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Tax & Legal • 17 JUN 2024

How to maximise your tax return for property investors

As we head towards the end of the financial year, now is the time to take steps to get your tax affairs in order and look at any last-minute planning to maximise your...

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Tax & Legal • 13 JUN 2024

Tasmania clears first hurdle to ‘stamp out stamp duty’

Significant changes to reduce the amount of property tax paid by first home buyers has passed the Tasmanian lower house.

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Investor Strategy • 13 JUN 2024

Seller sentiment buoyed as new listings rise

May 2024 gave rise to an influx of new listings both over the previous month as well as the year, showing that seller confidence is riding high.

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Investor Strategy • 13 JUN 2024

Help to Buy hold up: Qld makes it official as fed legislation languishes

In the Sunshine State, Labor’s shared equity home buying scheme is ready to take flight – as soon as the federal government makes it official.

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Tax & Legal • 13 JUN 2024

ATO warns landlords against common tax return mistakes

With the end of the financial year rapidly approaching, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has advised rental property owners to check their tax returns for these...

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Finance • 13 JUN 2024

Australia’s median house price is up 7.6% YoY

Australia’s median house price is now $1.026 million, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA).

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Tax & Legal • 12 JUN 2024

Timely reminder for consumers after SA fencer spent $21k in client deposits

The unlicensed tradie took thousands of dollars in deposits for “work that was never started”.

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Investor Strategy • 12 JUN 2024

The Aussie suburbs where auction numbers have tripled

Over the past 12 months, scheduled auctions in some urban and regional suburbs have increased by nearly three times their previous levels.

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Tax & Legal • 12 JUN 2024

Does Qld’s stamp duty reform go far enough?

The threshold for the state’s first home owner concession on transfer duty has been raised, alongside land tax and transfer duty surcharges for foreign investors as...

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Investor Strategy • 12 JUN 2024

The federal budget’s fumbled opportunity

The argy-bargy of political wrangling always seems to include collateral damage.