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Contributed By: Claire Ryan on

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) says a new research report from the Property Council of Australia (PCA) highlights the need for the review of state property taxes and charges to be taken out of Treasury and into independent hands. The report indicates 33,000 new homes and tens of thousands of jobs have been lost due to Queensland’s tax settings towards international institutional investment. The REIQ has long-opposed both the Additional Foreign Acquirer Duty (AFAD) – now an eight per cent surcharge on stamp duty, and the Foreign Land Tax Surcharge (FLTS) – now a three per cent surcharge on land tax. REIQ CEO AntoniaRead More →

Contributed By: Mike Phipps Finance on

Before you read any further it’s important that you take the time to dial up Bobby McFerrin on You Tube and get into the reggae groove.  The following will simply not work otherwise! Here’s a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry, be happy Some say credit crunch I say bugger that, let’s do a long lunch Don’t worry, be happy In your loan application, there is some trouble Royal Commission might make it double Don’t Worry, Be Happy Ain’t got no cash or equity You can always call on me Don’t worry, be happy. With apologiesRead More →

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