The people's budget,
in plain English.

Every year Canberra hands down a Budget worth hundreds of billions of dollars. We hear about the winners and losers from political commentators within hours — but no one ever asks the people footing the bill what they actually think.

We built this to change that. One person, one vote, on every line of the Federal Budget. Pitch your own policy and let the country vote on it too. No spin, no party lines, no paywall.

The goal: a public, real-time record of what Australians actually want — broken down by electorate, age, and party leaning — that every politician can see, and none of them can ignore.

Source material. Every official policy on the ballot is drawn from the 2026–2027 Federal Budget Papers (No. 1–4 and the Women's Budget Statement) published by Treasury. We link to the originals and provide a plain-English summary alongside each measure.

One person, one vote. You need to sign in to vote, and you can only cast one vote (For or Against) per policy. You can change your mind anytime.

Citizen pitches. Anyone signed in can pitch a new policy. Pitches go live immediately and are voted on the same way as official measures. Anyone can flag a pitch for spam or abuse and it'll be reviewed.

Breakdowns. When you sign up we ask a few optional questions (electorate, age bracket, party leaning). We use those — and only those — to break results down by demographic so the country can see where the consensus and the divides actually sit.

Privacy. Your individual votes are never published with your name attached. Aggregate results only. We don't sell your data and we don't email you beyond a single welcome message at signup.

Non-partisan. No party, union, lobbyist, or government department funds or controls this project. If we get something wrong, tell us — we'll fix it in public.