by David Collyer | May 23, 2014 | Articles
The Queensland Supreme Court has struck out the differential rate some Queensland councils charge investors over and above residents on similar properties. Councils may be forced to pay it all back. $300 million a year is in doubt. This landmark decision exposes the...
by David Collyer | May 21, 2014 | Articles
The Property Council of Australia is ‘vehemently opposed’ to Canberra’s special land levy to part-fund the $600 million light rail project from Gungahlin to the city, calling it “just another property tax in disguise”. The PCA’s Catherine Carter says, “To tax again an...
by David Collyer | May 21, 2014 | Articles
Sometimes, through the smoke and fireworks of the national debate a political commentator sees the path forward and points the way. Today in the Australian Financial Review, Alan Mitchell takes a far-sighted approach to the crisis provoked by the Abbott government in...
by David Collyer | May 7, 2014 | Commentary
The Napthine government has just delivered the road and rail projects that were held up by weak revenues after the Victorian Treasury dramatically lifted the state’s projected surplus, largely due to very high Stamp Duty revenues on booming property prices and...
by David Collyer | Apr 29, 2014 | Articles
By Catherine Cashmore Take a cursory look through the international press and reports on housing related matters, and it could be merged it into one text as property cycles become increasingly interrelated and investors search for ‘safe havens’...
