‘Families’ are being exploited in the Federal Election race. Having been shoved to the back of the queue behind ‘climate change’, #Mediscare, and mass migration (which serves Labor’s easy votes and the Coalition’s developer friends), families are being targeted with last-minute election ‘freebies’.

Families ‘matter’ to Labor and the Coalition.

But only during the dying weeks of the election campaign.

After that, they will stop mattering.

This lack of care can be seen in the type of policies being offered. Short-term. Insignificant. Some are even harmful to those trying to have families who have not yet been blessed with children.

Labor and Liberal are offering childcare subsidies (where childless families pay more tax to raise other people’s children), one-off tax cuts, and ‘women’s health’ policies drafted by leaders who refuse to recognise biological women. You cannot make this up.

It is all an insulting slap in the face for the people who are suffering the most in the cost-of-living crisis.

Then we have minor parties who put ‘family’ in their title, and yet fail to put family at the centre of their portfolio. How sincere are they?

One Nation has always been a party for Australian families.

Our policies are designed to help those who already have children to give them the best chance in life, free from the toxic influence of government propaganda. We believe parents should be able to afford a decent home and have time leftover for holidays, extra-curricular activities, and family time. We also want to see education purged of ideological left-wing rot which has harmed two generations of kids.

That can’t happen while Labor and Liberal bow to radical activists and trash the economy, forcing parents to work multiple jobs only to come home exhausted and realise they can’t afford their petrol, the power bill, or even toys for their kids.

It’s heartbreaking and a betrayal of the Australian people who pay more tax than at any point in history and yet have been robbed of the upbringing we enjoyed. What are we getting for all this tax? Wind turbines in our rainforests and on our beaches?

One Nation policies are carefully designed to put money back in the pockets of Australians so that they can raise their children and – if they wish – have more children.

There are so many young couples, especially in our cities, who cannot afford to have children.

They live in tiny apartments with no room for children to grow and thrive, designed as nothing more than human filing cabinets. They travel for hours to get to work.

They want to give their children the same life they had, but know that they are not in a financial position to do so.

They feel guilty, even though it is not their fault – it is the government’s fault for letting them down with the state of the economy.

These are couples who line up behind dozens of foreign citizens for a handful of rental properties.

Couples who are running out of time to start a family.

They have climate change banshees shouting, ‘Don’t have children or you’ll destroy the world!’ in one ear, and their bank account rumbling at them on the other as they empty it to pay for the basics.

The solution is not to kick ‘Boomers’ out of the homes they earned, as the Left is cruelly suggesting. Nor is it to tear up the green spaces and heritage buildings of our cities – constructing slum-like social housing which makes family areas less safe. That is not the sort of Australia people want for their kids.

Mass migration is the problem and reversing it is the answer.

One million homes are taken up by temporary migrants.

75,000 are living illegally in our cities in breach of their resident visas.

After more than two million people came here under Labor, immigration must be paused. Australia needs time to breathe, to build, and to assimilate those who took permanent residency.

Those who have broken our rules should be deported immediately. Those homes will go straight to young Australians and their families.

In the long-term, we believe in ending foreign ownership. After all, Australians cannot own homes in China, so why are Chinese investors turning our citizens into a nation of renters?

As for those families who were able to fight against this unfair economic tide and purchase a home, we know that they are suffering too. Mortgage holders are being smashed with the highest house prices in history. Interest rates should be lower, but the government keeps spending taxpayer money on wasteful ideological nonsense that pushes up inflation. A one-off tax cut won’t fix this. It’s designed to bribe people into re-electing economic vandals.

We want to see $90 billion in savings made by cutting government waste.

Australians have seen America. They know what the swamp looks like. We’ve got one in Canberra and it is just as wasteful. A resource-rich nation does not approach a trillion dollars in debt by being respectful of the taxpayer.

The government shouldn’t be building low-cost, unlivable houses. That’s a prison state. We want to make it easier, faster, and cheaper for Australians to build the houses they want and employ other families to make it happen.

Over 49% of the building costs for a home is unnecessarily imposed by government taxes, regulation, and fees. Cut those. That’s how you help people build homes. We’ll also propose scrapping GST on building materials. Seriously, people pay enough already.

Instead, the government is adding another $50,000 for compliance. Ouch. Talk about kicking people in the shins for being successful.

And yes, after a long day’s work navigating this tough economic situation, One Nation believes people should be able to go down to the pub for a drink and have a chat without selling their organs on the black market to pay for it. A relaxed mum and dad makes for a happy family – and an increase in social gatherings helps build community strength and coherency.

Alcohol excise tax is out of control, and destroying Australia’s hospitality sector along with local producers. It’s just greed. Government greed.

Finally, Australians should be able to get in their cars and go out and enjoy their beautiful country. They cannot do that if they live in fear of the cost of petrol. It’s a new form of ‘range anxiety’ where it’s not the fuel tank running dry – it’s your wallet. There is no excuse for it. Government did this and government can fix it by withdrawing its hands from your wallet.

One Nation proposes taking 26 cents off every litre of petrol. As one remote transport worker said, at the end of their long shift, that’s an extra carton of beer in their esky.

Pro-family means being low-tax. You deserve to keep more of the money you earn. To spend it how you wish. And to be given a fair-go when it comes to the housing market.

This election is not about ‘getting Australia back on track’ – it’s about giving Australia back to the people.

That is exactly what One Nation will do.