Name: 政府開徵前，聯邦政府評估稅制改革方案 | 7.30 (The federal government weighs up its options for tax reform ahead of the federal budget | 7.30)
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The Government's budget preparations are in full swing, with ministers meeting on a near daily basis to nut out the details.

政府的預算準備正如火如荼地進行，部長們幾乎每天都在開會詳議細節。

While the push for tax reform is high on the Treasurer's agenda, we've made it clear in recent weeks that we are considering our options when it comes to tax reform.

雖然稅制改革的推動是財政部長議程上的重點，但我們近幾週已表明，在稅制改革方面我們會考慮我們的選項。

But the first order of business is managing fallout from the war in Iran, which shows no signs of abating.

但首要之務是處理伊朗戰爭的後果，這場戰爭沒有減緩的跡象。

The Treasurer will tomorrow deliver a major speech detailing bleak treasury modelling on the war's economic ramifications.

財政部長明天將發表重要演講，詳細說明嚴峻的財政部模型對這場戰爭的經濟影響。

It shows there is now a very real chance that surging oil prices would send the inflation rate above 5%, hurt the global economy and wipe about $18 billion off Australia's GDP.

這顯示現在很有可能油價飆升會讓通膨率超過 5%，損害全球經濟，並讓澳洲 GDP 損失約 180 億美元。

We want to make sure that we do everything we can to shield the Australian economy, households and businesses from the worst of global uncertainty.

我們要確保盡一切努力保護澳洲經濟、家庭和企業免受全球不確定性的最壞影響。

That will also be a focus of our budget coming up in May.

這也會是我們即將在五月推出的預算的重點。

But we won't be waiting until the budget.

There's an unmistakable sense of crisis on multiple fronts.

多個方面都有一種明顯的危機感。

The Prime Minister revealed today an Iranian attack landed near a United Arab Emirates air base where Australians are stationed.

總理今天透露，伊朗的攻擊降落在澳洲人員駐紮的阿拉伯聯合大公國空軍基地附近。

The Iranian regime is continuing to engage in, frankly random attacks right across the Gulf region.

伊朗政權持續在整個波斯灣地區進行，坦白說，毫無預警的攻擊。

And fears are growing that fuel rationing will be needed if the war continues.

而且人們越來越擔心，如果戰爭持續下去，將需要實施燃料配給。

The Prime Minister hosting a virtual national cabinet tomorrow.

總理明天將主持線上全國內閣會議。

We've been working each and every day as well with industry, but

we want to make sure that states and territories that we have that coordination.

我們希望確保各州和地區之間有協調。

Beneath those pressing challenges lie the lingering long term budget headaches.

在這些緊迫的挑戰之下，潛藏著長期揮之不去的預算難題。

Government debt and spending are high by historical standards and economic growth is weak.

政府債務和支出以歷史標準來看很高，而且經濟成長疲弱。

Real wages are falling and the tax system is increasingly seen as skewed against younger Australians.

實質薪資正在下降，稅制也越來越被認為對年輕的澳洲人不利。

7:30 understands the Treasurer will argue in his speech tomorrow that this is not the time to drop the ball on reform.

7:30獲悉，財政部長將在明天的演講中主張，現在不是鬆懈改革的時候。

A rallying cry to his colleagues and voters that will include a dire warning that productivity growth, a key driver of living standards, will will take more than twice as long to recover from a long slump.

這是對他的同事和選民的集結號，其中將包含一個嚴重的警告：生產力成長，也就是生活水準的關鍵驅動力，將需要兩倍以上的時間才能從長期的低迷中恢復。

This is a once in a generation opportunity for a tax reform package of genuine ambition that is genuinely progressive.

這是千載難逢的機會，可以推出一個真正有抱負、真正進步的稅制改革方案。

And we are urging labor to show the ambition and the courage necessary.

我們敦促工黨展現必要的抱負和勇氣。

The Greens are among a growing list of think tanks, unions, crossbench MPs and Labor supporters pressing the government to roll back the 50% capital gains tax discount on property investment now blamed for making it harder for young people to get into the market.

