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Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurt

  • Written by Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
Stranger than fiction. Who Labor's capital gains tax changes will really hurtThe losers from Labor's capital gains tax policy aren't all where you would expect them to be, whatever you expect.Shutterstock

Labor is going into the election promising to tax capital gains more heavily. Depending on who you listen to, it’ll either hit the very highest of earners, or middle earners – people such as teachers and...

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