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Housing, jobs on federal parliament agenda

It may be budget week in federal parliament but there are a number of other priorities for the Albanese government, including housing and job security.

The New Daily

Electricity bill relief receives mixed reviews as federal government reveals $14.6b cost of living package

The $14.6 billion package over the forward estimates includes $1.5 billion in electricity bill relief for more than 5 million households and a further 1 million small businesses.

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Housing, health to fore at new-look national cabinet

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put housing and health on the agenda as he prepares to host a national cabinet meeting with a difference.

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Bandt blasts Labor, unveils plan to take over its base

Greens leader Adam Bandt has delivered a dressing down to the Albanese government as he unveils a plan sure to sink its housing policy.

The New Daily

Fight over affordable housing puts renters in focus

Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for a rent freeze and more investment in affordable housing but the prime minister says his proposed fund goes far enough.

The New Daily

Greens vow to sink federal government's $10b housing fund, threatening first major defeat for Albanese

The federal government wants to establish a $10 billion housing fund to increase affordable supply, but Greens leader Adam Bandt says his party will sink it in the Senate unless the government does more for renters and ends tax discounts for some investment properties.

ABC News

Greens aim to be 'the party of renters': Adam Bandt

Adam Bandt promised to make rent a political issue at the next federal election.

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Greens seek rent freeze in threat to block housing fund

The Greens will use their balance of power to block the government's signature $10 billion housing package unless it agrees to enforce a national rent

The New Daily

Give states $16bn in return for nationwide rent freeze, Adam Bandt says

Freezing residential rents possible, Greens leader to tell National Press Club, thanks to ‘wall-to-wall Labor state governments’

The Guardian - AU

Lidia Thorpe says prime minister is trying to silence her, after strip club altercation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged independent senator Lidia Thorpe to seek support after an expletive-laden altercation outside a Melbourne strip club at the weekend. The senator says the PM and others are trying to undermine her work.

ABC News

Greens blasts ‘centre-right’ Albanese government after Labor rules out substantial jobseeker boost

Adam Bandt says ALP not progressive and is ‘making economic decisions Scott Morrison would have been proud of’

The Guardian - AU

Former defence leaders urge government to release report into national security risks posed by climate change

Former Australian defence force chief Chris Barrie says the government should immediately release a declassified version of the report to help the public grapple with looming risks.

ABC News

Penny yet to drop for Labor on emissions action: Bandt

Greens leader Adam Bandt says the recent safeguard changes should only be the first step to reducing the country's emissions.

AAP

Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports

Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset

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The Conversation

Safeguard deal shows Bandt's Greens party has come of age

It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Greens party to progressively reduce industrial emissions.

AAP

Greens politicians targeted by alleged email threats

Two senior Greens politicians were sent emails by a Sydney man allegedly threatening death or serious harm, court documents say.

ABC News

Safeguard mechanism agreement unlikely to increase energy prices and stop future coal and gas projects, experts say

The federal government's landmark climate policy to drive down emissions generated a mixed reaction from the energy industry, but experts say it is unlikely to stop future coal and gas projects or increase power prices.

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‘Psychopaths, puppets’: Greens senator’s fury over climate deal

The plan to cut emissions from industry to tackle climate change appears on track to pass parliament – despite dissension in the Greens.

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Greens vow to use new pollution trigger in safeguard mechanism to challenge future coal and gas projects

After begrudgingly agreeing to a deal to force the nation's biggest polluters to cut their emissions, the Greens vow to use the new trigger they have secured to challenge future gas and coal projects.

The Guardian - AU

National reconstruction fund secures crossbench support – as it happened

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Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News

Labor and the Greens have cut a deal to get its key climate policy through the parliament. So what is it, and what's changing?

After weeks of negotiations and plenty of strong words, the federal government has secured the support it needs to pass its key climate policy into law. So what is it, and what's changing?

AAP

Labor climate safeguard scheme gets the green light

Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to pass the safeguard mechanism changes, with the bill set to go to the Senate as early as Tuesday.

The Conversation

Greens will back Labor's safeguard mechanism without a ban on new coal and gas. That's a good outcome

Labor and the Greens have reached a compromise on the safeguard mechanism after months of tense negotiations, giving the government the numbers it needs to pass the bill into law.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens strike deal on safeguard mechanism; anger after police shoot Indigenous man; and Israel protests

Albanese government’s signature climate policy strengthened with hard cap on emissions totalling 1,233m tonnes

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