Economic rents subsidise taxes on capital

by | Apr 8, 2015 | Commentary

Following the recent Treasury submission to the Federal government’s Tax White Paper, which highlighted the positive marginal excess burden of Land Tax, is a more detailed analytical paper from Treasury using extensive modelling to report on the incidence and...

Land Takes All the Gains

by | Mar 20, 2015 | Commentary

Phil Anderson, author of The Secret Life of Real Estate & Banking, delivered a captivating presentation at Tuesday’s packed Boom or Bust – Where are we in the Cycle? event. About half of the recording was included in this week’s Renegade...

MIA: Intergenerational Agenda

by | Mar 5, 2015 | Commentary

Cross posted from the Rational Radical, Matt Ellis There is no agenda for Australian youth MATT ELLIS   Intergenerational theft There has been much talk in the last few weeks and months about intergenerational fairness, in part because of the release...

Foreign Investment Fee

by | Feb 26, 2015 | Commentary

The Abbott government’s lurch at a foreign investment fee to fund the Foreign Investment Review Board will be a minor inconvenience. The AFR: Mr Abbott said the fee structure was comparable with a system in New Zealand but less punitive than regimes in Singapore...

The Foreign Investment Future

by | Feb 24, 2015 | Commentary

With Sydney’s clearance rate hitting 87% on the weekend and a modest 3 BRM weatherboard homes selling for $1.36m, (some 40 minutes commute from the CBD), concerns over the role of speculative investment continue. The ‘golden ticket’ to fast track...