Promise tracker

Promises from the 2025 federal election and what has happened to them since.
5
Delivered
4
In progress
13
Not in government
Not in government: only the party in government can deliver or break a promise, so other parties' commitments are listed for the record (the same rule RMIT's tracker uses).

Australian Labor Party

Government since May 2022, re-elected 3 May 2025
Cut 20% from every student loan (HELP/HECS) debt, about $16 billion for around 3 million people, backdated to 1 June 2025.
Education
Delivered
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Lower the 16% income tax rate to 15% from 1 July 2026 and to 14% from 1 July 2027.
Tax
In progress
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Let workers claim an instant $1,000 deduction for work expenses without receipts, from the 2026–27 income year.
Tax
In progress
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Extend the GP bulk-billing incentive to every Australian and pay practices that bulk bill every patient, from 1 November 2025, aiming for 9 in 10 GP visits bulk billed by 2030.
Health
In progress
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Cap the cost of a PBS prescription at $25 (down from $31.60) from 1 January 2026. Concession card holders stay at $7.70.
Health
Delivered
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Open the 5% home deposit scheme to every first home buyer, with no income limits or caps on places.
Housing
Delivered
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Cut the installed cost of a home battery by about 30% from 1 July 2025 (Cheaper Home Batteries Program).
Energy
Delivered
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Guarantee three days a week of subsidised childcare and scrap the activity test for families earning under $530,000, from January 2026.
Childcare
In progress
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Protect penalty rates and overtime in law so award workers cannot have them cut.
Work
Delivered
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Liberal Party and The Nationals (Coalition)

Opposition at the 2025 election
Halve fuel excise, from about 50 to 25 cents a litre, for 12 months (about $6 billion).
Cost of living
Not in government
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Build seven nuclear power plants on the sites of old coal plants.
Energy
Not in government
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Fast-track gas projects, halve gas approval times and require more gas to be kept for the domestic market.
Energy
Not in government
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Let first home buyers use up to $50,000 of their superannuation for a deposit.
Housing
Not in government
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Repeal Labor's legislated tax cuts and instead pay a one-off tax offset of up to $1,200 for people earning $48,000 to $104,000.
Tax
Not in government
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Cut net overseas migration by 100,000 places and permanent migration from 185,000 to 140,000 a year.
Migration
Not in government
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Raise defence spending to 3% of GDP within a decade.
Defence
Not in government
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Australian Greens

Crossbench
Add dental and mental health care to Medicare.
Health
Not in government
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Freeze rents for two years, then cap increases at 2% every two years.
Housing
Not in government
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Limit negative gearing for new investors to one property and phase out the capital gains tax discount.
Housing
Not in government
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Wipe all student debt and make education free.
Education
Not in government
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Make public transport trips 50 cents on buses, trains, ferries and trams.
Cost of living
Not in government
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Cancel AUKUS and move $4 billion into building weapons in Australia.
Defence
Not in government
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A selection of the biggest promises, checked on 14 Oct 2026. Commitments are summarised in plain words, not quoted. Tap one for its sources.