Prime minister to reintroduce the Housing Australia Future Fund to parliament next week, with a vote expected in the lower house by October
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Anthony Albanese says he doesn’t “anticipate” Australians will go to the polls this year but is not ruling out an eventual double dissolution election if the standoff over a key housing bill isn’t resolved.
The prime minister has set up a double dissolution trigger with an announcement to reintroduce the Housing Australia Future Fund (Haff) legislation into the parliament next week, with a vote in the lower house in October, after it failed to pass the Senate in June.
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