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Reply: 1.1.1.1.1.1 From: Sim' Hampel No Geoff, the FHOG came into effect on July 1, 2000 - the same time that GST was introduced. The grant was introduced: "To offset the impact of the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST)" (from http://www.firsthome.gov.au/)

Reply: 1.1.1.1 From: Sim' Hampel On 4/26/02 10:52:00 PM, Geoff Whitfield wrote: >My understanding of the FHOG >was that $7K was always >available- but the additional >$7K (no reduced to $3K extra) >was only available for newly >built homes- thus the GST >offset. Yup, I got that bit Geoff...

Reply: 1.1 From: Sim' Hampel I read some comments in the AFR that said that there was debate about extending the $14K/$10K FHOG for new homes beyond the current June 30 finish, but that the $7K FHOG was always intended to be an ongoing thing. Something about offsetting GST, which I didn't...