20 Sep 2023

Australia: Support for Airbnb crackdown, fire season warning

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 20 September 2023
Anthony Albanese, bushfires, Qantas dreamliner

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Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's swipe at short-term rental operators like Airbnb for the pressure they're creating on a strained rental market.

His comments came as he announced detail of the first build under the federal government's housing acceleration project.

There are warnings Australia faces a long hot spring and summer - and the perfect conditions for a bad fire season.

And the CEO of Sydney's Airport has told a Senate inquiry into Qantas the airline is an aggressive player that would engage in 'slot holding' - where they'd hold on to flight slots but not necessarily use them.

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