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24 February 2016

Statement

I would like to explain my comments on Sunrise this morning about Labor’s reckless negative gearing policy.

The point I was making is that under Labor’s policy there will be increased demand for new property, pushing up prices for new property.

It is clear from Labor’s ill-considered policy that existing house prices will decline.