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Let's talk about the family home ... and its exemption from the pension means test

  • Written by Rachel Ong, Deputy Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
imageOlder Australians choosing to downsize or access their home equity face tax penalties.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Late last year a Productivity Commission report found including the family home in the means test for the age pension could deliver the government A$6 billion in much-needed revenue.

Despite this, in the lead-up to the federal...

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