ACT landowners are revolting
The Property Council of Australia is ‘vehemently opposed’ to Canberra’s special land levy to part-fund the $600 million light rail project from Gungahlin to the city, calling it “just another property tax in disguise”. The PCA’s Catherine Carter says, “To tax again an...Goody Goody Goody!
Sometimes, through the smoke and fireworks of the national debate a political commentator sees the path forward and points the way. Today in the Australian Financial Review, Alan Mitchell takes a far-sighted approach to the crisis provoked by the Abbott government in...Victoria spends on Road, Rail. Pity about the Stamps.
The Napthine government has just delivered the road and rail projects that were held up by weak revenues after the Victorian Treasury dramatically lifted the state’s projected surplus, largely due to very high Stamp Duty revenues on booming property prices and...Our Interrelated Property Cycles – easy ‘windfall’ gains – but, what’s the Consequence?
By Catherine Cashmore Take a cursory look through the international press and reports on housing related matters, and it could be merged it into one text as property cycles become increasingly interrelated and investors search for ‘safe havens’...Republish this article
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