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ACT:'Forever gone': stamp duty axed in home-boosting budget

The ACT will become the first state or territory to abolish stamp duty for first home buyers in the centrepiece measure of a housing-centric budget.

Set to be unveiled in the territory budget on Wednesday, exemptions will be extended to every resident entering the property market from July 1.

Currently, only homes under $1 million are exempt and purchasers must be below income eligibility thresholds.

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