International Reading:

• The RAND Corporation estimates that rich parasites have stolen $79 Trillion from workers and the public since 1975 – Rand
• Trump Attacks ‘American Disgrace’ Jerome Powell: ‘One of the Dumbest, and Most Destructive, People in Government’ – Mediate
• Social Security is on track to deplete its trust funds by 2034, one year sooner than previously forecast – CBS News
• The $1 Trillion Climate Problem​ Republicans Are Ignoring – New Republic
• Americans Are Side Hustling Like We’re in a Recession – WSJ
• America’s economy could face a war shock – CNN
• Engineer: With AI, “Anybody Whose Job Is Done on a Computer All Day Is Over… It’s Just a Matter of Time” – Futurism
• Crazy Thing is Trump is Serious – Yahoo
• Intel Foundry layoffs could impact ‘more than 10,000’ factory workers — one fifth of employees affected by ‘enormous cutback’ – Toms Hardware
• EU increasingly resigned to 10% baseline tariff in US trade talks, European sources say – Reuters
• Bank of England holds steady as divisions emerge over rates – The Times
• 62% of women and 47% of men across political spectrum say economy and inflation getting worse – The Guardian
• Medicaid cuts could put Trump’s coalition at risk – Washington Post
• Why Big Tech cannot agree on artificial general intelligence – FT
• Entry-level jobs for Gen Z are disappearing: Experts – News Week

Local Reading:

• Women choosing abortions to keep work visas, slavery inquiry told – ABC
• Australia’s first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks – The Guardian
• Eligible medical school candidates turned away in their thousands each year – ABC
• As the federal government fumbles on nature law reform, the states are forging ahead – The Conversation
• ‘Urgent task’ to rewrite environment laws vital to Labor’s housing, climate and productivity plans – ABC
• Property prices tipped to hit record highs in 2025-26, bringing pain for buyers and a boom for sellers – ABC
• Iron ore is Australia’s most valuable export, but China’s economic data suggests that’s changing – ABC
• Federal government to change power price rules to push costs lower – ABC
• Woodside’s North West Shelf extension the focus of another legal challenge – ABC
• Hugh White: why the AUKUS ‘dream’ was never realistic and is likely to die – The Conversation
• GDP rises 0.8% in the March quarter – Interest.co.nz
• Advertised rents on Trade Me Property are 3.1% lower than a year ago – Interest.co.nz
• Housing Minister given power to override local councils on planning decisions – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

Australians are being robbed of their own gas

Australia is a housing bubble with an economy attached

Australia’s housing shortage is deliberate

Australia is headed for energy Armageddon

Australia’s high-rise slum future