With home ownership out of reach, more and more younger Australians have no choice but to rent for much longer than their parents ever did – maybe for the rest of their lives.

That puts younger Australians at the mercy of landlords, making some intensely angry and leading to what might be described as a “renters resistance”. 

In this episode of 7am’s five-part special series on the housing crisis, we meet the people who are trying to make it better: the people who are mobilising, taking matters into their own hands and fighting back.

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Guest: Tenant, Blake Hesketh; founder of shitrentals.org and social media figure, Jordan van den Berg; Senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, Dr Sophia Maalsen.

This is the first episode of 7am’s new five-part special series on the housing crisis.

What happened to housing in Australia over the past few decades wasn’t by chance. It’s the result of decades of deliberate decisions that have turned us into a nation of landlords and property speculators.

This episode uncovers who broke the housing market, and introduces one of the few people who saw what was coming and tried to warn us.

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Guest: Economist Saul Eslake; Television producer Julian Cress; Housing expert Professor Nicole Gurran

When Penny Wong took the lectern for the keynote speech at a conference on foreign affairs this week, she could have done what politicians usually do at these events.

She could have delivered a mundane speech about the same challenges we all know Australia faces in its region.

Instead, she decided to float the idea that Australia should recognise an independent Palestinian state.

Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on what recognising a Palestinian state would mean – and why the foreign minister decided to talk about it now.

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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

Three years ago, Australia became the first nation in the world to make Facebook pay for news. 

Now, those deals are about to expire, and Facebook isn’t willing to renew them.

That leaves Australia’s world-first deal hanging by a thread, and if the conflict escalates, it could even lead to Facebook and its other products, Instagram and WhatsApp, pulling out of the Australian market completely.

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper and author of Media Unmade: Australian Media’s Most Disruptive Decade Tim Burrowes, on why the world is watching Mark Zuckerberg’s fight with the Australian media and government.

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Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper and author of Media Unmade: Australian Media’s Most Disruptive Decade Tim Burrowes

Australian Border Force and Western Australian police spent the weekend searching for 15 men who had arrived in the country by boat.

Eventually, all 15 were arrested and put on a flight to Nauru.

The arrival of this boat comes as the federal government attempts to legislate controversial new laws, deflect criticism from the opposition and keep immigration off the political agenda.

Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on the politician in the middle of it all – Immigration Minister Andrew Giles – and his surprising 23-year journey from asylum seeker lawyer to immigration minister.

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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe

Former Channel Seven producer Taylor Auerbach has given extraordinary evidence at Bruce Lehrmann’s trial against Channel Ten over defamation.

Auerbach’s evidence is significant enough that the judge sensationally reopened the case, and it could impact the final verdict – but it has also led to explosive allegations that ask questions of the entire Australian media.

So, what has Auerbach alleged and why has he come forward now?

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton, on the three men who are now at the centre of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case.

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton

The Albanese government was elected on a sense of optimism for the climate movement.

But nearly two years later, there’s a growing sense of unease from the climate movement and traditional owners towards the government in Canberra.

So, what’s going on? How has this distrust emerged? And will it practically change how we all live with the consequences of climate change?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Royce Kurmelovs, on the bad blood brewing between the government and environmentalists.

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Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper, Royce Kurmelovs

Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper.

Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016.

Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity.

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Guest: Author and editor, Sophie Cunningham

Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has been met with international outrage.

The workers at World Central Kitchen, including an Australian woman named Zomi Frankcom, were providing critical relief to Palestinians in the form of food. 

Their deaths now risk entrenching starvation further, as aid organisations begin to doubt whether they’re receiving the protections and safety they should be offered in a war zone. 

Today, world editor for The Saturday Paper, Jonathan Pearlman, on Australia’s response to the Israeli attack and whether this is a turning point in the Middle East.

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Guest: World editor for The Saturday Paper and editor of Australian Foreign Affairs, Jonathan Pearlman

Donald Trump is known for being the loudest, most controversial and outburst-prone politician of our time. 

Now, a judge has issued a gag order against him in an attempt to prevent further outbursts.

Can Donald Trump really be told to be quiet? And will orders from the courts begin to hamper his chances of being re-elected as president?

Today, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre and author of Trump’s Australia Bruce Wolpe, on whether Trump’s legal battles are finally catching up with him.

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Guest: Senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre, and author of Trump’s Australia, Bruce Wolpe