The Greens’ negative gearing policy is a winner

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Greens announced over the weekend their policy to quarantine negative gearing so that rental losses on both houses and shares could no longer be claimed against unrelated wage/salary earnings.

Under the Greens plan, those already holding negatively geared investments would be grandfathered, with the changes only affecting new investors from a specific date.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.