Jun 23, 2026 – 1.57pmThe more than 1 million Australians building their retirement savings through self-managed superannuation funds will be banned from borrowing to buy property from mid-August.They are sudden casualties of a high-stakes federal budget deal between Labor and the Greens to get changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing through the Senate.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michelle BowesDeputy wealth editorMichelle Bowes is deputy wealth editor at The Australian Financial Review. She has been a business journalist for 25 years and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls.Fetching latest articles