Local Reading:
- Eddie Obeid to keep $30 million made from corrupt coal licence deal – ABC
- Mental health experts concerned about Coalition plan to scrap workers’ right to disconnect – The Guardian
- Over five decades, here’s how voters have shifted away from the major parties – ABC
- When ‘equal’ does not mean ‘the same’: Liberals still do not understand their women problem – The Conversation
- Coalition pledges to remove EV tax break – The Guardian
- Former SA opposition leader David Speirs convicted and fined over drug supply charges – ABC
- First day of early voting smashes 2022 record – ABC
- The ‘responsible gambling’ mantra does nothing to prevent harm. It probably makes things worse – The Conversation
- Campaigns that have sprung up to energise Australia’s 650,000 voting-age Muslims say the ramifications will extend well beyond 3 May – The Guardian
- Coalition cosies up to One Nation with preferences in ceasefire after 30-year war – ABC
- Bandt retaliates against Labor by putting teals, Payman before government – The Age
- Australians could be waiting more than 70 years for affordable housing if prices follow path pushed by major parties – The Guardian
- Kiwi consumer confidence rises – but so do inflation expectations – Interest.co.nz
- NZ real estate agencies earned an estimated $455m in residential sales commissions in Q1 this year – Interest.co.nz
- People seeking rental accommodation ‘should feel empowered’ – Interest.co.nz
International Reading:
- Panicking Trump Walks Back His Attacks on the Fed and China – New Republic
- Foreign investors are dumping U.S. stocks at near-record pace – Investor Observer
- Trump’s Tariffs Tax Hike Not So Coincidentally Spares the Rich – New Republic
- Trump Promises ‘Substantially Lower Taxes’ as He Doubles Down on Tariff Plan – Latin Times
- Trump can’t make up his mind about why he’s doing tariffs – CNN
- Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks – The Atlantic
- CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Deport Warn Of ‘Empty Shelves’ If Tariff War Persists – Daily Beast
- Americans are expecting a tariff-fueled price surge. Corporate America says they’re right: Morning Brief – Yahoo
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