Ahead of the Australian election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled a new housing policy designed to 'unlock' 100,000 new homes for first home buyers.
This scheme will only be available to first home buyers and the Government plans to make it easier to get approval for a mortgage.
Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says it's unlikely this promise will be able to address the root of the issue.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So Albow over in Australia has announced that his government
will build one hundred thousand houses for first home buyers
in young Australian. Sound familiar to you, Yeah, it sounds
just like here we bill, doesn't it? Well, Elbow's confident
he can do it. Though he's been showing off some
under construction townhouses in a battleground electorate in South I
was today.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
This isn't theoretical. This is happening right now behind us.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
OLLI will cover that off in just a minute. At
least thirty four people have died in a Russian strike
on a town in eastern Ukraine. This is one of
the biggest losses of civilian life since the war started.
Here's Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Every Russian missile, of course, every drone and every glide
box strikes not only our people, but also diplomacy and
the political efforts of everyone trying to end this war.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And finally, that's the sound of a helicopter crash. Now,
a helicopter crash in South Africa has been blamed on
a penguin. A passenger in the chopper apparently had a
penguin and a box on their lap, and when the
chopper was fifty feet off the ground, the box slid
off their lap and then hit the pilot's controls. At
that point, the helicopter rolled, it hit the ground and crashed.
And the most amazing part about all of this is
(01:08):
that neither the penguin nor anyone else on board the
chopper was hurt.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Olli Peterson six PR Perth Life Presenters with us OLI.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Hello, get ahead, long time, no chat.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Mate, Good to talk to you. As Albert googled how
that one hundred thousand dollars one hundred thousand houses in
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Wind, Yeah, that's right, he's just stolen key we build.
He thought that that was a good idea.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Do you think he went down and just had a
look at how that came out in the end.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
I mean, I'll be honest with you, let's be all
cynical about it. I don't think anybody believes either party
can deliver what they're promising, right, It's just going to
be too hard. Ultimately, Yes, the idea of trying to
get more young people into a home is exactly what
we were waiting for a big policy announcement because it's
one of the major issues in this country. But what
the Prime Minister is promising now in regards to only
(02:01):
hitting five percent for a deposit, I mean, we've got
economists in this country predicting that interest rates are going
to be cut three times this year.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We just simply can't build enough houses. So what's that
going to do?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Just drive up property prices and Peter Dutton's tax concessions
deductions at least frames it towards the idea of making
sure that you have to build a new home. But look,
the economists are all warning today the bigger picture here,
to be perfectly blunt, Heather is just yesterday at both launchers,
the two parties promised twenty four billion dollars in extra
(02:32):
expenses plus a few tax cuts, and how.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Can we afford it. We're heading towards a trillion dollars
in debts.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah, but now you're telling me that you guys are
standing there watching elbow unveiled us, going, he's never going
to do that.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Of course we are, because I've been promising this for years.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I mean, they've had a whole building scheme for this
first term of government.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
They delivered bugger all.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
So how they all all of a sudden going to
be able to deliver it in a second term. But
I think that's both ways. It's not just about Albin Easy.
I don't think Dutton can promise the world on housing
either and deliver it. It just is a reality at
the moment, Heather. Until we tackle migration, we're going to
continue to have these problems.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, point listen, what's going wrong with your maths?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
We just can't do it.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
So the nap plan testing, which is the bugbear of
every Australian parrot a few times a year, is starting
to really show some disturbing habits, particularly amongst students in
grade four. Only thirteen percent of students in grade four
you would consider are competent at maths. Now you compare
that to the UK where it's about twenty one percent.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Singapore is about fifty percent.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
And you know, ultimately we have our challenges in our
education system, but it's still a very good education system.
They're worried that the teachers don't know how to do maths.
They're worried about the teaching methods in regards to the
teachers try to pass on that knowledge to the students,
and they're suggesting the solution here, Heather, is to have
a basically maths wizard in every single school who coordinates
maths for every single student.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
And I'm not going to put my hand up for
that because I'm hopeless.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Just so basically having somebody who understands maths teach maths.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's great idea, isn't it. Isn't it?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I thought, well, yeah, isn't it. Just well, good luck
with that. I mean, you've first got to teach the
maths to actually have them understand it. But it's the
same problem we face. Listen, tell me about this. So
the Metro in Sydney has been such a hat guys
actually don't have enough trains.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
I mean, if you think about how popular metro is.
I've looked at this before because I thought it was interesting.
The population of Sydney, you know, is the population of
New Zealand. Yeah, so there's a bit of context for everybody.
You probably already knew that, did I thought that was fascinating.
But the metro comes every four minutes in Sydney. Now
this is from Bankstown to Tullawong. I caught it myself
over summer. I think it's amazing. It's like the underground
(04:34):
in London, but the new metro comes every four minutes.
Fifty seven thousand people are moved between the peak hour
in the morning just in one hour, but they now
need fourteen more trains to be able to send those
extra services every three minutes instead of every four minutes.
So the popularity of this metro is just exceeding expectations.
