This week’s must-watch videos:
For anybody with a keen interest in the energy / climate change debate, this is a must-watch:
Former Treasury official David Pearl drops truth-bombs on Australia’s collapsing institutions led by captured and politicised public servants, including at the Treasury:
International Reading:
- New Study Finds That A Minimum-Wage Worker In 1971 Had A Lifestyle Affordability Similar To Someone Making $100K Today – The Leading Report
- Hospitals See Massive Surge in Uninsured Patients After GOP’s Healthcare Cuts – Common Dreams
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Ripped After Claiming Americans Soon Won’t Need Retirement Savings Thanks To AI – Comic Sands
- Donald Trump has turned the United States into an economic banana republic – The Globe & Mail
- America’s biggest power grid just told data centers it can cut their power off – Start Up Fortune
- Trump promised a ‘golden age’ for agriculture. Farmers in Iowa say they’re still waiting – CNBC
- Gen Z need a hand up. Boomers must pay for it – Telegraph UK
- Trump broke his promise to lower—and eliminate—the national debt. A top investor thinks he’s the ‘worst-spending president in history’ – Fortune
- Foreign buyers flee U.S. housing—but it won’t help american buyers – News Week
- Family wealth is more important now – Hard work isn’t enough to achieve the American Dream anymore – Yahoo
- Mortgage rates climb to highest level in a year – CNN
- Forever layoffs are here. Here’s what it’s costing your workforce – HCA Mag
- How Washington’s war on ‘Wall Street landlords’ could backfire on Gen Z renters – Fortune
Local Reading:
- Record El Niño to bake Australia after extreme heat and fires across Europe and North America – ABC
- Governor general warns of ‘growing catastrophe’ that threatens to undermine democracy in Australia – The Guardian
- Australian voters fined $4 million for failing to vote in 2025 federal election – ABC
- AstraZeneca to provide breast cancer and endometriosis drug Zoladex to patients for free indefinitely – ABC
- Australia’s quest for ultra-low cost solar now depends on robots and drones, rather than cheaper panels – Renew Economy
- Australia’s online safety regulator sues Telegram over terror videos left online for weeks – The SMH
- Home battery rebates still adding 2,000 systems a day as total hurtles towards half a million installations – Renew Economy
- Fuel discount to be scrapped despite potential escalation of war in Iran – ABC
- Darwin public servant charged with multi-million-dollar fraud of NDIS – ABC
- Food industry insiders sound alarm over Australia’s broken food labelling system – ABC
- Energy Minister wants AI data centres underwriting new renewable energy – Interest.co.nz
- NZD rises to its highest in nearly 2 months – Interest.co.nz
- ANZ NZ economists sticking with their forecast of a 2% decline in house prices this year – Interest.co.nz
- New housing completions slumped in Auckland over autumn – Interest.co.nz
MB Media Appearances:
This week’s “Dismal Science” segment on ABC Radio with Sean Murphy discusses the boom in Indian migration to Australia and its economic impacts.
Treasury of Common Sense with Phil O’Neil at Radio 2GB/4BC discusses Wednesday’s lower-than-expected CPI inflation and its implications for interest rates.
This week’s extended interview with Martin North at Digital Finance Analytics unpacks the latest developments in the Australian property market and the economy, as well as the major political and economic drivers.
Treasury of Common Sense with Trent Nikolic at Radio 2GB/4BC analyses new research on the impacts of data centres on energy, water and construction costs.
