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The Bank of Mum and Dad is now one of the nation’s largest lenders, with many young people reliant on their parents if they want to become homeowners.

Inheritances are destroying the ‘fair go’. It’s time to tax them

We’re in the middle of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever, and it’s beginning to tear at our nation’s social fabric.

  • Thomas Walker

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s revamp of the stage 3 tax cuts have not been enough for many Australians.

Everybody thinks they pay too much tax but this group is unhappier than others

Most respondents to a survey said they felt overburdened but a similar proportion wanted more government spending on health and education.

  • Shane Wright
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australians would have been facing much more pressure under Peter Dutton.

Hooked on sugar-hit policies, we keep ignoring the tax elephant in the room

It’s been 25 years since a government sold tax reform to Australians. The time has come for them to try again.

  • Rachel Clun
First home buyers can access the federal government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme and the low-deposit First Home Guarantee to help purchase a property.

How a tax you rarely pay is slowing the property market

Economists say the tax raises the barrier to entry for first home buyers who are trying to get into the market and discourages empty nesters from downsizing.

  • Jim Malo
Equalisation and appropriation clauses can help ensure inheritances are shared as intended.

Don’t say the S-word out loud, but Australia secretly loves socialism

Our nation has long considered itself the land of the fair go. But as housing affordability and healthcare standards slip, are we kidding ourselves?

  • Gary Newman
The cost of public transport in Victoria is going up again.

Public transport, short-term stays about to get more expensive in Victoria

Using public transport will cost an extra 40¢ a day for a full-fare passenger. Stays in Airbnb properties and visits to the zoo and snow will also cost more from January 1.

  • Rachel Eddie and Carla Jaeger
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Guilt gets a bad rap. I’m guilty, but my new year’s resolution is to be OK with it

We have this magical thinking that we can be better come the new year, then we too often fail. Don’t dismiss guilt as the motivator you might need to keep your resolutions.

  • Jenna Price
Former members of the Geelong Revival Centre are pushing for a widening of coercive control laws to cover cults and changes to the tax breaks afforded to religious groups.

Call to outlaw ‘coercive’ cults, stop financial secrecy for extreme churches

Revelations about alleged abuse and other disturbing behaviour at a secretive Pentecostal church have sparked calls for reform.

  • Richard Baker

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

The major political parties have deserted the debate stage when it comes to tax reform. But Allegra Spender is going where no non-government MP has gone before.

  • Shane Wright
Tax as it stands now stacks the cards against young people.

Our politicians aren’t acting their age. That’s a good thing

Among the childish bickering that goes on in our capital, there’s a glimmer of hope. It revolves around a three-letter word.

  • Millie Muroi

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