Adelaide Writers' Week 2025: Alan Kohler on Australia's Housing Mess and How To Fix It

Australia’s favourite financial journalist, Alan Kohler, has much to say about the country’s enduring housing crisis and the solutions we need. He shares the thinking in his book The Great Divide with Richard Denniss.

Alan Kohler is the Editor in Chief of InvestSMART group, and founder of The Constant Investor which was sold to InvestSMART in December 2018. Alan is also currently business editor at large of The Australian, finance presenter on ABC News and adjunct professor in the business faculty of Victoria University. Apart from all that, Alan enjoys being part of a monthly book club and walking Maisy the Labrador along the beach. His new book The Great Divide tackles Australia’s housing crisis.

Richard Denniss is the Executive Director at The Australia Institute. He is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator. He was previously senior strategic adviser to Australian Greens leader Bob Brown and was also chief of staff to Natasha Stott-Despoja, former leader of the Australian Democrats. He writes columns in the Australian Financial Review and The Guardian, as well as regular essays for The Monthly, and has published six books.