Prof. Ross Garnaut gave the Hamer Oration at Melbourne University on Thursday. He pointed out that Australia has not experienced a recession for 17 years, a record for The Lucky Country. Such a period of unbroken growth is not just an Australian record, it is a world...
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Protection for Importers
photo credit: ob1left Australia's tax system protects foreign producers against their Australian competitors, writes Gavin R. Putland in this LVRG article. The Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) was sunk by the advertising firepower of the big miners, ostensibly...
Investor opinion: an uneasy equilibrium
photo credit: Dru! A survey of property investors in The Age today by Colemar Brunton shows sentiment delicately poised between those who see the market flat or falling and those anticipating further rises. This is not the bursting of The Great Australian Property...
Use Rent to Pay Your Way: Dr Gavin Putland
When You've Paid Your Rent, You've Paid Your WayView more presentations from Prosper. Following Gavin's recent presentation, we thought those of you who missed it might find this of interest. Flick through the 6 slides according to the audio below. Our...
When You’ve Paid Your Rent, You’ve Paid Your Way
photo credit: karola riegler photography Thursday June 24th 7pm, 1/27 Hardware Lane Dr Gavin Putland The powerpoint and audio have been uploaded here Australia's residential land prices, commonly but incorrectly conflated with "house" prices, started falling in 2008....
Like Gold in a Coal Mine
photo credit: 10b travelling Clear-eyed media commentary in the national interest is rare and sweet. Alan Mitchell's analysis of the Henry Tax Review in the Australian Financial Review - A tax on all your economic rents - is such a creature. He opens with a...
Henry Review: what about the land tax recommendations 51 to 54?
photo credit: Troy McClure SF Gavin R. Putland Published in today's Crikey In contrast to the Henry report's advice that payroll tax be eventually abolished (recommendations 55 and 57), the Rudd government has decided to increase its own payroll tax. No, really....
Turnover Dropping
photo credit: Praveen M Tomy Fans of Gavin Putland's work will have read today's piece on Housing Market Tipped to Weaken as Buyers Retreat. High auction clearance rates and record prices notwithstanding, official figures show the number of loans to buy houses in...
Give CIV the NIMBY treatment
photo credit: Don Solo Gavin Putland Check Dr Putland's latest piece on interstate issues with CIV Question: Who will be the big winners if CIV rating is introduced in the City of Monash? Answer: Owners of vacant lots and derelict buildings. The site value (SV) is the...
Recessions Begin At Home
photo credit: Latente 囧 Le Sbarbine nel Governo From the Subprime to the Terrigenous: Recession begins at Home Gavin Putland's excellent new report, being picked up by all sorts of websites and e-news services Background The American word “subprime” refers to the...