Treasurer Wayne Swan has posed a challenging question to Australian society with his piece in The Monthly, asking ‘are we willing to allow the elite to control our economic policy, democratic processes and now our freedom of the press?’ A…
photo credit: woodleywonderworks Tues March 6th, 6.30pm Phil Anderson Prosper Rooms 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Forecaster Phil Anderson will give reasoning to why we are about to enter a bigger real estate boom bust cycle than the one we have…
After over a decade of tireless work, our office manager, Anne Schmid is retiring. We have advertised the job as follows: Office Manager Employer: Prosper Australia Work Type/s: Part Time Location: Melbourne Prosper Australia is a lobby group with a…
27/01/2012 Letter to the editor The Age How are the real estate spruikers going to explain away Melbourne’s reported rental vacancy rate of 4.4% (“Melbourne Full of Empty Homes” Age 26/1/12)? Developer lobbyists were crying for new land releases when…
photo credit: Ferdinand Reus Saturday 11th February 10.15 for a 10.30 start. Conclude by 4pm Prosper Rooms, Lvl 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melb Facilitator: Raymond Makewell A Georgist seminar on the principles of economics as if society mattered. How is…
21 Nov 2011 Moonee Valley Leader Council’s three strikes HINDSIGHT (‘‘Cinema plan stalled’’, Leader, November 14) has confirmed what we suspected at the time: the first mistake by the former Moonee Valley Council commissioners was to close the Moonee Ponds…
Download Progress Sept – Nov 2011 (PDF 4.5MB) Letter from the Editor This edition of Progress carries the theme “Framing the message of Henry George in the 21st century”. Thank you to everyone who contributed articles, I’m pleased with the…
The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This…
In the buildup to this Sunday’s screening of Real Estate 4 Ransom… 2.15pm – Meet at roundabout at Cnr of Queen St & Franklin St (near the south end of Vic Mkt) for Melbourne’s Magic Money tour 3.30 – Federal…
photo credit: Domiriel Influential SMH Journalist Jessica Irvine today writes about the urgent need for Land Tax to be prioritised in Land is the Best Hope for Fixing the Tax System. Make sure you see the film Real Estate 4…