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Advocates call for Greens to pass housing fund

The call follows a $2 billion investment in housing announced at the weekend.

The Canberra Times

Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund

Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance.

The Conversation

Labor has boosted its housing package but will it be enough to win over the Greens?

The government and the Greens have made compromises over the housing future fund, but sticking points remain

The Guardian - AU

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Labor details which states will get how much from $2b housing boost

PMAnthony Albanese has revealed which states will get what from the $2 billion investment in social housing

The New Daily

Labor details state breakdown of its housing fund pie

The federal government has revealed how it will distribute its $2 billion Social Housing Fund Accelerator payment to Australia's states and territories.

AAP

ACT to receive $50m of social housing spend

A plan for more housing will be developed in the coming months.

The Canberra Times

Greens push for more change after PM’s $2bn social housing pledge

Max Chandler-Mather says the Greens will keep pushing for a freeze and caps on rent increases

The Guardian - AU

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Labor pledges $2b extra for housing as bill stalls

PM Anthony Albanese has upped the ante on housing spending, proposing a new $2 billion fund as the Greens block a key election promise.

The New Daily

Labor pledges $2b extra housing support as bill stalls

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese upped the ante on public housing spending, announcing a $2 billion fund as the Greens block a key election promise.

AAP

Labor announces $2bn for ‘thousands’ of new social rental homes and passes motion to make housing a human right

Prime minister Anthony Albanese also lambasts Greens over Senate stalemate, saying they are ‘happy to promise the world, while organising a petition against every new apartment building’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Pressure mounts on David Van to quit parliament; ex-VFL star found to have abused child; and the Ashes previewed

Female politicians across political spectrum offer support to Lidia Thorpe after senator’s assessment of ‘toxic’ culture in parliament

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Greens threaten to block planning changes unless housing demands met

Leader Samantha Ratnam says half of all dwellings in new projects should be public or affordable housing

The Guardian - AU

Woeful Victorian poll for state Coalition; Victoria and NSW to lose federal seats as WA gains

A Victorian state Resolve poll for The Age, conducted with the federal May and June Resolve polls from a sample of about 1,000, gave Labor 41% of the primary vote (down one since April), the Coalition just 26% (down four), the Greens 15% (up five), independents 12% (steady) and others…

The Conversation

'You can't divide that': ACT police don't support carve outs for serious offences

But police only want the age to rise to 12, not 14.

The Canberra Times

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The Guardian - AU

David Van: former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker accuses colleague of ‘inappropriate’ touching

Following allegations made in the Senate by Lidia Thorpe, Stoker alleges Van twice squeezed her bottom at a social event in 2020

The Guardian - AU

Australia may only build three of eight Aukus nuclear-powered submarines locally

Despite widespread reports that all eight submarines would be built in Australia under $368bn deal, up to five SSNs will be US Virginia class

The Conversation

To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?

The Albanese government came to office promising action on housing. Its A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is now stuck in the Senate, with the Greens demanding more ambitious funding and reforms. The government is also working on its promised National Housing and Homelessness Plan.

The Guardian - AU

How much can polling really tell us about support for the voice to parliament?

Polls show declining support for referendum but variations in methods make it difficult to pinpoint by how much

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Why the crossbenches are a minority sport

All smaller political parties seek to be in a position of influence, ideally through coalitions or support agreements – but there are risks

The Guardian - AU

Anguish gives way to relief as Queensland allows trans people to change birth certificates

NSW urged to follow rest of Australia to permit trans people to update their documentation without requiring surgery

The Guardian - UK

Germany coalition staves off implosion with 11th-hour heating law amendment

Environmental groups criticise revision of law that would have banned installation of gas and oil systems

AAP

'Slow motion car crash': MPs call for housing summit

A citizens' assembly could end a decades-long impasse on housing affordability policy, federal crossbenchers say.

AAP

Shift to apartment living amid housing crisis

More Australians are living in affordable apartments amid a cost of living and housing crisis, as the push to build up rather than out gathers momentum.

Tribune News Service

News briefs

All 5 of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats have died from a mystery toxin

The Independent UK

German government coalition agrees to bring disputed heating bill to parliament before summer recess

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition says it would bring a disputed heating bill to parliament this week for consideration

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