Archive for May, 2006

Moreland Quadruple Rates on Vacant Land

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

The City of Moreland’s recent decision to quadruple rates on vacant land (as seen in the Sunday Age’s Anger grows over City Bombsites (29/04/06) must have assisted in the decision to sell the huge Kodak factory site in Coburg (p22 The Age 1/07/06), which had been vacant since 2004.

Land Tax Changes Shameful

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Herald Sun Dear Ms. Freegard, I read with interest your report on May 26 (“Push to ease land tax pain”) in the Herald Sun. As of course you would be aware, there is always two sides to every story, and the Property Council of Australia is an organisation which benefits from higher land prices. As [...]

New Books Available

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Our Hardware Lane premises have received a number of new books recently including: Phil Day’s “Hijacked Inheritance” Mark Braund’s “The Possibility of Progress” Fred Harrison’s insightful “Wheels of Fortune” Friends are encouraged to visit our extensive library where Geonomics Newsletters such as “The Geonomist” & “Groundswell” are available to borrow. We also have periodical magazines [...]

Earth Rights Democracy Tour Overview

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Alanna Hartzok’s Earth Rights Democracy Tour overview Over 12 talks and 450 plus people heard Alanna’s core message – “We all have an equal right and a birth right to the Earth. The earth has a biological & ecological right to its future too. We are promoting a new form of property rights where what [...]