International Reading:
- Trump Cuts Funding to 16 Blue States That Didn’t Vote for Him – New Republic
- Israel is paying influencers $7,000 per post – Responsible State Craft
- US home sales falling through as buyers get ‘cold feet’ – News Week
- The US economy lost 32,000 private-sector jobs in September – CNN
- Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X – WSJ
- Federal Agencies Use Official Websites to Blame Democrats for Shutdown – NY Times
- U.S. companies shed 32,000 jobs in September in latest sign of labor market weakness – NBC News
- Trump delays threatened 100 percent tariffs on drugs – The Hill
- Coffee prices have been rising during over a year of poor harvests caused by extreme weather in producer countries. Instability in global coffee markets is adding to the woes – DW
- Investors dumped U.S. assets overnight in favor of gold, Bitcoin, and foreign stocks as government shutdown leaves Wall Street ‘flying blind’ – Fortune
- Taiwan Rejects US Demand for Half of Chips to Be Made in America – Bloomberg
- Japan’s beer giant Asahi Group cannot resume production after cyberattack. – Reuters
- The economy is just getting stronger, not weaker, and ‘we in the economics profession need to look ourselves in the mirror,’ top analyst says. – Fortune
- Four ways the US government shutdown could end – BBC
- Warren Buffett is reportedly eyeing Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest deal in three years – CNBC
Local Reading:
- YouTube’s three legal grounds for challenging inclusion in Australia’s under-16s social media ban – The Guardian
- VPNs, ‘old man’ masks, and AI: The holes in the social media ban and their fixes – ABC
- Corporate tax report: Singtel, Optus, JBS, Virgin Australia among large firms paying no tax – The Age
- Government report provides a strong basis for immigration reform – Independent Australia
- Commonwealth Bank ‘issue’ affects payments, online access and ATMs – ABC
- Corporate ‘middlemen’ mask who really profits from Australian fossil fuel projects, report warns – The Guardian
- Hundreds of units proposed on land that faces ‘extreme potential flood levels’ – ABC
- Tech companies consider giving up efforts to combat misinformation online in Australia – The Guardian
- House prices to climb as expanded first home buyer scheme kicks off – ABC
- China bans all BHP iron ore cargoes as pricing dispute escalates – ABC
- NZ’s median dwelling value increases for the first time in six months – Interest.co.nz
- NZ for-sale listings hit 11-year high – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
A government-sponsored housing disaster
Labor’s 5% deposit scheme torches housing affordability
Population growth is Australia’s biggest environmental threat
Australia’s housing targets are pure fantasy
Rents and energy continue to pressure inflation
RBA holds interest rates, worried about resurgent inflation
