Queensland’s Nationwide Land Tax a ‘Desperate’ Move to Deal With Ballooning Debt

Queensland’s Nationwide Land Tax a ‘Desperate’ Move to Deal With Ballooning Debt
A woman walks past a real estate agent's window advertising houses for sale and auction in Melbourne, Australia on May 1, 2019. William West/Getty Images
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“It was so outrageous that we assumed it would never pass,” was one comment passed on to Antonia Mercorella, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ).

“I think a number of us were scratching our heads wondering who came up with this particular reform because I think it’s really taking tax to a new level, and it is concerning,” she told The Epoch Times.