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Life on an 18.6 Year Cycle
A petro state without the petro dollars
Letter: ALP policy reversal hurts first home buyers
The Potential of a Rezoning Windfall Gains Tax
Society’s Survival Skills
Report Launch – The rezoning ‘honeypot’
Rezoning Windfall Gains Tax – FAQs
Banging Down the Doors of Parliament: Why it should be housing advocates rather than the property lobby
Our latest Research?
The Transit Transformation Australia Needs
Well planned public transport creates so much value for our community in terms of access to jobs, city centres, and business. This value can be?leveraged?to fund the bold projects we need to build if we’re to fix our transport infrastructure backlog.
Stamp Duty to Land Tax: Designing the Transition
For politicians searching for a circuit-breaker on state tax reform, our model offers generous but logical concessions for existing owners, choice for future buyers, and an attractive introductory period to secure support early on. It is complex at the policy design back-end but simple at the taxpayer front-end.
Speculative Vacancies 10
Our latest in a series of reports measuring the number of properties across Melbourne that are witheld from the rental market.
The Second Interval: evaluating the ACT’s 20 Year Land Value Taxation
Propser is undertaking a series of five reports, to be published every four years, examining the progress and impacts of the ACT Government’s ambitious land tax reform agenda.
BOOKSTORE
Progress and Poverty
Henry George
The all-time best-selling economics book.? Written in beautiful prose, an explainer on the paradox of increasing inequality despite advancing technology.
Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Josh Ryan-Collins, Laurie McFarlane and Toby Lloyd
An accessible but provocative refresh to the economics of land and housing.
Who Gets What?
Frank Stilwell and Kirrily Jordan
Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia, Stilwell & Jordan delve into the data to paint a picture of a two speed society whilst providing needed solutions.
Game of Mates
Cameron Murray and Paul Frijters
A tale of economic theft across major sectors of Australia’s economy, showing how well-connected insiders are able to siphon of billions.
The Community Land Trust Reader
John Davis
The Community Land Trust Reader brings together the seminal texts that inspired and defined the CLT.
NSW and the holy grail of transport funding
August 27, 2021