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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

No love lost between Greens and Labor as standoff over housing bill boils over

Jacqui Lambie (right) reacts to the Greens voting on the Labor government’s housing Australia future fund bill in the Senate on Thursday.
Jacqui Lambie (right) reacts to the Greens voting on the Labor government’s housing Australia future fund bill in the Senate on Thursday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Coalition’s Senate leader, Simon Birmingham, described the acrimonious housing debate as a “lovers’ tiff” between Labor and the Greens.

The truth is, there has been no love lost between the pair for quite some time now.

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