綠黨與越來越多的智庫、工會、跨黨派議員和工黨支持者一樣，都在敦促政府取消房地產投資的 50% 資本利得稅折扣，因為這被認為讓年輕人更難進入市場。

We want to make certain that the existing capital gains tax is not acting as a disincentive to investment.

我們要確定現行的資本利得稅沒有抑制投資。

In the 1990s, the median home cost about six times annual after tax income since the capital gains tax discount was introduced by the Howard government, that ratio has more than doubled.

在 1990 年代，由於霍華德政府引入了資本利得稅折扣，中位數房屋成本約為稅後年收入的六倍，這個比例已經翻倍多。

The original intention of the CGT discount wasn't necessarily to turbocharge the housing market, but.

資本利得稅折扣的初衷不一定是為了推動房地產市場，但。

It effectively made it much more sensible for capital to be parked in pretty much the safest and highest capital growth asset, which is established dwellings.

這有效地讓資本停留在幾乎最安全、資本增值最高的資產，也就是現有住宅中變得更加合理。

Ed Kavanagh heads the progressive McKell Institute think tank and says the government should reduce the CGT discount for investments in existing dwellings, but

Ed Kavanagh 是進步派的 McKell Institute 智庫負責人，他說政府應該降低現有住宅投資的資本利得稅折扣，但。

retain the full reduction for new investments.

There's a huge appetite out there in the community for very ambitious, meaningful tax reform in pursuit of fairness in the housing market, but

社區裡有很多人都非常渴望進行有意義的稅制改革，以追求住房市場的公平性，但

also to be done in a way that doesn't hamper the aspirations of everyday people to purchase a home and potentially purchase an investment property, too.

同時也要以不阻礙一般民眾購買房屋和潛在購買投資房產的願望的方式來進行。

So there needs to be a sensible way forward here.

所以這裡需要有一條明智的前進道路。

The coalition says it will fight any move to wind back the concessions.

聯盟黨表示，他們將反對任何取消優惠的舉措。

If you increase taxes on housing, you won't get more housing being built in Australia to lower the cost, which means the government would need the support of the Greens.

如果你增加住房稅，澳洲不會蓋更多房子來降低成本，這意味著政府需要綠黨的支持。

In the Senate, we prefer to see either no grandfathering or a rapid phase out of existing arrangements.

在參議院，我們希望看到沒有溯及既往的規定，或者現有安排能快速逐步取消。

我的意思是，確實存在住房危機。

Young people are being priced out of the housing market.

Renters are trying to compete against property speculators who in their back pockets have this massive tax break.

租房者正試圖與房地產投機者競爭，而這些投機者口袋裡有這項巨大的稅收減免。

Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher have confirmed in recent days that they're working on tax reform options to put before Cabinet.

Jim Chalmers 和 Katy Gallagher 近日已證實，他們正在研究稅制改革選項，以提交給內閣。

Labor senators backed an inquiry that found this week that the capital gains tax discount has worsened housing affordability.

工黨參議員支持一項本週發現資本利得稅折扣加劇了住房負擔能力的調查。

I'll go through the report and obviously I'll take it seriously, but

我會仔細閱讀這份報告，顯然我會認真看待，但是

at the end of the day, the decisions, any decisions taken in this area will be made by the Cabinet.

最終，在這個領域做出的任何決定都將由內閣做出。

The inquiry was very clear in finding and labor signed onto these fines.

該調查在發現方面非常明確，工黨也簽署了這些罰款。

The capital gains tax discount has played a significant role in the housing crisis in Australia.

資本利得稅折扣在澳洲的住房危機中扮演了重要角色。

It generates wealth inequality, it generates income inequality and it generates intergenerational unfairness.

它會造成財富不平等、所得不平等以及世代間的不公平。

If we're not going to change CGT discounts, if we're not going to reform housing taxation now in this budget, when are we ever going to do.

如果我們這次預算不打算改變資本利得稅折扣，不打算改革住房稅收，那我們什麼時候才會做？