One Nation has unveiled a prototype website that would allow Victorians to track every dollar spent by the state government, as the party campaigns on greater financial transparency ahead of the Nov. 28 election.
Speaking at a joint press conference on Nov. 3, One Nation Victorian Leader Warren Pickering said the proposed website, YourMoney.vic.gov.au, would hold governments accountable for how they spend taxpayers’ money.
“Transparency will no longer be optional under a One Nation government; it will be mandatory,” he said.
“We need to promote transparency above all else, and bring accountability back to governments and put the power back into the hands of the Victorian people.”
One Nation candidate Mark Nicholson demonstrated the website’s prototype, which features three main functions: Open Books, Open Tenders, and Open Cabinet.
Under Open Books, Victorians would be able to examine individual government transactions, including departmental spending, salaries, infrastructure projects, and debt repayments.
Nicholson likened the system to a bank account, allowing taxpayers to see how public money enters and leaves government accounts.
The Open Tenders function would publish government procurement documents, unsuccessful bids, contractor ownership information, and the reasons behind contract decisions.
“We’re going to treat public money like it’s your money, because it is,” Nicholson said.
Meanwhile, Open Cabinet would allow public access to government decisions, including historical documents relating to Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdowns and the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games.
One Nation has also pledged to make its Cabinet decisions public shortly after they are finalised if elected.
Transparency a Focus Ahead of State Election
The announcement comes less than four weeks before Victoria’s Nov. 28 state election.
One Nation has made government spending and accountability a pillar of its election campaign, citing a collapse in “trust in Victorian politics.”
“After years of bad Labor governments, too many people no longer believe what they are told, no longer trust that public money is being spent honestly, and no longer accept that anyone will be held to account when things go wrong,” they said in their party policies handbook (pdf).
The major parties have also called for increased transparency in government spending.
In May, the Liberal Party announced plans to introduce a Charter of Budget Honesty and Real-Time Expenditure Tracker as part of their 10-year economic strategy.
Leader of the Opposition Jess Wilson said their plan would “clean up the books” and “repair the budget.”
Meanwhile, the Carroll Labor government passed the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) Amendment Bill 2026 in September.
Under these amendments, the IBAC would be given the power to investigate private and third-party subcontractors on government contracts and investigate where public funding is being spent.
