The Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather is already ramping up pressure on Labor’s new housing minister, Clare O’Neil, just days after she was given the role.
The Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather is ramping up pressure on Labor’s new housing minister, Clare O’Neil, to come back to the table and negotiate on two of the government’s key housing programs., Chandler-Mather – who has campaigned hard for the government to adopt the Greens’ more ambitious housing policies – urged her to reverse Labor’s decision not to negotiate with the Greens.
The Greens voted against Help to Buy in the lower house in February, while they have demanded changes to Build to Rent and reserved their position while it is before a Senate inquiry.But Chandler-Mather’s criticism of Labor’s program contributed to the decision by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to move former minister Julie Collins, who was seen as ineffectual, to agriculture and replace her with O’Neil before a federal election in which housing affordability will be a decisive factor.
“Over the next 10 years, the federal government will give $175 billion in tax handouts to property investors through negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount,” the Greens’ housing spokesman wrote.“By comparison, this Labor government has committed to zero dollars of new ongoing direct spending on public housing, and just $500 million a year for social housing through the Housing Australia Future Fund.
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