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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Housing stoush ramps up as Labor accuses Greens MPs of opposing Brisbane projects

Max Chandler-Mather
The Greens’ housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, said negotiation over the government’s stalled housing legislation ‘doesn’t have to be a fight’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Bill Shorten has accused the Greens of blocking home ownership policies out of “political expediency” as the government increases scrutiny on the minor party’s MPs’ advocacy to oppose or modify local housing projects.

The minister for government services labelled the Greens a “formidable and destructive political part of Australian life” on Friday, accusing them of forming an “unholy alliance” with the Coalition to delay Labor’s Help to Buy scheme.

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