International Reads:
- America’s richest 1% and Ivy Leaguers say the rest of the country has TOO much personal freedom and want to ration food and electricity, shocking poll finds – Daily Mail
- Trump says those good jobless numbers aren’t ‘real’ (they are) – Washington Post
- National Debt Grew by $8.4 Trillion Under Trump: Report – The Messenger
- The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump – Ars Technica
- Millennials and Zoomers aren’t leaving the nest anytime soon. This realtor says that’s a smart decision – Fox Business
- Market expert warns US real estate is a ‘slow-moving train wreck’ – Fox Business
- It’s still too hard to be a working parent in America, Janet Yellen says – CNN
- Vermont Becomes Latest State to Propose Wealth Taxes – NY Times
- Four-day week is clever fix to economic malaise – Reuters
- Billionaire Joe Lewis says he’s ’embarrassed’ by knowingly committing securities fraud after pleading guilty to the crime – Business Insider
- Washington state reaches $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis – PBS
- Housing market data is warning sign for Americans: Peter Schiff – News Week
- Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda – Yahoo
- Bank of America sends letters threatening ‘disciplinary action’ to employees who aren’t coming into the office – Business Insider
- Majority of America’s underground water stores are drying up, study finds – The Hill
Local Reads:
- Why hot Australian cities keep laying dark heat-absorbing asphalt, not pale ‘cool roads’ – ABC
- Anthony Albanese announces year-long investigation into supermarket prices by ACCC – The Guardian
- ‘I would prefer to deal with Satan’: Thousands of 2022 flood victims still waiting on building insurance claims – ABC
- The old stage-three cuts are dead. Long live Labor’s new policy, which 90% of Australians will cheer – Greg Jericho
- Booming renewable energy generation halves wholesale power prices across national grid – ABC
- Measles cases are exploding in Europe. Is Australia next? – SBS
- Why Australian workers’ true cost of living has climbed far faster than we’ve been told – ABC
- Sydney’s median house price reaches a record of $1.6 million – The SMH
- Stage-three tax cuts: cabinet approves new cost-of-living relief for workers on less than $150,000 – The Guardian
- Australia hit by severe heatwave as inland areas forecast to suffer hottest days since black summer bushfires – The Guardian
- Why we should celebrate Australia Day on March 3 – the day we became a fully independent country – The Conversation
- Politicians come to grips with RBNZ plans to limit the amount of debt mortgage borrowers can take on relative to their incomes – Interest.co.nz
- Household net worth shows first gain since late 2021 as house prices recover – Interest.co.nz
- WFH job ad numbers still high despite a chilling labour market – Interest.co.nz
- Annual inflation drops to 4.7% in December – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
LVO on Sky News talking Stage 3 tax cuts:
DLS talks tax cuts and interest rate cuts on The Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB and 4BC:
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DLS writes about the coming rate cut cycle at News.com.au.
DLS at Disrupt Radio on supermarket greedflation.
