Episodes

Australians just completed the 2026 Census, the largest and most important statistical exercise conducted in this country which provide a snapshot of who we are, where we live, how we work, what our households look like and how our society is changing. Of course, Census results are more than a…

You're told inflation is running at around three per cent a year, yet when you look at your mortgage repayments, your rent, your electricity bill and your council rates, none of it feels like three per cent, does it? That's because it isn't. Analysis we're going to unpack today shows…

Have you noticed people seem shorter-tempered lately? The bloke who snaps at you in the supermarket queue. The relative who tears strips off a nurse in a hospital waiting room. The parent screaming at a teenage umpire at a junior footy match. You're not imagining it. Nearly nine in ten…

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…