Category: HAFF

Promise for Renters’ Rights to Be on National Agenda

June 24, 2023
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The rights of renters will soon be considered by the national cabinet but the federal government has rejected a Greens proposal to cap rent increases, saying they “don’t work.” In the midst of a housing crisis across the country, the Greens last week successfully deferred a Labor bill to establish a Housing Australia Future Fund until…

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Housing Bill on Ice Puts Double Dissolution in Play

June 23, 2023
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The solicitor-general has confirmed Labor’s troubled housing bill has failed to pass parliament, and a second misfire would be grounds for a double-dissolution election. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed he had received legal advice the $10 billion housing future fund had officially failed to make it through the upper house. If the bill fails a…

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Left vs. Left: Labor PM Says Greens Stonewalling Housing Fund for Political Gain

June 22, 2023
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lambasted the Australian Greens for taking a hardline stance on the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), which could result in a potential double dissolution showdown. “For the Greens political party, this isn’t about the Australian people. This is about them. They want the issue, not the outcome. They deal in…

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Australian Housing Bill Deferred as Greens Play Hardball with Labor’s Social Policy

June 19, 2023
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s key legislation that was lauded as a way to provide tens of thousands of social housing around Australia has faced another roadblock after the Greens’ motion to delay a vote on the bill until October succeeded. The motion proposed by the Greens senate leader Senator Sarah Hanson-Young argued the delay would…

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Labor’s Attempt to Appease Greens Fall Flat as Greens Cling to Rent Freezes

June 12, 2023
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The Greens are being chastised for their failure to support one of Labor’s key legislative policies, the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), after the government rejected their demand of a country-wide rental freeze, with the Prime Minister calling them difficult. This is despite the announcement the government would make key changes to the bill that would…

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