In the buildup to this Sunday's screening of Real Estate 4 Ransom... 2.15pm - Meet at roundabout at Cnr of Queen St & Franklin St (near the south end of Vic Mkt) for Melbourne's Magic Money tour 3.30 - Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt will open the film 4.10 - Directors...
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Land Tax to Win
photo credit: Domiriel Influential SMH Journalist Jessica Irvine today writes about the urgent need for Land Tax to be prioritised in Land is the Best Hope for Fixing the Tax System. Make sure you see the film Real Estate 4 Ransom to investigate these issues further....
40,000 First Home Buyers On Strike
photo credit: Jakob E28 September 2011 MELBOURNE:- 40,000 young families turned away from a lifetime of heavy debt and bitter disappointment in the last year refusing to accept Australia’s grossly inflated house prices, according to a survey overnight by website...
Why didn’t economists see Australia’s property bubble?
photo credit: h.koppdelaney By Philip Soos This article first appeared at www.theconversation.edu.au and is republished under Creative Commons. One aspect of housing and stock market bubbles continually repeats: the vast majority of economists either miss or deny...
Melbourne ‘Stale Stock’ hits 70,800
photo credit: Soon.17 September 2011 MELBOURNE:- Exponential growth in the number of unsold properties overhanging the Melbourne market continues, up 18 per cent in the last month alone. “In the last five months ‘Stale Stock’ in Melbourne postcodes 3000-3207 has...
Please, Please, Mr Premier!
photo credit: sky_mitchState Treasury’s brief to the incoming Baillieu Government, the Blue Book, urges tax reform to drive Victoria’s competitiveness. The Blue Book has apparently been leaked to The Age. It strongly recommends lowering the burden of state taxes,...
NSW Stamp Duty a foul and putrid mess
photo credit: dcmasterBarry O’Farrell was elected Premier of NSW in March this year. His first budget announced Tuesday raised a storm of protest – not over a realignment of government priorities to his conservative Coalition’s agenda, but on Stamp Duty. The previous...
Collecting the Ransom
Just buy me out. Why now? See more of Real Estate 4 Ransom including the trailer and new screening dates for Canberra, Hobart & Sydney. More soon.
Right of Reply – R4R in Fairfax
Our documentary was reviewed on Friday in Real Estate 4 Ransom by Age property journalist Chris Vedelago. It was the most read Domain article nationally over the weekend. We have received hundreds of emails from people eager to see the film. We are doing our best to...
Disguised Increments
photo credit: Torley The Externalities Factor in Land Economics Leo Foley Leo is our guest speaker at our 120th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner, on this Thursday. This article was taken from Progress Magazine. Subscribe now for a free Trial...