Events
131st Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner and Address
On September 14, 2022 we descended on the Kelvin Club (and online) to listen to Economist Brendan Coates delivering a sobering, hopeful evidenced based address. The 131st Henry George Commemorative Address Dinner and Address attracted a diverse crowd from across...
Launch: Staged Releases Report
Date: Tuesday July 26th, 6pm Where: Zoom or Level 1, 64 Harcourt St, North Melbourne How do developers feed supply to the market and under what conditions? Karl Fitzgerald will present the findings of a landmark new report - Staged Releases: Peering Behind the Land...
Windfall Gains Tax: Behind the Scenes
Tues Nov 30, 1pm - 1.45pm. Zoom Come and celebrate with the Prosper team following last week’s passing of the Windfall Gains Tax in Victoria. Join Emily, Jesse and Karl for a discussion on the tax design process, political manoeuvring, competing with an industry...
130th Henry George Commemorative Address
This event was held on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, over Zoom. We all want to know “what’s next?” after the pandemic. The right to a roof over our head (and some land upon which to stand) has been especially highlighted by this global crisis. Who better to make sense...
Has NSW discovered the holy grail of transport funding?
In its latest budget, the NSW Government has laid the foundation for a global best-practice model for major transport funding. Zoom Webinar: Wednesday, July 28th 12:30pm While Victorian's woke up on budget day to a surprise rezoning windfall gains tax, the NSW...
Report Launch – The rezoning ‘honeypot’
Prosper’s latest report scrutinises the rezoning windfalls at Fishermans Bend. Tuesday, 29 June 12:30pm Online event. Register for zoom link Join report authors Emily Sims and Jesse Hermans, with special guest Cameron Murray. Most of us feel that it is intuitively...
Report Presentation: Speculative Vacancies 10 – A Persistent Puzzle
Tuesday, 8 Dec 4pmFree Zoom webinar Toilet paper & hand sanitizer. It's troubling when essentials are hoarded. In a year in which we've rationed tinned tomatoes and put the homeless in hotels, can we still accept hoarded land & housing? Join us as we launch...
Webinar – A capital effort! What the ACT can teach us about land tax reform
After eight years, the ACT’s bold experiment in tax reform is paying dividends. Can other states emulate the ACT's success? What: Zoom panel discussion with Q&A When: 12:30—1:30PM Tuesday Nov 10th Join our expert panel of tax boffins as we explore the options and...
Transcript: Overcoming reform theatre: on ‘planning red tape’, policy performance, and the politics of housing
Our first Annual Henry George Commemorative Address via zoom saw Professor Nicole Gurran usher the audience through the fallacious arguments that high Australian home prices are due to planning regulations choking the supply of new dwellings. A vibrant Q & A...
The 129th Henry George Commemorative Address
From the precarity of low income renters to fears of property market collapse, COVID19 has exposed the cracked foundations of Australia’s broken housing system. But why has this situation come about? What: The Henry George Commemorative Address When: 6:30PM Wednesday...