House debates

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Statements by Members

Taxation

1:52 pm

Photo of Bert Van ManenBert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak on the negative impact that we will see from Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing in my electorate of Forde. I had a meeting with several of my real estate agency principals last week to discuss the impact on property values and rents in Forde. The story from the agents is that, across the board, people in the electorate of Forde, who are already struggling to meet the day-to-day costs of living, will be impacted if there are any rental increases as a result of Labor's negative gearing policy changes and capital gains tax policy changes—

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