Weekend reading an MB media appearances

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

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.

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

Productivity summit gaslights on housing crisis

Immigration deluge wrecks Aussie living standards

Australian renters be damned!

Why Australia’s productivity summit will fail