by David Collyer | Jul 28, 2014 | Commentary
By Leith van Onselen The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has urged the federal government to implement policies that facilitate workers relocating interstate or overseas to where they are needed. From The AFR: Members of the BCA said the government must invest in...
by David Collyer | Jul 24, 2014 | Articles
We are all aware of the cost to the tax system of Negative Gearing. That is only half the story. Moodys’ Analytics has today released their estimate of how much negative gearing inflates house prices in Australia. In Sydney where the ABS says established houses are a...
by David Collyer | Jul 17, 2014 | Articles
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his government do not believe in climate change. They are working as fast as the allegedly recalcitrant Senate will allow to erase all the measures Rudd and Gillard introduced to shift Australia to a low-carbon future. If they merely...
by David Collyer | Jul 7, 2014 | Articles
I’m sad. And tired. I’m 30, my wife’s 25. We don’t own. We can’t afford to. In 5 years we’ve saved $40k a long long way to go from the $120k we need for a crap 3×1 closer to the city. Our rent goes to someone who negatively...
by David Collyer | Jul 4, 2014 | Articles
Last night, the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens acknowledged Australia may have given away a key natural advantage: inexpensive land. As far as I am aware, this is the first time the Governor has used this language. Hectares of softwood and...
