Reianews Issue 87: May 2019
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REIANEWS ISSUE 87: MAY 2019 FEDERAL ELECTION 2019 IN THIS ISSUE FEDERAL ELECTION 2019 FACT SHEETS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS OF AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUMS MORE WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT PROMOTING YOUR BRAND IN REIA NEWS? CONTACT REIA ON 02 6282 4277 OR AT [email protected] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Mr Adrian Kelly REIA President PRESIDENT’S REPORT Welcome to the May edition WELCOME of REIA News. FROM REIA’S Coming on the heels of the 2019 PRESIDENT Federal Election this month‘s REIA News features an article on REIA’s campaign during the election. This month’s edition also contains articles for foreign investors in Australian real estate and the Australian Women’s Leadership Symposiums . Mr Adrian Kelly REIA PRESIDENT Follow us on Twitter @REIANational Getting your customers Fixed rate loans with 100% offset plus additional repayments into the home they want up to $20K p.a. with no penalty. is satisfying. A basic loan with no monthly fees. 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This article is brought to takes that feeling to a Brokers, to get your customers (and yourself) to a better place, FEDERAL you by REIA President whole new level. call us on 1300 791 679 or visit brokers.adelaidebank.com.au ELECTION Mr Adrian Kelly 2019 You’ll be in a good place too. Last month I wrote to you about the upcoming 2019 Election and the approach REIA was going to take to dispel the myths surrounding negative gearing and pointing out the potential economic impacts of changes to negative gearing arrangements. At the time I surmised that At the end of the campaign the 2016 To dismiss REIA’s position as one housing affordability and taxation figures were shaded by those for 2019. of vested interest is unfair. As a arrangements for housing were going The response has been excellent with profession we are interested in to be key issues in the upcoming a reach of nearly 11 million or over a strong economy. The property Federal election campaign. That 2 million per week of the campaign. sector is an integral component of certainly was the case. Not a single a strong economy. All Australian REIA was greatly assisted by its day went by without coverage in have a vested interest in a robust state based member Real Estate the media and parliamentarians on economy. Our messaging was Institutes and a number of franchise both sides of Parliament debating based on independent analysis and groups in sharing REIA’s message the issue. The high and consistent to construe that the real estate through their networks and agency level of media coverage, including profession suffers from falling house front page, together with the databases which was instrumental prices or higher rents is misguided, commentary and debate beneath in achieving the results. it is homeowners and renters that the REIA’s daily posts confirmed the Whilst it is impossible to be definitive shoulder hose consequences. importance of the issue of property on the impact of the campaign The REIA was, and continues to taxation as a major election issue it is clear our campaign played be, opposed to the policy but I outlined the social media campaign an influential role in the election we are a political body that does that REIA was going to take of daily outcome. With only 80% of all votes not endorse political parties nor postings of short videos on Facebook, counted at the time of writing, there is oppose political parties. We have Twitter and Instagram and wrote a clear correlation between marginal a duty to champion our policies that in a similar campaign in 2016 electorates with high numbers of which we will continue to do. we reached an average audience investment property owners and a of 120k per week achieving a total higher swing towards the Government reach of almost 1 million people. than the national average. Without doubt, millions of Australians The media have been running were unaware of the proposal to commentary about the role that REIA’s restrict negative gearing and to double campaign played with some even capital gains tax before the election suggesting that it was inappropriate for brokers.adelaidebank.com.au was called, or what the impacts of such us to do so and that we were merely a change could mean for the economy. serving our own vested interests. Adelaide Bank a Division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 237879. 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