Australia Day long weekend links and media appearances

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

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:

DLS writes about the coming rate cut cycle at News.com.au.

DLS at Disrupt Radio on supermarket greedflation.