Where to now for negative gearing reform?

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By Leith van Onselen

News.com.au’s Jason Murphy has penned a piece today, entitled How Labor’s big negative gearing gamble failed, which contends that negative gearing reform will be off the agenda for decades after Labor failed to secure an election mandate:

Economists differed on the extent to which they thought house prices might fall [under Labor’s policy]. The most extreme claim predicted house price falls of up to 8 per cent in coming years.

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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.