Negative gearing: we're becoming a nation of landlords and serfs

By Peter Martin
Updated March 30 2016 - 11:25am, first published March 10 2016 - 12:00am
The negative gearing-driven explosion has made it harder for Australians to buy houses to live in.  Photo: iStock
The negative gearing-driven explosion has made it harder for Australians to buy houses to live in. Photo: iStock

Once we talked about the great Australian dream. Now it's something meaner: "getting ahead". The great Australian dream meant owning your own home. "Getting ahead" means getting ahead of someone else. It's how Treasurer Scott Morrison sees the Australian dream.

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