Long overdue changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax would save the Commonwealth Government about $5.3 billion a year. SummaryThe interaction of a fifty per cent capital gains tax discount with negative gearing distorts investment decisions, makes housing markets more volatile and reduces home ownership.

This report presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force from January 1995 to December 2015, with a focus on the statistical trends for the twenty-four months ending December 2015. The data were extracted from the Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS) of the NSW Police Force in February 2016.

This brief is an annual update of the property and violent crime trends first reported in Moffatt and Poynton (2006). The aim of the paper is to examine the trends in the rates of annual recorded incidents of ten categories of property and violent crime for the period 1990 to 2015 in NSW.

Introduction As young as New Zealand is, conflicts about land and its uses have been fought about multiple values, only a few of which are tangible and locatable on a map. Land conflicts have arisen over sovereignty, cultural identity, and control of a resource located in, on or under land. Resources under contention have changed...

This project examined residential investment vehicles introduced overseas to encourage investment in rental properties. It explored the opportunity to develop an effective residential investment vehicle in Australia oriented to enhance the supply of affordable rental properties.