Australia election 2025 live: Plibersek insists she is ‘buddies’ with PM after awkward greeting at campaign launch; Greens to scrap uni fees

Greens would use balance of power to push to make university and Tafe free. Follow today’s news headlines liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTaylor says Liberal housing policy ‘targeted’ to increase supplyBack on RN Breakfast, the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, is in the hot seat, to talk up the Coalition’s housing policy.The truth is that this won’t do that [raise prices]. The critical point here is that this is focused on new houses, and by encouraging new houses into the marketplace, we can support the extra demand. It’s deliberately targeted in that way.I reckon we should still all be elbow-bumping. During an election campaign, the last thing you want is to catch a cold from someone. So that’s on me. I should’ve done the elbow-bump, I reckon.Yeah, of course!We’re buddies! Continue reading...

Australia election 2025 live: Plibersek insists she is ‘buddies’ with PM after awkward greeting at campaign launch; Greens to scrap uni fees

Greens would use balance of power to push to make university and Tafe free. Follow today’s news headlines live

Taylor says Liberal housing policy ‘targeted’ to increase supply

Back on RN Breakfast, the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, is in the hot seat, to talk up the Coalition’s housing policy.

The truth is that this won’t do that [raise prices]. The critical point here is that this is focused on new houses, and by encouraging new houses into the marketplace, we can support the extra demand. It’s deliberately targeted in that way.

I reckon we should still all be elbow-bumping. During an election campaign, the last thing you want is to catch a cold from someone. So that’s on me. I should’ve done the elbow-bump, I reckon.

Yeah, of course!

We’re buddies! Continue reading...