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Property developers pay developer charges, that’s why they argue against them

  • Written by The Conversation
imageProperty developers are vested interested when it comes to discussion of the impact of infrastructure charges.AAP/Paul Miller

A good rule of thumb in debates on who bears the economic cost of a policy change is to look at the positions taken by vested interests in the matter. If anyone is going to know if they bear the cost, it is those who pay. In...

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