The Greens housing spokesman has rattled the PM and his authorities, however the beginner exhibits no indicators of being overawed.
The Greens and Labor aren’t getting on. “What’s new?” you could ask. Animus between the 2 is nothing novel. However relations have sunk to new lows just lately.
At difficulty is housing coverage, particularly the Greens’ choice to dam Labor’s $10 billion housing coverage centrepiece. Issues got here to a head within the closing week of Parliament earlier than the winter recess, with Housing Minister Julie Collins, backed by Labor backbenchers, launching assaults on the Greens for delaying the vote within the Senate.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather exchanged phrases on the ground of the home. The federal government even made veiled threats a few double dissolution.
Maintain studying to study simply how deep the Chandler-Mather itch is for Labor.
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