Thu 9 Oct 2025 15.00
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Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.
On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg and Elinor discuss housing affordability, how so many of Australia’s biggest companies manage to pay zero (0) corporate tax, and how Trump made solving the tax problem that much harder.
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Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us by Richard Denniss is available now via the Australia Institute website.
This discussion was recorded on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Host: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute // @grogsgamut
Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Senior Content Producer, the Australia Institute // @elinorjohnstonleek
Show notes:
If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share by Greg Jericho, Guardian Australia (September 2025)
Australia is a rich country that taxes like a poor one, Follow the Money, the Australia Institute (October 2025)
Rental growth re-accelerates amid tightest vacancy rate on record, Cotality (October 2025)
WESTPAC-MI CONSUMER SENTIMENT BULLETIN (October 2025)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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