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Secure private property rights are vital to the development of a growing, healthy Australian economy. Property rights allow owners to be free to access, use and benefit from and dispose of their property as they see fit, cultivating a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
In this paper, Wolfgang Kasper outlines a brief history of property rights going back to the Magna Carta in 1215.
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