By Leith van Onselen There’s an inter-generational war going on in the UK, which is also being played-out across most developed nations, whereby older generations are ‘making out like bandits’ at the expense of their children and grandchildren. Here’s the…
The Abbott government’s lurch at a foreign investment fee to fund the Foreign Investment Review Board will be a minor inconvenience. The AFR: Mr Abbott said the fee structure was comparable with a system in New Zealand but less punitive…
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia February 2014 Hernan Pinera The Climate Fund Under Our Feet – this Thursday! Thursday February 26th, 6.30pm Level 2, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne Presenter: Karl…
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia February 2014 Nicolas Mirguit The Climate Fund Under Our Feet Thursday February 26th, 6.30pm Level 2, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne Presenter: Karl Fitzgerald RSVP Last…
Prosper has serious concerns about the equity and economic efficiency of the reform proposals reported in the media as coming from cabinet ministers - notably broadening the GST , which is a regressive tax. Our submission spells out why.
Letter to the Editor Australian Financial Review 29/01/2015 Those urging cuts to penalty rates and minimum wages for working people remind me of the blind guides, in the biblical proverb, who strain at a gnat and yet would swallow a…
Yesterday, Cameron Kusher of CoreLogic RP Data called for the removal of conveyancing Stamp Duty and its replacement with a universal land tax. His comments come just ahead of the release of the federal government tax reform white paper. He…
Australia has two infections that compromise our economic health. Their remarkably similar symptoms – fever, delirium, impaired judgement – muddy diagnosis and hamper effective treatment. Most are familiar with ‘Dutch disease’, where a resource bounty – in Holland’s case off-shore…
ASX Investigations – Tax Evasion to Land Banking by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud With another whistleblower releasing the inner details of tax evasion strategies (the LuxLeaks) in the build up to the G20, it is timely this week’s Renegade Economists radio…
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. THE ENEWS OF PROSPER & EARTHSHARING AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 2014 Englobo 2014 Report Launch – tomorrow night Thursday, October 30th, 6.30 – 8pm Level 2, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne Presenter: David Collyer RSVP, donations…