The Australian continues negative gearing defence

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By Leith van Onselen

What is it with The Australian newspaper? With regularity it trots-out articles defending negative gearing and warning against policy changes to the scared cow.

Today’s effort comes from Sydney Journalist, Kylar Loussikian, who has written a piece arguing that negative gearing is not the domain of Australia’s elite, but rather that of the good old Aussie battler who’s simply trying to save for their own retirement and take pressure off the Aged Pension:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.