Talking Business with Leon Gettler
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Talking Business #12 Interview with Justin Seskin from The Dom
April 18, 2024 21:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBTesla is slashing headcount by more than 10%, or 140,000 jobs, as part of a global retrenchment extending all the way into its executive ranks as the carmaker struggles with slowing demand for electric vehicles. Outgoing Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was threatened with six months in jail for contempt of the Senate after he refused to directly answer questions about a profit metric, in a fiery Greens-led Senate hearing that went off the rails on Tuesday. Greens are accused of grandstanding ...
Talking Business #11 Interview with Paul Bevan from Magic Valley
April 11, 2024 21:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBIn an important report, the IMF has found Australian households are more sensitive to changes in interest rates than virtually any other consumers globally because of the dominance of variable-rate mortgages, high levels of household debt and lax lending rules. The Albanese government will push insurers to cut costs for households that take steps to reduce their risks amid soaring double-digit premium growth that is expected to continue in 2024. Craig Emerson's interim report into the beh...
Talking Business#10 Interview with Aaron McEwan from Gartner
April 04, 2024 20:18 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBIn an extraordinary development in the Lehmann vs Ten defamation case, a former producer on Seven’s Spotlight program besmirched Bruce Lehrmann’s credibility by alleging he had received perks totalling tens of thousands of dollars including a $361 steak and reimbursement for the cost of sex workers and illicit drugs before he signed an exclusive interview deal with the network. Paula Hitchcock says she regularly attended the billionaire Pratt family’s weekly Shabbat at the invitation of her...
Talking Business # 10 Interview with Aaron McEwan from Gasrtner
April 04, 2024 20:00 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBIn an extraordinary development in the Lehmann vs Ten defamation case, a former producer on Seven’s Spotlight program besmirched Bruce Lehrmann’s credibility by alleging he had received perks totalling tens of thousands of dollars including a $361 steak and reimbursement for the cost of sex workers and illicit drugs before he signed an exclusive interview deal with the network. Paula Hitchcock says she regularly attended the billionaire Pratt family’s weekly Shabbat at the invitation of her...
Talking Business #9 Interview with Matt Drum from Ndevr
March 28, 2024 20:00 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBData from research firms show the number of people using X daily is falling, more than a year after tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the app formerly known as Twitter. Australian unions will push for a 5% increase to the minimum wage for more than 2.9 million workers, while employers will demand a major pay slowdown to offset record increases that “overcompensated” for inflation. Jacqui Lambie will demand the Liberals agree to boost transparency in Tasmania’s political system, and rethin...
Talking Business #8 Interview with Neil Woolrich from Gartner
March 21, 2024 20:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBThe RBA keeps rates on hold but says the board isn’t “ruling anything in or out” on interest rates. A new report forecasts housing supply to fall off a cliff over the next two years putting the Australian government further behind its ambitious housing targets. Uber will pay over $272 million to Australian taxi drivers to compensate them for lost income because it entered the Australian market. Australia’s second biggest telco, Optus, could be partially offloaded to the Canadian private ...
Talking Business #7 Interview with Tim Rossanis from Turo
March 14, 2024 20:00 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBMuch to the dismay of Fed Chair Powell, US CPI is HOT. Headline CPI inflation increased 3.2% Y/Y, accelerating from 3.1% in January. After this data, Fed rate futures are pricing in only 1% odds of a rate cut at the next FOMC meeting. It also dents Biden’s re-election chances. CreditorWatch has warned more businesses will go under in the coming months as cost pressures from interest rates, inflation, wages and labour shortages bite deeper with payment defaults hitting a record high in Febru...
Talking Business #6 Interview with Isaac Wolfe from Real Essentials
March 07, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBChina sets ambitious economic growth target of ‘around 5%’ for 2024, as leaders aim to restore confidence in faltering economy. Rocked by a series of money-laundering scandals, Australia’s casinos are looking beyond hard core gaming to a safer bet – tourists. Business-related personal insolvencies are on the rise, as personal guarantees catch up with directors of previously wound-up businesses. Australia’s cost-of-living crisis appears to be easing on several fronts but one key househol...
