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NEWS
The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad
Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra $2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad, writes Brendan Coates.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
National scheme needed to bolster falling home ownership rates
An economic policy expert has called on the Federal Government to introduce a national shared equity scheme to help halt Australia’s falling home ownership rates. Grattan Institute Economic Policy Program Director Brendan Coates said whichever party won the Federal Election this year needed to tackle housing affordability and turn the nation’s rapidly declining home ownership rates around. “Within living memory,…
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Increasing property prices see stamp duty skyrocket
Property prices have soared throughout the pandemic, as more Australians seek to achieve work/life balance, relocating to lifestyle locations in droves.
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NEWS
Australia won’t recover unless Victoria does too
Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute and Matthew Cowgill, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute The announcement of stage 4 restrictions in Victoria marks a new, and depressing, stage in Australia’s response to COVID-19. The new measures will close non-essential retailers and most child-care centres across Melbourne, and impose stringent controls on industries such as meatworks and construction. The Victorian government estimates the measures will stop…
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