Labor lost two elections with a policy to rethink capital gains tax. But now may be the perfect time to strike
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When Richard Marles fronted reporters at Parliament House on Wednesday to announce the sell-off of more than 60 major properties owned by the Defence department, an obvious question was whether the sites would be used for new housing construction.
Barracks, airfields, warehouses, and a huge suburb-in-waiting at Maribyrnong, in Melbourne’s west, are all set to be sold. The former munitions site is expected to fit as many as 6,000 new homes once costly remediation works are finally completed.