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Dominic Perrottet

Now is the time to reform stamp duty

The virus has given Australian governments the chance to lower the tax burden and lift the handbrake on the economy, writes the NSW Treasurer.

Dominic PerrottetFormer NSW premier

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In 1922, some four years before Ernest Hemingway published his first novel, his then wife Hadley was travelling on a train carrying a precious case filled with the aspiring writer’s latest work. The case was stolen, the work was lost, never to be recovered. Hemingway was not impressed.

As a state treasurer who has spent the last three years working to keep the NSW budget firmly in the black, I can relate. So too, I’m sure, can the federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg.

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Dominic Perrottet is a former premier of NSW. Connect with Dominic on Facebook and Twitter.

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