Albanese outlines $10bn plan to build 100,000 homes as Dutton pledges one-off $1,200 tax offset

Labor’s announcement will put pressure on the Coalition, which has made housing central to its federal election campaign. Photograph: AAP

Anthony Albanese will pledge $10bn to help build 100,000 new homes nationwide, reserved exclusively for first home buyers, as the centrepiece of Labor’s election campaign launch on Sunday in Perth.

It comes as the Coalition announces a plan for “temporary and targeted” tax relief of up to $1,200 in a return of the low and middle income tax offset brought in under the former Morrison government.