negative gearing rorting the guts out of oz, page-8

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    "any good reason why the tax system is skewed toward investing in existing real estate?"

    Because real estate agents hold so much sway, and Australia has such a conservative, unambitious attitude to investment. Hence unproductive, harmful forms of speculation are favoured over genuine, economically beneficial forms of investment.
 
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