Tuesday June 24th, 6.30 - 8pm Bob Keall (NZ Resource Rentals for Revenue Association) 2/22 Punch La, CBD Bob Keall from NZ's Resource Rentals for Revenue Association will deliver the basics on Georgist thought, then expose its use in decphering the rentier agenda....
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Perma-Nomics @ the SLF
As we build up for another year of inspiring conversation at the Earthsharing stall at the Sustainable Living Festival (Feb 14 - 16), put this presentation in your calender: PERMA-NOMICS CAN THE 12 PRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE BE PARAPHRASED INTO A NEW ECONOMICS? Friday...
The Age of Vacant Homes
Jason Dowling, City Editor at The Age wrote up our report in Southbank properties left high and dry, to be launched tonight: The Speculative Vacancies in Melbourne report, now in its sixth year, looked at water use data from Melbourne's big water retailers. It found...
Speculative Vacancies report – Empty Homes Help Whom?
Thurs Oct 31st, 6.30pm Presenter: Philip Soos 2/22 Punch Lane, CBD RSVP What could thousands of empty homes do for affordable housing? Philip Soos is set to release our most comprehensive report, with over 94% of Melbourne's residential property surveyed for a full 12...
Saul Eslake: 50 Years of Housing Failure
Address to the 122nd Annual Henry George Commemorative DinnerThe Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne 2nd, September 2013 by Saul Eslake An edited audio recording of the presentation was broadcast on this week's Renegade Economists radio show. Note: The opinions...
The Problems with Property
Two shows related to the event were recorded for Renegade Economists radio: Safe as Houses - an interview with Joel Pringle & Marcus Westbury An edit of the live recording from the event. Australian’s for Affordable Housing, Prosper Australia and Renew Australia...
Saul Eslake @ 122nd Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner
Link to presentation Saul Eslake is one of Australia's most highly respected economists and a renowned critic of Negative Gearing: "In my view it is impossible to conclude that negative gearing serves any purpose than to allow wealthily affluent tax payers to defer...
Winter Boardgame Night
Fri Aug 2nd, 6.30 - 9.30pm 2/22 Punch La, Melbourne Housing advocates, renters, gamers and friends, join us for a night of winter jousting! If you are intrigued about the world's most popular boardgame - Monopoly - and how it started as the Landlord's Game,...
Prosper’s Office Launch Party
In April this year we moved into our new premises at Level 2, 22 Punch Lane Melbourne, still right in the heart of the city but closer to the action in Spring Street. We are excited to invite members and supporters to our office warming: Fri May 31st, 630 pm onwards...
Total Resource Rents of Australia
Report Release Tuesday November 20th, 6:30pm Presenter: Karl Fitzgerald Venue: 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne This report will demonstrate the economic power of monopoly is capable of financing all tiers of government. Economics once recognised that those who owned...