Guardian Australia · Housing

Capital gains discounts were meant to usher in an Australia of ‘shareholders’ – not property speculators | Saul Eslake

· By Saul Eslake
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Defenders of the Howard-era discount say ‘if you tax something more, you’ll get less of it’. But less investors in the housing market is a good thing

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