WA shows tax reform leadership. Well, I hope so.

by | Apr 24, 2014 | Articles

  WA Treasurer Mike Nathan has heard the call from REIWA President David Airey to end Stamp Duty and fund this by removing exemptions from State Land Tax, according to today’s West Australian newspaper. I warmly welcomed Mr Airey’s comments yesterday because they...

REIWA: Abolish Stamp Duty for State Land Tax

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Commentary

Yesterday REIWA president David Airey issued a call in the West Australian newspaper for the WA government to abandon Stamp Duty and fund this by removing the many wheezes from the tattered State Land Tax.  Hooray! Airey says: “It’s time to recognise that stamp duty...

Thimk, Grattan Institute, Thimk!

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Commentary

  The Grattan Institute has just published a new study Mapping Australia’s economy: cities as engines of prosperity that looks carefully at where the new jobs are and how this is reshaping who we are and what we do. I have a soft spot for the thimkers at the...

Australia’s Magic Pudding

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Articles

      ‘The Magic Pudding’ was written by Norman Lindsay nearly 100 years ago. Albert the pudding has thin arms and legs and is a bad-tempered, ill-mannered so-and-so into the bargain. His only pleasure is in being eaten. No matter how much of the pudding one...

Australian property through foreign eyes

by | Apr 8, 2014 | Articles

By Catherine Cashmore, a market analyst, journalist, and policy thinker, with extensive industry experience in all aspects relating to property. Follow Catherine on Twitter or via her Blog. I had the good fortune to meet two investors from Dallas Texas last week –...