Per Capita Podcasts

Homes Not Houses - Part One: The Mess We’re in

Housing may be Australia’s most contentious and prevalent issue. Across the political aisle, fingers have been pointed at various causes and numerous solutions have been floated.  
 
The policies and ideologies surrounding housing have created a market that is amongst the most unique yet least accessible in the world, impacting all Australians whether you’re a renter, homeowner, or require social housing.  
 
Homes not Houses aims to cut through the noise and make sense of this situation we’ve found ourselves in and how we can navigate our way out of the housing crisis. 
 
Over six episodes, CEH Director Matt Lloyd Cape will take the heat out of the housing debate from the partisan headlines and political discourse, and, with the help of fellow housing researchers and experts, get to the heart of the issue and provide the solutions. 
 
This series is a production of Per Capita and its Centre for Equitable Housing. Help support our work and be part of change. Donate to Per Capita: https://percapita.org.au/donate/ 
 
For our references and credits, please visit the Per Capita website.
 
Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.
Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.

JCL Series: Climate Clangers: The bad ideas blocking real action with Dr Jennifer Rayner

The climate assertions that only prevent effective action, and what could replace them?
Join Per Capita and Dr Jennifer Rayner for this month's John Cain Lunch, where Dr Rayner will discuss her latest book - "Climate Clangers: The bad ideas blocking real action."
Recorded on Wednesday 19 of June. We encourage you to watch full speech, which includes the Q&A session, on Per Capita's YouTube channel.
 
Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.
Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.

JCL Series: The Federal Budget with Daniel Mulino

Chair of the House Economics Committee, Daniel Mulino joined Per Capita for our May John Cain Luncheon to unpack the 2024-25 federal budget.
 
We encourage you to watch full speech, which include Mulino's slides and Q&A session, on Per Capita's YouTube channel.
 
Recorded Wednesday 22 May 2024.
 
Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.
Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.

Re:CAP - A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education

For our first episode for 2024, Emma Dawson is joined by student advocates Ana, Mai, and Stevie to discuss Per Capita’s recent report, A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education, a policy proposal Per Capita put together for the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education. 
 
The requirement to undertake 1000 hours of unpaid field education – equivalent to six months’ full time work – is contributing to a low completion rate despite the demand for social workers increasing. Ana, Mai, and Stevie share their insights into the conditions social work students are enduring and how the system should change to benefit current and future students.  
 
Read the full report, A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education, here: https://percapita.org.au/blog/our_work/a-thousand-hours-for-free-ending-unpaid-placements-in-social-work-education/  
 
Since recording this episode, the Albanese Government's announced that placements for social work, nursing, midwife, and teaching degrees will be paid! While it isn’t minimum wage, the payment will be in conjunction with any additional support payments students already receive, which is a big win for those studying in these important fields.  

JCL Series: Mixed Fortunes - A History of Tax Reform in Australia, with Paul Tilley

Australia's history is sprinkled with attempts at tax reform - some successful, some not. Mixed Fortunes explores these efforts at substantive change in our tax system. 
Economic policy advisor, Paul Tilley, joins Per Capita for their April John Cain Lunch to discuss his latest book Mixed Fortunes. 
Recorded Wednesday 24 April 2024 at Graduate House, Carlton. 
Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel.  For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au 

Webinar Series: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics, with Lech Blaine

Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan.
 
Join Lech Blaine in conversation with Per Capita’s Emma Dawson to discuss this Quarterly Essay.
 
Watch the full interview and Q&A on our YouTube channel. 
 For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au 

JCL Series: The Great Housing Hijack with Cameron Murray

Leading economics commentator Cameron Murray reveals how property insiders shape the housing market and its policy setting at Per Capita's March John Cain Lunch.
 
Discussing his latest book,The Great Housing Hijack, Cameron Murray shows how Australia could create a genuinely affordable housing program without compromising the interests of existing property owners.
 
Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel. 
 
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JCL Series: Employment Services Inquiry - Findings, and implications for public services with Julian Hill MP

The Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services recommended large scale reform to fundamentally rebuild the Commonwealth Employment Services System. Julian Hill chaired the Committee, leading the first principles review of Australia’s employment services system, the first of its kind since services were privatised by the Howard Government nearly 25 years ago. 
   
Julian addressed the February John Cain Lunch to discuss the findings of the review, and the implications for public services.   
 
Watch the full speech and Q&A on our YouTube channel. 
 
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Webinar Series: What caused Australia’s housing crisis – and how we might fix it. - Alan Kohler

The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations – between those who have a house and those who don’t. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch.  
  
Things went seriously wrong at the start of the twenty-first century, when there was a huge and permanent rise in the price of housing. In this crisp, clarifying and forward-looking essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into this mess – and how we might get out of it. 
 
Listen to this Per Capita Webinar, recorded on the 15th of December 2023, hosted by Per Capita’s Emma Dawson and Matt Lloyd-Cape.  
 
Watch the full interview and Q&A on our YouTube channel. 
 
For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au 

JCL Series: Small steps and giant leaps: Per Capita’s reform agenda

Per Capita works to build a new vision for Australia based on fairness, shared prosperity, and social justice. From housing to tax, employment services to industrial relations, poverty to evidence-based policy, these issues all have the potential to influence the lives of Australians either by distributing resources more equitably or by allocating them to the already wealthy few. 
  
Per Capita challenges the dominant narrative that disadvantage arises from personal fault or failure by pointing out the policy choices that have deepened inequality and proposing alternative choices that will lessen it. 
  
Join Emma Dawson and others from the Per Capita team for a tour through our recent work — including research reports, submissions to government inquiries, key stakeholder engagement, presentations to industry, podcasts and media engagement — and our next steps to further our advocacy in 2024. 
 
Watch the full speech at Per Capita’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@PerCapitaAUS 
 
For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au