by Jesse Hermans Recently La Trobe’s Philosophy Politics and Economics Society and Ideas Society joint hosted an event on Intergenerational Fairness with some good insights into what future generations face – including my own. I was sorely disappointed by John…
The House of Representatives economic committee inquiry into Home Ownership was opened with fanfare and encouraging comments by chair John Alexander (Liberal, Bennelong): “Some have said we are on track to becoming a Kingdom where the Lords own all the…
By Dr. Gavin Putland – crossposted from the Land Values Research Group The noisiest campaigners for lower taxes complain only about public taxes while ignoring or defending the unrequited tributes collected by private agents under the guise of market transactions.…
Prosper Australia is excited to announce leading international expert on tax law and policy Professor Miranda Stewart as speaker at the 124th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner. Miranda is Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at Crawford School, Australian National University. RSVP…
The Australian people are being distracted from the main game by a mad side-show over foreign nationals buying our land. The sheer scale of this buying is further inflating our sorely overheated property market, imposing great costs on first-time buyers,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Barnett government in WA is advertising for someone to forecast what its tax and royalty revenues will be. Earlier official predictions, notably on iron ore royalty revenue, have proven wildly inaccurate. The advertisement specifically calls for macro-economic and econometric…