Anthony Albanese has signalled a return to a sharper political contest with his announcement that the government would be reintroducing the legislation for its Housing Australia Future Fund next week, writes Laura Tingle. abc730
Anthony Albanese has signalled a return to a sharper political contest with his announcement that the government would be reintroducing the legislation for its Housing Australia Future Fund next week.
Setting up this $10 billion fund to build social and affordable housing is Labor's key policy for dealing with that crisis. So it has every policy reason to want it through the parliament and funding housing construction.But then there are all the other issues, and strategies, tied up in this move. There's the Labor dream of being able to win back seats – or some Senate spots – at an election if the government is riding high, lest those seats and spots become more firmly entrenched as Greens territory if they hold them for more than one term. For example, the three seats the Greens won in Brisbane from Labor and the LNP.
The government has been in the exceptionally rare position – for Labor – of being seen as both better on national security and the economy in recent times, as well as being well ahead of the Coalition on polling numbers.
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