Before the election, Anthony Albanese looked Australians in the eye and said there would be no changes to negative gearing. No changes to capital gains tax.
It was not complicated. It was not buried in the fine print. It was the sort of promise people remember because tax and housing are not abstract issues. They are kitchen-table issues. They are the bills on the bench, the mortgage statement in the email inbox, the rental listing that is gone before you even get through to the agent.
This is about property, yes. It is about tax, obviously. But underneath all of that is something more basic:
Trust.
A Prime Minister gave Australians a straight answer before an election. He got the votes. Then his government did the thing Australians were told would not happen. Most people do not need a Treasury briefing to understand that. They have dealt with dodgy salesmen, slippery bosses, councils that change the rules halfway through a renovation, and banks that suddenly discover a new fee. They know what it looks like when someone says one thing and does another.
In normal life, that is called breaking your word. In Canberra, apparently, it is called policy development.
The housing crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been built, brick by brick, by years of reckless immigration, red tape, planning failures, construction costs, energy madness, taxes and political cowardice.
Now Labor’s answer is to go after private investors, the people who provide a huge share of rental housing. Brilliant stuff. Make rental housing less attractive to supply, then act surprised when rents rise and homes become harder to find. Only a government department could look at a shortage and decide the answer is to punish supply.
Meanwhile, ordinary Australians are being squeezed from every direction. Groceries, power bills, petrol, insurance, rent, mortgages, all of it keeps climbing. You can see it in the supermarket aisle. People are putting things back. They are checking the unit price. They are filling the car halfway and hoping it gets them through the week.
And now the government wants another slice. All while dressing it up as fairness.
But fairness for whom?
Not the young couple trying to save a deposit while rent eats half their income. Not the retiree who worked hard, bought a small investment property and planned around the rules as they stood. Not the tenant who will wear the cost when another landlord sells up or lifts the rent to cover the damage.
This is the Albanese pattern. Say what is needed before the election. Do what you want after it. Then lecture the rest of us about misinformation.
More than 22,000 Australians have already signed the petition calling for the dissolution of Parliament and an immediate federal election.
Petitions do not magically bring down governments. We all know that. But pressure matters. Numbers matter. Noise matters. And Labor MPs in marginal seats know when the ground is starting to shift under their feet.
So watch the video. Share it. Then sign the petition: AlboMustGo.com
A government that breaks its word should be forced to face the people. Not in 2028, after more damage has been done. Now.
Thought for the Day
“Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.” — Benjamin Franklin
I’m a journalist, former politician, Christian, and campaign director for CitizenGO Australia. My mission is to challenge the media lies, government overreach, and corporate censorship that threaten our freedoms.
