International Reads:
- Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans – NY Times
- Americans continue to ransack their retirement savings, survey finds – Yahoo
- $7.6 trillion of US government debt will mature in the next year, adding pressure on rates – Business Insider
- Moody’s cuts U.S. outlook to negative, citing deficits and political polarization – CNBC
- Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. – NY Times
- Flights get longer as airlines are forced to skirt war zones – Financial Post
- At least 2 million poor kids in the U.S. have lost Medicaid coverage since April – CBS News
- Americans Don’t Want to Fight For Their Country Anymore – News Week
- Moody’s turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire – Reuters
- Inflation Making Corporate America Anxious as Holidays Approach – Bloomberg
- 31% of millionaires say they’re part of the middle class, survey finds. ‘People feel squeezed,’ advisor explains – CNBC
- Can Inflation be Reversed? – Finance Beaver
Local Reads:
- First home buyers are using the bank of mum and dad more than ever, but is it deepening a class divide? – ABC
- Major Australian ports shut down as operator detects cyber security incident – ABC
- Australian arms exports to Israel in focus amid court case, port protests – Aljazeera
- ‘No buffers left’: borrowers turn to foodbanks as rate hike cranks up mortgage stress – The Guardian
- Government doesn’t know details behind cyber hack that shut down port operator DP World – ABC
- “Lies and fantasies:” Bowen puts $387 billion price tag on Dutton’s nuclear plans – Renew Economy
- Power and violence in private school culture – Saturday Paper
- Australia’s rental vacancy falls to record low as Sydney and Melbourne feel squeeze – The Guardian
- ACCC warns online fraud rife in lead-up to Christmas, flagging common scams to watch out for – ABC
- Big Australia: Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says we need more migrants to build more houses – The Age
- Germany’s top climate diplomat says reopening New Zealand to offshore oil and gas exploration would go against science and economics – RNZ
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MB Media appearances last week:
A deep dive on immigration policy on the Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB:
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Talking immigration and interest rates on Sky News:
DL-S at News on Alboflation and interest rates.