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‘Red alert for renters’ - Labor and Liberals housing crisis is the worst its ever been, analysis shows
April 30, 2025
The Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot, released today, shows the state of the rental and housing crisis as the worst it’s ever been. The Snapshot surveyed 51,238 rental listings across Australia and found that: 352...
Read More ShareHouse prices could rise $121,500 this year under major parties failure, be unaffordable for next 70 years
April 23, 2025
New Greens analysis has shown that average house prices could grow by up to $121,500 nationally this year, under the major parties' unity ticket to further turbocharge house prices. In Sydney, the projected increase...
Read More ShareHousing battle lines drawn: Labor tinkers while prices soar, Dutton sends prices even higher, Greens tackle tax handouts & cap rents to fix the housing crisis
April 14, 2025
The Greens say the election housing battle lines are now clear, with Labor tinkering around the edges while prices soar, Dutton’s debt plan set to send prices into the stratosphere, while only the Greens...
Read More ShareDutton’s debt policy a “disaster waiting to happen”, say Greens
April 01, 2025
Background: Today the Coalition have announced that if elected they will relax home lending rules allowing borrowers to take on more debt, against the urging of APRA. The Greens say this policy will further...
Read More ShareGreens announce plan to end homelessness, funded by taxing the big banks
March 20, 2025
ELECTION PLEDGE: Greens announce plan to end homelessness funded by taxing the big banks The Greens will today launch their plan to end homelessness, offering every single one of the 37,800 people experiencing chronic...
Read More ShareGreens say Lord Mayor’s criminalisation of homelessness “cruel and hypocritical”
March 13, 2025
The Greens have responded to the LNP Lord Mayor of Brisbane's announcement that the Council will be evicting homeless campers from parks. The public housing waitlist in Queensland is over 47,000 people long, and...
Read More ShareLabor copies Dutton in race to the bottom on housing
February 16, 2025
The Greens have accused Labor of joining Peter Dutton in a race to the bottom on blaming migrants for a housing crisis they didn’t cause. The proposal has been previously widely criticised by economists...
Read More ShareYet another lacklustre student debt and housing announcement from Labor
February 12, 2025
Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Housing and Homelessness spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather MP have responded to the Albanese Government’s decision to instruct banks to loosen home loan rules for student debts,...
Read More ShareFamilies $2,500 better off under Greens plan for “back-to-school” payments and abolishing public school fees
January 22, 2025
A family with two kids in a public school would be almost $2,500 better off every year under the Greens plan to make public schools truly free, and also provide $800 ‘back to school’...
Read More ShareGreens secure $500 million for social housing upgrades; no coal, oil and gas funding in Future Made In Australia, end commercial financing of fossil fuel projects overseas; Greens will pass Future Made In Australia and other bills this week
November 28, 2024
2024-11-28 After constructive negotiations, Australian Greens have secured life-changing upgrades to 50,000 social homes across the country, who will have their homes electrified and save approximately $1,800 a year on power bills. The Greens...
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