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Now it's Liberals telling us we are going to have to cut the capital gains tax concession if we want to get Australians into homes

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

NSW is doing what Labor’s Bill Shorten could not – explaining why Australia’s capital gains tax concession is knocking first home buyers out of homes.

Shorten went to the 2016 and 2019 elections with a plan – Labor would halve the capital gains tax concession used by landlords who buy and sell properties.

In much the same way...

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