Media Release Housing Shortage in Inner City a Myth 2,317 properties have been found empty in central Melbourne during Australia’s worst ever housing crisis. Read the Full Report (PDF 432kb) “The 2008 I Want to Live Here report has found a 7% genuine vacancy rate in the inner city as compared to the much publicised 0.9% vacancy rate. The reported … Read More
I Want to Live Here Film Comp Winner
I Wanna Live Here – Anna Brownfield Director Anna Brownfield won the first I Want to Live Here film competition. Standing room only saw a positive atmosphere as we listened to comedian Courtney Hocking, heard a few Earthsharing spiels and then saw some killer films. We were genuinely impressed with the quality and say a big thankyou to all those … Read More
Renegade Economists Podcast 64
Please Note: Whoops some technical issues at 3CR have scuttled our podcasting link. So we hope all you google aficionados find your way back to this crucial information. To get our podcasts back online, copy this link into your Itunes: http://podcast.3cr.org.au/podcast.php?cat=RenegadeEconomists For more details on how exactly to do this. Be warned, it may change again soon. Please join our … Read More
The Neo-Yeltsin Administration
photo credit: vaschenko Michael Hudson This article appeared in counterpunch. Reality had to raise its ugly head. Barack Obama was elected with overwhelming approval to inaugurate an era of change. And at his November 25 press conference, he said that his decisive victory gave him a mandate to change the direction in which America is moving. But his recent economic … Read More
Speculators Flipping Our Freedom
Why should land speculator’s make more in their sleep than we do sweating away over a lifetime? This trend has led to the financial meltdown but yet they are being bailed out…. The modern world’s problems demand the most accurate financial tools on our side. Here we sum up the problems and give an overview to a very important reform. … Read More