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Talking Business with Leon Gettler

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Talking Business #24 Interview with Leslie Chong from Imugene

July 11, 2024 21:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MB

Euro recovers as left-wing coalition leads in French legislative election, financial concerns loom. Australia has some of the worst real wage growth of the OECD’s 38 member nations, lagging behind the United Kingdom, United States and Canada, exposing the federal government’s struggle to deliver on its election commitment to get real wages moving as inflation remains high. AUSTRAC Chief Executive Brendan Thomas says luxury goods, along with cash and real estate, are “highly effective” for ...

Talking Business #23 Interview with Deborah Rathjen from Carina

July 04, 2024 21:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MB

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are among those taking a fresh look at how a Donald Trump victory in November could play out in the bond market, urging clients to position for inflation & higher long-term bond yields. Bank for International Settlements warns central banks to avoid cutting interest rates too soon owing to the risk of a fresh flare-up in inflation.      Warnings that the pain of this economic downturn will be more widespread and hit consumers harder than the GFC, and the ri...

Talking Business#22: Interview with Scott O'Neill from Rethink Investing

June 27, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MB

 Australia’s monthly inflation rate increased to its highest level in 2024 in the latest indication that the Reserve Bank won’t be cutting interest rates soon and might yet hike again. Woolworths and Coles face billion-dollar fines under stronger grocery code The Liberals are furious with Matt Kean after he rejected their claims for Nuclear Power. He is head of a new peak climate group. New research shows Australian households are saving much less than their global peers as mortgage repay...

Talking Business #21 Interview with Anthony McClure from Silver Mines

June 20, 2024 21:08 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

"Yes, Everyone Really Is Sick a Lot More Often After Covid" It's not your imagination: Around the world, people really are getting sick more often than before the pandemic. The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps interest rates at 4.35% with potential hikes if inflation persists amid economic uncertainty, slow growth and federal and state government budget spending stoking inflation. The Albanese government will introduce laws to split the CFMEU and allow its manufacturing division to leave th...

Talking Business #21 Interview with Anthony McClure from Silver Mines

June 20, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

"Yes, Everyone Really Is Sick a Lot More Often After Covid" It's not your imagination: Around the world, people really are getting sick more often than before the pandemic. The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps interest rates at 4.35% with potential hikes if inflation persists amid economic uncertainty, slow growth and federal and state government budget spending stoking inflation. The Albanese government will introduce laws to split the CFMEU and allow its manufacturing division to leave th...

Talking Business #20 Interview with Chris McNamara from Remote

June 13, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MB

Peter Costello resigns. He is succeeded by Catherine West, a former Murdoch executive with Sky in the UK. The Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger will give the company nearly half the market. Bain bids $1.83 billion for Bapcor amid market challenges. Bonza’s administrators sacks all staff as prospects for a sale dry up. Lion, one of the largest drinks groups in the world, intends shutting a craft brewery in inner Sydney that has been operating for 36 years. Rising costs, a shrinking beer mar...

Talking Business #19 Interview with Prakash Ramamurthy from Freshworks

June 06, 2024 21:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MB

Rupert Murdoch locks in his fifth marriage (and his molecular biologist wife her third marriage). Just the odds! Australia’s GDP growth for the March quarter was an anaemic 0.1%  So annual growth has slipped to 1.1%. Australia remains in a per capita recession as we have been since late 202 Yoga instructors, martial artists and dog handlers have beaten some construction trades to a spot on the government’s draft priority skills list for migrants, despite the dire need for workers to tackle...

Talking Business #18 Interview with Steven McKeon from MacNerd

May 30, 2024 21:00 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MB

Inflation has risen for a second month to 3.6% in the year to April, confounding expectations that consumer price growth would restart its downward trend: Lend Lease exits overseas markets, waving the white flag and finally agreeing with what investors have told it for years: it’s just too hard. Research has found that migrants in Australia are driving Ubers and not working in skilled jobs. Australian business failures are tracking the highest rates since the aftermath of the Global Finan...

Talking Business #17 Interview with Brad Adams from Rare Foods Australia

May 23, 2024 21:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MB

RBA minutes confirm a tightening bias, but it's reluctant to hike. This, as consumer sentiment remains deeply pessimistic with just over half expecting rate rises to resume over the next 12 months. Macquarie Group economists estimate there is a 50% chance of recession this year, as the “trap” of high migration unwinds and high interest rates leave the private sector in “stagnation”. A setback for Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plans with the CSIRO estimating the nation’s first large-scale ...

Talking Business #16 Interview with Nick Smith from Smart Commmunications

May 16, 2024 21:00 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MB

Chalrmer’s election budget promises inflation will give voters a Christmas by returning to the RBA’s 2-3% target by the end of the year. The question is whether the RBA agrees. Small business is likely to be underwhelmed by the Budget which only announced investment initiatives for select industries only. A big victory for Elon Musk. An Australian federal court judge has shut down the Australian eSafety Commissioner's argument in its legal battle against 𝕏 over a global takedown order call...

Talking Business #15 Interview with Angela Ferguson from Future X Collective

May 09, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB

Higher for longer and rates might go up again: That's the message we’ve got from the Reserve Bank of Australia on interest rates.   Rating agencies have put the Victorian government on notice after it revealed state debt would climb to $188 billion in a budget that failed to cut spending   The scale of the Bonza collapse has been revealed in court with almost 60,000 customers affected and lawyers claiming they would need a stadium to hold the thousands of creditors.   Perpetual will be...

Talking Business # 14 Interview with Ben Weiss from Olliv

May 02, 2024 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MB

The cheap Aussie airline Bonza, which is majority owned by Florida-based private investment firm 777 Partners, has appointed a voluntary administrator to run the discount regional airline after the company behind its aircraft provider repossessed its planes in Australia Star Entertainment chair David Foster latest to depart amid Sydney casino inquiry. Twitter Australia is expected to be wound up by the end of 2024 after new documents filed with the corporate regulator show it reported jus...

Talking Business #13 Inrterview with Tim Gaspar from Hatch Financial Services

April 25, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

Australia’s inflation comes in higher than expected at 3.6%. Service inflation is the main culprit holding back progress. Insurance premiums jumped by their most in 23 years, rents grew at their fastest annual pace face in 15 years, and education fees saw their largest quarterly rise in 12 years. You can forget about a rate cut this year! Australia will cut the growth outlook for most major economies, including key trading partner China, when it releases its budget next month.   Free-to-a...

Talking Business #12 Interview with Justin Seskin from The Dom

April 18, 2024 21:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

Tesla 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 MB

 In 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 MB

In 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 MB

In 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 MB

Data 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 MB

The 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 MB

Much 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 MB

China 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 MB

Universities 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 MB

The 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 MB

Sydney 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 MB

  Although 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 MB

Hong 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 MB

What 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 MB

Chalmers 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 MB

Sam 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 MB

Moody'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 MB

Europe'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 MB

The 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 MB

 Central 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 MB

Australia'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 MB

Virgin 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 MB

Australian 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 MB

Soaring 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 MB

Cyber 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 MB

 World 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 MB

Qantas 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 MB

Qantas 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 MB

China’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 MB

Russian 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 MB

How 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 MB

Could 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 MB

Elon 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 MB

New 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 MB

Meta'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 MB

The 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 MB

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