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Greens: ‘we will not stop fighting’ for renters

Finally, Bandt pushed if these changes would push the Greens toward approval of the housing bill still before the Senate:

We talk about this all the time because we are fighting to push Labor to deliver for renters’ rights and we will not give up the fight.

Rent controls and rent freezes work for renters. Maybe the property developers and property moguls, who get billions of dollars in handouts from the state and federal governments, might not like it too much, but it works for renters and a third of the country. who is renting is what we are fighting for.

Bandt dismissed fears of rent control but said it should be paired with public housing

Staying with Bandt for a moment, he was next asked about experts who say that investors will move out of the market if rent controls are introduced. The Greens leader rejected the idea that rent controls would put upward pressure on rents, but added the policy should be matched by more public housing:

Well if you put rent controls in place, you can’t put pressure on rents. And then what you do is you equate it to a large public housing development.

There is no large-scale construction of public housing to keep up with population growth. And as a result, there are more people looking for a place to live and competing in the private rental market. and without more public housing construction and some form of rent control, the situation will worsen.

On the announcement of the unjustified eviction, too, Bandt was critical:

We pushed that. And that if the states do that right, it can make a difference. But … there are many loopholes here.

So first, many states are already on it.

Second, what they do in Queensland is they say they don’t cause eviction, but put you on a fixed term lease, which gives you an exemption at the end of 12 months.

They just say ‘oh, if you want to sign up, the rent will go up.’ And if you can’t pay the rent, you get evicted so people can still be evicted by the landlords who put up the rent.

Adam Bandt says ‘new home bonus’ likely to prompt ‘$3m penthouses that don’t work’

Next to RN is the federal leader of the Greens, Adam Bandtwho did not hold back his criticism of Labor and their housing deal in the national cabinet yesterday.

Bandt called many of their changes “weasel words,” questioning what the point of having Labor in nearly every seat in the national cabinet at a time of housing crisis. He first questioned whether the extra supply to the market promised by Labor through the “new home bonus” would be affordable housing:

Will these houses and units be affordable? … building more $3m penthouse apartment developers who can’t afford it won’t answer this.

From what we read, that money goes to a state government when a developer builds a $3m penthouse that nobody can afford. And I repeat, in the last five years we have seen almost a million houses built. They don’t have to be cheap, do they? … we need a massive construction of public housing and we need some kind of rent control because we are in a full rental crisis.

You can read more about the housing deal struck yesterday in our story here:

The NSW housing minister says rent caps are not the solution to current housing issues

The NSW housing minister, Rose Jacksoncame out in support of the housing agreement states and territories struck by the federal government in the national cabinet yesterday.

The agreement includes national principles of tenants’ rights, which limits rent increases to once a year and requires a “genuinely justified grounds for eviction” for mid-term termination. -half of the lease, but did not set a deadline in the plan.

Jackson said RN Breakfast he disagreed with the Greens, who called the announcements “smoke and mirrors”:

The Greens are wrong because these are significant steps.

Rent caps are not the solution to our current crisis, they will work for a very small group of people who are already well entrenched in the rental market.

They need cheaper rental supply, and that’s what we’re focusing on, and that’s where the other elements of the national cabinet agreement really come into play, so I think it’s a good deal for renters. .

King Charles praised Matildas

King Charles III praised the Matildas, calling them “magnificent” in a letter congratulating England’s Lionesses on reaching the World Cup final. The king said the Matildas were an “inspiration on and off the pitch” as he celebrated England’s win:

While your victory may have cost the beautiful Matildas their chance for the game’s biggest prize, both teams have been inspirational on and off the pitch – and, for that, both countries are united in pride, admiration and respect.

There was no comment on the many Australian republican memes that flooded social media after the defeat.

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