Federal Election Scorecard 2025

Where do the parties stand on healthy, energy-efficient homes?

The need for high-performance, sustainable buildings has never been more urgent.

Inefficient, poorly insulated homes are driving up energy bills, harming health, and widening the divide between those who can afford quality housing and those who cannot.

The Australian Passivhaus Association (APA) is on a mission to ensure that all homes and buildings are energy-efficient, healthy, and climate-resilient. But we can’t do it alone. We need your voice to advocate for smarter, more sustainable building practices that benefit everyone.

To help advance this cause, APA has surveyed federal election candidates across Australia to understand their stance on high-performance building standards and how they can support the transition to sustainable homes.

As the results become available, we will add them into the tracker below. I encourage you to take a moment to explore how political parties and your local candidates stand on these critical issues. Together, we can work toward a future an equitable future, where every Australian building provides superior comfort, reduces energy bills, promotes health, and helps to protect the planet.

Alexia Lidas

CEO,

Australian Passivhaus Association

Policy Area Labor (%) Liberal–National Coalition (%) Greens (%) Independents (%) Other (%)
Support regular NCC updates✅ 100%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ 20%
Support financial incentives (grants/tax)✅ 50%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ 10%
Propose sustainable housing policies✅ 100%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ 15%
Support health-first standards✅ 50%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ 20%
Commit to energy-efficient housing✅ 50%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ 15%
Retrofit policy support✅ 50%❌ 0%✅ 50%✅ 50%❌ 10%
Long-term climate resilience through buildings✅ 50%❌ 0%✅ 100%✅ 100%❌ —

✅ = Majority of candidates/Party support this area
❌ = Majority do not support (0%-no support, 100%-full support, 50%-neutral)
— = No response or insufficient data from this party

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🟢 = Supportive | 🔵 = Mixed or qualified support | 🔴 = Not supportive | ⚪️ = No response

Responses to take note of

  • "As a part of our plan, a Dutton Government will freeze any further updates to the National Construction Code for ten years"

    POSITION- REGULAR NCC UPDATES

    Andrew Hirst, Federal Director -National Liberal Party

  • "We want to confirm our commitment to energy-efficient, healthy, and climate-resilient homes. Our plan to transform our housing system includes: A taskforce to work with the states on improving the NCC for newly built homes and apartments, with an aim to make new houses cleaner by design through requirements for rooftop solar, all-electric appliances and stricter energy efficiency requirements".

    Adam Bandt, Leader of the Australian Greens

  • "Labor is committed to delivering more high-quality homes, faster. We see the National Construction Code (NCC) as a critical tool for ensuring that homes across Australia are safe, resilient, and of high quality."

    ALP Campaign Team

  • “Absolutely agree & support. Compulsory solar on new builds, no new gas on new builds, compulsory insulation both in the roof and outside walls, investigate subsidies for underfloor heating, double glazed windows, and more.”

    POSITION- ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSING

    Omar Hassan, Victorian Socialists, Electoral-Scullin

  • "I will be advocating for policies that meet high energy efficiency standards as these will lower energy costs and be environmentally beneficial. I will take advice from experts on the best way to do this".

    Verity Cooper, Independent - Electorate-Sturt

  • “Yes, the National Construction Code (NCC) should be updated regularly as long as the updates impact the actual construction and are improvements.”Position on Regular NCC Updates

    Dennis Pukallus, Australian Citizens Party, Electoral -Fadden

  • "The National Construction Code should be abolished."

    POSITION - REGULAR UPDATES TO NCC

    Mark Hornshaw, NSW Libertarian Party

Why This Matters

We’re tracking how political candidates plan to support better buildings for Australians—from reducing energy bills and carbon emissions to ensuring healthier homes. This is part of APA’s commitment to transparency, advocacy, and empowering voters with the information they need.

Don’t see your local candidate listed? Encourage them to respond to the APA Candidate Survey.