Birmingham says opposition doesn’t ‘fear’ early election – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHousing bill squabble to bring back possibility of double dissolution electionParliament resumes next week after a five-week hiatus over winter, which means all the squabbles and fights we left in June are starting to whirl up again – chief among them housing. As Daniel Hurst reported this morning, Labor is going to bring back its housing bill to the house in October, where it will pass. Once it