Why Labor's housing policy is self-defeating,fraught with peril

Why Labor's housing policy is self-defeating,fraught with peril

The Coalition and Labor have markedly different housing policy heading in to the federal election.

  • byNoel Whittaker

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Fears over rental law changes are much ado about nothing
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Fears over rental law changes are much ado about nothing

Renting should be a genuine alternative to home ownership. These recent changes haven’t made this happen yet.

  • byJoel Dignam
Negative gearing changes will affect us all,mostly for the better
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Negative gearing changes will affect us all,mostly for the better

Despite all the talk about negatively geared nurses and property baron police officers,90 per cent of taxpayers do not use negative gearing.

  • byDanielle Wood
A house in the suburbs:How a'for sale'sign sits in Bowen's plan

A house in the suburbs:How a'for sale'sign sits in Bowen's plan

The house across the road points to the key issues underpinning Chris Bowen's plans for Labor in office

  • byShane Wright
We will have a'moral authority'for our tax plans:Bowen

We will have a'moral authority'for our tax plans:Bowen

"Every time Josh Frydenberg writes an op-ed or tweets about our economic policies,he’s actually increasing the moral authority of our mandate – if we get one – to implement them,"says shadow treasurer Chris Bowen.

  • byShane Wright
Key Labor policies will hit richest Liberal seats hardest

Key Labor policies will hit richest Liberal seats hardest

Of the 10 most exposed electorates only Wentworth and the Melbourne seat of Macnamara are not held by the Liberal Party.

  • byShane Wright
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The Australian dream died alone in an apartment

The Australian dream died alone in an apartment

We're getting perilously close to the point where this housing slump turns disorderly. Fasten your seat belts.

  • byDavid Fickling
Shorten will abandon negative gearing reforms,Frydenberg predicts

Shorten will abandon negative gearing reforms,Frydenberg predicts

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg predicts Bill Shorten will walk away from a suite of controversial housing tax reforms,following predictions prices will collapse this year.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson
Ipsos poll:Australians not convinced by Labor's flagship negative gearing reforms
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Ipsos poll:Australians not convinced by Labor's flagship negative gearing reforms

Bill Shorten is facing a critical challenge to his $32 billion policy to scale back negative gearing.

  • byDavid Crowe
New analysis shows negative gearers account for as few as one in 10 property purchases

New analysis shows negative gearers account for as few as one in 10 property purchases

Labor has seized on a new independent analysis of Australia's negative gearing scheme to dismiss escalating claims by the government.

  • byShane Wright
After a 96 year losing streak,is time up for negative gearing?

After a 96 year losing streak,is time up for negative gearing?

A tax change from 1922 will be a key part of the 2019 election campaign. So how did we get negative gearing?

  • byShane Wright