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Regular Aussie bloke fights back against ‘dangerous’ superannuation idea

March 17, 2017 Matt EllisAustralian Economics, Australian Housing
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Cross-posted from The New Daily

Matt Ellis, 34, a Melbourne software engineer, is pleading with his fellow Australians to oppose the government’s idea of allowing home buyers to tap into their superannuation.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is actively considering the … Read more

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The origin of financial collapse: Land speculation and untaxed economic rent

March 29, 2016 Matt EllisTax Reform
Land Speculation Billboard - Henry George on Economic Rent

By Bryan Kavanagh, cross-posted from Online Opinion, March 29th 2016

The Australian Federal Treasury publication “Architecture of Australia’s tax and transfer system” (August 2008) made a valid observation:

While there are at least a hundred taxes, they all ultimately

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Tax reform Twilight Zone: Negative Gearing shock-horror!

February 17, 2016 Matt EllisTax Reform
Tax reform Twilight Zone

Well either I’ve woken up in a parallel universe (no doubt related to the recent proof of the existence of gravitational waves), or the most blindingly obvious imbalances in our tax system have suddenly become imperatives for tax reform for … Read more

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The Verve of Vested Interests

February 8, 2016 Matt EllisAustralian Economics, Australian Housing
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Cross-posted from Prosper.org.au, by Karl Fitzgerald, February 6th 2016

The Property Council of Australia’s shameless threat to both sides of politics to look the other way on negative gearing reform is a slap in the face to the democratic … Read more

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It’s official: housing speculation is bad for everyone in the long run

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Matt EllisAustralian Economics, Australian Housing

Financial System Inquiry skewers housing speculation

A week is a long time in mainstream economic “analysis”. If the recent release of the final report from the Financial System Inquiry (the Murray inquiry) has not made you sit up and take … Read more

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