May 4, 2026       Sunrise 2026


The Australian government is preparing to introduce significant changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax from next week, despite the Prime Minister's 2022 election promise not to touch negative gearing. The proposed reforms could fundamentally alter how investment properties are taxed, potentially requiring properties to be positively geared rather than allowing tax deductions for losses. Dr Christian Bayliss from Fort Lake Asset Management suggests the government is leveraging its strong political position to implement major tax reform, though the changes may need to be grandfathered to avoid devastating impacts on current property investors.

LANDLORDS DUMPING 25,000 PROPERTIES - Melbourne Rents About to EXPLODE






May 4, 2026


Are you renting or investing in Victoria? STOP. The Victorian State Government has unleashed a devastating new Land Tax grab, forcing everyday "Mum and Dad" investors to frantically dump over 25,000 properties onto the Melbourne market. In this urgent AU Housing Signal documentary, I expose the terrifying mathematics behind the Great Landlord Exodus and why the "First-Home Buyer" narrative is a complete lie.

I reveal the brutal "Rental Contagion"—how removing 25,000 rental properties while importing 100,000 new migrants mathematically guarantees that Melbourne rents will violently explode. Do not fly blind. I provide the ultimate Exodus Survival Blueprint: teaching investors the "Interstate Capital Flight" strategy to high-yield states like Perth, and giving renters the exact legal strategy to lock in a lease before the market detonates.

Treasurer readies budget to address housing, intergenerational pressures | ABC NEWS






May 4, 2026 

Taxes on property investors and family trusts will increase in next week's budget to address what the treasurer called "serious intergenerational pressures".
Jim Chalmers promises his fifth budget will be one of restraint, downplaying the prospect of new tax cuts.

Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2026 at 5:54pm:


Thats nothing Bobby, people think if the government tax the rich it will somehow be the government taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor. little do they realize that it will be the government taking from the rich and keeping it.