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Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says tax reform would be important in a hung parliament.

Solve decades of political ‘stuff-ups’ with hung parliament: Spender

Independent MP Allegra Spender says 20 years of policy inaction have left Australia with poor housing and tax systems, but sees a way to fixing them.

  • Shane Wright

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Australia’s economic outlook remains weak with the housing sector likely to weigh on the economy.

You thought 2024 was tough. IMF warns of more troubles ahead

Both the IMF and Deloitte Access Economics are warning the new economic year is unlikely to be much better than the current one.

  • Shane Wright
Premier Jacinta Allan is seeking to boost supply and ease the housing crisis.

How Victoria’s housing shake-up will affect property prices

Premier Jacinta Allan wants to upend the housing market by fast-tracking high-rise apartment buildings across the suburbs and slashing stamp duty for off-the-plan apartments, units and townhouses – but will it work?

  • Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Melbourne apartment values need to rise before new projects become viable, the sector says.

Developers to cop new charge as experts warn apartment prices ‘must rise’ for towers to soar

Developers have welcomed the Allan government’s stamp duty concession but say Melbourne apartment values must rise or projects will remain financially unviable.

  • Kieran Rooney, Adam Carey and Annika Smethurst
Victoria is providing stamp duty concessions to encourage demand in units, townhouses and apartments.

Stamp duty slashed on units, apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Buyers of off-the-plan developments will save tens of thousands of dollars in stamp duty concessions in a 12-month plan to encourage denser developments across the suburbs.

  • Kieran Rooney
Homeownership status was found to cause a considerable discrepancy in spending habits.

Stamp-duty concessions for boomers downsizing touted to free up family homes

The property industry says Melbourne’s existing stock of housing is being underutilised. Encouraging “empty nesters” to sell could be part of the solution.

  • Josh Gordon
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Labor scrapped the former Coalition government’s short-lived optional annual land tax on homes valued up to $1.5 million.

The Sydney suburbs where first home buyers are saving on stamp duty

Thousands of NSW residents are taking advantage of the state government’s help to get a foot on the property ladder – and one area is benefiting most.

  • Megan Gorrey
“By increasing the eligibility threshold, we are giving aspiring homeowners a fairer go,” Miles said in one of a series of posts across his social media accounts.

Qld to give first home buyers a ‘fairer go’ with changes to stamp duty

Some 10,000 buyers are expected to save up to $17,000 under Labor’s latest pre-election budget sweetener.

  • Matt Dennien
WA Premier Roger Cook.

WA’s premier on the housing crisis, stamp duty … and cash-for-access dinners

Ahead of his anniversary as premier, WAtoday grilled Roger Cook on some of the more uncomfortable issues facing the government he’ll take to the next election.

  • Hamish Hastie
Australia fell behind the OECD average of providing homes for its population.

Why the Australian housing market is worse than our overseas peers

While building more homes is a part of the solution, experts say there are other measures that could bring property prices down.

  • Jemimah Clegg

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