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Victoria 2026 · Policy comparison

Gender Equality & Social Policy

Shared Fed/State

Anti-discrimination law, family-violence responses, LGBTQIA+ policy and related social legislation in Victoria.

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How to read this comparison. The short cards show each party's recorded approach. The detailed section reproduces the sourced claims underneath. There are no scores, rankings or inferred positions. Policy cells show only positions with an individually sourced public record (manifesto, press release, Hansard, or Parliamentary Budget Office costing). An empty cell means no sourced position is in the ledger yet — not that a party has no view, and not an editorial judgement of importance.

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At a glance

Labor

Family violence reform, gender-responsive budgeting and LGBTIQA+ equality

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Liberal–Nationals

Shared Coalition policy

Criminalise coercive control and establish a domestic-violence disclosure scheme

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One Nation

Roll back school gender programs and prioritise sex-based protections

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Sources and detail

Party positions

Greens

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Reproductive leave, family-violence services and LGBTIQA+ protections

  • Pledge

    Provide five additional days of reproductive health and wellbeing leave for Victorian public-sector employees.

    Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Costed measure

    Invest $10 million in publicly funded homebirth programs, $15 million to expand abortion access and additional clinical services for trans, gender-diverse and non-binary Victorians.

    • $25 million plus additional clinical-service funding taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge

    Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

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  • Costed measure

    Provide $40 million for multicultural women's family-violence refuges and $20 million for specialised community legal services supporting victim-survivors.

    • $60 million taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge

    Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Pledge

    Establish a parliamentary inquiry into anti-LGBTIQA+ hate crimes, online hate networks, prevention measures and support for victim-survivors.

    Australian Greens Victoria · published 17 Feb 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Costed measure

    Establish a $200 million Rainbow State Fund for community-controlled LGBTIQA+ mental health, homelessness, sexual-health, youth, clinical and conversion-practice survivor services.

    • $200 million taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge

    Australian Greens Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

Labor

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Family violence reform, gender-responsive budgeting and LGBTIQA+ equality

  • Costed measure

    Continue prevention, refuges, crisis accommodation and the Personal Safety Initiative as part of the 2026–27 family violence package.

    • $100 million taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge
    • 2026–27 Budget

    Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Costed measure

    Continue the Central Information Point, which shares information between agencies about family violence perpetrators.

    • more than $23 million taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge
    • 2026–27 Budget

    Premier of Victoria · published 4 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026

2 more claims
  • Position

    Extend family violence intervention orders to better protect victim-survivors, recognise offending that occurs interstate, strengthen stalking law and add procedural protections for vulnerable victims and witnesses.

    Premier of Victoria · published 12 Nov 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Position

    Maintain support for LGBTIQA+ equality, including the conversion-practices ban, anti-vilification protections and grants that expand community services in metropolitan and regional Victoria.

    • $1.6 million sector-strengthening grants taxpayer funded
    • Uncosted pledge

    Premier of Victoria · published 6 May 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026

Liberal–Nationals

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Shared Coalition policy

Criminalise coercive control and establish a domestic-violence disclosure scheme

  • Pledge

    Create a standalone coercive-control offence covering a course of conduct such as emotional, psychological, financial and physical abuse, threats, isolation and surveillance, with a maximum seven-year prison term.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Pledge

    Introduce the coercive-control legislation within the first 100 days of government if it is not enacted beforehand.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

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  • Pledge

    Introduce a ‘Right to Ask, Right to Know’ domestic-violence disclosure scheme allowing a person to request information about a partner’s violent history and police to disclose information where serious risk exists.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

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Liberal

Criminalise coercive control and establish a domestic-violence disclosure scheme

  • Pledge

    Create a standalone coercive-control offence covering a course of conduct such as emotional, psychological, financial and physical abuse, threats, isolation and surveillance, with a maximum seven-year prison term.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Pledge

    Introduce the coercive-control legislation within the first 100 days of government if it is not enacted beforehand.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

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  • Pledge

    Introduce a ‘Right to Ask, Right to Know’ domestic-violence disclosure scheme allowing a person to request information about a partner’s violent history and police to disclose information where serious risk exists.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

Nationals

Criminalise coercive control and establish a domestic-violence disclosure scheme

  • Pledge

    Support a standalone coercive-control offence covering sustained intimidation, isolation, humiliation, manipulation and control, based on the New South Wales model.

    The Nationals Victoria · published 4 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Pledge

    Support a maximum seven-year prison term for the proposed coercive-control offence.

    Liberal Victoria (joint Liberal–Nationals statement) · published 1 Dec 2025 · verified 1 Aug 2026

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One Nation

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Roll back school gender programs and prioritise sex-based protections

  • Pledge

    One Nation Victoria proposes a feasibility study and staged rollback of the Safe Schools and Respectful Relationships programs, with greater parental control over discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation.

    One Nation Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

  • Pledge

    The party says it would prohibit Gender and Sexuality Alliances in primary schools and restrict exposure of students under 16 to gender-identity material it considers ideological.

    One Nation Victoria · verified 1 Aug 2026

1 more claim
  • Position

    One Nation Victoria argues that female prisons should be organised around biological sex and that the safety of female inmates should take precedence over gender self-identification in placement decisions.

    One Nation Victoria · published 8 Feb 2026 · verified 1 Aug 2026

Who controls gender equality & social policy?

Shared Fed/State

Both levels of government pass anti-discrimination and social-policy laws. Victoria has extensive state legislation and service systems; the Commonwealth runs national schemes including much of family law and income support.

Victoria
Victorian equal-opportunity and anti-discrimination frameworks, family-violence service systems, and many state social programs.
Commonwealth
Family law, national anti-discrimination statutes, and major income-support payments.
Crime & Justice Policing, courts, corrections, youth justice and criminal law in Victoria. Health & Hospitals Public hospitals, ambulance services and state-run health systems in Victoria. Education Public schools, curriculum within state systems, TAFE and early childhood services run or regulated by Victoria.