International Reading:
- Sony Hikes PlayStation 5 Price To Cover Tariffs And Gamers Are Furious: ‘Trump Is 100% To Blame’ – Fortune
- Texas hit by another round of layoffs across tech industry – Chron
- Americans can afford only 28% of homes on the market – News Week
- Elon Musk Just Won His War on Labor Unions – New Republic
- “Foreigners cannot buy houses unless they actually live in them.” – Chosun
- Trump administration reviewing the visas of the 55 million visa holders. – AP News
- Trump’s federal takeover is disrupting Washington, DC’s ailing economy – CNN
- Trump and Melania’s Scammy Meme Coins Have Lost Almost All Value – New Republic
- Roughly 70% of working Americans have considered delaying retirement, with nearly half citing fear of not having enough money – CNBC
- Bay Area tech titan announces mass layoffs just after soaring revenue report – SF Gate
- Meta puts the brakes on its massive AI talent spending spree – CNBC
- Elon Musk’s xAI Published Hundreds Of Thousands Of Grok Chatbot Conversations – Forbes
Local Reading:
- Giving Australians $2,700 tax back while widening GST could help generate $152bn windfall, economist says – The Guardian
- Anti-corruption advocate calls for greater scrutiny over political lobbyists – ABC
- After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas – The Conversation
- Traffic pollution contributes to more than 1,800 premature deaths per year, study estimates – ABC
- Offshore wind company pulls out of $10 billion Hunter project – ABC
- Why diaspora communities in Australia opt for surgery in China and Taiwan – ABC
- The NDIS was never designed to support everyone. Now come the tough decisions. – ABC
- Productivity summit ends with treasurer signalling tax reforms – ABC
- Commonwealth Bank backtracks on AI job cuts, apologises for ‘error’ as call volumes rise – ABC
- Instead of ‘winners and losers’, why not build an economy that’s best for all Australians? – The Guardian
- Reserve Bank forecasts house prices will fall this calendar year – Interest.co.nz
- BNZ chief economist doubts home owners will ‘rush’ to longer fixed term mortgages – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
Write-up by Frank Chung in News.com.au regarding ABS interference in the migration debate.
Write-up in the Daily Telegraph on the Productivity Summit farce.
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Economist Leith van Onselen explains why population growth is ruining Australians’ living standards – Daily Telegraph.
Talkfest summit guarantees a ‘managed decline’ for Australia
Mass immigration off-limits in productivity round table
South Australia is a prelude to our future energy disaster
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Why Australia’s productivity summit will fail
