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Greens rent freeze plan could’ve saved renters almost $5,000 each last year
December 06, 2022
Updated analysis by the Parliamentary Library estimates that renters across Australia would be $10.7 billion better off if rents had been frozen nationwide for the past 12 months. With rents having increased by 21.5%...
Read More ShareGreens call for national tenancy standards amidst escalating rental affordability crisis
November 29, 2022
Lines attributable to Max-Chandler Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness: Today we’re calling on the Prime Minister to urgently convene a national cabinet meeting with an aim to begin discussions on desperately...
Read More ShareLabor’s Housing Accord will only provide 184 new affordable homes
November 24, 2022
Analysis by the Parliamentary Library suggests that only 2.02% of the one million homes the government’s Housing Accord aims to build over 5 years would be affordable. Excluding the 20,000 social homes the Government...
Read More ShareCost of negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to blow out to $157 billion over the next decade
November 03, 2022
According to analysis performed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, the cost of negative gearing will skyrocket as interest rates rise, reaching $97 billion over the next decade. Meanwhile the cost of capital gains tax...
Read More ShareLabor’s 1 million home claim is a complete con job
October 26, 2022
Lines attributable to Max Chandler-Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for housing and homelessness: Over the last five years the private sector built just under 1 million homes, so Labor announcing that under their plans the...
Read More ShareFamilies link arms to save East Brisbane State School from $2.5b Gabba Olympics disaster
October 20, 2022
Students, families and community members will rally at East Brisbane State School this morning to fight for the future of their school, under threat from plans to demolish and rebuild the Gabba stadium for...
Read More ShareGreens set to negotiate with government on housing bill
October 05, 2022
With the Greens likely to be in balance of power on Labor’s forthcoming housing bill, the Australian Greens Party Room has formally empowered Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Housing and Homelessness Spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather,...
Read More ShareRenters $3000 better off under Greens rent freeze plan
September 29, 2022
Analysis by the Parliamentary Library estimates that renters across Australia would be $7.1 billion better off if rents had been frozen nationwide for the past 12 months. With rents increasing by 14% nationwide, the...
Read More ShareScottish government freezes rents - time for the Federal Labor government to do the same
September 07, 2022
Today the Scottish government has announced they are freezing rents for all public and private rental properties until March 2023 and banning evictions over winter, to protect Scottish renters from the impacts of a...
Read More ShareLabor's plan will only meet 3% of social housing need
September 01, 2022
Analysis provided by the Parliamentary Library predicts that Labor’s housing plan will deliver only 3% of the social housing Australia will need by 2032. According to estimates provided by the Parliamentary Library, Australia currently...
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