Prosper calls for Buyers Strike

by | Mar 15, 2011 | Press Releases

Sign the GetUp petition Join the Facebook group Tax reform group Prosper Australia today called on first home buyers to delay buying real estate ahead of the flip into a falling market, which it described as ‘imminent’. RP Data reports there are over 900 Melbourne...

Land greed drives Arab fury

by | Mar 8, 2011 | Commentary

photo credit: CharlesFred Revolutionary spirits are boiling over across the Middle East. Mubarek of Egypt has fallen; Gaddafi is washing the streets of Tripoli with good Libyan blood. The problem is the division of wealth: citizens live in abject poverty while a...

She’ll be right, mate

by | Mar 3, 2011 | Commentary

photo credit: pierre pouliquin Staggering sums of money generated by the commodity boom are providing cash bonuses for mining executives and riches to mine owners beyond their wildest dreams. The problem is, that money belongs to you and me.  It is our country being...

Delighted. And red-faced with anger

by | Feb 17, 2011 | Articles

photo credit: CarSpotter Australia is delighted to hear our two world-leading miners, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, announce record profits and giant capital investment programs. Our pleasure ends right there. Both these titans are majority owned by foreign interests...

A Grounded Tax System for Australia

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Commentary, Past Events

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...