Who in their right mind would want to stop negative gearing?
Opinion
Opinion

Who in their right mind would want to stop negative gearing?

A few thousand dollars in tax deductions today will save the government hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare down the track. What’s not to like?

  • byNoel Whittaker

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The Perth suburbs where negative gearing is going through the roof

The Perth suburbs where negative gearing is going through the roof

The gap between what investors receive in rent and spend in mortgage repayments is widening,in some areas by more than $1600 a week.

  • bySarah Brookes
Melbourne suburbs where negative gearing is going through the roof

Melbourne suburbs where negative gearing is going through the roof

Melbourne rents have jumped,but mortgage costs in some areas have soared by hundreds of dollars more per week.

  • byElizabeth Redman
Wishing homeless will go away won’t solve our housing crisis

Wishing homeless will go away won’t solve our housing crisis

Housing is a human right. Come on,PM and premier. Think outside the square. It’s time for nation-building by real Labor governments.

Coalition tax plan beholden to budget and inflation:Dutton

Coalition tax plan beholden to budget and inflation:Dutton

Liberal leader Peter Dutton has admitted his party’s tax plans will be hamstrung by the budget and economy,as the Greens press for negative gearing changes.

  • byShane Wright
Can regional communities transition to renewable energy?

Can regional communities transition to renewable energy?

The Nationals need to put some of their old bulls out to pasture,be part of the solution for the regions,or risk becoming a party of irrelevance.

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Perrottet breaks silence to call for negative gearing review

Perrottet breaks silence to call for negative gearing review

The former premier also said NSW should be funded by the Commonwealth to pay for the “lazy economic Ponzi scheme” of immigration.

  • byJordan Baker
Stage 3 changes revive push to curb negative gearing

Stage 3 changes revive push to curb negative gearing

The issue is a potential test for the government after it broke its election promise to keep stage 3 cuts in their original form,raising questions about other tax pledges.

  • byDavid Crowe
‘Everything on the table’:Calls for tax overhaul to go beyond stage 3 cuts
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Tax reform

‘Everything on the table’:Calls for tax overhaul to go beyond stage 3 cuts

As the Coalition argues the government cannot be trusted on income tax changes,independent MPS and a former Labor luminary are encouraging an examination of the entire tax system.

  • byPaul Sakkal andRachel Clun
Property investors get bigger slice of federal housing budget

Property investors get bigger slice of federal housing budget

The new analysis comes as the federal government launched the first round of tenders for funding through its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.

  • byRachel Clun
Higher GST? Negative gearing changes? Why we’ve got to talk about tax
Analysis
Tax reform

Higher GST? Negative gearing changes? Why we’ve got to talk about tax

Experts are in furious agreement:Australia needs tax reform. So why aren’t the major political parties talking about it?

  • byRachel Clun