Overview

• Labor holds a 53.5% lead in two-party preferred polls, with voters favoring its housing and tax policies over the Coalition's proposals.
• Experts warn that both major parties' housing plans, while aiming to assist first-time buyers, risk driving up property prices due to insufficient focus on supply issues.
• Dutton faces declining approval ratings, with criticism over his perceived alignment with Donald Trump and inconsistent campaign messaging.
• Labor's $10 billion housing plan, including 100,000 new homes for first-time buyers, gains more voter support than the Coalition's tax-deductible mortgage interest proposal.
• Dutton's comments on helping his own children with a house deposit highlight broader concerns about housing affordability and the role of family wealth in homeownership.