Talking Business #5 Interview with Richard Kirkman from Veolia
February 29, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBUniversities could soon be facing major funding changes as the biggest review of the sector in decades calls for a radical reshaping of the tertiary education sector. The tax office is investigating a suspected $180 million tax fraud by a top formwork contractor in the construction industry that could end up as the biggest tax fraud in Australian corporate history. Australia’s big four consulting firms have seen the value of contracts awarded by the Commonwealth nearly halve in value follo...
Talking Business #4 Interview with Matt Vitale from Birchal
February 22, 2024 20:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBThe banking oligopoly looks to be entrenched. It seems that the takeover of Suncorp bank by ANZ allowed by the Competition Tribunal despite ACCC objections. Competition law in Australia is a joke. Research undertaken by the OECD has concluded that those parts of the country with the highest level of migrants tend to have the highest productivity. Four Corners reveals that Coles and Woolworths have been profiting from higher prices at the check-out, despite repeated assurances from the supe...
Talking Business #3 Intervie with Nina Webster from Dimerix
February 15, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBSydney house prices force thousands of young families out of NSW, productivity commission says. At least 150 Australian Tax Office officials have been implicated in the TikTok tax fraud where tens of thousands of Australians learned how to game collecting GST. Australia is going after X. Communications minster, Rowland warns that when new laws are introduced X faces fines for 5% of annual turnover if they don’t stop mis and dis- information Australian senators say they have “no c...
Talking Business#2 Interview with Dr Ron Weinberger from EMVision
February 08, 2024 20:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBAlthough the RBA maintained its cash rate at a 12-year high of 4.35% — as predicted by economists – its quarterly forecasts showed inflation will only hit the midpoint of its 2-3% target band in 2026. Looks like interest rate cuts could be some time away. Utes, four-wheel drives and other light commercial vehicles could be phased or priced out of the market under Chris Bowen’s long awaited vehicle efficiency standards. A PwC partner that the firm incorrectly publicly linked to its t...
Talking Business#1 Interview with Steph Shatz from Second Nature Program
February 01, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBHong Kong court orders liquidation of troubled Evergrande echoing Lehman Brothers' collapse. Banks, suppliers, and property owners in China take a massive hit. The real estate crisis poses a threat to its economy's recovery. Experts say Changes to Stage 3 means the government is aligning better to tax design principles and relieves pressure on families disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones says the government is not done yet wit...
Talking Business #45 Interview with Ben Pfisterer from Zeller
December 14, 2023 20:00 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBWhat does Chemist Warehouse's Australian merger mean? The long-term cost of the federal government’s debt interest bill has blown out by $80 billion since the May budget, overtaking the NDIS. Australia’s insurance giants warn premium costs will spiral beyond the reach of more households unless homes are relocated from high-risk areas & planning laws consider natural disasters. Luxury property, cars, boats and cash worth $110 million have been seized from the country’s biggest money-launde...
Talking Business #44 Interview with Tom Cornell from HireVue
November 30, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBChalmers appoints Bank of England economist Andrew Hauser as the next deputy governor of the RBA, a rare external appointment of an expert who will help shepherd the central bank through its biggest changes in decade Fallen war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has been dealt another huge blow, ordered to pay more costs in his failed defamation trial. ASX-listed Seven West Media’s TV network will continue paying the rent of former Liberal staffer and accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann in Sydney un...
Talking Business #43 Interview with David Fairfull from Metigy
November 23, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBSam Altman is back at OpenAI as CEO, Greg Brockman, and the rest of the team is reinstated. Guess what? Open AI has new board members. Fresh RBA minutes from its Melbourne Cup Day meeting revealed the central bank had left the door open for further rate hikes should inflation prove persistent. Kelly Bayer Rosemarie has stood down as OPTUS CEO. She should get a generous payout as she goes. Say about 200 Terabytes of OPTUS mobile data? Iconic Australia hatmaker Akubra is set to c...
Talking Business#42 Interview with David Chinn from Lexer
November 16, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51 MBMoody's changes the outlook of America's debt to negative, putting the US one step closer to losing its last perfect credit rating. Fears of soaring prices and shortages as Australian Federal Police investigate a major cyber-attack against Australia's ports. Optus, Telstra and other major telco boards required to sign off on a new or updated cyber risk management program every year or face hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties. Singtel-owned Optus says routine software upgr...
