Core Policies of a Reform-Led Government

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One of the policies our party has is the Healthcare Shake-Up. The changes to Medicare would include adding specialist doctors to Medicare, making ambulances free nationwide, and controlling prices on life-saving medication, such as epinephrine, glucagon, salbutamol inhalers, glycerol trinitrate, and medical gas.

As a party, we understand that many Australians are frustrated with being taxed heavily on their personal income. That’s why one of our major policy commitments is to reshape the tax brackets — ensuring you can spend or save more of what you earn. We believe this will stimulate consumer confidence, boost local businesses, and strengthen the overall economy.

Of course, a fair and thriving economy still requires revenue. That’s why we’ll introduce alternative, smarter methods to maintain GDP and fund essential services. (See our Comprehensive Steps to Reforming Australia for full details.)

Finally, we have no problem with corporations making a profit — they’re vital to jobs and innovation. However, when those profits come at the expense of everyday Australians, reform is necessary. We will offer responsible corporate tax cuts to make Australia an attractive investment destination, while strengthening the ACCC’s powers to prevent anti-competitive behaviour and protect consumers.

Australia’s interest rate system is broken — punishing families while protecting big banks. Despite inflation easing, the RBA continues to hold rates at painful levels, crushing homebuyers and small businesses. Reform AU  will pass the Transparent Interest Rate Reform Act to bring common sense, oversight, and accountability to rate decisions. We’ll pause hikes when mortgage stress hits critical levels, require full transparency from the RBA, and ensure rate decisions reflect economic reality — not just theory. It’s time interest rate policy worked for the people, not against them.

Australia is long overdue for a high speed rail. Reform AU proposes a cross-country high-speed rail network, linking cities such as Sydney, Perth, Darwin, and Melbourne, with trains reaching speeds of 350 km/h. Modelled on Indonesia’s successful and cost-effective ‘Whoosh’ system—built for $7 billion—this initiative aims to deliver similar efficiency at a fraction of the $30–40 billion estimated for current Australian proposals. By leveraging proven technology and global partnerships, Reform AU plans to reduce travel times, boost regional economies, and ease demand on domestic air travel.

A major issue at the moment is the rise of crime. With the police severely defunded, catching criminals has become increasingly difficult. It is even more frustrating for officers who make arrests, only for offenders to be released with little to no consequences. To address this, we will implement harsher sentencing for criminals, with even stricter penalties for repeat offenders.

Australia is 2nd largest mining country in the world, despite this, we refine next to none of our minerals. Instead we export two-thirds of the raw materials to China. Currently, the 2 major parties in our parliament have failed miserably at delivering any successful mineral refinery programs. A Reform AU government WILL end the Labor radical renewables & Can't- do Coalition with no plan.