Ah, the perils of trusting poll predictions immediately after an election. While Labor have definitely won and Chris Minns is definitely the new Premier of NSW, the balance of power is still in doubt (at time of writing).
Does that mean that the Greens have regained considerable influence – something that we say in the podcast has slipped through their fingers? Apparently not.
A couple of independents have spiked their guns on that front. In any case, the basic issues we take up in the podcast remain – rents, housing availability, short-term letting, embedded networks and dispute resolution.
By the way, if you are reading this in Victoria and Queensland, apologies for being Sydney-centric this week. But the truth is that whatever happens here often follows changes in Victoria – like the ban on no-cause rental terminations – or Queensland, like the curbs on proxy farming.
And, of course, ideas flow in the other direction too with proposed changes to Queensland’s rental laws having been trialled in other states.
Meanwhile, back in the pod, with John Ibrahim and James Packer both getting involved in apartment development in Sydney’s Potts Point, we indulge in a fantasy “who would you invite to dinner?”
What it might be like if those two larger-than-life characters sat down with Building Commissioner David Chandler, we muse? It would be entertaining, if nothing else, a claim we often make about our podcast.
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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.
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