Negative gearing scare campaign falls flat

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By Leith van Onselen

Yesterday I argued that Labor had little to fear from the incessant scare campaign against its negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) reforms, noting that it took the very same policy to the 2016 Federal Election and performed better than anyone expected.

Today, The Guardian’s Greg Jericho has come to a similar conclusion:

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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.