Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken aim at the Greens for blocking Labor's $10 billion housing fund while opposing new developments, saying they "can't have it both ways".
Speaking in Melbourne, Mr Albanese criticised Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather for his attacks on proposed new housing developments in Queensland's capital.
"One of the things that I find remarkable is at the same time as the Greens are blocking additional support for social housing, they're also running petitions of their housing spokesperson to block ... development of more housing supply in Brisbane, " Mr Albanese told reporters on Tuesday.
"You can't have it both ways."
Mr Chandler-Mather, who holds the Brisbane seat of Griffith, has joined community residents in opposing proposals to build new apartment buildings, including the Bulimba Barracks site.
"Luxury apartment towers makes the housing crisis worse," he wrote on Twitter.
"My suggestion to Labor hacks is focus your advocacy on stopping Labor outsourcing its entire housing policy to property developers and banks."
Labor's Housing Australia Future Fund aims to build 30,000 social and affordable homes over five years, including 4000 dwellings for women and children experiencing domestic violence.
The government's efforts to bring on a vote for its signature election policy were defeated by the Greens and the coalition in the Senate last week.
Asked about reports Labor was facing an internal push to limit negative gearing at the party's national conference in August, Mr Albanese ruled out any changes.
"The government's position is very clear and it's a position for which we received a mandate at the 2022 election and I'm someone who keeps the commitments that we made," he said.
The 49th ALP national conference will be the first to be held face-to-face in five years.