Value Capture Variants

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Commentary, Our Policy

Last Thursday Catherine Cashmore and I addressed the Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures. Read the Hansard transcription. We felt it important to put on the public record the various value capture mechanisms with commentary on their...

GST Wind Will Blow Turnbull Away

by | Nov 9, 2015 | Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor AFR, November 9 Increasing the GST is such an ‘ill wind’ policy that it singularly has the capacity to blow even Mr Turnbull’s mojo into the doldrums and swing a Labor-Greens alliance into power (“Turnbull can win support...

Monopoly rents on notice

by | Oct 23, 2015 | Commentary

The last few weeks have seen more good news in support of our objectives for economic justice. Monopoly rents have been called into question in a variety of different guises. Yesterday Peter Orszag (Obama’s budget czar) was in Australia for a conference and was...

Putting Right Price on Infrastructure

by | Oct 16, 2015 | Commentary

The editorial for the Australian Financial Review summed up Malcolm Turnbull’s push for value capture so well we had to share it with you: Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t just ride on trains, he understands that they are the arteries of a modern city. This insight is...

Tax State Resilience

by | Sep 9, 2015 | Events, Henry George Dinner & Address

A transcript of Professor Miranda Stewart’s presentation to the 124th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner. Listen as you flick through the powerpoint, then reiterate with the transcript. The Q & A is included in the audio only. Read about the EJ Craigie...