Australia Talks - 4 Sep 2025: Homebuyers scheme to increase prices & Plug in hybrids winning

2025-09-05

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions. Contact us at AustraliaTalks@proton.me DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:09:48 – Labor's expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000 00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Borroloola, Northern Territory 00:50:57 – Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions.

DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:09:48 – Labor's expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000

00:30:54 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Borroloola, Northern Territory

00:50:57 – Plug-in hybrids are taking over EV sales. It wasn't meant to happen this way

01:25:10 – This week in Australian history 29-31 Aug & 1-4 Sep

01:33:43 – XXXX bottle top quiz

Sources:

Labor’s first home buyers scheme a ‘backwards step’ likely to push prices higher, experts warn

Five per cent first homebuyer deposit scheme to begin in October

Labor’s expanded low deposit homebuyer scheme set to drive up the prices by as much as $90,000