Negative gearing proposal cops more backlash following Shorten’s comments

“All Australians need to know what and when a Labor government, if elected, will do regarding property taxation,” Mr Kelly said.

“It is not acceptable to appear to be ‘having a couple of bob each way’ in the lead up to the election.”

Under Labor’s negative gearing and CGT polities, the REIA indicated mum-and-dad investors, home owners, builders and tradies and state governments and constituents would all be negatively impacted by the changes.

The REIA and Mr Kelly are open to a dialogue to air these concerns, but Mr Kelly said to do it now rather than after the election.

“Let’s look at all property taxes in a holistic approach and not just negative gearing and capital gains tax as if that’s the panacea to housing affordability,” Mr Kelly said.

“There is already enough market uncertainty particularly in the larger states and a “nothing to see here” approach will only exacerbate this uncertainty.

“The ALP needs to come clean with what its election policies actually are so that all Australians … know exactly what they will be voting for and can make an informed decision at the ballot box.”

In summary: Labor's negative gearing policy 

If elected, the Labor party will limit negative gearing to new housing from a date that is yet to be determined. It will be after the next federal election, which will fall in the first half of 2019.

Further, the Labor party plans to halve the capital gains discount for all assets purchased after a yet-to-be-determined date after the next election. In effect, this will reduce the capital gains tax discount for assets that are held longer than 12 months from 50 per cent to 25 per cent.

On both measures, all changes will be grandfathered, which means they won’t apply retrospectively.

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