Join us for a seminar and discussion with one of Singapore’s leading urban economists, Professor Sock-Yong Phang. Prosper Australia in conjunction with the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University invites you to join us for an evening of conversation with…
Join us for a night of intellectual discourse and celebration at the 133rd Annual Henry George Dinner and Address, to be held on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at The Kelvin Club, Melbourne. Prosper Australia’s Executive Committee invites you to join…
Prosper Australia condemns the latest Federal Budget as a missed opportunity for much-needed tax reform.
Prosper Australia today declared its disappointment at the state budget inaction on housing and tax reform. “The Housing Statement declared a goal of 800,000 new homes over the next decade, yet this budget contains only minor announcements on an increased…
Supply targets alone won’t solve the problem – we need redistribution and tax reform Prosper Australia today condemned the punitive approach taken by the Allan government to address housing supply, calling the strategy a complete miss of the mark. “Our…
3 million workers could benefit from tax shift Prosper Australia today released new research highlighting the economic benefits of shifting taxes off income and onto land. Report highlights: Low and middle income earners face effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) on…
The Great Housing Hijack is the latest book by Dr Cameron Murray. Here at Prosper Australia we have been following Cameron’s work for quite some time. Some of our supporters will remember his entertaining Henry George Commemorative Address in 2018.…
Tweaking individual policies will not deliver the change Australia needs: we must capture the consensus and commit to reforming our tax system away from earned and onto unearned income.
Prosper Australia today welcomed the announcement that the Vacant Residential Land Tax (VRLT) will be expanded to include suburban undeveloped and regional sites.
If we’re going to have to rethink our tax system, rent-seeking seems a good place to start. Perhaps if we taxed productive profit less than its unproductive counterpart, we’d have the seedlings of a system better designed to meet what the Intergenerational Report warns us is coming.