Talking Business #41 Interview with Steve Orenstein from Zoom2U
November 09, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBEurope's PMI stats signal looming recession - darkest forecast since the financial meltdown & COVID slump. Unlucky 13. We have seen the 13th increase in official interest rates by the RBA since May last year. Cash rate now at 4.35% The number of Australian companies that collapsed in October soared 43%. ASIC sues TelstraSuper for failing more than 200 times to respond to customer complaints. It’s the first time a retirement fund has been sued for this type of alleged misconduct. Sydney...
Talking Business #40 Interview with Scott McKinnel from Tenable
November 02, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBThe World Bank is warning that even a small disruption to crude supplies due to escalating Middle Eastern conflict could remove between 500,000 and 2 million barrels a day from global markets and reach $157 a barrel. A massive trade deal between Australia and the European Union appears all but doomed after "endgame" negotiations between the two sides collapsed before they even began. Deloitte report finds Australia’s insurance industry was underprepared for floods that lashed the east coas...
Talking Business #39 Interview with Sonia Shwabsky from KwikKopy
October 26, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBCentral banks are losing the fight against inflation. The 2 Year Treasury Bond, one of the benchmarks of whether Inflation is rising or declining, has hit a 16 year high with a Yield of 5.02%. Being rich is my superpower’ Tapes reveal cardboard mogul Anthony Pratt paying monthly retainers of $25K to Paul Keating and $8k to Tony Abbott while Prince Charles received $182,000 in 2021. Pratt also bought access to Trump. Uber’s surge plan to bring 10,000 electric vehicles into Australia. Barr...
Talking Business #38 Interview with Rani Wynn from LiveScore Group
October 19, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBAustralia's eSafety commission fines Elon Musk's X $610,500 for failing to meet anti-child-abuse standards. A new cloud forms over global economy as Middle East conflict threatens recovery, warns IMF chief. Cryptocurrency advocates are tipping the price of bitcoin to reach $US100,000 within the next five years. By the time the Yes campaign kicked off its final, multimillion-dollar advertising blitz, it was too late – opponents of a Voice to parliament had been running consistent...
Talking Business #37 Interview with Robert Wilkinson from Cyber Marathon Solutions
October 12, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBVirgin surfs post-COVID boom to first profit in 11 years. The Israel-Hamas war sends Aussie petrol prices skyrocketing. Senate committee suggests the Albanese government denied Qatar Airways more flights into Australia to protect Qantas’ market share and keep airfares high. The big four banks slash 2000 jobs. Boral says spiking electricity prices and Australia’s patchy energy transition are prompting the country’s biggest cement, concrete and asphalt producer to temporarily halt manu...
Talking Business #36 Interview with Mohan Jesudason from X2M Connect
October 05, 2023 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBAustralian construction sector insolvencies have surged over the past three months as costs for everything from materials to insurance continue to blight the troubled $360bn industry. ACCC report finds the average Australian family with two children under three is spending up to 16% of their household income on child care, ranking Australia 26th out of 32 countries in the OECD. Coal power hits a new low in Australia when rooftop solar supplies 51% of total demand on the National Elec...
Talking Business #35 Interview with Jon Pilcher from Neuren Pharmaceuticals
September 28, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBSoaring petrol prices pushed inflation higher in August Rupert Murdoch will be entitled to pension benefits worth nearly $219 million from his US operation Fox Corp. Super fund HESTA warns the largest listed companies it intends to vote against male directors of boards with low female representation. Qantas shareholders have demanded chairman Richard Goyder's resignation and placed the rest of the airline's board on notice Council of Financial Regulators warns about the impact of the Ch...
Talking Business#34 Interview with Ivan Curic from Domain
September 21, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBCyber criminals already using generative artificial intelligence to craft more persuasive scams ASIC warns that company directors could be in breach of their duties if their companies fail to adequately deal with cyberattacks Research reveals that almost every person in NSW and Queensland was hit with a natural disaster in the past 12 months Qantas chairman Richard Goyder faces a fresh battle to keep his job after a leading industry group called for his dismissal over a board decision ...
