The Housing Crisis with Alan Kohler (Re-release)

Richard Holden | Alan Kohler Australia, a land of sweeping plains, has one of the lowest population densities on the planet. So, how did we end up with a housing shortage? In conversation with economist and author Richard Holden, veteran finance journalist Alan Kohler's new Quarterly Essay , The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Crisis and How to Fix It , investigates where things went wrong at the start of the 21st century with escalating property prices leading to a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch. This event is presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival and supported by UNSW Sydney.

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The Housing Crisis with Alan Kohler (Re-release) is an episode from UNSW Centre for Ideas by UNSW Centre for Ideas.

This episode is 46:04 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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