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S.A Land Tax Challenges
Transcript - Mornings with Leon Byner, 5AA FM, Adelaide We’ll there are renewed calls for a broad based land tax to replace stamp duty, now the only thing I ask is, be careful what you wish for. There’s an advocacy group called Prosper Australia and they are are...
Public Education Key to NSW SD-Land Tax reform
Cross posted from Robert Harley at the AFR Karl Fitzgerald, the advocacy director at Prosper Australia, is a strong believer in the benefits of replacing property stamp duty with a broad-based land tax. But he has a warning for first-home buyers attracted to the...
NSW’s First Home Buyers Choice the conversation starter housing needs
Sent 21/6/22 Today’s announcement by Premier Perrottet that first home buyers could opt into a land tax was a baby step in the right direction of a broader land tax base. “NSW landholders benefitted to the tune of $705 billion in just 2020-21, and were only required...
Transformative housing policy
A version of this article was first published in the Sydney Morning Herald If you believe that our growing rate of homelessness is a national shame, or you're worried that your kids will never become homeowners (or worse, never move out), then we are sorry to tell...
Prosper’s 2022 Federal Election scorecard
The 2022 Federal Election: as underwhelming as a stale slice of Wonder WhiteTM encasing a slippery, budget snag. We at Prosper could never walk past a democracy sausage. No matter how greasy and cold. With the Lib/Lab reducing their respective policy platforms to...
Progress Magazine #1132 – On a Win
The latest edition of Progress Magazine is available now. Peruse past editions here. We start this edition with key speeches from Hansard at the passage of Victoria’s landmark Windfall Gains Tax legislation. You can discern the distinctly Georgist principles invoked...
Friendly Jordies on Housing Woes
Cross-posted from Friendly Jordies The Facts blog, which provides the policy speak alternative to his cunning video take on Australia's affordability woes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPpAjQzWsM As reported by Greg Jericho for The Guardian, Australian property...
Property Market Imperfections
Our submission to the Minister for Consumer Affair's Property Market Review. Property Market Review Prosper Australia has concerns surrounding both the privatisation of real estate data, the inaccuracy of statistics and the practice of staging lot releases in large,...
Falinski’s Free Pass to the Property Industry
Cross-posted from The New Daily: It’s not surprising that a Senate report on housing affordability chaired by a former property developer gives a free pass to the property industry. Liberal MP and committee chair Jason Falinski’s view that developers should be given...
Submission to the 2022 Victorian Budget
Download our 2022 Vic budget submission (submitted March 2022) Executive Summary Prosper welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2022-23 Victorian Budget. We are an independent, Melbourne-based research institute with a focus on the management of exclusive and...
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