Aspiring home owners could use their entire superannuation balance to buy a property under an ambitious election pitch being worked on by the Coalition, which is also exploring ways to force states to boost supply and make it easier for people to get a mortgage.
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg will use his first keynote speech as the party’s home ownership spokesman to cast Labor as hostile to individual ownership and too focused on increasing the number of properties leased out by super funds, setting up the dream of owning a home as an election battlefield.
Three Coalition sources said senior opposition members wanted to uncap the party’s super-for-housing scheme …