Peter Dutton unveils huge change to major super policy that will help Aussies buy a home – as he launches scathing attack on ‘weak Albo’ in fiery start to election campaign
Peter Dutton has confirmed the Coalition’s election promise to allow first homebuyers to use $50,000 of their superannuation to buy a home will be extended to divorced women – and called Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘weak’.
Mr Dutton said ‘restoring the dream of home ownership’ will be a key policy area in the Opposition’s campaign to win the 2025 election.
‘Entering the property market shouldn’t be limited to those who can rely on the bank of mum and dad,’ he said on Sunday.
‘That’s why a Coalition Government will allow Australians to access up to $50,000 of their super to buy their first home. And we will extend that policy to assist separated women.’
Mr Dutton also launched an extraordinary attack on Anthony Albanese, saying Australians had suffered under him and his government.
‘Under this Albanese Labor government, I’ve seen the mood of Australians change,’ he said.
‘They’ve suffered under one of our country’s weakest ever prime ministers.
‘For so many Australians, aspiration has been replaced by anxiety. Optimism has turned to pessimism and national confidence changed to dispiritedness.’
Peter Dutton (pictured) has confirmed the Coalition’s election promise to allow first homebuyers to use $50,000 of their super to buy a home will be extended to divorced women
With the federal election due by May, the Opposition leader was making an early start in the Melbourne seat of Chisholm, which the Liberals hope to win back.
In his first major rally after the summer break, Mr Dutton said the Coalition would ‘get Australia back on track’ and he would lead a government based on the ‘views, values and vision’ of everyday Australians.
He said over the last three years, the country had ‘endured one of the most incompetent governments in our nation’s history.
‘As a result, Australians are worse off. Our country is less safe. Our society is less cohesive.’
A fired up Mr Dutton also addressed migration, which is set to be a major election issue for both major parties.
‘We will reduce the permanent migration program by 25 per cent for two years – from 185,000 to 140,000 places,’ he said.
‘In years three and four, we will return to a sustainable 150,000 and 160,000 places.’
But his careful use of a four-year plan and the phrase ‘permanent migration’ has left open the door to sustaining Australia’s current levels of people on student and other temporary visas.
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