Podcasts

Welcome to our podcast page. We’re excited to share a new podcast series, direct from Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North, Regional Futures.

Regional Futures is a four-part podcast series exploring the challenges and opportunities shaping regional South Australia. From housing and water to childcare and economic diversification, our host Annabelle Hommer speaks with people on the ground about what’s standing in the way of regional growth, and what can be done about it.
 
Real stories, practical solutions, and the power of collaboration.
 
To listen to the Regional Futures podcast series, click here or click on the episodes below. 
 

Regional Futures - Episode 1

A place to call home- addressing the regional housing dilemma

In this first episode of Regional Futures, we explore the housing dilemma facing the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia and ask a deceptively simple question, if the demand is there, why aren’t we building more homes?

We explore:

  • Why regional housing demand is increasing.
  • The infrastructure and development costs holding projects back.
  • Why the economics of building in regional communities can be very different to metropolitan Adelaide.
  • How housing shortages affect businesses, families and essential services.
  • The role of government incentives in unlocking stalled developments.
  • How councils, developers, government, industry and Regional Development Australia can work together to find practical solutions.

Guests:
Rachel Lawrie – Principal, Stadium Real Estate
Andrew Christiansen – Manager, Renewal SA - Office for Regional Housing
Superintendent 
Mark Syrus – South Australia Police - Yorke Mid North Region. 

Click on the link below to listen to Episode One of Regional Futures on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6MF2aYHxNs7zzPpmDs9VUE?si=cc4bd0a40e154138

Click on the link below to listen to Episode One of Regional Futures on Apple Podcasts. A place to call home – address... - Regional Futures - Apple Podcasts