Is housing tax reform still political poison? With a fragmented vote, dissatisfied under-55s, and a 7-point drop in institutional trust, the calculus has shifted.

Guest: Kate Jones, Non-Executive Director at Amplify. Learn more here: https://www.amplifyaus.org.

Chapters(00:00) - Intro

(02:14) - The budget of the century: housing takes centre stage(05:48) - Why 2026 isn't 2019 on tax reform

(09:14) - Reform takes hard yards: the Hawke and Howard lessons

(13:08) - The X-factor: supply, falling prices, and voter reaction

(17:39) - The Australian Wellbeing Index: a 58 out of 100

(22:09) - Hope, the broken promise, and the under-55 cohort

(28:48) - Good policy is good politics: the Terry Mackenroth principle

(33:12) - The Coalition's two-front problem

(35:35) - Trust collapses: a 7-point drop driven by under-55s

(37:10) - Sport, AI, and the void where national vision should be

(39:53) - Cost of living beats inflation orthodoxy

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