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Zac de Silva

'Dumbest option': top economist slams housing tax break

A tax discount for property investors could be cut in the upcoming budget. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A major rewrite of Australia's tax rules is needed to make them fairer and more efficient, one of the nation's top economists has warned.

Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, who led a 2010 review of taxes, said the current system could be streamlined by imposing a blanket 25 per cent tax on all income from investments.

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