(as published in the AFR, 4th February 2022) [$] During his National Press Club talk this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has acknowledged that it is “even harder” to buy a home than when he did so. Indeed, an examination of the ratio between house price increases...
National prosperity is an economic mirage (As published in the AFR, 25 January 2022) Exorbitant land prices act like termites upon an economy, bringing social and economic division, decline, and eventually, collapse. Any perception the Morrison government has boosted...
Letters to the Editor The Age Labor's decision to drop its policies on negative gearing and capital gains tax reform must be profoundly dispiriting for prospective first home buyers. How can they compete with the heartless and misleading (yet very effective)...
Letters to the Editor AFR, Wednesday June 27th Michael Musgrave’s new value capture tax will hit every development in Parramatta [$] (25/6 AFR) made a strong case for his constituents. It’s the Australian way for property developers to make rezoning windfalls in their...
Letter to The Age October 10th, 2017 How ironic that boss Ian Narev is concerned that global wage growth has been "relatively weak" ('CBA boss says sorry over ATM scandal', The Age, 7/10). Adam Smith noted in Wealth of Nations that privatised land rent adds one-third...
Letters to the Editor AFR, November 9 Increasing the GST is such an 'ill wind' policy that it singularly has the capacity to blow even Mr Turnbull's mojo into the doldrums and swing a Labor-Greens alliance into power ("Turnbull can win support for a GST rise, says...
Letter to the Editor Australian Financial Review Sept 1, 2015 Proponents of increasing either payroll tax or the GST are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, dancing around and seeming to argue, yet holding hands ("Payroll tax surfaces as the next GST", AFR August 28). If...
LC_24 via Compfight Letter to the Editor Australian Financial Review June 18, 2015 ACCESS TO LAND FOR EVERYONE The member for Eden-Monaro, Dr Hendy, suggests it is "crazy" to change negative gearing or capital gains tax arrangements and instead we should accept as a...
Lynn Friedman via Compfight Letters to the Editor 14th May, 2015 Herald Sun Let's hope those clamouring for election reform here take a good look at the UK result. One party now has 51% of the seats from 36.9% of the vote. As voting is voluntary, only 66.1% of those...
Letters to the Editor Bryan Kavanagh Glen Waverley 13.04.2015 The expected backlash to "A tax on land would be fair, efficient and unpopular" (Comment, 8/4) has arrived (Letters, 9 and 10/4). The wealthy will cry crocodile tears for asset-rich, income-poor people....