Purcell proposes 'first farm owners grant' to help young Australians

By Alex Sinnott
Updated October 29 2014 - 11:22am, first published October 21 2014 - 4:20am
A ‘First Farm Owners Grant’ has been proposed, which would be bankrolled by increasing stamp duty paid by foreign investors to 50 per cent.
A ‘First Farm Owners Grant’ has been proposed, which would be bankrolled by increasing stamp duty paid by foreign investors to 50 per cent.

RAISING stamp duty on foreign investors to counteract a growing young farmer shortage has been championed by Vote 1 Local Jobs party founder James Purcell.

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