International Reading:
- ‘There’s no fraud’: Steve Bannon says Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are a huge failure – Raw Story
- Trump calls for scrapping debt limit – The Hill
- Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data – WSJ
- President Stagflation: US economic activity declines as tariffs pressure prices, Fed says – Yahoo
- House GOP gets megabill’s official price tag: $2.4T – Politico
- Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit and leave 10.9 million uninsured, CBO analysis says – AP News
- The hidden time bomb in the tax code that’s fueling mass tech layoffs – QZ
- The Missing Engineers: The world’s need for power is outstripping the workforce that can build it. – Bloomberg
- The US gained 562,000 millionaires last year as the stock market soared – Business Insider
- Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Joining up and Making Their Own Rideshare Apps – Business Insider
- Half of Americans say they are already cutting back because of tariffs — and that includes summer vacation plans – Independent
- The Mother Of All Corruption: Elizabeth Warren report accuses Elon Musk of profiting from Donald Trump administration work – The Hill
- Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher. – NY Times
Local Reading:
- More Australians can’t afford specialist fees. Experts say it’s ‘not in the spirit of Medicare’ – The Guardian
- NSW gamblers losing $24m to poker machines every day, analysis shows – The Guardian
- A tobacco tax that’s helped drive Australian cigarette prices to world-leading highs won’t be lowered despite suggestions it has aided a rampant black market. – New Daily
- Americans should pay for American stupidity. And Australia should make them – Crikey
- Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch – The Conversation
- Virgin Australia returns to sharemarket with massive $685m IPO – News.com.au
- Reworked Petroleum Resource and Rent Tax raising $4 billion less than first thought – ABC
- ‘Morally wrong’: These billionaires’ wealth could buy over 680,000 homes – SBS
- ‘Lawnmower in the sky’: Drone delivery trials ramp up – ABC
- ADF chief warns Australia must be ready to launch combat operations from home – ABC
- About 60% of new mortgage holders ‘go long’ but there’s still plenty waiting for lower interest rates – Interest.co.nz
- Construction industry blues as value of building work drops to a 3 year low – Interest.co.nz
- Median housing values dipped in May in all NZ main centres except Hamilton – Interest.co.nz
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Media Appearances:
Judgment Day approaches for Australian energy
Victoria is a giant economic sinkhole
Labor must right energy policy wrongs
The renewable energy fantasy
Victoria has transformed into a welfare state
