The share of property investors older than 60 has more than doubled since the capital gains discount was introduced, Reserve Bank of Australia research shows.
Government investing in plan to have basic house components prepared off-site and delivered in IKEA-like flat-packs.
Labor luminary Paul Keating has been panned as "out of touch" with the modern realities of owning a business after backing controversial tax changes.
Critics of the government's capital gains tax changes are being accused by the treasurer of overstating how much extra tax small businesses will have to pay.
Skilled migrants have much to offer Australia, including as a potential 'solution to the housing crisis'.
More than half of poll respondents said they would be worse off with this budget while another poll has Angus Taylor as preferred Prime Minister.
The universities sector, which relies heavily on fee-paying foreign students, says coalition plans to cut immigration would hurt the economy and cost jobs.
The government has conceded its budget is unlikely to win immediate support from voters as Labor and Liberals taking aim at each other’s policies.
Pitting investors against first home buyers in the name of intergenerational equity, Labor's fifth budget aims to address young people's housing struggles.
The coalition's economic plan for Australia would hand back more money to workers by indexing tax rates to inflation at a cost of tens of billions of dollars.
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