Zoomer investors cry foul over the budget, but are they really missing out?

The Radio National Hour · May 20, 2026 · 55m

For many young people, the great Australian dream is now a share portfolio, and if you believe social media these zoomers and millennials are outraged at the government’s proposed changes to capital gains tax. With home ownership out of reach for so many, are they right to feel aggrieved? And should we be cutting them some tax slack? In just over three weeks time America will become the centre of the world, hopefully for all the right reasons. Football players from a record 48 nations are descending on North America for the World Cup, but the spectre of ICE deportations, Trump’s war on Iran…