Housing bill stalled as Greens call for $5 billion dollar a year social housing spend

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Max Chandler-Mather says the Greens are prepared to sink the plan. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

The federal government's housing legislation is stalled with the Greens calling for a much bigger investment in social housing. While negotiations on continue, the government has successfully passed what it's calling the largest peacetime investment in Australian manufacturing capability, the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund. But the Coalition has suggested it will not do enough to protect Australian manufacturers and jobs.


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