Greens shrug off threat of early election, sending PM letter with housing demands

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The threat of an early election has done little to convince the federal Greens to abandon their opposition to the federal government's $10 billion housing future fund.

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The government will re-introduce housing legislation that if rejected in parliament could trigger an electionUnder a double-dissolution election, all seats in the Senate come up for grabs

The crossbench party is offering few signs that it is willing to get on board, with Greens acting leader Mehreen Faruqi and Housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather penning a letter to Mr Albanese and state and territory leaders. "Now that the government has flagged its intentions to reintroduce the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) completely unchanged, unfortunately, we are rapidly forming the view that Labor is more interested in getting a double-dissolution trigger than acting on the housing and rental crisis.

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