Another strange sojourn in Australia’s resource and energy policy

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Renegade Economists Show 553

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Louise Page (Save Westernport) discusses the rush job behind the AGL gas import terminal at Crib Point. Why does the world’s largest gas exporter need to import ….gas? We run through the economic, environmental and social issues in play during this election year. To solid citizens calling politicians to account!

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Will new LNG import terminals reduce the price of gas?
Zero tax royalties on new gas projects
Grattan on gas
How gas influences power pricing – Peter Martin

Music – Poddington Bear
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Assembling alternative pathways to homeownership

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Renegade Economists Show 552

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This week Emily interviews Ben Keck and Abbie Freestone from Assemble about their latest project in Kensington. We discuss Assemble’s deliberative development model: a boutique take on build-to-rent. For locked-outs struggling to save a deposit, the Assemble Model may offer ‘a patient pathway.’ Strong environmental credentials and a codesign ethos make this build-to-rent-to-buy model a welcome alternative to Melbourne’s off-the-plan apartment offerings. But is it economically sustainable?

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Urban Melbourne’s excellent rundown on the Assemble strategy
Assemble Communities
Baugruppe – the German shared design model
The Nightingale Model

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Owning the Future

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Renegade Economists Show 551

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Greek academic Yannis Tziligakis joins us to discuss the Right to the City movement. If we are to have rights, who should be included? Yannis has a way of words, dropping one-liners such as the trinity of inequality, the spiral of enslavement and puppeteers against our very own interests. This is an extended podcast as we delve into the details of life on a monopolists earth.

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Past shows on Blackstone Capital
Yannis on Net Neutrality

Music – Marika Papagika

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Covering the Data Trail

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Renegade Economists Show 550

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Karl reports in on his time in the witness box at the inquiry into the privatisation of the Land Titles Registry. What will the property data gold rush be worth in years to come? The missing pieces designed to throw the masses off the source of so much disparity are revealed throughout the show with help from Dave Giesen and Prof John Freebairn.

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A perspective on the Land Titles Inquiry

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Our Data, Their Profits

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Renegade Economists Show 549

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On a freezing day Karl digs into the archives with Paraic Lally giving his elevator pitch on all things Georgist. Then we go back to an interview with Silicon Valley commons coder Max Carlson to discuss the evolving influence of the digital era. Is there a way to reduce the immense profits enjoyed by FAGA (Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon)? Do any of Karl’s tech reforms muster a pass from Max?

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The Stewardship Factor with Paraic Lally
Big Tek Future with Max Carlson (48 mins extended interview)

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