Can ‘rich Chinese parents’ save our great Australian Dream?

Update: 2025-05-14

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Long before the term 'Bank of Mum and Dad' went viral, the cultural value of passing on generational wealth, including supporting children to buy a property, was deeply engrained in the Chinese Australian community. But as Australia’s housing crisis worsens, can our migrant parents - who built their wealth from scratch since arriving - still support us to achieve our own Australian Dream? In this episode of Chinese-ish, Wing and Dennis talk to fashion influencer Joanne Phua and journalist Christopher Tan to talk about buying property amid Australia’s housing crisis.

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