Rachel Ong

Rachel Ong is Deputy Director of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Her research addresses a range of housing policy issues, including the role of housing assets in supporting welfare throughout the life course, intergenerational housing concerns, the dynamics of housing affordability, housing pathways in the 21st century, and the links between housing and the economy.


  • The Income Tax Treatment of Housing Assets – Assessing Proposed Reform Arrangements, 06 Jun 2019
  • Budget Forum 2017/Women in Economics: Housing in Budget 2017-18, 30 May 2017
  • Negative Gearing, the Capital Gains Discount and the Stability of Housing Markets, 13 Nov 2016