Australia news live: minister wants to ‘throw the book’ at those responsible for beach tar balls; Wong repeats calls for ceasefire after Hamas leader’s death

Beaches at Coogee, Clovelly and Gordon’s Bay remain closed, NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says. Follow today’s news liveGet our weekly media email, free app or daily news podcastMax Chandler-Mather continued, and told ABC News Breakfast:I would argue in this instance in the context of one of the worst housing crises we have seen in generations … now is precisely the time where we need more than tinkering around the edges and we need substantial change.There is a building consensus we need to scrap these tax handouts. Increasingly the biggest barrier is a prime minister [who has just] gone through multiple days of scandal for buying another property and being a property investor.So I think there’s a real moment here the government should seize to make real substantial change to the lives of hundreds of thousands of renters, and the bottom line is the Greens are ready and willing to work with Labor to do it. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: minister wants to ‘throw the book’ at those responsible for beach tar balls; Wong repeats calls for ceasefire after Hamas leader’s death

Beaches at Coogee, Clovelly and Gordon’s Bay remain closed, NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says. Follow today’s news live

Max Chandler-Mather continued, and told ABC News Breakfast:

I would argue in this instance in the context of one of the worst housing crises we have seen in generations … now is precisely the time where we need more than tinkering around the edges and we need substantial change.

There is a building consensus we need to scrap these tax handouts. Increasingly the biggest barrier is a prime minister [who has just] gone through multiple days of scandal for buying another property and being a property investor.

So I think there’s a real moment here the government should seize to make real substantial change to the lives of hundreds of thousands of renters, and the bottom line is the Greens are ready and willing to work with Labor to do it. Continue reading...

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