Episode Five – Housing Students in a Housing Crisis

Australia’s international education sector is our largest service export outside mining, contributing more than $50 billion annually and employing over 200,000 people. Yet housing shortages and affordability pressures are impacting students’ wellbeing and academic success. In this episode, host Ry…

Episode Four – Australia’s Aged Care Sector: A Quiet Revolution

  Australia’s aged care sector is undergoing a profound transformation—a quiet revolution that will shape how we age and how we care for older Australians. In this episode, Ryan Banting speaks with Ian Yates AM, one of the nation’s most respected advocates for older people, about the challenges an…

Episode Three: Rebuilding the system – Caring for carers

Host: Ryan Banting, Executive General Manager, Social Infrastructure, Australian Unity Guests: · Dr David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and the Social Economy at RMIT · Prue Bowden, Group Executive—Home Health, Australian Unity In this powerful episode, we delve right into the he…

Episode Two: Home Truths – Specialist Disability Accommodation in Australia

Home Truths – Specialist Disability Accommodation in Australia Host: Ryan Banting, Executive General Manager, Social Infrastructure, Australian Unity Guests: Jeremy Hope – CEO, SDA Alliance Hannah Orban – Associate, Grattan Institute Jacob Edwards – Fund Manager, Australian Unity SDA Fund Episod…

Episode One: Setting the scene – A Changing Nation

Towards 2050 is a podcast series that explores the critical role of social infrastructure in Australia – as our nation grows in size and everyone’s daily needs rapidly change in line with the ageing of our population. This podcast explores our country’s need to develop new social infrastructure ov…