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The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes?

Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner

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Karen Andrews says male MP used to ‘breathe on the back of my neck’ in parliament

Minister in former Coalition government alleges colleague also subjected her to ‘thrusting’ innuendo during question time

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Labor not ruling out raising income-free area for jobseeker – as it happened

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National cabinet puts renters’ rights on next meeting’s agenda

Renters rights will soon be considered by national cabinet, but the federal government has rejected a Greens proposal to cap rent increases

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Australian government seeks urgent legal advice on double dissolution over housing bill standoff

Labor used question time to pile pressure on the Greens, accusing them of caring more about retweets than rentals

The Guardian - AU

Greens and Coalition put Labor’s housing fund in a deep freeze sparking threats of double dissolution election

Labor’s Don Farrell warns the government will regard the delay until October as a ‘failure to pass’ the bill

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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

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Greens knock back Labor’s proposed housing fund tweaks

The government is proposing key changes to its $10 billion housing fund but the Greens say Labor is still not moving on its two key demands.

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Labor guarantees minimum $500m each year for housing in bid to win Greens support

Housing minister says work for social and affordable homes can begin as soon as future fund is established but Greens say it should begin now

The Guardian - AU

Greens and Labor still deadlocked on scheme to solve housing crisis

Renters ould have longer to wait for action on the housing crisis as the Greens and Labor remain at loggerheads over size, cost and scale

The New Daily

Quietest auction week since Easter – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Government rejects Greens olive branch, but where to on housing?

A $500-million-a-year housing future fund is stalled in the Senate amid a political stoush with the Greens.

The New Daily

Greens offer compromise on Labor’s stalled housing bill, scaling back demands

Party says they are willing to negotiate to pass housing bill through Senate, but Labor offers lukewarm response to compromise

The Guardian - AU

Rising tide of homeless people overwhelms support services

Hundreds of people seeking help are being turned away daily as homelessness rises, with support services calling for preventative measures.

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Housing opponents should ‘get out of the way’: Minister

Minister Julie Collins has urged the Senate's detractors of the government's $10 billion housing fund to get out of the way, amid a crisis in the sector.

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PM questions migration attacks – as it happened

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

The Greens are in an excruciating position as they court angry renters while the government plays to middle-of-the-road voters

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Jim Chalmers attacks ‘coalition of weirdos’ as Labor pushes Senate to vote on housing fund next week

Treasurer says budget will include ‘additional measures’ to help renters as Greens launch last-ditch bid to restart negotiations

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States and territories guaranteed 1200 affordable homes

The government will amend its housing fund to guarantee 1200 affordable and social homes to each state and territory following negotiations with the crossbench.

ABC News

$10 billion housing fund to include minimum build guarantee, in deal to win backing of Lambie Network

The Greens are unlikely to be moved by the federal government's agreement to build at least 1,200 homes in each state and territory through a $10 billion housing fund, saying they are still set to sink the bill.

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Greens call for rent freeze as housing ministers gather

A rent freeze and an end to no-grounds eviction are being proposed by the Greens as the nation's housing ministers meet in Canberra.

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First major bank passes on rate hike – as it happened

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Relaxed restrictions on granny flat rentals pitched to help ease housing crisis

Granny flats are common to suburban backyards but in many states they cannot be privately rented out. There are calls for that to change.

The Canberra Times

At-risk Canberra women offered pilot path to home ownership

The pilot will build up to 22 affordable long term rental homes.

ABC News

Can Labor solve the housing affordability crisis while lucrative property tax breaks exist?

The Parliamentary Budget Office warns phasing out property tax breaks may "trigger a significant economic shock". That's why next week's budget is more focused on increasing the supply of housing rather than trying to make housing affordable by reducing house prices.

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