Ms. Brewer asks the Treasurer about the forecasted costs of the First Home Owner rates of duty exemption and reduced rate brackets for 2025-26, both at the Budget and Mid-year Review. The Treasurer refers her to Budget Paper 3 and indicates updated figures will be in the next budget.

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25 February 2026
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(1) I refer to the full exemption bracket of the first home owner rates of duty for 2025-26, and I ask: (a) At the 2025-26 Budget, how much was this forecast to cost; and (b) At the 2025-26 Mid-year Review, how much was this forecast to cost? (2) I refer to the reduced rate of duty bracket for first home owners for 2025-26, and I ask: (a) At the 2025-26 Budget, how much was this forecast to cost; and (b) At the 2025-26 Mid-year Review, how much was this forecast to cost?

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14 April 2026
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7 days
(1–2)   I refer the Member to Appendix 10 of Budget Paper 3 of the 2025-26 Budget for the First Home Owners Exemption/Concession.
Updated figures will be included in the Tax and Royalty Expenditure Statement in the 2026-27 State Budget Papers.

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