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Housing groups have called on the parliament to pass the multibillion dollar housing fund bill ahead of the long winter break.

The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid".

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

The federal government's signature housing policy to establish a $10 billion future fund for social and affordable housing has been stalled for weeks. The Greens are offering a further compromise to guarantee its passage.

The Northern Territory government is accused of hiding a report forecasting future emissions to cover up a "very sorry tale" of further increases.

Labor has rejected a claim that it has cut a special deal with an energy giant to exempt it from paying additional taxes under a proposal change.

Senator’s comments come as leader Adam Bandt says the party is yet to see the complaint of racism foreshadowed by Lidia Thorpe

The Greens have rejected an accusation levelled by former member Senator Lidia Thorpe that there is racism within the party.

Independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has revealed she will lodging a racism claim with Australian Human Rights Commission against The Greens. The news comes after the Indigenous senator (who quit the Greens earlier this year) alleged she had been bullied by her former colleagues. Lidia told ABC TV’s Insiders program on Sunday…

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