Media Statements

Labor’s two housing bills, listed for debate in the Senate next week, face defeat unless the Prime Minister shifts and starts negotiating on action for renters. The Greens have outlined their key negotiating asks...

The Greens have announced their election policy to establish a National Renters Protection Authority that will enforce national tenancy standards and the Greens proposed rent freeze and ongoing caps. The NRPA would have the...

Parliamentary Library analysis of ATO income data, RBA lending and CoreLogic house price data has found that none of the top 10 most common professions in Australia can afford to buy a house and...

Housing Minister cites treasury modelling on Build to Rent that does not exist, misleading the public This morning Labor’s Housing and Homelessness Minister Clare O’Neil told ABC Radio National that “Treasury modelling for [Labor’s...

Today’s Senate Economics Legislation Committee heard evidence from multiple witnesses who savaged Labor’s Build to Rent legislation. While Labor has claimed that their plan to give more tax handouts to property investors could result...

As Labor’s Help to Buy legislation comes back to the Senate this week, new budget analysis completed by the Parliamentary Budget Office for the Greens has found that negative gearing and the capital gains...

Today the Greens split the Build to Rent Schedule from the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later And Other Measures) Bill 2024. There is little evidence that Build to Rent will do...

The Greens have split a Government bill to ensure greater scrutiny of Labor’s plan for Build to Rent tax breaks and regulation of Buy Now, Pay Later schemes.A Greens motion in the Senate today...

Quotes attributable to Max Chandler-Mather, Australian Greens spokesperson for housing and homelessness “A property investor Prime Minister is evicting his tenant in the middle of a massive rental crisis and it tells you everything...

With tax handouts for property investors, such as negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount left untouched in the budget, and no move to freeze or cap rental increases, Labor confirmed their status...