By offering generous tax concessions to property investors and making it nearly impossible to live on JobSeeker, Australian governments have being making inequality worse.
On this special episode of Dollars & Sense, we discuss the cost of growing inequality with Dr Cassandra Goldie AO, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Kasy Chambers, Executive Director of Anglicare Australia, and Dr Mark Zirnsak, Secretariat of the Tax Justice Network Australia.
This discussion was recorded on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at the Australia Institute’s Revenue Summit at Parliament House in Canberra.
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Guest: Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Social Service // @cassandragoldie
Guest: Kasy Chambers, Executive Director, Anglicare Australia // @ChambersKasy
Guest: Mark Zirnsak, Secretariat, Tax Justice Network Australia
Host: Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Chief, the Australia Institute // @richarddenniss
Host: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute // @grogsgamut
Show notes:
Revenue Summit playlist, The Australia Institute on YouTube (November 2025)
Wealth inequality by asset types. What’s driving wealth inequality? by Matt Grudnoff, the Australia Institute (February 2025)
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview by Peter Davidson and Bruce Bradbury, ACOSS and UNSW Sydney
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.
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