Economic reform welcome but unintended consequences need to be addressed

By David Ellery
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:50pm, first published October 21 2016 - 6:28pm

While the ACT government is to be commended for acting on stamp duty on property purchases in the territory, it has fallen foul of the law of unintended consequences thanks to rising land values.

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