Episode Details

For many young people, the great Australian dream is now a share portfolio, and if you believe social media these zoomers and millennials are outraged at the government’s proposed changes to capital gains tax. With home ownership out of reach for so many, are they right to feel aggrieved? And should we be cutting them some tax slack? 

In just over three weeks time America will become the centre of the world, hopefully for all the right reasons. Football players from a record 48 nations are descending on North America for the World Cup, but the spectre of ICE deportations, Trump’s war on Iran and exorbitant ticket prices is casting a long shadow over the tournament. 

She's the superhero of international correspondents, and when she steps in front of a camera with her characteristic steely calm the world takes note. Lyse Doucet has spent more than 40 years telling the stories of forgotten people in forgotten places and illuminating global events for the BBC. This month she's appearing at the Sydney Writer's Festival sharing her new book The Finest Hotel in Kabul.