SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? — Screening and Panel
Description
SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream? — Screening and Panel
Join the School of Communication, Society and Culture at Macquarie University for a screening of SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream?, followed by a panel discussion exploring Australia’s housing crisis, renting and affordable housing solutions.
About the film
Comedian Mark Humphries is sick of standing in lines for rentals. But if a C-grade celebrity is struggling to buy a house, how do normal people do it? Mark investigates Australia’s housing crisis, uncovering the policies which supercharged the housing market, the solutions at hand, and one big revelation that might just fix it.
About Wedge-Tail Pictures
Founded in 2020 by journalist Bill Code, Wedge-Tail specialises in impact documentaries taking on topics from reconciliation and environmentalism (The Lake of Scars), the Gospers Mountain bushfire (Dancing with the Devil) and housing (SOLD! Who Broke the Australian Dream?).
Event details
Date: Monday 14 September 2026
Time: 6:00pm–8:30pm
Location: Theatre 1 (T1), 10 Hadenfeld Avenue, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park NSW 2109
Panel Speakers
Bill Code
Bill Code is a director and producer focussing on social impact and environmental documentary. In 2022 he released the critically-acclaimed, Screen Australia-supported The Lake of Scars into cinemas nationwide, hosted by beloved late actor Uncle Jack Charles. Prior to working on longer-form films Bill was Al Jazeera English’s Australia/Pacific producer, head of video for Guardian Australia, and an online journalist at both the SBS and ABC, where he has also worked as a camera operator for shows including Compass and Australian Story. He’s made multiple shorts for BBC Online and has worked across Australia and the Pacific, the Middle East and Europe, starting off his career at the UK’s Channel 4 News.
Kristian Ruming
Co-Director of the Housing and Urban Research Centre at Macquarie University, working across urban regeneration, planning reform and social housing.
Hanie Khosravi
PhD student researching affordable housing
Moderators & Presenters
Miriam Williams
Co-Director, Housing & Urban Research Centre
Iqbal Barkat
Co-Director, Documentary Research Lab
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