Albanese meets Trump at UN while Coalition debates housing proposal involving superannuation reform
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese posed for a selfie with Donald Trump at the UN summit, while back home the Coalition’s shadow housing minister Andrew Bragg pushed a controversial proposal to let Australians tap superannuation as collateral for home loans. The policy remains unofficial Coalition position.
- ▪Albanese and Trump met and posed for photos at the UN General Assembly
- ▪Bragg proposed allowing people to use superannuation as collateral for mortgages
- ▪Coalition leader Angus Taylor said the housing proposal is not official party policy
- ▪Bragg called for ‘big debates’ on housing similar to those that created the superannuation guarantee in the 1980s-90s
- ▪The proposal aims to help Australians access home loans by reforming retirement and housing systems
- ▪Hume reportedly claims no knowledge of Liberals-One Nation power-sharing talks
- ▪The housing debate reflects broader Coalition interest in superannuation reform
Source: according to reports
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