The Australian Dream used to be to own your own home, but young people are being increasingly locked out of home ownership. In fact, young people today are on track to be the first generation to be worse off than their parents. How did we as a nation get here and how do we fix it? Alan Kohler, Maiy Azize, Amy Remeikis and Jordan van den Lamb discuss the issues with chair Natasha Mitchell.

SPEAKERS:

Maiy Azize is an experienced campaigner, communicator and manager. She is currently Director of Media and Communications at Anglicare Australia. Previously, she was responsible for the ACT Greens’ federal and local election campaigns. Before then, she ran parliamentary campaigns as a political staffer and worked at a senior executive level in a fundraising organisation.

Alan Kohler is the Editor in Chief of InvestSMART group, and founder of The Constant Investor which was sold to InvestSMART in December 2018. Alan is also currently business editor at large of The Australian, finance presenter on ABC News and adjunct professor in the business faculty of Victoria University. Apart from all that, Alan enjoys being part of a monthly book club and walking Maisy the Labrador along the beach. His new book The Great Divide tackles Australia’s housing crisis.

Amy Remeikis is an Australian journalist who is currently working as a political reporter for The Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for MSM Australia, Yahoo News UK, Yahoo India and The Sydney Morning Herald. She has covered crime, the court, federal politics and Queensland politics.

Jordan van den Lamb, who is known as ‘purplepingers’ online, is a high-profile critic of the real estate industry. He has gained over 200,000 followers on TikTok and become an activist and advocate for renters. He has announced that he will be running for the Senate in the next federal election with the Victorian Socialist Party.

Natasha Mitchell is a multi-award-winning journalist, radio presenter, podcaster and documentary maker. She is host of ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program, was founding host and producer of the radio show and podcast All in the Mind, hosted the ABC’s daily social affairs program Life Matters, and was founding host and producer of Science Friction.

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