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ATO - Foreign investment housing policy expenditure

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Status: Answered, finished
Asked by: Senator Fatima Payman
Committee: Economics
Portfolio: Treasury
Agency: Australian Taxation Office
Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates
Question No: BET077
Asked: 11 June 2026
Answer due: 23 July 2026

Question

In response to OPD 315, the Minister for Housing tabled documents relating to the ban on the purchase of established dwellings by foreign investors. A document on the last page of the response indicates that $5.7 million was allocated for the introduction of this change, but only $500,000 had been spent. 1. On what date did expenditure of this allocation reach $500,000? 2. What is the expenditure of this allocation, to date? 3. Does the Treasury expect to use all of this allocation? If not, why not?

Answer

See attached response.

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