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Labor’s housing affordability mess: profit for the few, pain for the many

7 January 2019

11:21 AM

7 January 2019

11:21 AM

Labor’s two-pronged housing affordability package has them rowing the same boat in both directions, expending a lot of taxpayer dollars and going nowhere.

The first prong doubles the capital gains tax on all investments, to the second highest in the OECD, penalising real estate and share investors alike, and immediately decreasing the value of all retirement savings.

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