Who Gives a Vote tracks what every side is saying — not to endorse any of it, but so you can see it in one place. Below are this week’s media releases from Labor, the Coalition (LNP, Liberal and Nationals), the Greens and One Nation, each summarised in the party’s own framing with a link to the original. These are the parties’ own claims, not verified facts — read them together and make up your own mind.
Labor (ALP)
- Strengthening Medicare: Bulk billing on the up (10 Aug) — Labor says bulk billing rates are rising under its Medicare investments. Read the release
- New national campaign to stop school bullying (9 Aug) — Labor says it is launching a new national campaign to tackle school bullying, arguing bullying is harder to spot than many parents think. Read the release
- S&P Global reaffirms AAA credit rating (6 Aug) — Labor says S&P Global has reaffirmed Australia’s AAA credit rating, which it presents as a sign of responsible economic management. Read the release
The Coalition
No new release this week.
The Greens
- Greens call on Women’s Safety Ministers to commit $4.6B to tackle housing crisis (7 Aug) — The Greens are calling on Women’s Safety Ministers to commit an additional $4.6 billion to address a shortfall in social housing, ahead of the Women’s Safety Ministers Council meeting. Read the release
- Inquiry — Housing Catastrophe: Prices and Rents Soar Past Wages (6 Aug) — The Greens say their Senate inquiry into intergenerational housing inequity heard evidence in Perth that house prices and rents have soared past wages. Read the release
- Employment services “punishment without trial” is back (5 Aug) — The Greens criticise the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for resuming some payment cancellations and suspensions, which they call “punishment without trial.” Read the release
One Nation
- Kevin Rudd’s Attack on One Nation Backfires (11 Aug) — One Nation says Kevin Rudd’s attack on the party backfired, arguing he does not understand why Australians are turning away from the old political establishment. Read the release
- Leftist media cries after being left out in the cold (7 Aug) — One Nation accuses several media outlets of bias after they were excluded from a Victorian announcement. Read the release
- Protests against Pauline: the extreme left still doesn’t get it (7 Aug) — One Nation says around 200 protesters in Hawthorn, Melbourne failed to disrupt a sold-out event at which Pauline Hanson announced candidates for the Victorian election. Read the release
A note on balance: Labor governs federally and the LNP governs Queensland, while the federal Coalition (Liberals and Nationals) sits in opposition — so government releases lean toward announcements and opposition releases lean toward critique. Seeing all sides together is the point.