Australia news live: Julian Hill claims Labor has ‘won the debate’ on housing tax changes; homelessness soars in NSW

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHomelessness is soaring in regional areas as advocates plead for more funding to stop simply shifting the problem and start solving it, Australian Associated Press reports.The number of people sleeping rough in New South Wales has increased 75% in six years, according to a Homelessness NSW report that relies on the state’s street count data.I believe the government’s won the debate on negative gearing. I believe we’ve won the debate on capital gains tax on property.And we’re winning the debate, we got a way to go, on