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How to inject fresh thinking into Australia's housing conversation

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An 'auction' real estate sign outside a house in the Newtown suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Australia's housing market is booming again, with the biggest monthly price gain in 17 years dispelling fears of a Covid-induced downturn.(Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Since the Menzies era, home ownership has been the cornerstone of the ‘Australian dream', but for many it’s becoming just that – a dream. It’s a social issue, but also an economic one, so how can we bring housing back to the centre of economic policy-making, particularly at a federal level?

Guests:

Peter Mares, lead moderator with The Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership; author of No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis.

Dr Kim Houghton, chief economist at the Regional Australia Institute.

Hal Pawson, Professor Housing Research and Policy and Associate Director at the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW.

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Community and Society, Business, Economics and Finance, Government and Politics, Housing Policy, Rental Housing, Housing Construction Industry
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