Property
As Treasurer Jim Chalmers works up the 2026-27 budget, new Capital Brief/DemosAU polling shows about 40% of Australians back reducing capital gains tax discounts.
Going after the CGT discount sounds easy, but it could backfire by choking construction, locking up stock and pushing more Australians into renting.
Government schemes are getting more first home buyers into the market. But by fuelling demand faster than supply, they may be pushing prices even higher.
