Weekend reading and media appearances

International Reading:

• Trump says US will ‘go as far as we have to’ to get control of Greenland – ABC
• It’s not just setting Teslas on fire. Now irate Americans are shoplifting from Whole Foods. – Business Insider
• Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues – AP News
• The U.S. now suffers from these 5 dead giveaways of an emerging-market economy in trouble, former IMF official says — ‘It pains me to say it’ – Yahoo
• Trump threatens ‘far larger’ tariffs if EU and Canada unite to do ‘economic harm’ to the U.S. – CNBC
• Canada Targets Red States With Anti-Tariff Billboards That Only Cause More Confusion – Latin Times
• Federal workers ordered back to office find shortages of desks, Wi-Fi and toilet paper – NPR
• Experts say Trump’s ‘shotgun approach’ to auto tariffs will raise prices for everything from used cars to insurance premiums and repair costs: ‘Virtually nothing goes unscathed’ – Fortune
• How much tariffs could drive up car prices – CNBC
• The Tariff Man Is Coming for America’s Entrepreneurs – The Atlantic
• 300 of America’s wealthiest citizens ask Congress not to carry out tax breaks for them. Here’s why – Independent

Local Reading:

• Australian home affairs secretary admits to using disappearing messages on Signal for work – The Guardian
• NSW taxi driver fined $12,000 and banned from operating after charging excessive fixed fares – The Guardian
• New measles alert issued by NSW amid concerns about declining vaccination rates – ABC
• Childcare landlords are collecting a staggering $2.7b in rent every year while parents’ fees rise. – ABC
• ‘Joe’s Law’ to ban public-private hospital partnerships after toddler’s death – ABC
• Nine newspapers subscribers have data exposed online in breach – ABC
• WA Health on alert as state braces for what could be worst measles outbreak in five years – ABC
• Why ‘forever renters’ are the new buzzword in Australia’s ongoing housing debate – ABC
• New Sunshine Coast rail and metro bus network could be privatised – ABC
• How would Peter Dutton’s proposed fuel excise cut work? Here’s what we know – ABC
• Groceries are getting more expensive at Woolworths but cheaper at Coles, report finds – The Guardian
• Land Court urges Ensham Coal Mine plan be rejected over climate concerns – ABC
• Dutton’s pledge to fast-track North West Shelf could expose it to legal challenge – ABC
• Concern for groundwater management as summer heat and drought strain Perth’s ecosystems – Phys
• As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating – The Guardian
• Here come deposit rates with a ‘3’ in front of them – again – Interest.co.nz
• The economy is recovering – but then again, it was pretty bad – Interest.co.nz
• First home buyers take smallest share of mortgages in two-and-a-half years – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

Peter Dutton’s gas reservation policy is a game changer

Budget locks in Big Australia immigration

Why Australia should abandon net zero

Broke Victoria faces Budget D-Day

Mad immigration fuels rental crisis

Jim Chalmers admits Labor lied on energy costs

Coalition signs its own election death warrant

A little something to think about as our politicians open the purse……