Spare Bedroom Tax | Redacted News

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The Australian government is considering a tax on "unused bedrooms" in people's houses. As in, they will tax you if you have rooms that no one sleeps in.

Officials say this would help address Australia’s housing crisis by pushing families to downsize—especially older couples whose children have moved out. The data shows that 60% of Australian households are made up of just one or two people. Heaven forbid those two people want a little extra space.

There’s no official figure yet on what this tax would cost—at this stage it’s just a concept.

What this really exposes is the mindset of bureaucrats who believe private property isn’t really yours—it’s just on loan until the state decides it could be “better used.” Today it’s spare bedrooms. Tomorrow it could be your car, your yard, or any other part of your life they decide you’re not using “efficiently” enough.