Talking Business #33 Interview with Belinda Sinclair from Domain
September 14, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBWorld leaders agree a strategic effort to counterbalance Chinese influence Prized Australian tourism and holiday destination Hamilton Island looks set to sell with its current owners understood to be discussing the move. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson warns AI will create a "tsunami" of job losses at publishers. Gina Rinehart has not ruled out launching a bid to rival Albemarle’s $6.6 billion takeover tilt at Liontown Resources after confirming she now holds a strategic stake clo...
Talking Business#32 Interview with Angus Ferguson from Domain
September 07, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBQantas announces that Alan Joyce has stood down as CEO of Qantas early. For the first time, Qantas is ahead of schedule. Forrest empire exodus spreads with two more CEOs leaving, The Australian arm of Hilton Worldwide has gone to battle with the Australian Tax Office over allegations that it hasn't paid over $80 million in taxes, penalties and interest. ASIC takes Westpac to court, alleging it failed to respond to hardship notices in time. Warnings that hotter, drier days caused by...
Talking Business Interview with Danielle Harmer from Domain
August 31, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBQantas CEO Alan Joyce has been grilled over the airline's contribution to the cost of living crisis during an inquiry conducted by the Senate. The Morrison Government’s Modernising Business Register, designed to save business money, blew out by $2 billion. 460 company directors urge "yes" vote in Voice referendum calling constitutional recognition a critical step towards a more inclusive Australia. Fortescue Mining boss Fiona Hick leaves as profits fall and dividends cut. Analys...
Talking Business#30 Interview with Frank Greeff from Domain
August 24, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBChina’s $18 trillion economy is decelerating, consumers are downbeat, exports are struggling, prices are falling and more than one in five young people are out of work. Australia is set to lose it’s AAA credit rating because of ‘Climate Change’ Optus is the most distrusted brand in Australia in the 12 months to June 2023, replacing Facebook/Meta for the first time since Roy Morgan began measuring trust and distrust in 2018. Telstra, News Corp and Amazon round out the top five The l...
Talking Business #29 Interview with Rohan Widdison from New Laboratories
August 17, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBRussian rouble falls to 16-month low against US dollar Major companies like Unilever, Siemens, and Maersk are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to navigate complex supply chains, address geopolitical tensions, and ensure environmental and human rights compliance. Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart committed “egregious fraud” and then lied about it, a trial over billions of dollars in iron ore riches has been told. Australian home insurance premiums jumped t...
Talking Business #28 Interview with Barb Hyman from Sapia.ai
August 10, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MBHow far back does the PwC tax leaks scandal go? The battle between the ATO and PwC has been going for at least six years. Consulting firms caught promoting tax exploitation schemes will be fined up to $780 million, a 100-fold increase, under the Albanese government’s sweeping response to the PwC tax leaks scandal KPMG overcharged Defence while raking in billions of dollars. Former supreme court judge Sofronoff and former DPP Drumgold face investigations that could lead to them both having...
Talking Business #27 Interview with Parry Laxman from Kangarama
August 03, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 838 MBCould the RBA’s aggressive rate hike cycle be over? Electric vehicle sales surge in Australia with more sold in the first half of 2023 than in all of 2022 Ben Roberts-Smith’s key supporters at Seven West Media forced to hand over thousands of documents showing their involvement in the former soldier’s failed defamation case DFD Rhodes stakes claim on Gina Rinehart's fortune as court hears Lang Hancock 'exaggerated' personal role in iron ore discovery The number of disgr...
Talking Business #26 Interview with Tom Williams from Innovation Consult
July 27, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBElon Musk’s decision to turn Twitter into X wiped out anywhere between $4 billion and $20 billion in value, according to analysts and brand agencies Kathryn Campbell quits top defence job after robodebt royal commission report. Let’s see where she turns up next. Australian home loan delinquency rates are on the rise with 1.41% of all home loans in arrears Employers have expressed deep dissatisfaction over Tony Burke’s industrial relations reform plan, saying it'll force casual workers ...
