by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 2, 2010 | Articles, Commentary, Talking Points
photo credit: Urban~Spaceman Miners finally agree to tax reform. What are the changes? The attempt to harness economic rents for the public good has been renamed from the Resource Super Profits tax to the Mineral Resource Rent Tax. The MRRT kicks in at the...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 2, 2010 | Commentary
When You've Paid Your Rent, You've Paid Your WayView more presentations from Prosper. Following Gavin’s recent presentation, we thought those of you who missed it might find this of interest. Flick through the 6 slides according to the audio below. Our...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 24, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: Gary Denness Harold Mitchell, advertising supremo, summed up the mood that led to Kevin Rudd’s downfall, as quoted in the AFR, 23 June: It is an ‘amazing fact’ that ‘ordinary people on the street are barracking for five...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 10, 2010 | Past Events
photo credit: karola riegler photography Thursday June 24th 7pm, 1/27 Hardware Lane Dr Gavin Putland The powerpoint and audio have been uploaded here Australia’s residential land prices, commonly but incorrectly conflated with “house” prices, started...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 2, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: Yuga. The government must focus on the rate of return between those who benefit from economic rents and those that are entrepreneurial. The Age reports today: …a Senate estimates committee was told the average profit in mining was 37.1 per cent,...