Can this Budget Really Fix Housing? Plus, Shameless Sparks a Big Political Debate

About this episode

Os and Scott discuss the implications of One Nation's success in the Farrer by-election and analyze the recent federal budget's housing policies and their potential impact.

Tickets to our first national tour are on sale now! Os and Scott open by discussing One Nation's history-making result at the Farrer by-election and what it means for the future of Australian politics. Then, they talk about Tuesday night's federal budget, including the government's attempt to pitch it as generational economic reform, whether their housing tax policies will have a significant impact, and what it probably should (but won't) include. Later, they break down a recent episode of Shameless, discussing political pragmatism and idealism and why it seemed to frustrate so many listeners. Support Lamestream by visiting our website to sign up and become a subscriber. Follow us on social media: Instagram TikTok YouTube Articles discussed this episode: Labor plots budget housing boost to fend off One Nation The Personal Is Political by Carol Hanisch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Os, Scott

Topics covered

• Australian politics
• federal budget
• housing policies
• political debate
• economic reform

Keywords

• budget
• housing
• politics
• One Nation
• Shameless
• economic reform
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Nation, Labor

Books & works: Shameless, The Personal Is Political

Places: Farrer, Australia

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