Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says his objective is to ‘defeat’ changes to capital gains and negative gearing. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/
The Coalition said last night it would repeal changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing if elected as it tried to hit back at Labor’s budget measures.
The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, told Sky News the prime minister promised not to touch the incentives during last year’s election campaign and that therefore Labor did not have a mandate for the reforms.
Wilson said: double quotation mark We’ll repeal these measures if necessary , but our objective is to defeat them and to make sure that they’re never legislated. Because this government doesn’t have licence from the Australian community [to] support these changes.
Wilson also says the $250 tax offset for workers will be eaten up within six months due to inflation. That offset will be given to workers after next year – so it’s still a while away.
