Category: Queensland

NSW Refusing to Play Ball on Queensland’s Contentious Extra-Territorial Land Tax

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out cooperating with Queensland state authorities to help roll out its contentious extra-territorial land tax. In a nation first, the Queensland Labor government’s proposal will calculate the amount of land tax owed by an investor based on their total property holdings across the country, instead of what…


Queensland’s New Land Tax May Be Unconstitutional

Commentary From July 1, 2023, the method of calculating land tax in the state of Queensland will change. It will be calculated not only based on freehold land owned by taxpayers in Queensland but also on land owned by them in the other Australian States. But land valued at under $600,000 (around US$400,000) and a…


Queensland’s New Extra-Territorial Land Tax May Be Unconstitutional

Commentary From July 1, 2023, the method of calculating land tax in the state of Queensland will change. It will be calculated not only based on freehold land owned by investors in Queensland but also on land owned by them in other Australian states. For example, currently land valued at under $600,000 (around US$400,000) or…


Allowing Trans Identifying Individuals to Alter Birth Certificates a Danger to Women: Advocate

An impending decision by the Queensland government to make it easier for people to change the gender on their birth certificate could have wider implications that are dangerous to women, according to Sall Grover, founder of women-only app Giggle. Under proposed changes to the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriage Registration Act 2003, a person will potentially…


Queensland Should Control Its Spending, Not Impose a New Interstate Land Tax

Commentary Queensland’s government has proclaimed that in the spirit of the state’s long-standing fiscal tradition, it is committed to “no new or increased taxes” and to its tax take being below the average of other states. Taxpayers would be relieved to hear of this commitment. But it is difficult to reconcile with the Queensland government’s…


Queensland Should Control Spending, Not Impose a New National Land Tax

Commentary Queensland’s government has proclaimed that in the spirit of the state’s long-standing fiscal tradition, it is committed to “no new or increased taxes” and to its tax take being below the average of other states. Taxpayers would be relieved to hear of this commitment. But it is difficult to reconcile with the Queensland government’s…


Queensland to Host Summit to Deal With Lockdown-Driven Migration, Homelessness

The government of Queensland has announced a Housing Summit to deal with several issues plaguing the state’s housing market following an interstate migration boom driven by lockdowns in Australia’s big southern cities. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said an initial roundtable on Sept. 16 will be held followed by the larger Summit in October. “Nothing is more…


Rental Market Under Pressure in Brisbane, Queensland After Lockdown-Driven Migration

Demand for rental properties remains sky high in the capital city of Queensland, Australia, following months of interstate migration from some of the most heavily locked down cities in the country. The latest figures from the Australian National University and CoreLogic, a property data firm, showed that rental vacancies in the Greater Brisbane area—around 2.5…


Rental Market Under Pressure in Brisbane, Australia After Lockdown-Driven Migration

Demand for rental properties remains sky high in the capital city of Queensland, Australia, following months of interstate migration from some of the most heavily locked down cities in the country. The latest figures from the Australian National University and CoreLogic, a property data firm, showed that rental vacancies in the Greater Brisbane area—around 2.5…


Protests Over Decision to Cut Pay of Unvaccinated Teachers

Hundreds of protestors took the streets on Aug. 31 against a decision by the Queensland state government to dock the pay of unvaccinated teachers. A week earlier, Education Queensland finalised disciplinary action against 900 teachers in the state (out of 54,000 educators) who will see their pay cut by $25 to $90 per week over…