International Reading:
- Trump Sends Dollar Plunging With Plan to Turn Federal Reserve MAGA – The Daily Beat
- Gen X is the least financially secure generation – Independent
- Cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles, including 800 EVs, sinks in the Pacific Ocean – Live Mint
- US economy shrunk faster than expected, new data shows – The Hill
- Too sick to work, some Americans worry Trump’s bill will strip their health insurance – CBS News
- GDP data shows U.S. economy shrank more than previously thought in early 2025 – CBS News
- GOP budget bill could transfer wealth from young Americans to older generations, study finds – CBS News
- US economy shrank 0.5% in the first quarter, worse than earlier estimates had revealed – AP News
- Global energy CO2 emissions reached record high last year, report says – Reuters
- Dollar falls to three-year low after report Trump may name next Fed chair early – The Guardian
- Backlash over wildly unpopular “Big Beautiful Bill” budget continues in Congress – Talking Points Memo
- How the stock market made it back to a new record — even with so much still to worry about – CNBC
- Unemployment among young college graduates outpaces overall US joblessness rate – AP News
Local Reading:
- NSW politicians say cannabis decriminalisation inevitable after report points to unequal system – The Guardian
- Angus Taylor against Liberal quotas for women – ABC
- Australia’s war on nature leading to environmental collapse – Independent Australia
- Nearly a third of Tuvalu citizens enter ballot for climate-linked visa to relocate to Australia – The Guardian
- Large apartments are a solution to Australia’s housing crisis – ABC
- Reprieve for Australian super funds as US dumps ‘revenge tax’ – ABC
- WA Public Advocate agrees hostile intentions behind some guardianship applications – ABC
- AGN accused of running dodgy ‘Love Gas’ ads that deceived audiences – ABC
- Usman Khawaja refuses to speak to SEN during West Indies Test, reportedly over Peter Lalor’s axing – ABC
- Manual labourer unable to work into retirement calls for differentiated pension age – ABC
- ‘Cruel joke’: tax concession drives donations to Australia’s richest private schools and must stop, critics argue – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott tells Advance supporters bequeathing money to rightwing group will ‘protect’ Australian values – The Guardian
- The costs and benefits of global value chains – Interest.co.nz
- ASB economists now pick OCR to go no lower than 3.00% – Interest.co.nz
- New Zealand needs a population policy – Interest.co.nz
- The value gap between three and four bedroom homes ranges from $97,000 in Ruapehu to $601,000 in central Auckland – Interest.co.nz
- Apartment buildings 15 storeys or higher to be allowed around some suburban Auckland train stations – Interest.co.nz
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Media Appearances:
Radio 2GB/4bC: State governments fight losing war on housing affordability
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Martin North extract: Australia’s energy policy suicide
ABC Radio Brisbane: There is no end to housing bubble policies
Radio 2GB/4BC: The truth about Australia’s housing crisis
MB Podcast: Australian economy: from hero to zero
