Peter Dutton makes Labor’s case. Tax breaks for landlords should be restricted to those who build homes
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might have done us a favour.
As part of his budget reply speech on Thursday night he promised to stop foreigners buying existing Australian homes.
He didn’t only want to stop foreigners buying existing homes to live in, something they are able to do while here temporarily, as long as they they sell within three...