International Reading:
- The Mother of All Corruption: Is $300 Million the Largest Bribe In Human History ?: White House releases donor list for Trump ballroom amid East Wing demolition – The Hill
- White House ballroom update: Trump raises price by $100 million – News Week
- Beyond Meat is falling back to earth after rallying 1,300% — but the damage has already been done to short-sellers – Business Insider
- America bleeds $70,000 every second — U.S. debt explodes to $38 trillion amid political gridlock – Reg Tech Times
- Trump’s weird claims about grocery prices are the most self-defeating of his lies – MSNBC
- US recession probability now at a staggering 93%, says UBS – Economic Times India
- Trump faces backlash on economy as inflation rises – The Hill
- New economic growth model: bribe the president – Yahoo
- Tracking President Stagflation: Trump faces backlash on economy as inflation rises – The Hill
- Paul Krugman Warns Trump’s Economy Is ‘In Worse Shape Than It Looks’ – Huff Post
- Immigration fuels the US economy. Here’s what happens when there’s less of it – USA Today
- Trump’s Partisan Redistribution of Wealth – The Atlantic
Local Reading:
- Australian executives don’t deserve big bonuses. It’s time to end the cult of the CEO – The Guardian
- Misinformation was rife during the 2025 election. New research shows many people were unable to identify it – The Conversation
- Former Canberra childcare worker Muhammad Ali sentenced for sexually abusing boy in his care – ABC
- Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000 – The Guardian
- ‘Here for the long term’: US seeks to entrench presence in Australia under AUKUS – The Age
- Two senior Optus executives depart as scrutiny over recent major triple-0 outage continues – ABC
- More Australian-grown coffee to become available as industry grows – ABC
- Bureau of Meteorology responds to criticism of new website by 774 listeners – ABC
- Andrew Hastie rules out switch to One Nation – The Guardian
- Australian house prices rising at fastest rate in nearly four years, data shows – The Guardian
- Labor’s environment law revamp in jeopardy as Coalition dubs it ‘handbrake’ on investment – The Guardian
- Australian-made “world-first” battery with no inverter hits the market, backed by new grant from ARENA – Renew Economy
- Sussan Ley’s potential net zero compromise risks tearing the Coalition apart and alienating voters on all sides – The Guardian
- Sussan Ley backtracks on call for Kevin Rudd to be sacked as US ambassador – ABC
- ‘Worst people’: Singer Ryan Adams slams Aussies after trainwreck tour – News
- How long can sheep and beef returns stay in the sweet spot? – Interest.co.nz
- Predicting the future of home loan rates – Interest.co.nz
- Housing now affordable for first home buyers in all parts of the country except Tauranga, Queenstown and parts of Auckland – Interest.co.nz
- Bargain hunters being spoiled for choice as a flood of mortgagee sales hits the market – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
- Grim truth about Australia’s unemployment rate being at an ‘all-time high’ – DLS in News.com.au
Costs mount as Australia’s energy transition falters – Interview with Radio 2GB/4BC
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Australia’s housing supply crunch – Extract from latest DFA Podcast
The government is making the housing crisis worse – Interview with Radio 2GB/4BC
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Australia’s housing crisis just worsened – Interview with Radio 2GB/4BC
