But the party won’t commit to axing the increase to land tax for landlords,citing the need to be fiscally responsible.
Inner West Council has also suggested banning no-fault evictions and lengthening tenancy periods to up to 10 years.
The solutions to Australia’s housing problems are well known,but the political danger of taking on huge vested interests is clear.
The recent boom in house prices has sent land tax valuations rocketing,but there may be little you can do to avoid it.
Both Labor and the Coalition have been burned in the past by tax reform. Will the teals – an ideologically diverse bloc – be able to open the debate?
Long-time owners of traditional beach shacks are facing hefty land tax bills because nostalgic Sydneysiders with cash to burn have pushed up property prices.
A proposal for a new tax on landlords who leave shops empty for extended periods has been slammed by the NSW small business commissioner.
Derelict shopfronts are blighting parts of Sydney,including Norton Street in Leichhardt and Oxford Street in Darlinghurst,prompting calls for a new “vacancy tax”.
Homeowners living in mansions worth more than $10 million would be taxed to fund affordable housing under a NSW Greens policy.
But the Queensland premier has hosed down questions of any dysfunction in cabinet,set to meet on Wednesday to discuss further action on a damning hospital report and findings into Star’s casino operations.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk pulled the plug on the contentious change,which would have lifted tax for those who also owned property interstate,after criticism from the property sector and NSW premier.