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Julie Collins to tell thinktank ‘ensuring every Australian has a safe place to call home is not someone else’s job’

Homelessness Australia launches an ambitious plan to solve the housing crisis in Australia.

Albanese government aims to provide $10bn in funding to build 30,000 social and affordable properties in five years

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A rise in short-stay accommodation, a lack of public housing and an influx of new residents has led to the city being rated the worst in Australia for rental affordability

In the midst of a housing crisis, there were more than one million homes sitting vacant on census night, according to the latest data. A demographer says a lot of those dwellings could be used to help people in need of secure housing.

As the Tasmanian winter sets in, Michael Reardon and many others who can't afford to rent are struggling to keep warm.

Although Labor hasn't been in government since 2013, almost half of the new cabinet have past experience as government ministers.

Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first ministry will be sworn in today with a record 10 women in his 23-person cabinet, and newly minted Energy Minister Chris Bowen says he deliberately designed his climate policies so he wouldn’t need the Greens’ support in the Senate. It’s the…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

With less than three weeks before the federal election, livestock producers call for clarity on the Labor Party's position on the export of live animals, particularly sheep.