A 2022 election pledge to build 1 million homes by 2029 has seen less than 80,000 completions. We tracked every budget line, every ministerial statement, and every revised target.

Labor

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Climate & EnergyMisleading

Net Zero by 2050: What the Modelling Actually Shows

Government net-zero projections depend on carbon capture and storage technology that does not yet exist at commercial scale. Independent scientists say the assumptions are not credible.

LaborCoalitionOne Nation

8 min readRead

Cost of LivingContradicted

Real Wages vs. Ministerial Statements: A 14-Quarter Audit

Real wages have fallen for 14 consecutive quarters. We mapped every ministerial statement about wages against the ABS data. The gap between rhetoric and reality is documented here.

Labor

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TaxationPartially Delivered

Stage 3 Tax Cuts: Who Actually Benefited

The redesigned Stage 3 tax cuts were sold as a win for middle-income earners. The distributional analysis tells a more complicated story.

Labor

7 min readRead

Social ServicesSystemic Failure

Robodebt: The Accountability Audit

The Royal Commission found the robodebt scheme was unlawful, caused serious harm, and involved deliberate concealment. We track what accountability has actually followed.

CoalitionLabor

9 min readRead

Economic PolicySystemic Failure

The Regulation Tax: How Australia's Compliance State Is Costing Every Household

Australia's regulatory burden is measurably heavier than almost every comparable economy. The Productivity Commission's own data shows it is the primary structural driver of our productivity collapse — and that collapse is directly embedded in the cost of everything Australians buy.

LaborCoalition

10 min readRead

Climate & EnergyIdeologically Driven

The Nuclear Ban: Policy by Ideology, Not Evidence

Australia is the only developed nation with significant uranium reserves that legislates against using nuclear power. We examine the evidence base — or lack of one — behind the prohibition.

LaborGreensOne Nation

7 min readRead

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