# 598 | Negative Gearing & CGT: Two Top Economists Cut Through the Budget Spin - Chat with David Robertson Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-property-couch-1095942/598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-property-couch-1095942/598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson.md Podcast: [The Property Couch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-property-couch-1095942) Published: 2026-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2094365/episodes/19207546-598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson.mp3 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2094365/episodes/19207546-598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-property-couch-1095942/episodes/598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson Duration seconds: 3814 ## Resource Negative gearing reforms. Capital gains tax changes. Trust adjustments. Housing affordability measures. Productivity promises. Beyond the latest Federal Budget headlines… what are the real consequences? This week, Ben is joined by David Robertson, Chief Economist, Head of Economic and Markets Research at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and Evan Lucas, Market Commentator, to unpack one of the most ambitious (and controversial) budgets in decades. Together they explore: 💰 Wha... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-property-couch-1095942/episodes/598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-property-couch-1095942/598-negative-gearing-cgt-two-top-economists-cut-through-the-budget-spin-chat-with-david-robertson.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.