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MPs urged to ignore fearmongering and pass Labor’s ‘long overdue’ negative gearing and CGT changes

first home buyers [instead of property investors](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/13/australia-federal-budget-2026-tax-capital-gains-negative-gearing-housing-one-big-chart). Maiy Azize, of housing advocacy group Everybody’s Home, said there was “no excuse for landlords to hike rents because of these changes”. “Existing landlords

Australia has some of the world's costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

Australia's restrictive planning laws - which limit homes being built where most people want to live – have taken a toll. But there have long been arguments that housing tax breaks are also increasing strain

Changing tax rules for investors won’t shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria

budget night are set to be exempt from the tax changes, any warnings about impacts on supply are largely moot. If anything, investors may be more enthused to support new builds than they were previously

Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians

budget won’t solve Australia’s housing crisis on their own, they will over time make a meaningful contribution towards solving it,” Eslake says. So why has the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, [vowed to oppose

Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers – as it happened

impacted in this incident does not include purchase history, booking totals, membership details, credit card numbers or financial transaction data. Queensland police allege a 13-year-old planned an attack on a school. He allegedly

Federal budget 2026 summary – winners and losers

impacting fuel supplies globally, including Australia. Inflation is still causing havoc on household budgets. Government programs are costing more than ever. We’ve read hundreds of budget paper pages so you don’t have