Australia: Stuck on the Launch Pad
Australia has world-class resources, skilled people and major strategic advantages. So why does it keep falling short of its potential? In the same week former prime minister Kevin Rudd labelled Australia "the Complacent Country," the Australia Inc. panel asks whether the nation is still worth backing.
Moderator Nick Osborne is joined by Gregory W. Robinson, Adrian Turner and Tony Davis. Tony makes his first Sell call of the season. Greg remains a Sell. Adrian moves to Buy, arguing Australia's assets still support a turnaround.
The panel examines stagnant generational incomes, executive churn, populism, migration policy, falling Sydney house prices and a construction sector short about 141,000 workers. They debate whether government keeps treating a housing supply problem with demand controls.
The conversation then turns to Australia's underused advantages. The country holds the world's second-largest copper reserves and has the geography, expertise and international partnerships required to build a serious space industry. The panel also revisits the Sydney Swans' response to controversy before delivering their final Buy, Sell or Hold verdicts.
If Australia were a company, would you invest?
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Every episode of Australia Inc. puts the country through the same test applied to any listed business. Assets. Liabilities. Leadership. Growth prospects. Moderator Nick Hossack brings the question to a panel of operators, dealmakers, and industry figures — people who've built companies, run boardrooms, and shaped policy from the inside. They pull the numbers apart and deliver a verdict: buy, hold, or sell.
The regular panel: Greg Robinson, Founder & Managing Partner of Blenheim Partners. Adrian Turner, CEO of TimeBridge Partners. Tony Davis, Principal of Perseus Management.
Australia Inc. is centrist and evidence-led. No party lines, no point-scoring, no relitigating the past. The panel argues from data and looks ten to twenty years ahead, because the only question worth asking is where Australia is headed, and what gets it there.
This isn't a heritage podcast about who Australia was. It's a test of whether the country can execute on its own strategy — the national balance sheet, read the way an investor reads a target: with curiosity, rigor, and zero patience for spin.