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Changes to Senate voting may be needed but should not be rushed

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

While the government boasts about engaging the community on the tax issue, it has avoided public debate as it seeks to muster the numbers for voting changes that would have sweeping implications for the Senate’s future composition.

Yet it is not too much of a stretch to argue that the latter is as important as the former.

In the next week, the...

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A first step on negative gearing, but not much more

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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Recent announcements by both major parties suggest the long-held bipartisan consensus over negative gearing is finally breaking. While we can expect anguished cries from the property industry, the two proposals for reform point to just how deeply flawed negative gearing is, and why neither change goes far enough.

The proposals point to two deep...

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