Anthony Albanese joins Steven Miles on another day of election campaign
Anthony Albanese is set to lend his power to the Queensland election for a second day, after he appeared alongside Premier Steven Miles for the first time during the campaign.
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A community housing project aiming to build more than 600 affordable homes across seven southeast Queensland sites will receive a $300m federal government boost.
The funding injection is one of two major housing announcements set to be made by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Brisbane, with the federal government also pouring $40m to unlock a 500-home development in Logan.
Mr Albanese is set to lend his power to the Queensland election for a second day, after he appeared alongside Premier Steven Miles for the first time during the campaign on the Gold Coast on Monday.
The pair took a ride on the Gold Coast Light Rail before Mr Albanese espoused the virtues of Mr Miles and the benefits of keeping a state Labor government in place.
This despite Mr Albanese himself saying government’s “don’t get better in their fourth term, in general” when he was battling to beat Scott Morrison for the top job in 2022.
“I tell you what, this bloke here is going to get better and better. Steven Miles has been a champion,” Mr Albanese said.
The latest housing announcement from the federal government includes $40m to pay for trunk infrastructure and fast-track site approvals for 500 new homes at Meadowbrook, in Logan.
According to the federal government the cash would help get the sites approved in 12 weeks instead of 12 months.
Housing Australia will also funnel $300m into a three-way partnership with the state government and major superannuation outfit Australian Retirement Trust to deliver more than 600 social, affordable and rental homes across seven sites in the southeast.
In total the project will cost $855m, with $405m coming from the state government.
The Brisbane Housing Company will deliver and manage the developments across seven sites, including two in Chermside and one each in Stones Corner, Redcliffe, Woolloongabba, Toowoomba, and Southport.
Construction is underway at the Chermside, Redcliffe and Stones Corner sites, with building to get underway in 2025 at the Toowoomba, Woolloongabba and Southport sites.
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