Negative gearing and capital gains tax reform – the budget unpacked

Jim Chalmers wants the budget to be seen as ambitious, but is it? 7am discusses what the Treasurer is promising, and whether it delivers.

May 13, 2026, updated May 13, 2026

It was a budget framed around fairness for workers, and for young people locked out of the housing market. 

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget restricts negative gearing – though not for anyone who was already doing it – while also promising to increase housing supply and deliver a $250 tax cut for workers. 

Chalmers wants the budget to be seen as ambitious, but is it? 

Today, press gallery journalist Karen Middleton discusses what the Treasurer is promising, and whether it delivers. 

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Guest: Press gallery journalist, Karen Middleton

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