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The median Australian house price is now about $800,000 – almost eight times the average income – and well beyond the reach of many people, without help.
So how did we get here, and with a federal election looming, are the political parties game to seriously take this on?
"Any solution to housing that is easy and popular won't work." — Alan Kohler
Presented at the Sydney Writers Festival and Readings Bookshop.
Speakers
Alan KohlerFinance presenter, ABCAuthor of The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92 and republished as a book available 1 October 2024)
Richard Holden (host)Professor of Economics, University of NSW
Kevin BellFormer Supreme Court Judge, Victoria; Former Director, Castan Centre for Human RightsAuthor of Housing: The Great Australian Right (In the National Interest essay series, Monash University Publishing)
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The median Australian house price is now about $800,000 – almost eight times the average income – and well beyond the reach of many people, without help.
So how did we get here, and with a federal election looming, are the political parties game to seriously take this on?
"Any solution to housing that is easy and popular won't work." — Alan Kohler
Presented at the Sydney Writers Festival and Readings Bookshop.
Speakers
Alan KohlerFinance presenter, ABCAuthor of The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92 and republished as a book available 1 October 2024)
Richard Holden (host)Professor of Economics, University of NSW
Kevin BellFormer Supreme Court Judge, Victoria; Former Director, Castan Centre for Human RightsAuthor of Housing: The Great Australian Right (In the National Interest essay series, Monash University Publishing)

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