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Labor reckless on negative gearing: PM

Labor plans to make changes to negative gearing at a time when the economy is in transition - and that's reckless, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
John Howard has warned the government to tread carefully before making changes to negative gearing. (AAP)

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Labor wants to administer tax changes for property investors that will inflict a huge shock at a time when "confidence is everything", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

He says Labor's plans to limit negative gearing to new properties will hurt house values - and Australian families' single biggest asset - at a time when the global economy is turbulent and Australia is going through a transition.

"To administer such a big shock ... is very reckless," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Canberra on Sunday.


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