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Stamp duty bust threatens state budgets

Australia’s east coast state and territory governments are heavily reliant on stamp duties: The sharp downturn in the property market, therefore, threatens to hammer state budgets at a time when they are drowning in debt, and global borrowing costs are rising. S&P Global Ratings recently raised concerns that the nation’s record housing market downturn could The post Stamp duty bust threatens…

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