Barbara Pocock

Housing Australia buys a third of homes ‘off shelf’ from developers The embattled government agency is being criticised over its purchase of thousands of ready-made dwellings, rather than commissioning new construction.

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I would be very worried if I was leading an organisation with 25 per cent staff turnover, like the HAFF.

Why have the major parties teamed up to delay the right to work from home? Why stand in the way of modest, sensible reform that makes sense for modern day workers? The right to WFH for up to 2 days a week is essential for so many juggling work and caring responsibilities.

The Greens want to restore super to its original purpose of providing a dignified retirement for working Australians.

The Liberal's split super bill won’t do that.

⚡️BREAKING💥We Greens have just secured a Senate Select Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity which I will be delighted to Chair. Starts March 17 2026, reports September 30th 2026. 🏠

Australia’s housing crisis cannot be solved unless we tackle intergenerational inequality. We need solutions to get young people, first home buyers and renters access to affordable and secure housing.

This inquiry is a matter of urgency. It will investigate the causes of Australia’s intergenerational housing inequality, including the $181m tax breaks for wealthy investors - CGT discount & negative gearing - that are locking out first home buyers and forcing rents to skyrocket.

A separate Senate inquiry by the Greens will examine intergenerational housing inequality in Australia, including tax settings, rental and homelessness policies, and public housing investment. It will investigate solutions for tackling intergenerational housing inequality.

The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!

The Greens believe super should be a universal right. Every worker deserves super, whether they’re 16 or 60. By including all workers under 18, we can set young people up for a more secure retirement while recognising their valuable contribution to the workforce.

The Greens want super contributions extended to all under-18s, so every young person is paid super on every $ they earn, no matter how many hours they work. Labor had a chance to back young workers. Instead they voted against them.

As it stands, workers under 18 have to work at least 30 hours a week to access super – a figure unattainable for most young people who have school and study commitments. This means hundreds of thousands of our young workers are missing out on super – it’s not fair.

🚨BREAKING🚨

Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.

The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.

The Greens have a plan to extend the superannuation guarantee to all under 18's ensuring they are paid super contributions regardless of how many hours they work, because every worker deserves super on every dollar earned.

Every worker deserves super. Under 18's pay taxes and contribute to our economy, why shouldn't they be paid super?

Labor’s policies are making the housing crisis worse: the fastest pace in over two years as national dwelling values surged 1.1% in October. The strongest monthly gain since June 2023 and pushing the annual growth rate to 6.1%.
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Find a way to watch the brilliant SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? On Binge. Mark Humphries and Bill Code (Director) give us a funny, sad, powerful argument for housing reform in Australia. Love the Tshirt. Love the doco more. Don’t miss!!! @humphriesmark @bill_code

Anything amiss with our $181 bn incentives for wealthy property investors? Any contribution to overheated housing demand? Any role in driving fastest house price rises in 4 years of vertical house price increases? Asking for an anxious FHBuyer.

The government should be directly investing in public and community housing. It’s faster, cheaper, and it worked the last time Australia faced a housing crisis in the postwar years. We know we can do it. We’ve done it before.

Labor has already admitted it won’t meet its 1.2 million homes target and the HAFF is part of that failure. The resignation of Housing Australia’s Chair and the ANAO’s investigation shows the HAFF is in disarray.

This is a billion-dollar fund with little to show for it. The HAFF is a slow, clumsy, and cost-ineffective way to fund housing and it’s opening the door for private developers to profit while people can’t find a home.

I welcome the ANAO’s audit of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) which has failed to deliver the social and affordable houses that Labor promised Australians.

Australia’s housing policy can be better — because it has been better

This Labor government needs to start treating housing as a human right instead of a game of monopoly.

89% of Australians agree that we are in a housing crisis. Why won't the government listen?

The Greens are calling on Labor to listen to voters and address the root causes rather than turbocharging the crisis through minor interventions.

House prices are the highest in four years, home ownership is declining, people are expected to fork out millions for housing & all the while Labor is actively making the crisis worse with policies like the $180b tax breaks for landlords and the price spiking 5% deposit scheme.

I put forward a motion to parliament today calling on the Senate to recognise Australia's housing crisis as a matter of public urgency.

Look away if you are trying to buy a home.
Fastest increases in 4 years. Labor’s tinkering is fuelling the 🔥

Robodole rapidly morphs from narrative to saga From compassion to chaos, robodole’s fallout keeps spreading. The ombud is digging deeper, and Deloitte’s defence comes apart at the seams.

A Senatorial 🐀 up a drainpipe. More to come it seems….
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