Talking Business #25 Interview with Anita Wingrove from Russell Reynolds Associates
July 20, 2023 21:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBNew RBA governor Michele Bullock has warned unemployment has to reach 4.5% in the next 18 months to tame persistently high inflation. Philip Lowe has used his final foray on the world stage to blast governments and political leaders for their indolence on structural reforms to boost productivity growth, imperilling material living standards, worsening income inequality and hollowing out social services. APRA has brought in CPS 230. Now the regulator talks about the inevitability of ...
Talking Business #24 Interview with Scott McKinnel from Tenable
July 13, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBMeta's Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform China on brink of consumer deflation Kathryn Campbell goes on leave - – a day before the robo-debt royal commission makes its damning findings against her. Prominent class action lawyer Peter Gordon is seeking compensation for victims of robo-debt, the illegal welfare debt recovery program that he described as “Australia’s Watergate”. Former public service chief Stephen Sedgwick leads task force investigatin...
Talking Business#23 Interview with Andrew Curnow from the Me Too Foundation
July 06, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBThe RBA holds cash rate at 4.1% but keeps the door open for a rate hike in August, citing ongoing concerns around the trajectory of inflation PwC finishes up internal investigations into, booting out people. It still faces the Switkowski review, on-going Senate inquiries, the AFP criminal investigation and the potential National Anti-Corruption Commission probe. In a world first, Australia legalizes psychedelics to treat mental health Gladys Berejiklian's future in doubt at Optus...
Talking Business #22 Interview with Janty Ayoub from AiiMs
June 29, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBFollow my socials on: https://twitter.com/leongettler https://www.instagram.com/leongettler/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/ https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcast https://business.google.com/dashboard/l/17460167277811417147?hl=en&gmbsrc=au-en-z-z-z-gmb-s-119-u~mhp-ns_hom_8-u&omec=EI_z6RYYASIBATIBATotZ21ic3JjPWF1LWVuLXotei16LWdtYi1zLTExOS11fm1ocC1uc19ob21fOC11QAFKEwjq4cCIj5D3AhXNnWMKHUB5Cqg%3D https://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop Legendary Am...
Talking Business#21 Interview with Ross Sharman from EnergyIQ
June 22, 2023 21:00 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBPwC tax leaks: Parliament demands names of 63 partners and staff caught up in saga Australian Treasury slammed in ANAO audit for failing to fix country’s the country’s $75 billion black economy Westpac and ANZ economists believe a per-capita recession – two quarters of negative growth in gross domestic product per person – is likely in the next year Communications minister Michelle Rowland is seeking a briefing from ABC management about jobs cuts Greens’ social housing veto rai...
Talking Business#20 Interview with Michael Budd from Amazing People Pictures
June 15, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBAustralia’s leading super funds halt future contracts with PwC amid tax scandal fallout Consumer sentiment at "recessionary levels" - Westpac: Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says the government has a “genuine duty to deliberate” a levy on taxpayers to help fund a better-aged care system. Westpac will sack about 300 of its staff in its business and retail banks as part of an ongoing push to reduce its office headcount by 20%. Qantas has moved to relax its uniform rules, meaning male cabi...
Talking Business#19 Interview with Dr Silvia Pfeiffer from Coviu
June 08, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has signed the cheque’s death warrant to end its use in Australia by 2030. Australia's misery index has skyrocketed & is almost on par with the GFC period. PwC has identified a list of 76 current or former partners associated with its tax leaks scandal, handing over their names to Australian lawmakers Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Qantas-Virgin Australia duopoly is hurting customers. The Australian government looking for “a way forward”...
Talking Business#18 Interview with Jim Penman from Jim's Group
June 01, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBNvidia chief Jensen Huang says AI is creating a ‘new computing era’ The strength of the Qantas brand has been dented by high airfares, negative publicity and performance issues, according to new analysis of the world’s top airlines. Australians have enthusiastically embraced champagne since the end of lockdowns and Covid-19 restrictions, propelling the nation to become the sixth-largest champagne market in the world. Many among the 900-strong partnership at PwC Australia fear the fir...
