Victoria’s Housing Statement – A promising start, the details will determine success
Victoria's new Housing Partnership shows a lot of promise. The devil will be in the detail. Prosper Australia unpacks the issues.
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Australia: Made for Free Trade and a Tax on Rent
132nd Henry George Address by Professor Ross Garnaut Australia: Made for Free Trade and a Tax on Rent (Transcript of speech recorded at the Kelvin Club, Melbourne, 7 September 2023. Lightly edited for clarity and brevity.) Thanks, Tim, and very good to be here with this group of people. Very good to know that such […]
In Australia, why do people who produce nothing get rewarded the most? – Waleed Aly
If we’re going to have to rethink our tax system, rent-seeking seems a good place to start. Perhaps if we taxed productive profit less than its unproductive counterpart, we’d have the seedlings of a system better designed to meet what the Intergenerational Report warns us is coming.
Waleed Aly wins 2023 E.J. Craigie Writing Award
Waleed Aly Wins E.J. Craigie Writing Award for best article reflecting the ideas of Henry George as a social and economic reformer.
Prosper Australia welcomes Inquiry attention to Stamp Duty to Land Tax transition
Prosper Australia welcomes Inquiry attention to Stamp Duty to Land Tax transition Prosper Australia today commended the Victorian Legislative Council’s Inquiry into Land transfer duty fees for their careful attention to the difficult issues involved in transitioning from stamp duty to a land tax. Prosper Australia Director of Research and Policy, Tim Helm, says: “We […]
Submission to the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria
Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee 7 July 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to submit to the Legal and Social Issues Committee’s inquiry into rental and housing affordability. Prosper Australia is an independent research institute formed over 100 years ago to further public knowledge of the teachings and principles of economist and land […]
Protected: In brief: Planning deregulation, Housing Supply and Affordability
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Protected: Land Ownership Makes No Sense
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Protected: Community Land Trusts can progress Georgist theory
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Protected: An Open Letter To King Charles III On His Coronation
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