Fixing Australia’s housing crisis with Alan Kohler
Houses should be a place to live, not a ladder to wealth.
On this episode of Follow the Money, acclaimed financial journalist Alan Kohler joins Ebony Bennett to discuss the policies that created Australia’s housing crisis and what governments can do to fix it.
This discussion was recorded on Tuesday 10 December 2024 and things may have changed since recording.
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Guest: Alan Kohler, author and journalist // @AlanKohler
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett
Show notes:
The Great Divide: Australia’s Housing Mess and How to Fix It by Alan Kohler (October 2024)
Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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