Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes stuns property conference by asking ‘What is your favourite tax’

Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes asked a 200-strong Property Council post-budget breakfast to name their favourite and worst taxes; the room stayed silent. Developer Max Shifman called the question tone deaf, saying the government wears its punishing tax regime as a badge of honour.

As I told the Herald Sun: “It’s like they (Victorian government) wear the punishing tax regime as a badge of honour,”

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Herald Sun, 27 May 2025Read the full article