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. Order What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia (https://australiainstitute.org.au/sto...) now, via the Australia Institute website. australiainstitute.org.au (https://australiainstitute.org.au/)  // @australiainstitute (https://bsky.app/profile/australiains...) Guest: Alan Kohler, author and journalist // @AlanKohler (https://x.com/AlanKohler) Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett (https://bsky.app/profile/ebonybennett...) Show notes: The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/book...) by Alan Kohler (October 2024) Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Support the research powerful interests fear: https://theaus.in/3RR3KYd See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.