Talking Business #17 Interview with Rowan Wilde from HelpPay
May 25, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBEconomists say US can weather ongoing crises, but recession remains on the table Facebook’s parent Meta has been ordered to pay a record $1.3 billion (€1.2 billion) fine by the European Union, for failing to adhere to the bloc’s stringent privacy rules UBS says food price inflation is continuing to climb as its Australian supermarket price tracker survey suggests food inflation was 9.3 per cent higher in the year to April. The Australian government has decided Buy Now Pay Later i...
Talking Business #16 Interview with Matt Keon from GenieUs
May 18, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBLinda Yaccarino: an advertising veteran enters the wild world of Musk’s Twitter Former RBA Governor Glenn Stevens warns that interest rates are unlikely to fall amid a 'once-in-a-generation' inflation battle PwC targeted Apple, Google, Microsoft with leaked tax plan PwC tax leak crisis could see more executive heads roll with corporate veteran Ziggy Switkowski to lead internal probe. ATO cracking down on landlords and Capital Gains this year. A review found nearly 9 out of 10 landlords ...
Talking Business #15 Interview with Glenn Cross from EZZ Life
May 11, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBA complete analysis of the Albanese government budget. Jenny Craig will close its doors after nearly four decades “due to its inability to secure additional financing" Australia’s 30 largest superannuation funds have increased their exposure to industries with high greenhouse gas emissions, despite many commitments to net zero, PwC CEO stands down over tax leak scandal. It was inevitable Airfares are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation , as carriers cash in on surgi...
Talking Business #14 Interview with Dr Philip Wuth from the Carina Medical and Specialist Centre
May 04, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MBThe second largest bank collapse in American history took place as the Biden admin seized First Republic Bank and JP Morgan Chase Bank swooped in to assume all of the deposits for insured and uninsured. The big banks again get bigger with the help of the US government. RBA surprises with 25 bps rate hike; cash rate raised to 3.85%. Time for a pause or more hikes? There aren't many female CEOs of airlines in the world. It's a credit to Qantas that a gay Irish man appointed 15 years ago i...
Talking Business#13 Interview with Tammy Kassiou from Philotimo
April 27, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBAnalysis of Fox sacking Tucker Carlson, one week after the settlement with Dominion, Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers Central bankers are loading up on gold as geopolitical tensions including the war in Ukraine rise News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch’s battle against small news outlet Crikey is set to continue Almost none of the new and current Reserve Bank of Australia board membe...
Talking Business #12 Interview with Mark Fazio from MATE
April 20, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBChina will be the top contributor to global growth over the next five years, with its share set to be double that of the US, according to the International Monetary Fund A last minute settlement has been reached in the defamation lawsuit against Fox News, sparing Murdoch a damaging trial. The settlement comes after the case looked quite horrific from Fox News' standpoint. Business collapses hit a 3½-year high last month, to jump back above pre-pandemic trends for the first time, as risi...
Talking Business#11 Interview with Sharon Morris from Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
April 13, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBThe International Monetary Fund trims its global growth outlook and warns recession risks have grown on tremors in the banking sector. Grattan Institute says the Australian government should reduce deficits by redesigning the stage 3 tax cuts, raising the GST to 15%, cutting superannuation tax concessions and reining in the NDIS Milkrun has gone bust with all staff made redundant. New home building in Australia has slumped by 27% from its pre-pandemic high of five years ago Cyber securi...
Talking Business#10 Interview with Darren Pauli from Telstra
April 06, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBBy cutting oil output so much with Brent close to $100, OPEC+ is gambling with the global economy. Medicare is haemorrhaging up to $3bn a year in waste, according to a government review. Local Australian start-up investment cratered in the first quarter of 2023. Tax breaks on superannuation cost the budget $45b a year. And they'll soon exceed the cost of the age pension according to the Grattan Institute, who are pushing for major reform. Social media app TikTok banned from Australian go...
Talking Business#9 Interview with Dr Vincent Candrawinata from Renovatio
March 30, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBAfter three decades of mostly fast-paced growth, the World Bank warns the global economy may finally be in for a big slowdown. Analysis of how an American company paid consulting firm Synergy 360 to gain behind-the-scenes support from Liberal MP Stuart Robert to lobby MPs. The Reserve Bank of Australia review is poised to recommend shaking up the board Latitude suffered potentially the largest known data breach on a financial institution in Australia. Brookfield buys Origin, plans to bu...