Weekend reading and MB media appearances

International Reading:

• Eligible US men will be automatically registered for military draft pool beginning in December – Daily Mail
• Iran again shuts Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Lebanon – JPost
• Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump’s announcement – AP News
• Trump’s labor plan is a massive 401(k) greed grab for Wall Street – Washington Post
• Iran forecasts $64B annual revenues from Hormuz traffic – Shafaq
• Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz as fragile ceasefire on brink after Israel attacks – Express
• Trump says he’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Iran for Strait of Hormuz tolls – WRIC
• ‘Will Be Destroyed’—Iran’s Bitcoin Toll Sparks $100K Price Prediction – Forbes
• Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 of its own chips as China ramps up AI push – CNBC
• Goldman Sachs gives brutal jobs warning that will make every American desperate to avoid being laid off – Daily Mail
• The Iran War Will End With a Hormuz Toll Booth – Foreign Policy
• The U.S. had a national debt “home run” in its grasp, says Jamie Dimon. The government did nothing, and now its best option is crisis management – Forbes
• Trump’s next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science, research – Arstechnica
• France pulls all gold out of US Federal Reserve – News Week
• Oil is plunging, but don’t expect $3 gas anytime soon – CNN

Local Reading:

• UK man who molested girl has visa reinstated over ‘strong ties’ to Australia – ABC
• Record electric truck sales in March as historic ‘price parity’ with diesel achieved – ABC
• Cuts to NDIS to be focus of Labor’s quietly launched razor gang ahead of May budget – The Guardian
• The rise, fall, and resurgence of Australian game development – Games Industry Biz
• Neuroscientist slam AFL’s ‘potentially dangerous’ headgear move – ABC
• UTS spent nearly $1.5m on leadership coach before cutting jobs, courses to save money, documents show – ABC
• Aussies hit as gas giants reap export rewards: research – Boiling Cold
• Matt Canavan’s ‘economic revolution’ is little more than a populist mirage – and Australians would pay the price – The Guardian
• Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation – The Guardian
• Australia to remain in talks on action in the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire takes effect – ABC
• Albanese brings forward Singapore trip and speaks with China in bid to shore up petrol shipments to Australia – The Guardian
• Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say – The Guardian
• The coming inflation-deflation whipsaw – Interest.co.nz
• RBNZ inflation forecast ‘highly uncertain’ – Interest.co.nz

MB Media Appearances:

DLS writing in News.com.au: Expert warns ‘bad gas tax’ won’t fix inflation crisis

DLS writing in News.com.au: ‘Hardly good news for humanity’: What the Iran war will mean for iron ore

LVO talks energy with ABC Radio Upper Hunter:

Last weekend’s Treasury of Common Sense on Radio 2GB/4BC discusses the latest capital city migration data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, alongside the latest on the energy shock:

Last week’s podcast with LVO and Catherine Cashmore on the property market and economy: