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The housing market – and young people without rich parents being locked out of it – has dominated dinner table conversations for years.
This budget the Albanese government decided to try and do something about it: limiting negative gearing and replacing the capital gains tax.
So what difference will that make and how long will it take for anything to change?
One person who can help answer those questions is Stephen Koukoulas.
He’s been an economist for decades, including as Senior Economic Advisor to then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
He’s seen first hand how these tax policies have shaped the housing market and how reversing them has seemed impossible.
Today, economist Stephen Koukoulas on the future of housing in Australia.

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Guest: Economist, Stephen Koukoulas
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It was a budget framed around fairness for workers and for young people locked out of the housing market.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget restricts negative gearing – though not for anyone who was already doing it – while also promising to increase housing supply and deliver a $250 tax cut for workers.
Chalmers wants the budget to be seen as ambitious – but is it?
Today, press gallery journalist Karen Middleton, on what the Treasurer is promising - and whether it delivers.

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Guest: Press gallery journalist, Karen Middleton
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Tim Tams and Tiny Teddies aren’t usually the stuff federal court cases are made of, but product by product, dollar by dollar, the ACCC has been building its case against supermarket giants Coles and Woolies over what it claims were fake discounts.
Now, both cases have wrapped and the judge is reviewing the evidence.
With inflation and grocery prices soaring, the timing couldn’t be more crucial.

Today, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute, Greg Jericho on the case against the supermarket giants, and its implications for Australian shoppers.

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Guest: Chief Economist at the Australia Institute, Greg Jericho
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It’s something Pauline Hanson has been eyeing for years – and on the weekend, she finally got it: a seat in the lower house.
Her candidate for Farrer, David Farley, did even better than expected: he was elected on 57 per cent of the vote.
It changes things not just for Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but for the country.

Today, contributing editor for The New Daily, Amy Remeikis, on the power of populism right now, and what One Nation wants next.

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Guest: Contributing editor for the New Daily, Amy Remeikis
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The first week of hearings at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion opened with Jewish Australians describing what life now feels like.
Jewish community groups say reported antisemitic incidents in Australia have surged since October 7.
But the commission is not only hearing about what’s happened. It’s also being asked to answer a difficult question: what counts as antisemitism – and where is the line between political speech, criticism of Israel, and hatred directed at Jews?
Today, historian of modern Jewish life and culture David Slucki, who leads Monash University’s research into antisemitism, on how antisemitism should be understood, measured and responded to.

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Guest: Director of the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, David Slucki
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