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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s bid to make housing more affordable for young Australians has widespread support despite the pushback against his overhaul of the tax system, with new polling showing most voters are comfortable with a fall in house prices.<\/p>\n The results of the Resolve Political Monitor poll came as former Treasury secretary Ken Henry criticised the start-up businesses demanding protection from the government\u2019s tax changes, saying they wanted a level of relief that was unavailable to ordinary working people.<\/p>\n The broad parameters of the government\u2019s tax changes, including the restriction of negative gearing to new properties and a return to the pre-1999 capital tax gains concession system, go to the Senate on Monday for debate.<\/p>\n The government believes it will have the support of the Greens to push through reforms that Albanese said on Sunday were aimed at making housing more affordable for young people.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat this reform is about fundamentally is making sure that young Australians can aspire to having a roof over their head. This is what this change is all about,\u201d he told Sky News.<\/p>\n The Resolve poll, of 1800 people, found 54 per cent supported lower house prices, compared with just 11 per cent who were opposed. Another 35 per cent said they were unsure or neutral.<\/p>\n Support was strongest among Labor voters (64 per cent), property investors (62 per cent), uncommitted voters (57 per cent) and people aged between 18 and 34 (60 per cent). Among people aged 55 or over, support was at 47 per cent, compared with 13 per cent opposed.<\/p>\n While 41 per cent of Coalition supporters backed a decline in prices, only 20 per cent said they were opposed. Among \u201cother voters\u201d, which includes One Nation and independents, support was at 52 per cent, while opposition was just 12 per cent.<\/p>\n Every income group backed a fall, from 51 per cent among low-income earners to 56 per cent among high-income earners. More than half of home owners backed a fall, compared with 13 per cent who were opposed, while among those with a mortgage, supporters outnumbered opponents 55 to 11.<\/p>\n Related Article Cotality\u2019s daily dwelling value measure shows values have fallen by 0.8 per cent so far this month in Sydney and by 0.5 per cent in Melbourne. Sydney\u2019s values are down 2.9 per cent from their peak at the beginning of the year, while Melbourne\u2019s are down by 3.4 per cent.<\/p>\n However, values have continued to climb through June in other capitals, albeit at a slower rate. They are up by 0.3 per cent in Brisbane, by 0.4 per cent in Adelaide and by 0.7 per cent in Perth.<\/p>\n The tax package, especially its overhaul of the capital gains tax concession, has come under heavy fire from business groups. The start-up and tech sector is particularly critical.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Liberal leader Angus Taylor said the changes would ultimately devastate the economy by hurting business aspiration.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we will see as a result is investment drying up, risk-taking drying up, prosperity drying up and a continuation of what we have seen in recent times, which is the biggest collapse of any developed country in our standard of living,\u201d he told Sky News.<\/p>\n However, former Treasury secretary Henry, who headed a review of the entire tax and welfare system in 2010, has used an academic paper to attack criticism of the government\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n Henry said the complaints were at odds with the business sector\u2019s criticism of the tax system before the budget was released.<\/p>\n \u201cI had no idea, prior to budget night, that Australia\u2019s post-1999 tax system enjoyed such strong support within the business community. It is not what I was hearing,\u201d he said in a paper released by the Australian National University\u2019s Tax and Transfer Policy Institute.<\/p>\n Entrepreneurs in the start-up and tech sectors have argued they will be particularly hard-hit by the government\u2019s changes, claiming they are effectively sacrificing income to create their businesses in the hope of a substantial capital gain when the firm is eventually sold.<\/p>\n Henry said this was a method of turning ordinary income into a capital gain that delivered a substantial tax benefit to start-up staff.<\/p>\n This was the way many businesses operated before the advent of capital gains tax and fringe benefits tax in 1985, as businesses sought to turn income into a capital gain to avoid paying income tax like ordinary workers.<\/p>\n According to Henry, someone who trained as a professional \u2013 such as a lawyer or architect \u2013 made long-term financial sacrifices but did not enjoy the tax benefit sought by the start-up sector, whose technology plans could ultimately wipe out income tax-paying workers.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 1985, the CGT and fringe benefits tax were in part motivated to remove opportunities for tax-effective remuneration structuring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cForty years later, it might again be worth asking why a high-risk commercial venture with a distant pay-off should be tax-preferred, relative to a human capital investment that involves many years of income sacrifice in the expectation of a future income gain that is also risky but fully taxable.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite the volumes of commentary, the case has not been made.\u201d<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. 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A majority of Australians are happy if house prices fall.Dion Georgopoulos<\/p>\n![\"Voters](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d2f6a974a38b90a1c70c7298f70b88d94a97ce88.jpeg\")
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