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Tax Evasion to Land Banking
ASX Investigations - Tax Evasion to Land Banking by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud With another whistleblower releasing the inner details of tax evasion strategies (the LuxLeaks) in the build up to the G20, it is timely this week's Renegade Economists radio show...
Speculative Vacancies 7
Read the report Wednesday November 12th, 6.30pm Presenter: Catherine Cashmore 2/22 Punch La, Melbourne RSVP The 7th Speculative Vacancies report advocates for empty property held for capital gains to be included in Australia's housing vacancy measures. Read The...
Land Banking Profits during a Housing Supply Crisis – Englobo 2014
Land in Australia should be dirt cheap. All levels of government must explicitly recognise outstanding access to land for all is a key national advantage that simply cannot be imitated by other countries. For state governments, close scrutiny of planning and a...
Englobo, Speculative Vacancies, the Wealth Illusion
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. THE ENEWS OF PROSPER & EARTHSHARING AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 2014 Englobo 2014 Report Launch - tomorrow night Thursday, October 30th, 6.30 – 8pm Level 2, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne Presenter: David Collyer RSVP,...
Land windfalls provide wealth illusion
As published on The Drum. Our houses can't make us all rich By Warwick Smith PHOTO: Increases in house prices are only really beneficial to those who own more than one house.(Reuters: David Gray) While a recent report might suggest Aussies are the richest people in...
Sen Xenophon put on notice by affordability petition, follow up
Cross posted from the Rational Radical By Matt Ellis Last week I had the opportunity to speak to Senator Nick Xenophon about our petition against his plans to allow first home buyers to use superannuation funds for housing deposits. It seems he had at least taken some...
New Stonnington parks to enforce land scarcity
Chris Vedelago at The Age has exposed a fascinating land-play by Stonnington Council, enforcing scarcity and lifting land prices in the most valuable residential municipality in Melbourne by adding to insatiable demand with its own house-buying to demolish and make...
East-West = Wasteful Infrastructure
Letter to the Editor The Age 03/10/2014 David Beardsell North Balwyn The 1880s in Victoria were largely driven by land speculation and the building of useless public and private infrastructure such as the Outer and Inner Circle railways, which ran from Oakleigh to...
It’s Raine-ing elderly property investors
Angus Raine of RE agents Raine & Horne burst into song about property taxes in a letter on page 55 of the Australian Financial Review today - and what a nice cartoon, Clement! Angus wants Stamp Duty tax breaks for empty nesters – people trapped in...