Labor will make a second attempt to pass its housing bill. Could it spark an early election?

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If the bill is rejected a second time, it could serve as a double dissolution trigger and allow the government to call an early election.

It comes after the Greens and Coalition pushed back debate on the bill to October.

The government needs the support of the Greens, who want more to be done for renters, to pass the bill in the Senate. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has challenged the Greens to back a multi-billion dollar housing package or risk facing an early election.The Greens and CoalitionWhat is the Housing Australia Future Fund, and why hasn't it been passed?affordable and social housingThe Opposition opposes the bill, which means the federal government needs Senate crossbenchers to support the bill in order for it to pass as it does not have a majority in the upper house.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has challenged the Greens to back a multi-billion dollar housing package or risk facing an early election.Labor has the support of most crossbenchers but still needs the Greens to back it, and they are refusing to., along with a larger investment each year for housing."We're willing to negotiate but a negotiation takes two to tango and the government's saying it's their way or the highway," he told Sky News on Friday.

"When their way is hundreds of thousands more people waiting for public and affordable housing and millions of renters facing financial stress, that's not a negotiation."

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

 

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