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Double dissolution election threat ‘serious’: Labor

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Labor will amp up pressure on the Greens with renewed threats of a double dissolution election over stalled housing legislation, as it prepares to reintroduce the plan into parliament next week.

The Greens last month pushed a vote on the government’s share equity Help to Buy plan until at least late November, rebuffing demands by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Housing Minister Clare O’Neil for hasty action to help up to 40,000 people buy their first property.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra Bureau Chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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