Gavin Friend
speaker
7,937 appearances
60 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2024
last heard 2 Sep
Gavin Friend’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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has been spent by the government.
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It's managed to present some $45 billion improvement cumulatively over the forecast horizon.
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Less encouraging, I think, is the $64 billion 26-27 cash balance.
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It's about 2.1% of GDP.
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That will require further spending restraint or productivity gains or tax reforms.
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The reforms you talk about, primarily targeted towards negative gearing and capital gains tax, negative gearing for housing, will now be restricted to investment properties or investment in new builds and capital gains tax reforms.
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Much of this was leaked beforehand, as you say.
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The 50% discount will be replaced with indexation and a minimum 30% discount.
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tax on capital gains.
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a point that Michelle Bullock, the
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you know, made several times in the last press conference following the last RBA meeting recently.
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You know, it's a challenge and, you know, it's something that they need to get ahead
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Yeah.
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A big rise in costs.
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Business confidence rose a little bit, actually.
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Remember, it had plunged the month before.
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It rose five points.
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It's still down 24 points.
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Business conditions fell for the fourth consecutive month.
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And purchase cost growth, as you say, rose to 4.5% in quarterly equivalent terms, three times its level in February.
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