South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
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South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
Sign up for our free ...
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When I was teenager and living outside of New York I used to listen to a radio station called WFAN. For 24 hours a day the station was dedicated to sport. Most of the programming involved a host arguing with callers about some esoteric sporting topic – player A was better than player B, etc.
This was one of my less harmful teenage vices but it is hard ...
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One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
Under its International Criminal Court obligations, Australia had no legal choice but to pursue the war crimes allegations.
The post Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of 5 war crime murder charges. How did we get here? appeared first on The Klaxon.
What’s war good for? With apologies to Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, absolutely nothing from humanity’s point of view.
While the human cost of conflict - measured in lives lost, families displaced, and immense suffering - is profound and undeniable, the historical relationship between geopolitical chaos and long-term equity ...
The debate around the capital gains tax (CGT) ‘discount’ is really heating up due to budgetary pressures, and arguments around ‘intergenerational equity’ and housing affordability. But the so-called ‘discount’ is not a concession, rather it is an ‘adjustment’ to approximate gains arising from inflation that should not be taxed.
Prior to 1999, the cost ...