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Negative gearing reform meets the housing problem it can't solve alone

Treasury is modelling a two-property cap on negative gearing and a CGT discount cut for budget night, and Jim Chalmers has stopped pretending the status quo is acceptable. The reform is real, the housing-affordability problem is bigger than the reform, and that's the part nobody is saying out loud.

Ben Russo8 min read
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Money Career

Perth's stamp duty fix: a $100,000 lift into a $900,000 market

WA's 2026-27 budget lifted the first home buyer stamp duty exemption to $600,000, a $100,000 jump worth up to $25,390 to the right buyer. In a market where Perth's median house already sits at $900,000, the question is who that right buyer actually is.

Ben Russo