With immigration continuing at the rate of hundreds of thousands of people a year, are our major cities destined to become concrete jungles?
Or should we be planning for population growth by revitalising our regional towns?
To discuss the future of our housing is Bernard Salt, Australia’s best known and respected demographer, and Danni Hunter Victorian CEO of the Urban Development Institute of Australia. 
 

Hosted by The Australian’s economic editor, Adam Creighton, tackles the big issues central to Australia’s economic future.

The great Australian dream is now an obsession. With 6.2 million active property enthusiasts spending twice as much time searching for their perfect home as going to the gym, is this obsession healthy? The Australian's economics editor Adam Creighton hosts a series of panel discussions with experts including Bernard Salt, author and historian George Megalogenis, Realestate.com.au’s property economist Nerida Conisbee and financial commentator Peter Switzer, to help make sense of this national obsession.

Making sense of a national property obsession

On the Fence

The great Australian dream is now an obsession. With 6.2 million active property enthusiasts spending twice as much time searching for their perfect home as going to the gym, is this obsession healthy? The Australian's economics editor Adam Creighton hosts a series of panel discussions with experts including Bernard Salt, author and historian George Megalogenis, Realestate.com.au’s property economist Nerida Conisbee and financial commentator Peter Switzer, to help make sense of this national obsession. 

With immigration continuing at the rate of hundreds of thousands of people a year, are our major cities destined to become concrete jun...

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