The federal government has confirmed it will overhaul the tax system and bring in more initiatives to shake up the status quo in the housing market and enable young home buyers to purchase property. The federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers MP has handed down...
Australians Tax Offset and the standard $1,000 tax deduction option. Get the full analysis here. 12 May Government to reform housing tax The federal government has confirmed it will overhaul the tax system and bring in more initiatives to shake up the...
By: Staff Reporter The federal government’s response to the release of the Henry Tax Review has been broadly welcomed by several real estate industry bodies. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomed the broad based fundamentals underpinning the...
Broker associations and aggregators have responded to the NSW Parliament’s review of payroll tax, urging the government to remove ambiguity and exclude brokers from the tax application. Members of the broking industry have told the NSW Parliament that...
The federal Treasurer has confirmed that there will be a ‘tax reform’ package and housing funding in this evening’s budget to help bring online more housing supply. The federal budget for 2026–27 will be handed down this evening (12 May), with the...
The NSW government has unveiled a range of budgetary measures to ease housing pressures, including broader land tax concessions for build-to-rent developments and ‘pre-sale’ finance guarantees. NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has announced a range of...
Staff Reporter The Housing Industry Association has labelled the Federal Budget “disappointing”. The budget, which was released last night, failed to inject much needed stimulus into the housing market. While the Budget did manage to provide a handful...
The ACT government will increase the stamp duty concession threshold, invest in new affordable homes, and change planning laws to support supply. The ACT government has unveiled a range of measures aimed at boosting housing supply and accessibility,...
The NSW government will build thousands of new homes on surplus government land to tackle housing supply, the 2024–25 budget for NSW has revealed. The Minns Labor government handed down the NSW budget for 2024-25 yesterday (18 June) and revealed that...
Staff Reporter The outlook for Australian housing is deteriorating, a new report has revealed. According to the latest Housing Industry Association National Outlook, conditions slumped for the housing industry in the final quarter of 2011 and into...
The HIA has called for housing policy reforms, including changes to stamp duty, after claiming that taxes on foreign capital were deepening the housing deficit. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has said that taxing foreign institutional capital...
The government has agreed to prohibit new SMSF residential borrowing after striking a deal with the Greens to pass its tax overhaul. The Albanese government has clinched a deal with the Greens to ban new limited recourse borrowing arrangements for...
Australia’s peak building industry body has warned that tinkering with key property tax settings could deepen the nation’s housing crisis. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has called on the federal government to rule out any changes to negative...
Queensland’s Miles government will review property taxes and charges if it wins the state election, according to the Deputy Premier. Cameron Dick, the Deputy Premier, Treasurer, and Minister for Trade and Investment of the Queensland state government,...
Housing affordability should be redefined as a ‘chronic disease’ and a national health style strategy implemented to alleviate pressure on working families, according to managing director of Archicentre, Robert Caulfield. “There has been an urgent need...
The major bank has pushed the government for ‘urgency’ to ensure the correct policy settings are in place to build new homes. Major lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has urged the government to consider policy reforms to address housing...
After Labor secured a landslide election win, the broking industry has outlined what they want to see from the new government. The Australian Labor Party has won the 2025 federal election and looks set to launch a range of policies and initiatives...
Staff Reporter Australia’s undersupply issue can be largely attributed to poor government decisions regarding tax, the Housing Industry Association has claimed. Independent research commissioned by the HIA from the Centre for International Economics...
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