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Back to Back Barries: The forces that can stop One Nation’s rise

32 min

Barrie Cassidy and George Megalogenis (filling in for Tony this week) examine the new demographic forces reshaping our national identity and also Australian politics. We know Australia is a nation of migrants and that professional women outnumber tradies … so why do the major parties struggle to speak to them?

Barrie Cassidy and George Megalogenis (filling in for Tony this week) examine George’s new book, Three Shocks: Who We are Becoming in the 21st Century, and how these forces are reshaping our national identity and Australian politics. They also look at the politics of the housing market and Barrie responds to a listener who questions his analysis of One Nation’s inability to get over the “wall” around the cities Best Australian books out in September House prices could fall 10%, analysts predict, as fourth interest rate hike looms