Media Statements
Greens MPs respond to $7 billion Olympics funding announcement
February 17, 2023
17/2/23 The State and Federal Governments have just announced $7 billion in public funding for the building of Olympics venues in Brisbane, including $2.7 billion for the demolition and rebuilding of the Gabba Stadium....
Read More ShareGreens reserve their position on the Government’s housing bills
February 15, 2023
15/02/2023 Labor’s housing package was debated in the House today. The Greens continue to reserve their position while negotiations with the government continue. While Labor has the numbers to push this Bill through the...
Read More ShareGreens call for $5 billion annual funding for housing, national rent freeze and more money for First Nations housing
February 14, 2023
Yesterday the Greens Party Room met to consider their position on the government’s Housing Australia Future Fund legislation. At this stage the Greens have resolved to reserve their position on the legislation subject to...
Read More ShareGovernment's Bill locks in real cuts in housing funding
February 11, 2023
11/02/2023 On Thursday, the Government introduced the legislation to establish Housing Australia Future Fund, Housing Australia and the Housing Supply and Affordability Council. Returns from the Future Fund will be invested in social and...
Read More ShareGreens will move to ban property developers from affordability council, after Labor appoints outgoing Mirvac CEO as Chair
December 20, 2022
Housing Minister Julie Collins has today announced that outgoing Mirvac boss Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz will head up the interim National Housing Supply and Affordability Council. The Government released their draft housing legislation yesterday, with the consultation period...
Read More ShareGreens 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...
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