Federal policy

Environment, Water and Agriculture

  • Support community-led conservation and wildfire mitigation.
  • Oppose carbon taxes and market-distorting subsidies.
  • Protect productive agricultural land from speculative rezoning.
  • Reform water markets to prioritise local and environmental needs.
  • Support genuine carbon sequestration through tree planting, water protection, and land management.
  • Coordinate national feral-animal and invasive-weed programs, including a proposed $500 million joint Commonwealth–state conservation fund.
  • Protect water resources and assess foreign land interests, agricultural leases and water-trading arrangements.
  • Support regional irrigation projects, drought and disaster lending and locally processed timber.
  • Protect lawful recreational and commercial fishing and science-based fisheries management.
  • Support productive land protection and rehabilitation bonds for large infrastructure projects.

More policies

Environment and Practical Conservation

Fund a long-term program for invasive weeds and feral pests, rehabilitate rivers and wetlands, expand bushfire preparedness and partner with farmers on practical conservation.

Animal Welfare and Companion Care

Support responsible pet ownership, establish a nationally coordinated animal cruelty register, oppose a compulsory guardianship model and seek removal of GST from household pet food.

Energy and Resource Security

Establish a National Energy Reserve, introduce a domestic gas reservation system, prioritise Australian ownership of critical infrastructure and assess nuclear electricity generation.

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