“It is time for Britain and Australia to set up a bilateral Free Labour Mobility Zone,”
英国和澳洲建立双边自由劳工流动区正是时候。
“It would be an assertion that we are no longer thinking of ourselves as little Europeans, run by Brussels, but as a country with a truly global perspective.”
澳洲房地产协会 (Real Estate Institute of Australia) 主席Malcolm Gunning也表示,印花税一直是人们买房路上的一大障碍,对首次置业者来说尤其如此。他说:“印花税会降低劳动力流动性,从而抑制经济活力。很多想要置换小房者望印花税而却步,这就导致住房供应无法得到充分利用。此外,多项研究表明,比起负扣税及资产增值税 (CGT) 方面的改革,印花税改革更有利于改善住房可负担性。”