#LeaseVariationCharge
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/06/
“Millions of dollars in #landvalue can be created not by work… but by the stroke of an official’s pen.…

We already have a playbook, thanks to the ACT, which has been pricing developments rights since 1971 with its #LeaseVariationCharge”

#auspol #stategovts #property
CGT debate exposes States’ $11b annual asset giveaway
State governments are giving away billions in development rights that create huge private land windfalls, when pricing those rights could fund housing, infrastructure and fairer state taxes.
johnmenadue.com
June 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM