Media Releases
National land prices up $594 billion
MEDIA RELEASE Wage growth suffers from record increase in Australian land prices. “The $593.7 billion uplift in land prices announced today is thirty times larger than total banking profits. The average annual gain has been around $180 billion, so to have an increase...
Treasurer Hockey supports ending stamp duty for land tax
PRESS RELEASE 19 May 2015 MELBOURNE:- Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has endorsed moves by South Australia to abolish Stamp Duty and replace it with a nil exemption, broad-based land tax. He said the cost of an annual land tax would likely be less in the long term than...
COAG needs state sovereignty, not handout politics
Press Release: Debate over GST split ignores bigger issue “The States should not be threatening to re-impose regressive taxes of the past, but be working with the Federal government to overcome the mis-information prevalent in a property obsessed economy,” stated...
Rates Cap to Continue Vicious Circle
“Victorian Labor’s capping of local council rates plays straight into the hands of Tony Abbott’s pro-GST revenue centralisation agenda” stated Prosper Australia Project Director Karl Fitzgerald. “The integrity of Victoria’s local council rating independence was dealt...
Funding Melbourne’s new underground rail link
Media Release “The Andrews government has lost no time putting its stamp on the future shape of Melbourne, funding the planning stage of the Melbourne Metro Rail tunnel – while fretting about the $9 billion cost. “Victoria can fund this vital connection, lifting train...
Victoria Liberals set to privatise Land Titles Office – a core government function
Media Release 26 November 2014 “The Napthine government policy announcement it will sell Victoria’s Land Titles Office if re-elected is a grave error and to be condemned,” David Collyer Policy Director Prosper Australia said today. “The Land Titles Office is a core...
Empty Investment Homes Hurt Affordability
Press Release for Speculative Vacancies 7 report launch A new report finds 64,386 properties are likely vacancies during Melbourne’s record-long housing supply crisis. “32% of the Docklands may be a speculators paradise but it’s facing a ghost town future if the...
Freebairn: engaging States in tax reform
Press Release Last night Professor John Freebairn gave a passionate speech at the 123rd Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner, on the difficulty of meaningful tax reform. “The problem is we don't have a Paul Keating or a Peter Costello who is willing to spend a...
Higher GST ignores housing, inequity
Press Release The Abbott government must rebuild State relationships by assisting in the educative process of tax reform. “The outsourcing of deficit pressures by Treasurer Joe Hockey has accelerated the need for state revenue reforms” stated Prosper Australia...
Budgeting for Capital Gains
Press Release “Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget is a boon for those in pursuit of capital gains" stated Prosper Australia spokesman, Karl Fitzgerald. "Whilst claiming we all must contribute to the heavy lifting, the budget ignores the easy unearned incomes in real estate...
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