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Labor’s housing fund may need bailout after stock slump

Michael Read

Taxpayers could be forced to top up Labor’s Housing Australia Future Fund if financial markets do not recover in the next three months, as falling share prices and mandated withdrawals consume its capital base.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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