Stephen Mayne

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4,168 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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The Money Café with Alan Kohler · The Treasurer's Crystal Ball · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

So um

Now, Brendan, I'm gonna go back to Brendan for my last question.

He's been saying that as someone who's experienced nightlife for a few years pre COVID, it's a shame to see the hospitality industry where it is.

And he goes on to basically say that there should be a differential tax that is encouraging people to go to venues rather than drinking at home.

What do you think, Alan?

Should we have I mean we always get all sorts of ideas here, but

Hospitality is hurting, apparently, and it's too expensive to go out and people are just drinking at home.

And I do agree that the the the the the beer excise is is ridiculous and it is getting far too expensive, but uh I don't know about you know

I'd probably cut that tax, but whether you whether you'd make it differential versus just buying to have a drink at home?

What do you think?

And let's actually finish up with Ian.

Uh in Thailand, but for not much longer.

And Ian's basically saying that every time a builder goes bust, he wonders why the government doesn't just buy them.

And he's obviously talking about the Bartler collapse and saying that the government owned builder could finish the unfinished projects and then start building more public housing.

Now Ian, look, I agree we need more public housing, but

Frankly, every time the government tries to build anything, I mean Snowy two point oh, Northeast Link, it just blows out, you know, CFMEU, stitch ups, I don't know.

Maybe government buying sites and then partnering with developers, taking a forty nine percent equity, but the idea of a hundred percent owned government builder.

Competing with all the private builders, I don't know.

What do you think, Alan?

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