Episodes

By the time many of today's Gen Z buys their first home, Melbourne will have overtaken Sydney as Australia's biggest city. Canberra will be bigger than Newcastle. And a sleepy Victorian farming town called Warragul will have more than tripled in size. If that sounds far fetched, stick around, because…

Believe it or not, over the past decade, the average Australian household has seen their real income grow by just 0.6 per cent a year. Compare that to the United States, where the equivalent figure is 22.6 per cent. Even Canada and the UK have left us behind. We used…

Australia’s housing shortage is usually explained through population growth, sluggish construction, planning delays and the rising cost of building new homes. However, there may be another powerful force sitting quietly in the background. Australia currently has around 4.5 million Baby Boomers aged between 62 and 80, and many of them…

Here's something that might surprise you. More than a third of everyone currently working in Australia was born overseas. One in three workers. And in our capital cities, that number climbs to almost one in two. Now, I know the immigration debate has been running hot — in the media,…

Australians are often told that we don’t like reform. We apparently want better housing affordability, a stronger economy, better healthcare, improved aged care, a simpler tax system and a sustainable budget, but we don’t want to give up anything to get there. But is that really true? In today’s episode…

What if I told you that the average Australian born today will likely live well into the 22nd century? That's not science fiction. That's where the demographic data is pointing right now, and it has enormous implications for how we work, how we invest, how we retire, and how we…

What if the secret to becoming wealthy wasn’t being smarter than everyone else? What if it wasn’t timing the market, picking the next hot suburb, or finding some clever tax loophole? What if the real secret was simply living long enough to let good assets quietly compound in the background?…

Migration has become one of the most emotional and divisive topics in Australia. And that’s understandable. Many Australians are struggling with higher rents, housing shortages, congestion, pressure on services, and a feeling that population growth has run ahead of planning. Interestingly in his recent article in The New Daily, Simon…