Keywords: Property Market
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ECONOMICS
- Catherina Toh
- 03 August 2009
8 Comments
An ethos of tough love balks at taxpayer subsidies for
anyone foolish or unlucky enough to make the wrong investment decision. In Australia we prefer to see people as victims and expect the government to clean up the mess.
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AUSTRALIA
The Australian dream of home ownership is bound up in a process of gentrification. As interest rates drop and economies weaken, we need to ensure everyone can afford a place to live, not just those looking for a bargain during tough times.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective
benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still
key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Bruce Duncan
- 30 January 2009
6 Comments
Obama embraced Christianity because of his involvement with church groups,
sustaining the moral vision of
oppressed blacks. He has sketched a vision of social renewal that overlaps closely with Catholic
and Christian social thought.
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AUSTRALIA
- Chris Warren
- 12 January 2009
The housing crisis is here, but its effects are just beginning to be realised. A 'common equity' model suggests an alternative means of home ownership that excludes profit-driven banks and lenders, so that housing becomes a right rather than a privilege of the privileged. (June 2008)
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RELIGION
- Anne Schmid
- 09 October 2008
6 Comments
The market crash was driven by fear as much as greed. Greed results from the gap between rich and poor, which leads everyone to feel they are holding on to
their way of life by a thread. A truly just economy would be a stable economy.
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AUSTRALIA
- Chris Warren
- 23 June 2008
13 Comments
The housing crisis is here, but its effects are just beginning to be realised. A 'common equity' model suggests an alternative means of home ownership that excludes profit-driven banks and lenders, so that housing becomes a right rather than a privilege of the privileged.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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ECONOMICS
- Les Coleman
- 08 August 2007
Investors are buyers of financial products and services and this affords them a unique opportunity to shape the nature of markets and financial institutions. They should not be shy to use their power to promote sustainability.
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AUSTRALIA
- Stuart Braun
- 30 October 2006
1 Comment
A decade of economic growth has been good for many Australians. The property market has boomed. Wages have spiralled. Equity markets continue to ride record highs. Ordinary Australians have grown rich—but others have missed out.
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INFORMATION
The respnse to Brian McCoy's latest article Why change Aborigines into images of ourselves? has been vocal. Here are some of the letters...
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AUSTRALIA
- Matthew Klugman
- 06 July 2006
Are they utopian or can they be realised? Matthew Klugman reports.
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