Allegra Spender is lobbying Senate crossbenchers to back a citizens’ assembly on housing, while the Greens say they will continue to fight for a rent freeze.
and this housing assembly is an opportunity to bring together Australians across the generations to look for reforms we can all live with,” Ms Spender told“I’m hopeful we can find philanthropic funding for this important project.
A party spokesperson said that threat had been part of discussions over the decision to drop the rent-freeze demand and cut a deal, but a double dissolution, which is a full Senate election, was not a prospect the Greens were afraid of, and they were not swayed by the threat. “Renters have finally got a voice. We’ve forced the country to talk about it, we’ve provided the platform, built the support for a freeze and cap on rent increases, and now our plan is to go and win it.”
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