Archive for the ‘Past Events’ Category

The Barometer of the Economy

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 [...]

Melbourne’s Magic Money tour & R4R

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 [...]

Prosper’s 120th Annual Dinner

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

photo credit: JD Hancock You are cordially invited to a special night for everyone interested in the great Georgist themes of economic efficiency and social justice. 120TH ANNUAL COMMEMORATION DINNER Thursday 1st September 2011 6 pm Gathering time – 7 pm Dinner – 8 pm Address COMMEMORATION SPEAKER: Leo Foley, B.Ec Taking it to the [...]

Pop the Housing Bubble Party party

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Featuring super funny woman Catherine Deveny, Cris Popp’s laughing yoga, David Collyer on the Home Buyers Strike and Renegade Economist Karl Fitzgerald. Let’s strategise ways towards a genuine level playing field in housing. Join our facebook group for all the chatter. Thanks to Leticia Kemp for the neat flyer design. RSVP pls to assist with [...]

Pop the Housing Bubble Party

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Tues May 10th, 7 -9pm Celebrating lower housing prices. Champagne and caviar for Home Buyers on Strike The bubble has popped so the champagne must be topped! Join us to celebrate falling house prices and the opportunity this offers generations of everyday people. A satirical seminar on the state of un-real estate featuring David Collyer, [...]

The 4th Speculative Vacancies report

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Tuesday May 3rd, 7pm Presenter: Tohm Curtis Where: Prosper Australia rooms, 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Entry: RSVP pls and gold coin entry (to cover drinks and nibbles) For four years we have been pointing to the hidden supply of privately held speculative land as a major issue for the ‘nowhere to live’ media cycle. Instead [...]

A Grounded Tax System for Australia

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

photo credit: Timmy Toucan You are cordially invited to an interactive seminar: A Grounded Tax System for Australia Thursday 24 February 2011, 7.00 pm Presenter David Collyer Why work for wages when tax takes the cream? Why risk a business when government sucks your blood? How rentiers make our lives a misery. There is a [...]

Property: Bigger Boom Coming

Monday, February 7th, 2011

photo credit: zachstern Thurs March 3rd 6.30 – 8.30pm Presenter: Phil Anderson 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melb Phil’s last talk before heading to the northern hemisphere. The biggest boom is still ahead of us. Phil Anderson will outline the history of the American 18-year real estate cycle, and why this is so important to Australian property [...]

A grounded tax system for australia

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

You are cordially invited to an interactive seminar: A Grounded Tax System for Australia by David Collyer photo credit: Nuytsia@Tas Why work for wages when tax takes the cream? Why risk a business when government sucks your blood? And why landowners make our lives unsustainable. There is a better way! 7.oo pm Thursday 24 February [...]

An Introduction to Georgism

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

photo credit: Patrick Gannon Presenter – David Collyer for new members and the merely curious 18th November, 7.00 pm Why are incomes, jobs, consumption and business heavily taxed? Why is land rent a superior revenue base for government? Plus: The prosperity the Henry Tax Review promises YOU. Questions and Answers. Refreshments provided. RSVP appreciated, gold [...]