Family First is calling for a "back-to-basics" Budget in Victoria, warning the Allan Labor Government must stop wasting borrowed money on ideology, bureaucracy and political vanity projects while families struggle with rising living costs and the State sinks deeper into debt.
Family First Victoria Upper House candidate Jane Foreman said Victorians were paying the price for a government that had lost sight of its core responsibilities.
"Victoria is too broke for woke waste," Ms Foreman said.
"Labor has plunged this State into record debt, yet it continues to pour money into ideology, activist causes and bloated bureaucracy while ordinary families are being squeezed."
"Victorians want a government focused on the essentials — affordable living, reliable energy, safer communities, better frontline services and responsible budgeting."
Family First is calling for urgent reform, including:
- Abolishing Treaty bureaucracy and any additional Voice-style structures
- Dismantling DEI bureaucracies across government
- Removing gender ideology from school policy, training and administration
- Ending further renewable energy subsidy commitments
- Conducting an independent, line-by-line audit of government spending
- Reforming procurement to end routine cost overruns and reward efficiency
Ms Foreman said the State's spending priorities were out of step with the pressures facing households.
"If renewable energy is truly the cheapest form of power, it should not require endless taxpayer subsidies," she said.
"For too long, Victorians have watched governments build new layers of bureaucracy while their own power bills, mortgages and grocery costs keep rising."
"We need a full independent audit of government spending and a new contracting model where savings are rewarded, overruns are penalised, and taxpayers are no longer treated like an open cheque book."
Ms Foreman said Family First's position was clear: restore discipline to the Budget and refocus government on serving families.
"Victoria does not need more ideology, more bureaucracy or more debt," she said.
"It needs transparency, accountability and a return to common sense."
