But Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Treasurer Cameron Dick had defended the change,which was to come into effect next July,with Dick describing it as an effort to stop investors avoiding tax by spreading property across jurisdictions and below their thresholds.
While all Australian land not subject to exemptions would be considered towards the $600,000 trigger — a test not used in any other state or territory — only the Queensland portion of land would have tax applied.
While Dick had not publicly revealed any push back from other states,who he hoped would provide data,NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Monday he would not helpQueensland levying the tax on NSW residents.
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Amid the criticism,Palaszczuk flagged this week she would speak to her counterparts personally while in Canberra for a meeting of national cabinet on Friday,culminating in a decision to defer the change.
Taking questions after national cabinet,Palaszczuk said the negative feedback had already been relayed to the government through discussions at a Board of Treasurers level.
“It does require the goodwill of other states and if we can’t get[that] additional information,I will put that aside,” she said.