Where the Family First Party stands — platform positions
16 position(s), each sourced exclusively from the party's own published materials (websites, platform documents, white papers) — never from media coverage. Where the party's own materials don't state a position, nothing is shown.
Immigration party platform
Family First states that Australia's immigration levels are too high and unsustainable, putting pressure on the cost of housing, groceries and healthcare, and it pledges to fight to dramatically cut net overseas migration while freeing up more land for housing.
Abortion & reproductive policy party platform
Family First states that human life begins at conception and should be protected from that moment until natural death, and it supports banning late-term abortion alongside support for women in crisis pregnancies through services such as pregnancy support and adoption pathways.
Voluntary assisted dying party platform
Family First states it believes in the protection and sanctity of human life at all stages and opposes laws allowing physicians to actively assist in or directly cause a person's death, favouring expanded palliative care instead.
Gender & LGBTQ+ policy party platform
Family First's platform states that marriage should be between one man and one woman, and it commits to closing child gender clinics and prohibiting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgical intervention for minors, which it terms child abuse, along with legislation to make it an offence for a teacher to encourage a child to change gender and removal of related content from school curricula.
Religious freedom party platform
Family First states that religious freedom is under threat and calls for the federal parliament to legally protect Australians' religious freedom, including defending the right of religious schools and organisations to employ staff in line with their faith and ethos and to provide education consistent with parents' beliefs.
Freedom of speech party platform
Family First's core values state the party 'believes freedom of speech, expression and religions are fundamental freedoms.' Its dedicated Freedom of Speech and Religion policy argues existing law has significantly restricted speech because offence and hatred are subjective, and commits to amending anti-vilification and anti-discrimination provisions to remove the 'offend' and 'incite hatred' limbs, abolishing federal and state human rights commissions, and repealing anti-conversion-therapy laws.
Drugs & law and order party platform
Family First opposes legalising drugs and supports programs to deter drug use and assist people battling addiction, alongside a well-resourced police force, an independent judiciary, sentencing that reflects community expectations for serious crimes, and early-intervention rehabilitation programs.
Gambling & gaming reform party platform
Family First's Victorian platform commits to phasing out poker machines, diverting revenue during the phase-out into an industry adjustment fund, or supporting cashless gaming cards if a full phase-out cannot be achieved; the party also supports banning gambling advertising from sport.
Sex work decriminalisation party platform
Family First states it opposes legalising prostitution and supports initiatives to help women and men escape forced prostitution.
First Nations & treaty party platform
Family First states it supports constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians but opposed the referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, describing it as a substantial change to how the country is governed rather than a modest advisory body.
Nuclear & uranium party platform
Family First supports transitioning Australia's energy system from coal to gas to nuclear power using existing power station sites and transmission lines, stating nuclear can meet emissions-reduction goals while keeping the lights on without the costs and land use of a renewables-only approach.
Housing & planning party platform
Family First's housing policy focuses on releasing more land and reducing red tape to increase housing supply and lower prices, and it links high immigration levels to housing affordability pressure, calling for reduced net overseas migration to ease demand.
Health party platform
Family First states that the health of the nation starts with the health of each family, and supports the public hospital system with fair and equal access to essential care, including for disadvantaged, isolated, aged, and rural or remote people, alongside affordable dental care and mental health support.
Education party platform
Family First supports reviewing the national curriculum to refocus on reading, writing, arithmetic, history and logic, restoring the teaching of Western Civilisation and Australia's democratic achievements, adding financial literacy, and removing critical race theory and gender ideology content from school and early childhood curricula, while affirming parents as the primary educators of their children.
Energy party platform
Family First has called for a pause on net zero policy, stating it has driven up electricity prices and household costs, and supports using gas to firm electricity supply and lower power prices, unlocking gas reserves, and keeping coal-fired power stations open until viable, affordable baseload alternatives exist.
Environment & water party platform
Family First's core values state that government must play a constructive role in releasing and stewarding the nation's natural resources for the common good in a manner that is environmentally sustainable.
Compare with other parties: Immigration · Abortion & reproductive policy · Voluntary assisted dying · Gender & LGBTQ+ policy · Religious freedom · Freedom of speech · Drugs & law and order · Gambling & gaming reform · Sex work decriminalisation · First Nations & treaty · Nuclear & uranium · Housing & planning · Health · Education · Energy · Environment & water.
Who donates to the Family First Party?
Disclosed total: $207,200 AUD · 5 disclosed donor(s)
AEC detailed receipts (donations above the disclosure threshold only). Party-owned entities and branch transfers appear tagged.
| Donor | Amount (AUD) |
|---|---|
| Colleen Reid | $82,000 |
| International Community Fellowship Inc | $50,000 |
| John Small | $30,000 |
| Jason Blaiklock | $25,200 |
| Silver River Investment Holdings AFT Fenwick Family Trust investment vehicle Silver River Investment Holdings Pty Ltd is a private investment company acting as trustee for the Fenwick Family Trust, controlled by financier Simon Fenwick (co-founder of International Value Advisers and an Institute of Public Affairs director). | $20,000 |
Source: AEC Transparency Register
Political compass placement
Economic +5, social +7 (medium confidence) — researched party-level placement, not a score computed from this database. Explicitly advocates smaller government and less economic regulation (market-right); socially strongly conservative — anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia, pro-religious-liberty, led by the former Australian Christian Lobby director.
Members & candidates on record
- Michael White — Family First Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · Northern Victoria (VIC) · candidate · Victoria 2026
- Matthew Emerson — Family First Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · Western Metropolitan (VIC) · candidate · Victoria 2026
- Sarah Game — Family First Party · South Australia · South Australian Legislative Council · Statewide (SA) · incumbent
- Jane Foreman — Family First Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · South-Eastern Metropolitan (VIC) · candidate · Victoria 2026
- Dianne Colbert — Family First Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · Western Victoria (VIC) · candidate · Victoria 2026
- Michael Brown — Family First Party · Victoria · Victorian Legislative Council · Eastern Metropolitan (VIC) · candidate · Victoria 2026