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How Australia is Ignoring the Housing Crisis. Plus, the TikTok Furore Explained and the Climate Protests the Papers Ignored

Os and Scott discuss the growing housing and economic crises in Australia and why they seem to have dropped off the political agenda.

Os and Scott discuss the growing housing and economic crises in Australia and why they seem to have dropped off the political agenda, and why the political media seem less interested in covering growing wealth inequality.

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Later in the show, they look at the controversy around the TikTok awards held last week, including allegations of racism. They discuss what the platform looks like in 2025 and how it has quickly replicated some of the biggest problems of the legacy media. They also discuss musician Keli Holiday's uncanny ability to inject himself into everyone's social feeds.

Plus, in Keeping Tabs they examine who did, and didn't, cover the big climate protests last week, the massive amount of money the ABC spent defending an unlawful dismissal case and breakdown the ongoing One Nation surge.

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