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The Conversation article saying existing negatively geared investments are fully grandfathered

The article’s clean mechanical point is about transition design. It says existing negatively geared investments are grandfathered even though the broader package changes future incentives.

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While existing negatively geared investments are fully grandfathered, the reforms to the capital gains discount are likely to reduce the incentive to hold onto these loss-making properties regardless.

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Existing negatively geared investments keep grandfathered treatment under the package.

“While existing negatively geared investments are fully grandfathered ...”

This is a direct transition-rule claim presented explicitly in the source text.

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The source documents this as one visible part of the wider Budget 2026 reaction and explanation cycle.

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Visible albos.tax linked article Article excerpt · p.1 The article says existing negatively geared investments are fully grandfathered.