by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 6, 2022 | Commentary, Submission
Our submission to the Minister for Consumer Affair’s Property Market Review. Property Market Review Prosper Australia has concerns surrounding both the privatisation of real estate data, the inaccuracy of statistics and the practice of staging lot releases in...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Mar 22, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, Talking Points
Cross-posted from The New Daily: It’s not surprising that a Senate report on housing affordability chaired by a former property developer gives a free pass to the property industry. Liberal MP and committee chair Jason Falinski’s view that developers should be given...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Feb 17, 2022 | Letters to the Editor
(as published in the AFR, 4th February 2022) [$] During his National Press Club talk this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has acknowledged that it is “even harder” to buy a home than when he did so. Indeed, an examination of the ratio between house price increases...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Feb 7, 2022 | Letters to the Editor
National prosperity is an economic mirage (As published in the AFR, 25 January 2022) Exorbitant land prices act like termites upon an economy, bringing social and economic division, decline, and eventually, collapse. Any perception the Morrison government has boosted...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Nov 26, 2021 | Commentary
What a saying! Like an entry price to life on earth. I picked that up from a Scottish 80’s zine by Steve Wall. I hope it resonates with you. Here is the editorial to Progress Magazine #1131, featuring key articles from leading thinkers such as Fred Harrison,...