Alan Kohler

The Great Divide by Alan Kohler explores Australia's housing crisis through the lens of one of the country's most trusted financial journalists. 'One of the best long reads on housing and possible solutions that you can come across' - Rafael Epstein This is an updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Quarterly Essay. It delves into one of the great...

What caused Australia's housing crisis - and how we might fix it. One of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a land of sweeping plains, with one of the lowest population densities on the planet, has a shortage of land for houses. As a result, Sydney is the second most expensive place to buy a house on Earth,...