Robert Carlin of CIS is out in the Australian Financial Review today on Stamp Duty:

http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/stamp_duty_needs_reform_y8icDtPp9yLluOeNL4VVNN

MacroBusiness has it picked up:

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/11/stamp-duty-has-to-go/

Also on MacroBusiness, Catherine Cashmore calls for LVT:

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/11/talk-is-cheap-its-time-for-action-on-housing/

Which has thrown up this very interesting speech on the realities of tax reform by Federal Court Judge Nye Perram:

http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/publications/judges-speeches/justice-perram/perram-j-20130829