Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reportedly looking to scale back negative gearing laws, with one economist tipping this could be good news for first home buyers.

Chief Economist and co-founder of MacroBusiness Leith van Onselen explained on 3AW Drive how the new laws would look, as well as what they might mean.

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“The idea behind this is to reduce investor demand in the market,” he told Jacqui Felgate.

“This would then give more room for first home buyers to purchase properties.”