Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia JULY 2015 Arthur John Picton Change is Coming Are the winds of change finally blowing our way? Alan Kohler dropped by for a visit, we've...
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Free the people – use good taxes
The Housing Industry Association's Harley Dale and the Urban Development Institute's Michael Corcoran have called for the repeal of Stamp Duty in favor of a broad-based land tax, News Corp reports today. Both lobby groups fear an extension of the GST to building...
The valuation conundrum – not.
By Bryan Kavanagh and David Collyer This week’s game-changer, the Property Taxes paper by Grattan Institute has a minor error on land valuation that needs correcting before it becomes a gift to the opponents of reform. Grattan is acutely aware that on this topic they...
Grattan proposes land tax – oops, property levy.
The Grattan Institute has just released a working paper Property Taxes to lift our thinking about which are the best taxes to reform onto. Grattan CEO John Daley and Senior Associate Brendan Coates say: “...states and territories have a looming funding gap, and have...
The Land Situation In Mexico
This article was originally published in Progress Magazine in July 1977. By David Simmons, Director, Instituto de Estudios Ibero Americanos, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. One of the reasons for the comparative stability of Mexico during the past 50 years has been the...
The land tax strumpets
Two organisations share the acronym PCA: the Property Council of Australia and the Prostitutes Collective of Australia*. One makes a useful civic contribution, the other is a bunch of filthy whores who will do anything for money and deserve universal condemnation for...
Attention Joe: Not All Taxes Are Equal
Cross Posted from Warwick Smith at The Guardian Joe Hockey recently said “I don’t like higher taxes; I am philosophically opposed to higher taxes … because if you increase taxes you’re just collecting someone else’s money.” As usual, the reality is not as simple as...
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...
Budget deadweight, Prosper happenings
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WA budget wins Golden Banana Award
West Australia's Barnett government has just handed down its budget. It is the ugliest baby I have ever seen. The AFR reports: All key financial measures have been blown apart in the state budget, with net debt (above $30 billion) cash deficits (above $5 billion) and...