International Reading:
- Chipotle CEO sounds alarm on the American economy – Yahoo
- USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP – Notus
- Binance helped Trump crypto company make billions – Independent
- Not a good sign: Hershey Warns of Soft Halloween Candy Sales – Bloomberg
- Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Worse Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal – New Republic
- Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks – CBS News
- Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss – The Register
- Donald Trump lowers China tariffs and announces end to ‘rare earths roadblock’ after meeting Xi Jinping – BBC
- Goldman CEO Says US Heading for Debt ‘Reckoning’ If Growth Flags – MSN
- A Month Without Data Muddles the Economic Picture – NY Times
- Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country – NY Times
- Meta vs Microsoft: Unpacking the $70 B+ AI Infrastructure Race in 2025–26 – Trend on Verge
- Fed’s Bowman plans to cut bank-supervision unit by about 30%, email shows – Yahoo
- US roasters tear through coffee stocks waiting for Brazil trade deal – Reuters
- Bessent Says China to Buy 12 Million Tons of Soybeans This Year – Bloomberg
- Kraft Heinz CEO Warns of Worst Consumer Sentiment in Decades – Bloomberg
Local Reading:
- Bulk-billing changes are coming into effect tomorrow — what does it mean for you? – ABC
- Ken Henry warns ‘conga line of developers’ would try to exploit exemptions in Labor’s proposed nature laws – The Guardian
- State disability ministers threaten Butler with boycott over two-minute speaking limit at NDIS meeting – The Guardian
- Taking from the young, giving to the old: how our tax system is letting us down – The Conversation
- Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise – The Conversation
- Senators claim Labor is threatening punishment after chamber stunt on transparency – ABC
- Sunscreen maker at centre of recalls blocked by US regulator for years – ABC
- Bureau of Meteorology apologises for new website and promises changes after ‘flawed’ update – The Guardian
- The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash – The Guardian
- Yes, banks have been cutting term deposit rates faster than home loan rates – Interest.co.nz
- Flood risk: Minister focused on designing rates capping system that’s ‘flexible where it needs to be’ – Interest.co.nz
- ANZ says it’s time to start thinking about fixing mortgages as interest rates near the bottom of the cycle – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
LVO interviewed in News.com.au on Labor’s disastrous 5% deposit scheme: ‘In trouble’: Grim warning for 240,000 first home buyers as interest rates set to rise after inflation shock | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines
DLS writing in News.com.au: Jaw-dropping truth about sudden ‘gold boom’ | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines
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LVO Interview with Sharri Markson at Sky News:
LVO Interview with Phil O’Neil at Radio 2GB/4BC:
LVO interview with Luke Grant at Radio 2GB/4BC:
LVO Interview with Tom Elliott at Radio 3AW:


