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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade

News Corp warns millions of renters ‘crucified’ as Murdoch papers fan negative gearing hysteria

Prognosis negative: News Corp’s coverage after it was suggested Anthony Albanese was considering changes to negative gearing
Prognosis negative: News Corp’s coverage after it was suggested Anthony Albanese was considering changes to negative gearing. Composite: realeastate.com.au/Daily Telegraph/news.com.au

If you believe the Murdoch tabloids, any change to housing policy would result in millions of Australians being “crucified”. If that wasn’t scary enough, there was this warning: “The whole economic system will fall apart”.

It all started with a scoop in the Sydney Morning Herald which revealed the government had asked Treasury to model potential changes to negative gearing concessions.

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