Karl Fitzgerald

Karl Fitzgerald

Karl Fitzgerald was the former Director of Research at Prosper Australia for 18 years. He now leads Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy.

UK Uncut on Tax Dodgers

Great to see young people firing up over why so many services have been cut. This anger will only build as the UK people realise how David Cameron has opened up the tax avoidance abilities of corporations in the UK.…

Property: Bigger Boom Coming

Thurs March 3rd 6.30 – 8.30pm Presenter: Phil Anderson 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melb Phil’s last talk before heading to the northern hemisphere. The biggest boom is still ahead of us. Phil Anderson will outline the history of the American 18-year…

Acres of Wealth

photo credit: HikingArtist.com Letter to the Editor Gavin Putland, LVRG, Melbourne 02/02/2011 THE value of land embraced by the latest extension of the urban growth boundary has jumped from $25,000 to $375,000 a hectare, raising the land tax bill for…

Flat Tax of a Different Kind

photo credit: Darwin Bell Letter to the Editor – The Age 24/11 David Barkly, Nunawading Flat tax our future MELBOURNE will become more and more unliveable until population pressure is reduced by decentralisation. Part of the reason for Melbourne’s excessive…

Walter Burley Griffin and Canberra’s early history

Dr David Headon has put together a revealing document entitled ‘Those Other Americans’ to celebrate Canberra’s early history and their upcoming 2013 centennial. This is a superb introductory document to Georgism (and Australia’s early history), with many references to the…