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Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • James Massola

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Prefabricated homes like this one by Arkular in Victoria make up less than 5 per cent of new builds across the country.

The off-the-shelf solution to the housing crisis needs to rip off red tape

Less than 5 per cent of homes built in Australia are prefabricated. The federal government wants that to change.

  • Rachel Clun
New analysis shows the bulk of federal government housing spending when tax concessions are included goes to property investors.

Property investors get bigger slice of federal housing budget

The new analysis comes as the federal government launched the first round of tenders for funding through its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.

  • Rachel Clun
The number of apartments currently under construction and being marketed in Sydney is set to plummet by 83.5 per cent by 2025, according to new report.

Foreign investors to be slugged with higher fees for vacant homes

Overseas buyers will face a tripling in fees to buy an established home in Australia and will be further penalised if their property is left vacant and not rented, under a government plan to tighten foreign investment laws.

  • Lisa Visentin
Fake bodies outside Labor MP Peter Khalil’s electorate office in Melbourne.

Seven Labor MPs targeted with fake dead bodies in Gaza protest

A group called No More Bodies in Gaza, which claims to have no political connections, has dumped fake dead bodies outside Labor MPs’ offices in Victoria and Tasmania.

  • Annika Smethurst, Kieran Rooney, Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
Housing Minister Julie Collins understands better than most policy-makers how tough life can be without a stable and secure home.

From poverty to the cabinet table: Housing is personal for Julie Collins

The federal housing minister understands better than most the stress and uncertainty of unstable housing.

  • Rachel Clun
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Minister for Housing Julie Collins

Housing stoush reignites as $10 billion fund returns to parliament

The Albanese government’s threat to hold an early election over its signature $10 billion housing policy will draw a step closer when the laws return to parliament on Wednesday.

  • James Massola
Greens leader Adam Bandt and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘We have options’: Albanese escalates battle for cheap housing

The prime minister is poised to bypass the Senate after the Greens sided with the Coalition to delay a vote on Labor’s signature housing bill.

  • Rachel Clun
Housing Minister Julie Collins says the government will amend the housing legislation in a bid to secure support.

Labor makes housing concession ahead of Senate fight

But the Greens say the changes offered do not provide a single cent of additional guaranteed funding or extra help for renters.

  • Rachel Clun
Housing Minister Julie Collins has warned the Greens not to betray Australians who need affordable housing.

Labor says Greens blocking housing will be a ‘betrayal’

The housing bill will be the first matter up for debate in the Senate this week.

  • Anthony Galloway

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