Housing Bill on Ice Puts Double Dissolution in Play

Housing Bill on Ice Puts Double Dissolution in Play
The Australian Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Sept. 8, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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The solicitor-general has confirmed Labor’s troubled housing bill has failed to pass parliament, and a second misfire would be grounds for a double-dissolution election.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed he had received legal advice the $10 billion housing future fund had officially failed to make it through the upper house.

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