Angus Taylor has an estimated 9 properties that he hides from scrutiny behind a family trust. He's only clearly declared 2 on his register of interests. He's made more money off property than being an MP and sold a mansion for $6.77 million back in 2016. He has shareholdings in property management companies of over 3,000 hectares.
You know why he wants to reverse Labor's housing reforms? Because they make him pay a little more tax. That's it. He uses his family trust as a loophole to pay less tax - but Labor's new trust tax reforms would make it less profitable for him.
Immigrants aren't causing a supply and demand issue. Angus Taylor and the Coalition just want you to believe that so they can pocket millions in profit off the housing crisis. They're trying to stir up a racist rage to justify giving themselves a tax break.
Also, the housing crisis isn't caused by immigrants. We actually need MORE skilled immigrants to work in construction to build what's necessary.
Also a huge amount of healthcare workers are immigrants. Like 40% were born overseas. Most of them trained overseas. It's quicker to have someone move than to go through several years of medical school.
Internationally educated doctors who want to provide Medicare services must spend their first 10 years working in a regional, rural or remote community. If regional areas want easier access to healthcare then THEY RELY ON MIGRANT HEALTHCARE WORKERS. Rural One Nation/Coalition voters are literally voting against their own self interests.
Also areas with more migrants have increased productivity, employment and economic benefits.
If we drastically reduce immigration it'll tank the economy, make housing LESS AFFORDABLE and also people won't have access to healthcare because there'll be a skills shortage.
So even if we pretend the anti-immigration stance isn't racist it's still fucking stupid.
But hey, at least if the Coalition wins Angus Taylor will pay less in tax and you'll see maybe a couple less ethnically diverse people in the street.
