Morning mail: Labor pledges $10bn for social housing, street clashes in Israel, TV pet peeves
Friday: Anthony Albanese promises 20,000 new properties in his federal budget reply. Plus: two dead on Mount Everest
Good morning. It's Friday 14 May and ,while budget week might be over, the analysis is just beginning. The sexual harassment conversation shows no signs of slowing in Australia's halls of power. And violence continues to escalate in Gaza. This is Imogen Dewey with this morning's main stories.
Experts have suggested that Tuesday's federal budget fails to address Australia's housing shortage and homelessness - and in last night's reply speech, Anthony Albanese pledged $10bn to a social housing fund if Labor win the next election. He also committed to creating 10,000 new energy apprenticeships, criminalise wage theft and make employers responsible for workplace sexual harassment.
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