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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
27/01/2012 Letter to the editor The Age How are the real estate spruikers going to explain away Melbourne’s reported rental vacancy rate of 4.4% (“Melbourne Full of Empty Homes” Age 26/1/12)? Developer lobbyists were crying for new land releases when vacancy rates were low to provide affordable (read “isolated and without infrastructure”) housing, so what’s [...]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
photo credit: Ferdinand Reus Saturday 11th February 10.15 for a 10.30 start. Conclude by 4pm Prosper Rooms, Lvl 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melb Facilitator: Raymond Makewell A Georgist seminar on the principles of economics as if society mattered. How is wealth produced? Is economics to ensure growth or to balance our rights on planet earth [...]
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
21 Nov 2011 Moonee Valley Leader Council’s three strikes HINDSIGHT (‘‘Cinema plan stalled’’, Leader, November 14) has confirmed what we suspected at the time: the first mistake by the former Moonee Valley Council commissioners was to close the Moonee Ponds Market. We lost fresh food retail variety. Their second mistake was to sell the market [...]
Tags: rates, site rental
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Download Progress Sept – Nov 2011 (PDF 4.5MB) Letter from the Editor This edition of Progress carries the theme “Framing the message of Henry George in the 21st century”. Thank you to everyone who contributed articles, I’m pleased with the quality and diversity of the work received. You will find a broad and intelligent analysis [...]
Tags: Progress
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This indicator compares bubbles in relative terms by dividing land sales by GDP, reflecting the size [...]
Tags: Dr Gavin Putland, land, land valuation
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
In the buildup to this Sunday’s screening of Real Estate 4 Ransom… 2.15pm – Meet at roundabout at Cnr of Queen St & Franklin St (near the south end of Vic Mkt) for Melbourne’s Magic Money tour 3.30 – Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt will open the film 4.10 – Directors Karl Fitzgerald & Gavin [...]
Tags: housing affordability, Real Estate 4 Ransom film
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
photo credit: Domiriel Influential SMH Journalist Jessica Irvine today writes about the urgent need for Land Tax to be prioritised in Land is the Best Hope for Fixing the Tax System. The endorsement is requires a complete transcription. Make sure you see the film Real Estate 4 Ransom to investigate these issues further. Land is [...]
Tags: economic rent, housing affordability, land tax
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Just buy me out. Why now? See more of Real Estate 4 Ransom including the trailer and new screening dates for Canberra, Hobart & Sydney. More soon.
Tags: David Collyer, Home Buyer's Strike, housing affordability
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
Our documentary was reviewed on Friday in Real Estate 4 Ransom by Age property journalist Chris Vedelago. It was the most read Domain article nationally over the weekend. We have received hundreds of emails from people eager to see the film. We are doing our best to get it out there. In a generally positive [...]
Tags: housing affordability, Karl Fitzgerald, land tax, Real Estate 4 Ransom film
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Monday, August 29th, 2011
photo credit: Torley The Externalities Factor in Land Economics Leo Foley Leo is our guest speaker at our 120th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner, on this Thursday. This article was taken from Progress Magazine. Subscribe now for a free Trial Subscription. Why is it so difficult to recruit people to the idea of Land Value [...]
Tags: Henry George Commemoration Dinner, housing affordability, infrastructure, Leo Foley
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