Federal Opposition leaders make eastern Melbourne stop to spruik their economic plan
The MPs outlined the Coalition’s financial pitch, promising lower taxes and improved housing affordability.
Matthew Sims
July 16, 2026
Speaking from the Glen Shopping Centre in Glen Waverley, opposition leader Angus Taylor has blamed Labor for a “collapse in confidence” in the housing market and backed Jess Wilson’s state election campaign.
🤝 What happened? Taylor and deputy leader Jane Hume visited private tutoring college Breakthrough Education on Thursday for a “business roundtable” with about 30 members of eastern Melbourne’s Chinese Australian business community.
🏚️ Housing pressures: The Eastern Melburnian had time to ask three questions during the media standup, starting with what Taylor’s message was to young home-buyers after the home prices in Melbourne dropped by 1.8 percent over the past 12 months.
Taylor argued there had been an “absolute collapse in confidence” in the housing market.
🗣️ “The government’s imposed taxes will mean less homes,” he said. “Affordability means lower interest rates and higher incomes. How can more first home buyers get into the market when there's less homes?”
🧑🏫 Support for learning: When asked if a Coalition government would invest more money into public education, he said he believed investment in public, private and vocational education was “enormously important”.
🗣️“We'll continue to support education that delivers outcomes for young Australians that gets them into better jobs and higher incomes,” he said. “It's one of the great enablers.”
🔵 What are Vic Liberal’s chances? On Victoria’s upcoming state election, Taylor criticised the Allan Government over corruption allegations and said Opposition leader Jess Wilson offered a “powerful alternative”.