And what I love about it is we all are
(04:55):
naysays when it comes to good public transport. Here's an
example of something that works. I mean, all of our
cities will be experiencing growing pains. Heather, obviously Perth and
you and I are not exactly right where Sydney is
at the moment, but we will be in the years
to come. So let's look at an example like this
and have some future forward thinking and planning.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Yeah, I totally agree with you. It's about doing it,
but actually doing it well that makes the difference. Oli,
thank you so much, really appreciate chatting to you. That's
Oliver Peterson six PR Perth Live presented for more from
Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to news talks it'd
be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on
iHeartRadio
So Albow over in Australia has announced that his government
will build one hundred thousand houses for first home buyers
in young Australian. Sound familiar to you, Yeah, it sounds
just like here we bill, doesn't it? Well, Elbow's confident
he can do it. Though he's been showing off some
under construction townhouses in a battleground electorate in South I
was today.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
This isn't theoretical. This is happening right now behind us.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
OLLI will cover that off in just a minute. At
least thirty four people have died in a Russian strike
on a town in eastern Ukraine. This is one of
the biggest losses of civilian life since the war started.
Here's Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Every Russian missile, of course, every drone and every glide
box strikes not only our people, but also diplomacy and
the political efforts of everyone trying to end this war.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And finally, that's the sound of a helicopter crash. Now,
a helicopter crash in South Africa has been blamed on
a penguin. A passenger in the chopper apparently had a
penguin and a box on their lap, and when the
chopper was fifty feet off the ground, the box slid
off their lap and then hit the pilot's controls. At
that point, the helicopter rolled, it hit the ground and crashed.
And the most amazing part about all of this is
(01:08):
that neither the penguin nor anyone else on board the
chopper was hurt.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Olli Peterson six PR Perth Life Presenters with us OLI.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Hello, get ahead, long time, no chat.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Mate, Good to talk to you. As Albert googled how
that one hundred thousand dollars one hundred thousand houses in
New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
Wind, Yeah, that's right, he's just stolen key we build.
He thought that that was a good idea.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Do you think he went down and just had a
look at how that came out in the end.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
I mean, I'll be honest with you, let's be all
cynical about it. I don't think anybody believes either party
can deliver what they're promising, right, It's just going to
be too hard. Ultimately, Yes, the idea of trying to
get more young people into a home is exactly what
we were waiting for a big policy announcement because it's
one of the major issues in this country. But what
the Prime Minister is promising now in regards to only
(02:01):
hitting five percent for a deposit, I mean, we've got
economists in this country predicting that interest rates are going
to be cut three times this year.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We just simply can't build enough houses. So what's that
going to do?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Just drive up property prices and Peter Dutton's tax concessions
deductions at least frames it towards the idea of making
sure that you have to build a new home. But look,
the economists are all warning today the bigger picture here,
to be perfectly blunt, Heather is just yesterday at both launchers,
the two parties promised twenty four billion dollars in extra
(02:32):
expenses plus a few tax cuts, and how.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Can we afford it. We're heading towards a trillion dollars
in debts.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah, but now you're telling me that you guys are
standing there watching elbow unveiled us, going, he's never going
to do that.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Of course we are, because I've been promising this for years.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I mean, they've had a whole building scheme for this
first term of government.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
They delivered bugger all.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
So how they all all of a sudden going to
be able to deliver it in a second term. But
I think that's both ways. It's not just about Albin Easy.
I don't think Dutton can promise the world on housing
either and deliver it. It just is a reality at
the moment, Heather. Until we tackle migration, we're going to
continue to have these problems.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, point listen, what's going wrong with your maths?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
We just can't do it.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
So the nap plan testing, which is the bugbear of
every Australian parrot a few times a year, is starting
to really show some disturbing habits, particularly amongst students in
grade four. Only thirteen percent of students in grade four
you would consider are competent at maths. Now you compare
that to the UK where it's about twenty one percent.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Singapore is about fifty percent.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
And you know, ultimately we have our challenges in our
education system, but it's still a very good education system.
They're worried that the teachers don't know how to do maths.
They're worried about the teaching methods in regards to the
teachers try to pass on that knowledge to the students,
and they're suggesting the solution here, Heather, is to have
a basically maths wizard in every single school who coordinates
maths for every single student.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
And I'm not going to put my hand up for
that because I'm hopeless.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Just so basically having somebody who understands maths teach maths.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
It's great idea, isn't it. Isn't it?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I thought, well, yeah, isn't it. Just well, good luck
with that. I mean, you've first got to teach the
maths to actually have them understand it. But it's the
same problem we face. Listen, tell me about this. So
the Metro in Sydney has been such a hat guys
actually don't have enough trains.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
I mean, if you think about how popular metro is.
I've looked at this before because I thought it was interesting.
The population of Sydney, you know, is the population of
New Zealand. Yeah, so there's a bit of context for everybody.
You probably already knew that, did I thought that was fascinating.
But the metro comes every four minutes in Sydney. Now
this is from Bankstown to Tullawong. I caught it myself
over summer. I think it's amazing. It's like the underground
(04:34):
in London, but the new metro comes every four minutes.
Fifty seven thousand people are moved between the peak hour
in the morning just in one hour, but they now
need fourteen more trains to be able to send those
extra services every three minutes instead of every four minutes.
So the popularity of this metro is just exceeding expectations.
And what I love about it is we all are
(04:55):
naysays when it comes to good public transport. Here's an
example of something that works. I mean, all of our
cities will be experiencing growing pains. Heather, obviously Perth and
you and I are not exactly right where Sydney is
at the moment, but we will be in the years
to come. So let's look at an example like this
and have some future forward thinking and planning.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
Yeah, I totally agree with you. It's about doing it,
but actually doing it well that makes the difference. Oli,
thank you so much, really appreciate chatting to you. That's
Oliver Peterson six PR Perth Live presented for more from
Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to news talks it'd
be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on
iHeartRadio
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