'No silver bullet' for housing crisis, experts warn Australia needs to build more than one million homes over the next five years, but experts and politicians are divided on how to get there. AAP · Mar 8, 2024
Housing plan decried as 'dystopian' by property chief A radical plan to fix the housing crisis by competing with the private market has been dismissed despite being borne out in several developed nations. AAP · Mar 5, 2024
Help to buy scheme 'screws over' vast majority: Greens The Greens will look to negotiate with the government on its housing policy, despite declaring its opposition to the help to buy scheme. AAP · Feb 17, 2024
Australia news live: Taylor Swift shows to go ahead at Sydney Olympic Park after no asbestos found – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2024
Greens’ plan to axe tax concessions would see house prices fall, Max Chandler-Mather says The party’s housing spokesperson says that while ‘big decreases’ are not desirable because of threat of negative equity, they see a 2.5% cut as ‘not much’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2024
Greens threaten Brisbane landlords with huge rates rises if they increase rents Greens unveil policy designed to freeze rents at January 2023 levels in battle for Brisbane city council The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2023
The week in parliament: what’s next for a jubilant Coalition? Another culture war of course An opposition emboldened, Max Chandler-Mather in the Labor Burn Book and Michaelia Cash scolds ACT over ‘party lifestyle’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023
The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes? Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2023
Greens vow to ‘keep fighting’ on housing as party takes aim at Labor’s help-to-buy scheme Adam Bandt says Greens will continue to ‘use our power’ in parliament to push for rent caps despite agreeing to future fund The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2023
Greens agree to support Labor’s $10bn housing fund, breaking months-long impasse Greens leader Adam Bandt and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather say minor party will now support Housing Australia Future Fund The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2023
National cabinet announces housing plan – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2023
Politician and a poet: the ‘unapologetically radical’ Green running to be Brisbane lord mayor Jonathan Sriranganathan confirms he will be minor party’s candidate to Australia’s largest local government The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2023
National cabinet push for 12-month limit on rent hikes and ban on no-fault evictions Anthony Albanese says movement on renters’ rights is needed but has rejected the Greens’ calls for a rent cap The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2023
AFP respond to ‘emergency incident’ – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2023 More than 1,600 Australians pushed into homelessness each month as housing crisis deepens, report finds Exclusive: housing organisations call for increased renter protections as homelessness services struggle with surge in demand
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 31, 2023 Sharpen Your Voting Pencil Because There Could Be An Early Election Over Labor’s New Housing Policy The government is back with its housing bill and a face off between Labor and the Greens could trigger an early election.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2023 Greens insist they won’t back down on housing bill despite Albanese’s double dissolution threat Minor party plans to door-knock Labor electorates in a ‘national day of action’ as it calls on the prime minister to cooperate to ensure the bill is passed
The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2023 Afternoon Update: Labor puts housing bill back on agenda; Victoria bans gas connections to homes; and Australians cut spending Coalition accuses PM of ‘threatening’ a double dissolution to pass bill, while Greens urge government to negotiate in ‘good faith’
AAP · Jul 9, 2023 Greens MP labels attacks over housing a distraction Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather says personal attacks against him are a political distraction, after the government's housing bill was held up for debate.
The New Daily · Jun 23, 2023 Michael Pascoe: The Greens’ HAFF-witted bid to make a complete farce of housing policy The Greens have forced the Albanese Government to immediately spend an extra $2 billion at the very sharpest end of the housing crisis.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023 The Greens’ class conflict strategy on housing is a risk to Labor – and renters have nothing to lose but their bonds Anthony Albanese claims the ‘new Noalition’ is to blame for delaying the $10bn housing fund but Labor still needs to urgently solve the supply problem
The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2023 Labor under pressure to freeze rents as Greens and Coalition back inquiry into housing crisis Greens urged to back government’s fund as advocates say housing is needed now and politicians need to ‘start taking action’
The New Daily · Jun 21, 2023 Greens ‘want poverty’: Housing stakes rise and politics turns nasty But as the costs of the government's delayed housing fund mount, the Parliament was reminiscent of a student council at times on Wednesday.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 21, 2023 ‘Too good to be true’: Key Greens demand for rent freeze rejected by Labor states Party vows to keep pursuing rent caps after working with Coalition to delay vote on Albanese government’s housing fund
The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2023 Australian government seeks urgent legal advice on double dissolution over housing bill standoff Labor used question time to pile pressure on the Greens, accusing them of caring more about retweets than rentals