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The case for reducing the capital gain tax discount
Housing, Publications, Taxation | 7th June 2016Article originally published in ‘Around the House’, the newsletter of Shelter NSW, a housing advocacy group, in June 2016
Lower inflation targets aren’t a good idea
Economic Policies, Publications | 17th May 2016Article published on The Conversation website, 17th May 2016
The housing affordability trap • Inside Story
Housing, Publications | 12th May 2016Saul Eslake | Inside Story | 12th May 2016 Falling home ownership rates are bad for households and bad for the economy, writes Saul Eslake. Governments are starting to respond, but much more can be done“A home of one’s own” – often described as the Great Australian Dream – is not a uniquely Australian aspiration, but for […]
Reflections on the 2016-17 Federal Budget
Economic Policies, Publications | 5th May 2016Saul Eslake | The Conversation | 5th May 2016 This is a longer version of Saul Eslake’s take on the budget, on why negative gearing is still the elephant in the room for the government.Scott Morrison is very keen for his first budget to be viewed as “not just another budget” – to the point of […]
The Changing Structure of Economic Activity and Employment in Queensland
The Australian Economy | 26th April 2016Presentation to a ‘Queensland Jobs Summit’ hosted by the Australia Institute and the University of Queensland in Brisbane on 26th April 2016
A Bi-Partisan Agenda for Affordable Housing
Housing | 8th April 2016Presentation to the ‘Future of Housing’ conference co-hosted by the Brisbane Development Association and the Future Housing Task Force, Brisbane, 15th April 2016
Negative gearing simply a form of ‘tax avoidance’
Housing, Publications, Taxation | 31st March 2016Saul Eslake | The New Daily | 23rd March 2016 In a recent interview with the ABC’s Leigh Sales, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended negative gearing as “income tax 101”, by which he went on to explain as “a fundamental principle of tax law and has been forever that you can deduct from your income the […]
Labor’s negative gearing aims echo Coalition housing changes
Housing, Publications, Taxation | 23rd March 2016Saul Eslake | The New Daily | 23rd March 2016 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been vocal in decrying the Labor Opposition’s plans to restrict negative gearing to investors buying new properties, claiming it will lead to a crash in the price of existing housing. But the evidence is against this hypothesis. Over the last five […]