The great Australian dream is now an obsession. With 6.2 million active property enthusiasts spending twice as much time searching for their perfect home as going to the gym, is this obsession healthy? The Australian's economics editor Adam Creighton hosts a series of panel discussions with experts including Bernard Salt, author and historian George Megalogenis, Realestate.com.au’s property economist Nerida Conisbee and financial commentator Peter Switzer, to help make sense of this national obsession.
For many Australians the surest path to wealth has been to invest in bricks and mortar. But will it always be as safe as houses? A generation of investors is now heavily reliant on property to supplement their retirement plans, and our tax system is creaking under the weight of so many negative...
Published 11/12/19
With immigration continuing at the rate of hundreds of thousands of people a year, are our major cities destined to become concrete jungles?
Or should we be planning for population growth by revitalising our regional towns?
To discuss the future of our housing is Bernard Salt, Australia's best...
Published 11/05/19