International Reading:
- The Mother Of All Corruption And the Planet’s Greatest Welfare Bum: 💥Elon Musk’s business empire is built on US$38 billion in government funding – Binance
- ‘Bloated and Fat and Disgusting!’ Trump Closes Cabinet Meeting By Blasting Nation He Leads – Mediate
- Elon Musk’s Tesla faces class action in Australia over car defects – Courier Mail
- Elon Musk says, US will go bankrupt without DOGE – Apple News
- DOGE says it’s saved $55 billion, itemized data show far less – Fortune
- Americans are getting fed up with the economy. Does that mean we’re heading into a recession? – CNN
- Jobless claims spike, in worrisome sign for the US labor market – CNN
- Trump’s proposed ‘gold card’ visa comes with a hidden tax break for the wealthy – CNBC
- The FDIC’s goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It’s now also a Trump target – NPR
- $4T municipal bond market wakes up to climate risk. – EE News
- Economists are starting to worry about a serious Trump recession – Telegraph
- Trump says 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will kick in on March 4. 25% tariffs on EU “soon” – AP News
- Alcoa warns Trump’s aluminum tariff could cost 100,000 US jobs – Reuters
- US tariff wars have global fallout, united fight needed – China Daily
- Starlink poised to take over $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication – The Verge
Local Reading:
- Chief health officer issues warning about two measles cases acquired in Melbourne – ABC
- Australia’s heat spell ongoing; spring and summer warmest on record – ABC
- Fatima Payman apologises for saying Iran is a place where women’s ‘voices are heard’ – ABC
- Coles profit drops 3 per cent, receives $120m sales boost from Woolworths strikes – ABC
- The western Sydney cafe owner: ‘I don’t think any of the politicians truly represent us’ – The Guardian
- It’s time we asked: what is the cost not just to the budget, but to society, when the richest are helped to get richer? – The Guardian
- Documents reveal Water Corp had serious concerns about Alcoa mining contaminating drinking water – ABC
- Criminal gangs using key programming devices to steal cars at level not seen in Victoria in decades, police say – ABC
- Creditors of Whyalla steelworks owed $1 billion, ABC understands – ABC
- Taxpayers billed $300,000 for minister’s personal legal action – ABC
- NBN Co planning new triggers to fast-track premises to fibre – IT News
- Choice reveals Australian insurers with biggest price hikes in the last year – The Guardian
- The Virgin-Qatar deal is welcome, but it’s not the silver bullet Australian aviation needs – The Guardian
- Woolworths’ profit slumps as cost of living drives shoppers elsewhere – The Guardian
- New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets – The Conversation
- Snowy 2.0 project safety review underway after ventilation fan implodes – ABC
- Seek reports 4% month-on-month job ad rise in January, but 17% year-on-year drop – Interest.co.nz
- Investors get their biggest share of mortgage money in nearly four years – Interest.co.nz
- ANZ Business Outlook: The economy remains on the path to recovery – Interest.co.nz
- ‘No huge upside’ to house prices, Treasury economist says – Interest.co.nz
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Media Appearances:
Australia’s tax system is “intergenerational bastardry”
Australia sleepwalking into economic disaster
Victorians face decades of debt penury
There’s no end to Australia’s housing insanity
Australians demand lower immigration
DLS at Daily Mail on forever mortgages.
DLS at News.com.au on selling Australia to Trump.
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