As someone looking to enter the housing market, Labor’s stand to remove negative gearing does nothing for me. While the system will remain, I won’t be able to access it.
Shorten’s plan to save the working class needs work
This morning, Bill Shorten announced a raft of policy that alludes to his version of Australia. Scratch back the surface, however, and it doesn’t seem like change.
Current Affairs Wrap: Donald’s new, new low, McLaughlan faces allegations, let there be memes
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the week just gone, Donald crashed through the floor, an actor faced sexual harassment allegations and memes swept in to save us from ourselves.
Last night: Who got the best of the budget’s loving?
What a night. Our heads were swimming with the romance of possibilities, and some of us did some things we didn’t want to do. So, who got the most out of the budget?
Insiders’ view: Bring on the death of negative gearing
Despite the fact that I work in the industry that gains the most from negative gearing, I’d much rather see it gone.
The Masked Liberal: Manus and Negative gearing, beginning of the end for Mal? Nope.
Stop rubbing your hands together with glee, Laborites! For your recent victories over Manus & Negative gearing mean nothing.
Tax system needs to get tough on capital reason for inequality
Thilini Wickramasuriya uncovers a fundamental problem within the tax system and asks if it’s fair for wage earners to be taxed at double the rate of those who accumulate their wealth in capital gains.