Alan Kohler
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Sep 18, 2026
Damir DamianowskiHOST
totally agree.
Damir DamianowskiHOST
And I'd also argue that, and I mean, there's so much stuff I disagree with him on, but Alan Kohler has actually hit the nail on the head with this one, which is, The immigration debate and whether or not we have this many or that many people is a distraction from the fact that we need to have a better understanding of the kind of people we want, as in the skills we want in Australia, to build the next generation of Australia.
Damir DamianowskiHOST
The number doesn't matter if the majority of those number are hairdressers, with no offense to hairdressers.
Damir DamianowskiHOST
We all need hairdressers.
Carrington ClarkeHOST
Uh, that is it for today's episode of ABC Business Daily.
Carrington ClarkeHOST
Tomorrow, be sure to catch That's Business with Alan Kohler, who will be sitting down with Built Living Chief Executive Dale Connor, formerly of Lendlease.
Carrington ClarkeHOST
He's got some ideas on how to address the housing crisis, including a much more prefab world.
Carrington ClarkeHOST
You'll have to tune in to hear all about it and see if you agree with him.
Tom ElliottHOST
We'll look at that as well.
Tom ElliottHOST
133693, mornings at 3aw.com.au. And also today is a radical idea, and it comes from ABC finance commentator Alan Kohler.
Tom ElliottHOST
He saw the news last night that Melbourne's tram network was a mistake, and he sort of seemed to imply that it should be ripped up and we should do a complete sort of underground subway system like London and New York and Paris have.
Tom ElliottHOST
Our tram's a mistake.
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Tom ElliottHOST
I want to look at rubbish dumping as well.
Tom ElliottHOST
We're going to speak to a man who, off his own bat, decided to remove six trailer loads of rubbish from outside Mount Disappointment.
Tom ElliottHOST
And also, is our tram network a giant mistake? Alan Kohler, the ABC's financial reporter, had a sort of a tirade against trams last night.
Tom ElliottHOST
He said they clog up the roads and we should have built an underground subway system like they have in Paris or London or New York.
John StanleyHOST
So I just wanted to bring you...
John StanleyHOST
And you may have seen this 'cause this is Alan Kohler, the, the ABC's economics correspondent.
John StanleyHOST
He often comes up with lovely graphs and comparisons, but he stuck his head above the parapet on the news last night, and I was thinking, "How's this gonna go down in Melbourne?" In particular, in Melbourne, 'cause he was alluding to this suburban rail loop in particular and about the cost of building things.
John StanleyHOST
'Cause the longer you wait, the more it costs.
Alan KohlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But even if he misses that by a factor of ten, it's still a lot cheaper than the Suburban Rail Loop.
Alan KohlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So why don't we hire them?
John StanleyHOST
Yeah, that was Alan Kohler.
John StanleyHOST
And I-I'll just...
ArtieAUDIENCE
Good morning, Tony Mack and Jay.
ArtieAUDIENCE
You know Alan Kohler from the ABC that you mentioned? I do.
ArtieAUDIENCE
Did you know he's the father of Chris Kohler that works on Channel 9 on SNS News? I did.
ArtieAUDIENCE
I did.
Tom PanosHOST
I listen to people that I value their opinions.
Tom PanosHOST
Alan Kohler, a great economist and many other economists.
Tom PanosHOST
And things are fragile as we speak.
Tom PanosHOST
We're talking now about one definite, two most likely or probably rate rises this year.
Lin LinHOST
Well, that's it for today's episode of ABC Business Daily.
Lin LinHOST
Tomorrow, be sure to catch That's Business with Alan Kohler, who will be sitting down with Dimitri Grozoubinski, former Australian trade negotiator and diplomat.
Lin LinHOST
Alan asks him why he thinks politicians are lying about trade, and you'll really want to hear the answer.
Lin LinHOST
That chat will be in this ABC Business Daily feed.
Clancy OverellHOST
swoopAnyway, uh-
Wendell HusseyHOST
I, look, I will just say the things you were just talking about there before I got distracted by a thing on my phone, um, I feel like someone just read the Alan Kohler article that he wrote at the start of the year.
Wendell HusseyHOST
He, he, he wrote like a full thing just explaining the curves you're talking about, the Goldilocks zone of, like, how the government increased it a certain amount.
Clancy OverellHOST
Mm.
Wendell HusseyHOST
Yeah, this is gonna be our longest ever bulletin, isn't it?
Clancy OverellHOST
No, no, let's finish with this last one.
Clancy OverellHOST
Speaking of Alan Kohler.
Wendell HusseyHOST
Yep.
Bianca SloaneHOST
Bathurst collapse exposes many issues in Australia's housing industry.
Bianca SloaneHOST
Alan Kohler at ABC writes, the $3.4 billion collapse of developer Bathler Group is exposing broader problems across Australia's housing industry, with its stalled pipeline of around 14,000 apartments representing about 18.5% of New South Wales' new housing stock expected this year.
Bianca SloaneHOST
Bathler has stood down 213 employees, while administrators have been working to secure short-term funding to keep some construction sites operating.
Bianca SloaneHOST
The collapse highlights the pressure from rising construction costs, tighter building quality controls and the need for more affordable housing, alongside Australia's fragmented construction regulation and growing reliance on expensive private credit.
SteveAUDIENCE
I drive a truck.
SteveAUDIENCE
And there was an ABC interviewer interviewing Alan Kohler and asked him about Pauline Hanson's changes to
Chris SmithHOST
Super.
Chris SmithHOST
And one of my listeners said to us on air yesterday that he or she had heard that Alan Kohler thought it was a half-decent idea.
SteveAUDIENCE
Yeah, and it was amazing.
SteveAUDIENCE
I thought, well, this doesn't sound like the ABC and thought it was quite good and gave it a bit of a rap.
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