What a great end to the parliamentary year, the Albanese Labor government finally got its logjam of stalled legislation passed by the Senate, in some cases vital bills have been needlessly held up for almost two years.
One can understand the opposition playing political games, but the Greens are a whole different story, their obstructionism and grandstanding has cost struggling young Aussies trying desperately to negotiate the housing crisis, dearly.
The struggling Greens hierarchy must have been severely stung by recent electoral losses, chosen self-preservation over self-interest, caved in to public pressure and passed the Help to Buy housing legislation, a targeted policy that will help tens-of-thousands of low-income workers, locked out of the housing market, to buy a house.
The Build to Rent legislation also passed parliament which paves the way for the construction of 80,000 new homes to rent, in both cases a big win for struggling young Aussies. Students were also big winners, with the announcement that a reelected Albanese Labor government will wipe a further 20 per cent off student debt on top of $3 billion already promised, and make the current fee-free TAFE program permanent. Affordable housing and low-cost accessible education are both core Labor policies that only a majority Labor Albanese government can deliver.
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