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Land Price Increase = 86 Years’ Banking Profits
Cross Posted from John Menadue's Pearls & Irritations As our federal politicians look the other way whilst housing prices continue to escalate, a national record reminds why this issue won’t go away. Friday’s national accounts revealed a record land price increase of...
Australia’s land prices are out of control
Media Release A Housing Affordability nightmare - Australia’s land prices are out of control Today’s national accounts revealed record land price inflation - triple the highest ever previously recorded. The cost of land in Australia has gone up by $1.72 trillion,...
600 Ways to Tell a Story
Renegade Economists Show 600 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Karl celebrates 600 episodes with a walk through economic history over the last 14 years of the show,...
Win for all Victorians!
Media Release Win for all Victorians! New legislation will stop landholders walking away with huge windfall profits from rezoning The Victorian Government has announced it will introduce a tax on rezoning windfalls, something Prosper Australia has been encouraging for...
Rezoning Windfall Gains Tax – A Win for Victoria!
We are thrilled that the Victorian Parliament has passed a new Rezoning Windfall Gains Tax, as it's a policy we have supported for many years. As part of our efforts to support this tax, we wrote a Briefing Note to decision makers about its potential community gains....
Inquiry Into Housing Affordability & Supply
Prosper Australia recently submitted to the 2021 Federal Inquiry into housing affordability and supply.
Tyson Yunkaporta: Phase Shifting Personal Development into Structural Reform
Renegade Economists Show 599 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk discusses his page turner in light of beer pong and nudie runs, complexity...
Working Together: Is Shared Equity our pathway out of the housing crisis?
The media is again full of chatter about the housing affordability crisis in Australia. Property markets have gone on a tear as mortgage rates bottom at levels close to matching inflation. Governments are subsidising a building boom to save the economy from COVID, and the resulting collapse in immigration.
NSW and the holy grail of transport funding
In July 2021, Prosper was privileged to host a zoom webinar by Joe Langley, a global expert on value capture mechanisms for transport. Joe's talk was based on an article he wrote on the ongoing developer contribution reform effort in NSW. The full article is...
Life on an 18.6 Year Cycle
Renegade Economists Show 598 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Dominic Gilligan (Inverloch Sustainable Living) takes us through his social change evolution in light of his...
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