SUBMISSIONS
Submission to the Inquiry into Local Government Funding and Fiscal Sustainability
Prosper Australia submission to Inquiry into Local Government Funding and Fiscal Sustainability (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport) – 19 November 2025 Introduction Prosper Australia welcomes the...
Economic Reform Roundtable submission
Summary To improve productivity Australia needs to shift taxes off work and enterprise and onto the economic rents from land, natural resources, and monopolies. This principle should be at the heart of any economic reform agenda. Income tax should be rebalanced to...
Infrastructure Victoria: Draft 30-year infrastructure strategy submission
Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft strategy. Prosper Australia is an economic think tank working in the Georgist tradition, with a long history of research into property taxation. We wish to raise one major point: the draft strategy lacks...
Submission to the Inquiry into Local Government funding and services (Victoria)
Prosper Australia is an economic research organisation founded in the Georgist tradition of political philosophy. Our work centres on the monopolistic nature of land and how it shapes our economy and society. We have a long history of research into property taxation...
Submission to the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria
Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee 7 July 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to submit to the Legal and Social Issues Committee’s inquiry into rental and housing affordability. Prosper Australia is an independent research institute formed over 100...
Submission to the Victorian Legislative Council Inquiry into Land Transfer Duty Fees
Prosper's submission to the Victorian Legislative Council Inquiry into Land Transfer Duty Fees reflects our evolving thinking around the core motivations for the reform. 14 April 2023 Prosper Australia is an independent research institute focused on the management of...
Submission to the Commonwealth Housing Legislative Package 2022
Prosper provided feedback to the Commonwealth’s draft Housing Legislative Package – Housing Australia Future Fund Bill, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill, and Amendment Bill which was on exhibition over Christmas. If enacted, these bills will give...
Property Market Imperfections
Our submission to the Minister for Consumer Affair's Property Market Review. Property Market Review Prosper Australia has concerns surrounding both the privatisation of real estate data, the inaccuracy of statistics and the practice of staging lot releases in large,...
Submission to the 2022 Victorian Budget
Download our 2022 Vic budget submission (submitted March 2022) Executive Summary Prosper welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2022-23 Victorian Budget. We are an independent, Melbourne-based research institute with a focus on the management of exclusive and...
Inquiry Into Housing Affordability & Supply
Prosper Australia recently submitted to the 2021 Federal Inquiry into housing affordability and supply.
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