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Afternoon Update: Greens MP fronts CFMEU protests; UN chief’s climate SOS; and the website trolling Trump supporters

More than 10,000 workers take to the streets around Australia in protest against the federal takeover of the CFMEU

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Teachers, nurses save for more than decade to buy home

It takes more than 10 years to squirrel enough money away for a home deposit on a single income in many professions, Greens-commissioned research shows.

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Australians are in chronic housing stress. Can Clare O’Neil fix it?

Albanese may have recruited a better communicator, but without a sharper message the new housing minister might find herself outmanoeuvred

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No reset for Greens, Labor deadlock over housing crisis

Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather has urged the new housing minister Clare O'Neil to do more to fix the housing crisis.

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Albanese clears out entire home affairs ministry in election-ready cabinet reshuffle

Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles axed as Tony Burke steps into home affairs role and also takes on role of immigration minister

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Climate 200 to splash $1.2m in 2024 as Greens, Muslim groups circle major parties

The 2022 election saw voters abandon Australia’s major parties. But will the age of independents continue?

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'Not open to negotiation': New homes face delays

Australia's housing minister has not said whether she believes having a home should be a human right, as a political gridlock delays building new homes.

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Labor’s build-to-rent bill knocked back in Senate as Coalition and Greens team up

Greens want 100% of build-to-rent properties to be affordable and Coalition says bill would just ‘give foreign fund managers a tax cut’

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Build-to-rent incentive plan hits opposition roadblock

The government's build-to-rent incentive program has been sent to an inquiry by the opposition and Greens despite a chronic shortage of rental homes.

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Why is Labor lying about all the money it’s giving to Israeli arms company Elbit?

Israeli arms company Elbit, which helped kill Zomi Frankcom, is getting more than $900 million from the Albanese government. Why won’t Labor acknowledge the truth?

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Lack of action on Gaza blamed for community tensions

As politicians continue blaming each other for stoking tensions, a Greens MP has urged the government to take meaningful action on the conflict in Palestine.

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Greens urge housing funds for women fleeing violence

The Greens want to ply states and territories with billions in extra funding to pave the way for more social housing for women and children fleeing violence.

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Misbehaving MPs could have pay docked

Badly behaved politicians could lose up to 5% of their salary if new parliamentary standards are adopted, and the US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under the AUKUS deal.

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Australia deserves a better left populist than Max Chandler-Mather

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‘The System Is Broken’: Annual Income Needed To Afford A House Has Been Revealed And Yes It’s Over $150K

New data has revealed the annual income needed to afford a house in every major Australian city; Sydney tops the list at almost $300k.

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'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.

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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.

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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.

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Australia news live: Taylor Swift shows to go ahead at Sydney Olympic Park after no asbestos found – as it happened

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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’

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Morrison’s women problem

Former PM Scott Morrison has been criticised for his attitudes towards women on ABC’s Nemesis, and Shane Drumgold’s case against the ACT government begins today.

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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

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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’

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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

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Cave-in on housing gets Greens out of a tight spot — one of their own making

The minor party rightly cut its losses and took a win on housing, even if it caused internal divisions.

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