International Reading:
- Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package – CNN
- ‘As Ugly and Cruel As It Gets’: Trump Fights Order to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits – Common Dreams
- The US national debt has just passed $38 trillion — and economists say they might never recover – News.com
- Tariff refunds are now a very real possibility … and a giant ‘mess’ – CNN
- Trump touts cost of Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal to vindicate his policies — ignoring a key detail – NBC
- Trump Backpedals on Funding Threat, Says He’ll Help ‘Communist’ Mamdani ‘A Little Bit’ – Daily Boulder
- Trump makes an overdue discovery: ‘They have this new word called ‘affordability’’ – MSNBC
- Corporate layoffs are now rising to recession-like levels, new report says – Washington Post
- Grimmest warning yet for America’s workers as layoffs soar to 22-year high – as firms break long-held taboo on firings – Daily Mail
- Corporate profits are soaring even as layoffs mount. Economists call it a “jobless boom.” – CBS News
- ‘Jenga Tower’ US Economy Teeters as Middle Class Pulls Back Spending – Bloomberg
- U.S. Layoffs For October Surge To Two-Decade High: Report – Huff Post
Local Reading:
- Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies – The Guardian
- Liberal senator says Sussan Ley is ‘losing support’ and declines to endorse her as leader – The Guardian
- Roblox shocks: online gaming platform should be snared by Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, experts and MPs say – The Guardian
- Organised crime controls 50 per cent of Aussie tobacco sold as illegal cigarettes set to dominate 80 per cent of sales by 2026: Report – News.com.au
- Google plans secret AI military outpost on tiny island overrun by crabs – Ars Technica
- The art of price baiting — how real estate agents lure buyers to auction – ABC
- The great Australian baby bust. Is having kids too expensive? – Michael West
- Sussan Ley refuses to bite on leadership speculation as Liberals dismiss spill threat – ABC
- Australia’s ‘no fail’ submarine mission set for shake-up as boss quits – ABC
- Australia’s de facto online gambling regulator stops accepting gifts from betting companies, for now – ABC
- Microsoft to refund customers for 365 subscription price hike after ACCC action – ABC
- Home owners still prepared to wait for those OCR cuts – Interest.co.nz
- Average advertised rents down by $21 a week compared to a year ago – Interest.co.nz
- The next crash – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
LVO interviewed by Stephen Johnson at The Nightly regarding the bloating of the public service: Federal public sector employment grows at triple the pace of population growth | The Nightly
DLS writing in News.com.au on the gold boom/bust: Jaw-dropping truth about sudden ‘gold boom’ | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines
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Interview with Luke Grant at Radio 2GB/4BC:
Interview with Steve Austin at ABC Radio Brisbane:
Interview with Mike Jeffreys at Radio 2GB/4BC:
