Backlash after Australia PM buys A$4.3m house amid housing crisis

The purchase comes months out from an election in which the cost of living and housing are key issues.

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Albanese made the purchase months out from an election in which the cost of living and housing are key issues.

The move has sparked backlash from across the political divide - with his opponents calling it "tone deaf" and some within his own party anonymously telling local media it left them "gobsmacked".

Albanese defended his decision, saying he "knows what it is like to struggle" but bought the luxury property to be close to his fiancee Jodie Haydon's family on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Property records show the four-bedroom, three-bathroom, and three-carport property in Copacabana - which has panoramic views - was sold for A$4.3m ($2.9m, £2.2m) last month, but the purchase is yet to settle.

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