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National cabinet announces housing plan – as it happened

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Politician and a poet: the ‘unapologetically radical’ Green running to be Brisbane lord mayor

Jonathan Sriranganathan confirms he will be minor party’s candidate to Australia’s largest local government

The Guardian - AU

National cabinet push for 12-month limit on rent hikes and ban on no-fault evictions

Anthony Albanese says movement on renters’ rights is needed but has rejected the Greens’ calls for a rent cap

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AFP respond to ‘emergency incident’ – as it happened

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More than 1,600 Australians pushed into homelessness each month as housing crisis deepens, report finds

Exclusive: housing organisations call for increased renter protections as homelessness services struggle with surge in demand

The Guardian - AU

Sharpen Your Voting Pencil Because There Could Be An Early Election Over Labor’s New Housing Policy

The government is back with its housing bill and a face off between Labor and the Greens could trigger an early election.

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Greens insist they won’t back down on housing bill despite Albanese’s double dissolution threat

Minor party plans to door-knock Labor electorates in a ‘national day of action’ as it calls on the prime minister to cooperate to ensure the bill is passed

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Afternoon Update: Labor puts housing bill back on agenda; Victoria bans gas connections to homes; and Australians cut spending

Coalition accuses PM of ‘threatening’ a double dissolution to pass bill, while Greens urge government to negotiate in ‘good faith’

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Greens MP labels attacks over housing a distraction

Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather says personal attacks against him are a political distraction, after the government's housing bill was held up for debate.

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Michael Pascoe: The Greens’ HAFF-witted bid to make a complete farce of housing policy

The Greens have forced the Albanese Government to immediately spend an extra $2 billion at the very sharpest end of the housing crisis.

The New Daily

The Greens’ class conflict strategy on housing is a risk to Labor – and renters have nothing to lose but their bonds

Anthony Albanese claims the ‘new Noalition’ is to blame for delaying the $10bn housing fund but Labor still needs to urgently solve the supply problem

The Guardian - AU

Labor under pressure to freeze rents as Greens and Coalition back inquiry into housing crisis

Greens urged to back government’s fund as advocates say housing is needed now and politicians need to ‘start taking action’

The Guardian - AU

Greens ‘want poverty’: Housing stakes rise and politics turns nasty

But as the costs of the government's delayed housing fund mount, the Parliament was reminiscent of a student council at times on Wednesday.

The New Daily

‘Too good to be true’: Key Greens demand for rent freeze rejected by Labor states

Party vows to keep pursuing rent caps after working with Coalition to delay vote on Albanese government’s housing fund

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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 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

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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 New Daily

Greens refine demands on $10 billion housing fund

Negotiations over the federal housing fund continue, with the Greens urging Labor to meet them halfway to secure the party's support.

The New Daily

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 Conversation

Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

The New Daily

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 stick with two-year rent freeze but give ground on earlier housing demands

A two-year rent freeze is key to Greens' support for the government's housing plan as the minor party scales back previous demands.

ABC News

Greens offer compromise to break Housing Australia Future Fund stalemate

The federal government's signature housing policy to establish a $10 billion future fund for social and affordable housing has been stalled for weeks. The Greens are offering a further compromise to guarantee its passage.

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