International reading:
- Foreclosures surge 20% as Americans struggle to pay mortgages – and fears of 2008-style crash soar – Daily Mail
- Economist Stunned By Trump’s Latest Wild Claim: ‘Quite Literally False’ – Huff Post
- Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’. – Fortune
- Republicans are scrambling to reclaim affordability. Good luck with that – The Guradian
- ‘I’m now a one-issue voter’: US shoppers fear Italian pasta tariff will cause shortage – The Guardian
- October jobs report vanishes amid shutdown — economists fear permanent damage – New Interpretation
- ‘The tariffs are a big tax increase’: Top bank crunches the numbers on how much Americans are paying for Trump’s trade regime – Fortune
- Verizon jobs cut biggest in company history—report – News Week
- Renewables are already paying off for developing countries, with $1.2 trillion in GDP growth – Yahoo
- How can we make the housing crisis even worse? Donald Trump has a plan – The Guardian
- White House says October jobs and inflation data may never be released – CNBC
- The Eviction Kings: One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price. – The Nation
- AI stocks lost more than $820 billion this week – NBC News
- A post-shutdown fog will hang over the U.S. economy for months – CBC
- White House says October jobs and inflation data may never be released because of the shutdown – CNBC
Local Reading:
- Unmasking the men who attended a Neo-Nazi protest at NSW parliament – ABC
- South Australian woman wins four-year court battle over $104 parking fine – ABC
- The 5% first home buyers scheme is a miserable policy failure – and the latest chapter in Australia’s housing disgrace – The Guardian
- Liberals formally agree to dump net zero by 2050 – ABC
- Rental inflation set to re-accelerate as national vacancy rate hits record lows – Cotality
- Growing evidence of secret taxpayer-funded boats for illegal foreign fishers – ABC
- Big tech stops complaining, starts complying with Australia’s teen social media ban – Reuters
- ‘Nothing was being done’: Inpex workers raise fears over toxic chemical emissions and oil spills – ABC
- National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds – ABC
- Property investors make up two in every five Australian home loans amid record borrowing – The Guardian
- How private job agencies are capturing welfare payments – The New Daily
- Japanese ambassador calls for security ‘triangle’ with Australia, US – ABC
- Are 5 per cent deposits the leg-up first home buyers need, or are they pouring fuel on the fire? – ABC
- $55,000 arts degrees and continued job cuts as universities call for urgent reform to degree pricing – ABC
- Retirement Commissioner calls for cross-party retirement action – Interest.co.nz
- Net migration gain for September year at its lowest level since 2013 – Interest.co.nz
- ‘This will be a disappointing result for the RBNZ’ – Interest.co.nz
- Housing values flat overall but notable declines in Auckland, Whangarei and Tauranga, QV says – Interest.co.nz
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MB Media Appearances:
DLS writing in News.com.au – ‘Stronghold of the cartel’: Why your electricity bill is so high
DLS writing in News.com.au – ‘Pilbara killer’: What China’s new Iron Ore mine in Guinea really means for Australia
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LVO interview with Luke Grant at Radio 2GB/4BC:
LVO interview with Andrew Bolt on Sky:
LVO interview with Phil O’Neil on Radio 2GB/4BC:
