Penny Wong forced to withdraw 'personal attack' on Greens MP in Senate | SBS News

Personal attacks have flown across the Senate chamber as Labor battles to avoid its first major parliamentary defeat in office.
The Greens are threatening to sink the government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), with Labor accusing the minor party of being on a unity ticket with the Coalition to prevent more affordable housing.
But Coalition Senate leader Simon Birmingham has mocked what he calls a “lovers’ tiff” between “the parties of the current government”, after the Greens and Labor traded barbs during a heated debate.
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