Weekend Reading and media appearances

International Reading:

• Elon Musk says the Post Office and Amtrak should be privatized – Business Insider
• Trump lifting US sanctions on Russia — a ‘huge win’ for Putin, ‘chaos’ for global economy – Kyiv Independent
• GOP Lawmakers Unveil Bill To ‘End The Fed’ – Daily Caller
• ‘Doge’s actual impact is less than $10bn’ – FT
• The Mother Of All Corruption: Trump reportedly charging millions for guests to dine with him at Mar-a-Lago – The Guardian
• Trump won the White House due to inflation. Now he’s turbo-charging it. – MSNBC
• Trump’s tariffs are worse than anyone imagined: Even his concessions are less generous than expected – The Economist
• The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts – AP News
• Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk – The Guardian
• Beware a recession that could be triggered by a chain reaction of tariff risk, Wall Street exec says – Yahoo
• US pump prices set to climb as new Trump tariffs kick in – Reuters
• President Stagflation: Which US states could be hit hardest by Trump’s Canada and Mexico tariffs? – Aljazeera
• Trump’s Tariffs Whack Trump Voters — “Whatever happened to GOP concern for the working class?” – WSJ
• JD Vance says he’s worried about a ‘death spiral’ in the US bond market – AOL
• Latest negative economic data is ‘Biden data’ and Trump will fix it, Commerce chief Lutnick says – CNBC

Local Reading:

• WA premier says calling JD Vance a ‘knob’ was a poor but ‘extremely popular’ choice of words – The Guardian
• ‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements – The Guardian
• Huon Aquaculture workers filmed putting live salmon into bins with dead fish after disease outbreak – ABC
• Legal expert warns patients’ medical data at risk as GPs adopt AI scribes – ABC
• Western Australia has one story about the gas industry. It won’t accept dissent from ‘over east’ – The Guardian
• Bulk-billing boost is just the start of the reforms needed to make Medicare accessible – New Daily
• Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and reuse it – The Conversation
• Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon among tech companies making $27bn from Australians – The Guardian
• Arguing against WFH, Jane Hume cites research that supports hybrid work – ABC
• Eight graphs show how Australians have changed over the last 20 years – ABC
• Australia’s hidden homeless seek shelter outside the system – ABC

Media Appearances:

Australia needs genuine energy solutions, not gimmicks

It’s time to abolish property stamp duty