How Planning, Property, And Austral Collided!

How Planning, Property, And Austral Collided!

Author: Martin North April 22, 2026 Duration: 29:00
Austral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. Austral and Leppington North have been rezoned to accommodate significant population growth, with at least 17,350 new homes planned across … Continue reading "How Planning, Property, And Austral Collided!"

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Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:29
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Will Australian Property Take A Bath? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:16
Frankly, trying to forecast where the Australian economy might go when the situation in Iran changes every hour is not easy. But it does seem likely the RBA will decide to lift interest rates again, with some market anal…
Markets Reach Correction Territory And Find No Place To Hide! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:58
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. Markets have remained highly volatile, thanks to the War in the Gu…
More Pain Incoming As Gulf War Hangs Around. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:42
Fears of economic strain are growing across the globe as the United States-Israel war on Iran nears the one-month mark. The escalating conflict in the Middle East has knocked the global economy off a stronger growth path…
Its Mad Max Versus The Housing Market: With Leith van Onselen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:18
Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, co-founder of Macrobusiness joins me for a deep dive into the latest situation across the Australian economy, as higher migration collides with the oil shock and higher inflation drives…
We Have An Inflation Problem; And More… [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:41
As expected according to the latest monthly inflation data from the ABS released today, Australian inflation remained elevated in February which underscored persistent price pressures in the economy even before the Iran…
The Senate Fire-Fight In The War On Cash: With Robbie Barwick [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:54
There were shenanigans in the Senate relating to the future of cash, and it highlights the games people play to keep the banks sweet, despite the need to access cash, especially in the regions, and especially now. I am j…