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Choices created Australia's housing mess, what choices will fix it? Natasha Mitchell and guests

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Australia's housing crisis hasn't always been with us. So what choices created it, and what choices are now needed to fix it?  Buying a house is now out of reach if you're on an average wage, and rental options are expensive and precarious. If we don't address the issues urgently, generations to come will face homelessness or profound poverty paying rents on a pension. There are solutions. Are politicians courageous enough to try them? Join Natasha Mitchell and guests at Adelaide Writers Week.

Speakers

Maiy AzizeDeputy Director of Anglicare AustraliaNational spokesperson, Everybody's Home campaign

Alan KohlerFinance journalist and presenter with ABC NewsAuthor, Quarterly Essay: The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix it (2023)

Amy Remeikis aka @PyjamaPoliticsChief Political Analyst, The Australia Institute

Jordan van den Lamb aka @PurplePingersRental activist and advocate2025 Senate candidate, Victorian Socialists

Thank you to Adelaide Writers Week and to Anna Chang from the Australia Institute.

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