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Fact Check: Did abolishing negative gearing push up rents?

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Liberal Party of Australia Negative gearing Rental affordability Australia
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Fact Check: Did abolishing negative gearing push up rents?
Description

Treasurer Joe Hockey claims abolishing negative gearing could push up rents, because that's what happened in the 1980s.
Verdict: Doesn't stack up

Publication Details
Copyright:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015
License type:
All Rights Reserved
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
26 May 2020

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