Former Commonwealth Bank CEO David Murray disagrees with Labor and the Greens on almost everything, but backs banning property borrowing by SMSFs.

The Greens are negotiating an end to borrowing by SMFS to buy property in return for supporting the government’s contentious federal budget tax changes.

The government has yielded to the Greens and agreed to ban SMSFs from borrowing to purchase residential properties and avoiding the CGT increase.

Former Commonwealth Bank CEO David Murray disagrees with Labor and the Greens on almost everything, but backs banning property borrowing by SMSFs.

The sudden policy shift comes despite federal Labor declaring just last May that it had no intention of banning the super borrowing arrangement.