The Inflection Points Podcast

Extended discussions for a bigger, better Australia. Hosted by Jonathan O’Brien, Editor-in-Chief at Inflection Points. stack.inflectionpoints.work

The Inflection Points Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Inflection Points, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Inflection Points hosts The Inflection Points Podcast, a society show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  Dominic Behrens: Against ‘Affordable’ Housing

  May 16, 202651 minS1

  <p>It’s not the same as social housing, and it doesn’t help those most in need. Australia is spending big on ‘affordable’ housing—but we shouldn’t.<br/><br/>In “Against ‘Affordable’ Housing”, Dom Behrens and Ethan Gilbert argue the reality that ‘affordable’ housing is deeply, intrinsically flawed. </p><p>It is a wasteful use of public funds that redirects government support away from the people who need it most. It provides those who do benefit with help they don’t particularly value, and the criteria and rules set up to administer it result in bizarre outcomes. Most importantly, the policy is...

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  Episode #10

  2026 Budget Recap: Matt Bowes, Jessy Wu, & Manning Clifford

  May 14, 20262h 3mS1

  <p>In October 2023, Jim Chalmers told the Sydney Morning Herald about his chocolate-eating habits. He said: "I don't do moderation, in anything. I'm always going 100 miles an hour. If I eat a piece of chocolate, I eat a block of chocolate."</p><p>On Tuesday night, he stood up in the House and ate chocolate.</p><p>He scrapped the fifty per cent capital gains tax discount. He quarantined negative gearing on existing homes. He cut the growth of the NDIS from ten per cent to two. He pulled the private health insurance rebate off the over-65s and shovelled...

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  Episode #9

  Alain Bertaud: Australia’s world-leading urban design

  May 7, 20262h 2mS1

  <p>Alain Bertaud has worked in over forty cities across the world. He has seen what happens when cities try to function without land markets — in Moscow, in Beijing, in post-apartheid Johannesburg. He has seen what happens when planners restrict the market's ability to produce floor space — in Mumbai, in New York, and, indeed, in Australian cities.</p><p>In 2018, he synthesised sixty years of field work into a book: Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, published by MIT Press. It became, quickly, one of the most important books in the canon of housing and land use reform, providing the...

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  Episode #8

  Fixing Australian Philanthropy: Why DGR Reform Matters

  Mar 10, 20261h 4mS1

  <p>Recorded live in Melbourne in March 2025, this event — co-hosted with Effective Altruism Australia — brings together three speakers making the case for reforming our charitable giving laws.</p><p><b>Ryan Ginard</b> (Fundraise for Australia) argues that without fixing the infrastructure, the $5.4 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer will pass the charitable sector by. </p><p><b>Clare Ozich</b> (Justice Connect) explains exactly what the system is, why it fails, and what the Productivity Commission's solution would do. </p><p><b>Grace Adams</b> (Effective Altruism Australia) shows how DGR rules actively distort giving away from some of the most import...

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  Episode #7

  Keith Wolahan: renewing the Liberal Party’s foundations

  Feb 22, 20261h 18mS1

  <p>Keith Wolahan is a barrister, a former Australian Army commando with four deployments including three tours in Afghanistan, and the former Liberal Member for Menzies—the seat named after the party's own founder. </p><p>He won the seat in 2022 by unseating a thirty-year conservative incumbent at preselection. Three years later, he lost that same seat as the Liberal party's metropolitan vote collapsed beneath his feet.</p><p>In his essay for Inflection Points, Keith argues that the Liberal Party's failure is structural, not cyclical, and driven by three forces: migration, education, and home ownership. </p><p>The party has...

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