Albanese Government legislation remains stalled in parliament

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The Albanese government insists it's standing by its latest plan to help some Australians to buy a home. But the legislation remains stalled after another day of parliamentary wrangling.

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00:00Despite all of the chest-beating this week, the government's emerged from days of public

00:06and parliamentary debate on one of its signature housing policies with a significant loss in

00:12the Senate.

00:13Labor says its Help to Buy scheme is designed to ease some financial pressures for 40,000

00:18low-income homebuyers, with the government taking a share of homes, up to 40%, making

00:23deposits and mortgage repayments cheaper.

00:26The coalition and the Greens don't agree, insisting it'll do little to tackle the housing

00:30affordability crisis.

00:32The government's message to the Greens in particular was effectively put up or shut

00:36up.

00:37But it didn't even get to that point, failing to convince the Senate to bring the bills

00:41on for a vote.

00:42Instead, it was kicked off the agenda for another two months.

00:45That is embarrassing for the government.

00:47It couldn't control the Senate to shoot down its own policy to prove a political point.

00:51But this is also an issue which cuts both ways.

00:54The Greens using parliamentary tactics to stall on a policy which may well appeal to

00:59some of the constituents the party professes to represent.

01:02All of this has fuelled discussion of an early double-dissolution election, something which

01:06is highly unlikely, but there have been battle lines drawn this week in the head of a standard

01:12election next year on an issue which will be hard-fought, particularly between Labor

01:18and the Greens.

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