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Pricing Development Rights: A game changer for housing affordability
By Tim Helm & Henry Williams
Governments across Australia are effectively giving away $11 billion a year to wealthy landowners by failing to put a fair price on development rights.
Read the paper.
The Land Cycle
By Catherine Cashmore
The Land Cycle explores the history of the 18-year land cycle and its implications for policy development. Read the paper.
Rent-Controlled Resources: Why are we under-charging Australia's mining tenants?
This report examines Australia’s resource royalties and the gains to be made by moving to a more flexible royalty model with variable rates
Speculative Vacancies 2025 data update
Our latest Speculative Vacancies data update reveals the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne.
Buying better income taxes with land taxes
Tax reform is more than changing income tax rates, it’s about shifting taxes off income altogether. This report explores one of the most recommended reforms.
Staged Releases: Peering Behind the Land Supply Curtain
In this report we ask whether the private choices of property owners to supply new housing according to market conditions works against the stated public policy outcome of supply-driven affordability through rezoning.
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The wealth New Zealand creates should belong to more than those who own it
Originally posted on LinkedIn I love coming home to visit. Clean air and water, bird song that makes me weak to my knees. News headlines so delightfully provincial, they’re as likely to make you smile as make you cry. Coming home during an election period is even more...
Submission: Emergency Services Funding Reform (NSW)
Summary of recommendations Prosper Australia supports the NSW Government’s decision to replace the insurance-based Emergency Services Levy with a broader property-based levy. Removing the ESL from insurance premiums would improve insurance affordability, reduce...
2026 Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner and Address
Join us for a night of intellectual discourse and celebration at the 135th Annual Henry George Dinner and Address, to be held on Thursday, September 17th, 2026, at Graduate House, Melbourne. Prosper Australia’s Executive Committee invites you to join us as we pay...