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Mel Fisher

Mel Fisher is a public housing tenant, welfare recipient and antipoverty activist with the Antipoverty Centre and the Anti-Poverty Network South Australia.

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It's time to scrap tax discounts for the wealthy and stop turbocharging inequality

As we approach the Federal Budget, speculation is swirling about changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing. And just yesterday a senate committee handed down its report on the CGT discount after hearing evidence that it worsens inequality and encourages property investors to gamble on housing.

Society & InequalityEconomy
It's time to scrap tax discounts for the wealthy and stop turbocharging inequality