Does Labor have a chance to be ambitious about housing?
Jul 15, 2025•26 min
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Summary
Politics Now examines the accidental release of Treasury analysis revealing the government's housing targets won't be met and suggesting potential reforms. The episode also delves into the controversy surrounding Anti-Semitism Envoy Jillian Segal after her husband's trust donated to the right-wing lobby group Advance, discussing the political implications and the Home Affairs Minister's defence.Episode description
A spotlight is once again on the government’s ambitious signature housing targets, following unexpected revelations from an ABC Freedom of Information request. Could the government use this as a test of our appetite for housing reform?
And Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke says we need to believe Anti-Semitism Envoy Jillian Segal AO when she says she didn’t know of her husband's trust donations to a right-wing political lobby group.
Patricia Karvelas and Tom Crowley break it all down on Politics Now.
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