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Sam Crosby

One tax reform Labor must back

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has put a good but politically risky reform on the table. Labor should make sure that he sticks to it.

Replacing stamp duty with land tax is unquestionably sound reform. It’s also the political equivalent of tossing your political opponents a loaded bazooka.

In fact, if you were to nominate a single idea as a killer counterpoint to the beautiful notion that good policy equals good politics, the introduction of land tax would have to be a frontrunner.

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Sam Crosby is executive director of the McKell Institute.

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