyers and renters — five parties, from platforms, budget papers and parliamentary votes, with the check date on the table. The Sovereign Australia column restates the published policy: three new rungs below the house — rural Community Towns, fixed-term conversion of empty commercial buildings, and corridor towns — with a tax system rebuilt around productive investment rather than housing speculation.
Checked 27 August 2026. Sources: party platforms, releases, budget papers and parliamentary votes; the National Housing Accord and the expert panel’s 21 August 2026 advice; the June 2026 tax package and August amendment bills; Housing Australia scheme data to April 2026; Sovereign Australia’s published housing memos and platform. “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. On rows marked State, a party column refers to that party’s state branch or state government. This table states each party’s position, not this party’s characterisation of it.
| Issue | Sovereign Australia | Labor | Coalition | Greens | One Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply State + Federal |
Three new rungs below the house: rural Community Towns, fixed-term conversion of empty commercial buildings, and corridor towns. | The National Housing Accord target of 1.2 million homes by 2029, and the $10bn Housing Australia Future Fund for 30,000 social and affordable homes. On 21 August 2026 the government’s own expert panel concluded the target will not be met until the end of 2030, with forecasts tracking 204,000 homes short. | Opposes Labor’s scheme design; supports freeing up land supply and planning approvals. | Government as developer, building public homes directly. | A five-year GST exemption on building materials; review of government charges it puts at 44–45 per cent of the cost of a new home; remove mandatory disability compliance requirements on new builds. |
| Tax settings Federal |
A tax system rebuilt around productive investment rather than housing speculation: a 30 per cent rate on property gains with no holding-period discount, and the end of negative gearing on investment properties. | The capital gains and negative gearing package passed parliament in June 2026 — negative gearing restricted to new builds from July 2027 — with amendment bills released in August after backlash. | Vowed to repeal the package — “axe Labor’s toxic taxes”. | Supportive of the direction; has long sought phase-outs of negative gearing and the capital gains discount. | Retain negative gearing on up to two investment properties for everyone; opposes the government’s capital gains tax changes. |
| First home buyers Federal |
No deposit-side subsidy: the party’s position is that demand-side help raises the price. | Help to Buy shared equity, and the 5 per cent deposit scheme — income caps removed in October 2025, with 247,000 first-home buyers through it by April 2026. | Supports access to superannuation for a deposit. | Opposes demand-side subsidies; favours public building and renter protections. | No deposit-side scheme published. Ban home ownership by non-citizens, and cut migration to reduce demand. |
| Renters and approvals State |
Approvals on a statutory clock with deemed approval, granny flats as of right, and land release tied to transport. | Renters’ rights through National Cabinet agreements with the states. | Opposes rent caps. | Rent caps and a freeze. | Allow home owners to rent rooms in their primary residence tax free, and remove restrictions on renting granny flats to tenants other than family. |
Every Sovereign Australia cell restates the published policy — the housing memos (the housing crisis, Rural Communities, City Communities, Inner Nation Towns), the policy pages and the platform.