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Rent freeze must be on Friday's National Cabinet agenda: Greens
April 27, 2023
27 April 2023 Greens Leader Adam Bandt and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather have called for a national rent freeze to be implemented by the National Cabinet when they meet tomorrow.With further reports today on...
Read More SharePM ducking and weaving on rent freeze
March 29, 2023
In Question Time today, the Prime Minister continued to duck and weave when asked if he would work with State and Territories on a national rent freeze. Instead of taking responsibility for the rental...
Read More ShareGreens, crossbench, CFMEU join rally demanding government up housing investment
March 28, 2023
Today hundreds of Canberra locals, the CFMEU, the Greens and independent senators have gathered with a clear message to the government, take the housing crisis seriously, cap rents and invest the money we need...
Read More ShareGreens dissent to housing inquiry report
March 23, 2023
The Greens have issued a dissenting report to the Senate inquiry report into the Government's housing package, as have the Coalition and Senators Pocock and Thorpe. The Greens dissenting report described the legislation in...
Read More SharePM should be ashamed Australia is the worst place to be a renter in the developed world
March 23, 2023
New research released today shows that Australia’s rental system has completely broken down, showing tenants face some of the worst conditions in the developed world, while landlords would be better off putting money into...
Read More ShareGreens condemn Government spending $368 billion for submarines as homelessness rises
March 22, 2023
New homelessness figures were released today by the ABS, based on 2021 Census data. On Census night 122,500 people were homeless, an increase of 5% since the 2016 Census, despite COVID-era emergency housing measures. ...
Read More ShareGreens launch housing campaign blitz targeting Labor seats
March 21, 2023
21/03/2023 Renters will punish the government for leaving them to bear the brunt of the cost of living crisis, Max Chandler-Mather has warned, as the Greens continue negotiations with the government on the Housing...
Read More ShareEconomists savage Housing Australia Future Fund model, while PBO finds Greens plan for direct housing investment could build 225,000 public and affordable homes over the next decade, returning $13 billion in rental revenues.
March 17, 2023
Modelling conducted by the Parliamentary Budget Office has found that the Greens' call to invest $5 billion a year directly in social and affordable housing could build 225,000 public and affordable homes over the...
Read More ShareGreens condemn Government for $65 million cut to homelessness funding
March 07, 2023
The Greens have called on the Government to restore $65 million a year in funding for homelessness services that was dropped in the recent Budget, supporting the call that 230 organisations are making today...
Read More ShareGovernment’s housing plan to see half a billion dollar cut in housing funding over next decade
March 03, 2023
Analysis by the Parliamentary Library has found that the government’s Housing Australia Future Fund plan will see the real value of payments for social and affordable housing eroded by $515 million over the next...
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