Coalition looks to expand super for housing policy to include mortgage offset, Andrew Bragg says

Shadow home ownership spokesman dismisses claims policy would inflate house prices as ‘rubbish’, and says opposition will consider how to ‘coerce’ development

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Homeowners should be able to pay their super into their mortgage offset accounts, the Coalition says, as it looks to expand its signature super for housing policy.

Andrew Bragg, appointed the shadow assistant minister for home ownership in the March reshuffle, has confirmed the opposition will push for first home buyers to be able to withdraw more than the $50,000 proposed before the 2022 election.

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