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Tag Archives: stampduty
ACCC right to call for Qld Gov’t to cut stamp duty on home insurance – $200 in stamp duty on each NQ home insurance policy on average
The ACCC’s Final Report on its Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry has been released at last and, among other things, it rightly reiterates a recommendation made in previous reports to (on p. xxiii): Abolish stamp duty on home, contents and strata … Continue reading
Posted in Townsville
Tagged accc, insurance, northernaustralia, nq, qldgovernment, stampduty, strata, townsville
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Stamp duty to land tax switch has long been argued for by economists
It’s good to see the NSW Government considering a switch from stamp duty on property transactions to a broader land tax, at least for future transactions where it’s possible people could be offered a choice of either an up-front payment … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid, landtax, nsw, qld, qldelection, stampduty
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Chat with CCIQ’s Jack Baxter on collapse in business conditions & confidence
I spoke with CCIQ Economic and Policy Advisor Jack Baxter earlier today regarding the corona-crisis-induced collapse in business conditions and confidence reported in the March quarter Suncorp-CCIQ Pulse Survey report. Business conditions and confidence are at their worst levels in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, brisbane, cairns, cciq, coronavirus, covid-19, goldcoast, hospitality, landtax, manufacturing, payrolltax, pulse, qld, qldeconomy, queensland, stampduty, suncorp, tourism
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Qld Budget interviews with ABC’s Steve Austin & 4BC’s Ross Greenwood
While chatting with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin and fellow interviewee Nick Behrens this afternoon, I almost chuckled when Steve asked me whether this Queensland state budget, in which total debt is projected to head toward $90 billion by 2022-23, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged 4bc, abc, adani, budget, coal, qld, stampduty
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Trad’s Cross River Rail & state budget plans wrecked by Coalition victory
Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad and her senior Treasury officials will be vexed by the implications of the shock federal Coalition victory yesterday for Cross River Rail funding and the state budget. I expect Trad and state Treasury … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Transport
Tagged adani, capitalgains, coal, crossriverrail, crr, debt, frankingcredits, negativegearing, property, qldtreasury, royalties, stampduty, statebudget
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Housing industry round table with Treasurer Frydenberg at Parliament House on Monday 18/2/19
I felt honoured to attend a housing industry round table with federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Assistant Treasurer Zed Seselja at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 18 February 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened the round table but had … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged alp, australia, canberra, capitalgains, cgt, housing, masterbuilders, negativegearing, propertycouncil, stampduty, tax, taxation, treasury, udia
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South Brisbane & South Townsville top Qld in building approvals so far in 2017-18
In my last post, I considered the Queensland construction industry outlook. In today’s post, I take advantage of new data on building approvals at the small area level (ABS SA2 regions) for 2017-18 so far released by the ABS yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Housing, Townsville, Uncategorized
Tagged abs, act, bcc, brisbane, brisbanecitycouncil, buildingapprovals, heritage, heritageprotection, hfe, housing, landtax, nqstadium, qldtreasury, queenslanders, stampduty, townsville
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NSW winning fiscal State of Origin
My former Treasury colleague and old friend Joe Branigan, now at Cadence Economics and SMART Infrastructure Facility, was quick to tweet a State-of-Origin themed chart yesterday following the release of the NSW State Budget (see Joe’s chart below). As noted … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged assetrecycling, assetsales, budget, infrastructure, nsw, nswtreasury, privatisation, qld, queensland, stampduty, stateoforigin
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Qld second biggest winner from GST redistribution
Queensland is the second biggest winner from the carve up of GST revenue that is dictated by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. In 2016-17, Queensland is to receive $2.1 billion more than we would if the GST revenue, which is collected … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged cgc, gocs, gst, nt, payrolltax, qld, queensland, stampduty
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PC calls for partial inclusion of family home in pension means test
Last week, Treasurer Scott Morrison warned young Australians not to expect they can rely on the age pension in the future. This was good advice, because the budgetary pressures facing the Commonwealth Government, emphasised again this week in grim forecasts … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged agepension, assettest, australia, familyhome, housing, meanstest, ncoa, pc, stampduty
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