Family First

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Social Services • Family Stability • Cost of Living Relief

 

🔵 OVERVIEW

Australians Unified is committed to restoring family strength, freedom, and stability through targeted reforms across childcare, cultural inclusion, cost of living, and faith‑based protections. This page outlines the Family First reform model, aligned with Services Australia and designed to deliver practical, inclusive, and values‑driven support for Australian families.

 

🟦 PURPOSE

  • Empower families with flexible childcare and direct support

  • Protect religious freedom and cultural inclusion

  • Deliver cost of living relief for households and retirees

  • Support both parents in raising children, regardless of marital status

  • Embed Judeo‑Christian values in national policy frameworks

  • Strengthen family‑centred service delivery across government

🧭 CAPABILITY MAP

Core functions required to deliver Family First reforms.

🔵 Flexible Childcare Reform

  • Direct childcare subsidies to parents

  • Support for shift workers and rural families

  • Enable choice: nanny, friend, parent, or centre

  • Remove discrimination against non‑centre care

  • Welfare‑linked payment safeguards

🟣 Cultural Inclusion & Faith Protection

  • Legal protection for religious freedom

  • Ban discriminatory signage (e.g. “No Christians”)

  • Support faith‑based hiring in schools

  • Protect Judeo‑Christian family values

  • National Religious Freedom Act

 

🔴 Cost of Living Relief

  • Electricity bill cuts (20% target)

  • Fuel excise halved for 3 years

  • Tax reform for families and retirees

  • Raise tax‑free threshold to $35,000

  • Remove beer and spirits excise in venues

🟢 Healthcare Affordability

  • Increase Medicare rebate

  • Promote bulk billing

  • Crack down on Medicare fraud ($3B est.)

  • Support aged care and veterans

🟤 Family Equity & Stability

  • Equal benefits for divorced and intact families

  • Support for both parents in child‑raising

  • Family‑centred welfare and tax design

  • Community‑based support models

  • Strengthen Services Australia delivery

 

Basic

🔵 AMEND

  • Childcare subsidy legislation → enable direct payments to parents

  • Tax law → allow income splitting and joint returns

  • Medicare Act → increase rebates and fraud enforcement

  • Religious Discrimination Bill → strengthen protections

Professional

🔴 REMOVE

  • Centre‑only childcare subsidy restrictions

  • Beer and spirits excise in venues

  • Discriminatory signage loopholes

  • Faith‑based hiring bans in schools

  • Penalties on pensioner earnings

Business

🟢 CREATE

  • Family First Childcare Payment Scheme

  • Religious Freedom Protection Act

  • Cost of Living Relief Package

  • Family Tax Reform Framework

  • Services Australia Family Equity Unit

PORTFOLIO AGENCIES

  • Services Australia

  • Department of Social Services

  • Department of Education

  • Department of Health

  • Australian Taxation Office

  • Religious Freedom Commission (proposed

Flexible ChildcareFamily First

Australians Unified are calling for childcare subsidy payments to go directly to parents (subject to welfare checks) so they can decide how best to care for their children—whether it’s a nanny, a friend, or another flexible childcare solution such as the parent.

Millions of shift workers, part-timers, and rural families need greater flexibility as they do not work within the hours that childcare centres are open.

Governments should not be discriminating against parents who cannot use childcare centres that don’t fit their needs.

Cultural Inclusion

Right now, it’s perfectly legal in some states like NSW for a shop to display a sign saying, “NO CHRISTIANS”.  

And some state governments want to prevent faith-based schools from deliberately hiring teachers who share their values.

Australians have been promised legal protection for their religious freedom for nearly 5 years.

But the federal parliament has failed to deliver.

And woke activists are attacking the Judeo-Christian family values our nation was founded on.

If you don’t fight for your religious freedom now, it will be lost.

The Albanese Government might be giving lip service to this… but more action is needed now.

Christian schools are being attacked for trying to maintain their faith-based code of conduct.

And ALL people of faith are facing very real and present threats.

So, take action right now to protect your family, freedom and faith.

Sign this petition today to tell the federal parliament to legally protect your religious freedom.

Cost of living

Cost of Living Measures

One Nation is committed to addressing the cost of living crisis by implementing a suite of targeted measures designed to provide immediate relief to Australian households and businesses. Our plan includes the following:

Electricity Bill Reductions

  • Change the National Electricity Market (NEM) rules to enable and incentivize cheaper coal and gas-fired baseload power while supporting nuclear energy in the medium term.
  • Aim to slash electricity bills by 20% immediately.

Fuel Price Relief

  • Halve the fuel excise to 26 cents per liter for 3 years with a review after 12 months, with the option to extend further.
  • This measure will reduce costs for motorists and lower freight expenses, directly impacting the price of groceries, goods, and services.

Tax Relief for Households and Retirees

  • Enable aged and veteran pensioners to earn more without penalty.
  • Introduce income splitting and joint tax return filing for couples with dependent children.
  • Raise the tax-free threshold to $35,000 for self-funded retirees.

Dump the Beer tax

  • Remove the excise on Beer and Spirits in venues

Healthcare Cost Reductions

  • Increase the Medicare rebate to better remunerate GPs and promote bulk billing.
  • Crack down on Medicare fraud, which is estimated to cost up to $3 billion per year.

These cost-of-living measures are core to our policy commitments, will be added to, and will provide much-needed relief to Australians while addressing structural inefficiencies and fostering long-term economic stability​.

🗺️ STRATEGIC ROADMAP

Immediate (0–12 months)

  • Launch Family First Childcare Scheme

  • Introduce Religious Freedom Bill

  • Begin cost of living relief rollout

  • Reform Medicare rebate structure

Medium Term (1–3 years)

  • Tax reform for families and retirees

  • Services Australia family equity integration

  • Cultural inclusion programs scaled

  • Community‑based support models deployed

Long Term (3–10 years)

  • Stable, inclusive, family‑centred social services system

  • Protected religious freedom

  • Affordable living for all Australians

  • Strengthened national family values

From modest beginnings, we've grown through unwavering dedication and a commitment to continuous improvement. Each step has reinforced our core belief in the power of collaboration and the importance of integrity. We're passionate about what we do, and we're excited to share our story with you.

Unified Australians believe that the future of real wealth lies in prioritizing families. Whether divorced or not, families should receive equal benefits and support to provide them with strength and stability. Both parents have essential roles in raising their children, and this must be acknowledged in all aspects of the Australian government.t.

Oliver Hartman