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Tempers fray over $10 billion housing fund

Andrew Tillett
Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent

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A Senate stand-off over the Albanese government’s $10 billion housing fund will roll into June after the Coalition and Greens united to kill off Labor attempts to bring legislation to a vote on Thursday.

During an at times fiery and emotional sitting day, the government tried to guillotine debate and force a vote on the bill, as the first step towards creating a double dissolution trigger if it continued to be blocked.

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Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com

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