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29. Talking Business #29 Interview with Brent Goldman from Nexia Australia
38:40||Season 7, Ep. 29Bruce Daisley says Elon Musk should be arrested if it's proven that his actions incited recent riots in the UK. Daisley is a former senior executive at Twitter. Amid growing political tensions over cost-of-living pressures, RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser slams those who claim to be sure of the way forward as “false prophets”Australian technology companies say job graduate readiness is at its lowest levels, with most believing 99% are not able to jump in and perform effectively after leaving university.The Albanese government plans to reduce the number of online gambling ads but it has exempted Google’s lucrative search engine. Wagering firms will still be able to buy “sponsored” results on some search terms.News Corp is dumping FoxtelFollow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop28. Talking Business #28 interview with Paul Koopmans from Worldpay
38:41||Season 7, Ep. 28On Monday, the global stock markets were crashing (until they weren’t). Market volatility is now the new trend, reminiscent of 1987 crash and the 2000 tech wreck. Elon Musk sues Unilever and Mars for conspiring to boycott X and deprive it of revenue. When it gets to trial, he can explain to the judge why he told advertisers to “go f… the selves.”RBA rules out interest rate cuts for the next six months.You would think getting the Productivity Commission to analyse Ausrtalia’s struggles to build enough new homes would be the thing a smart government would do before boldly announcing a plan to build 1.2m new homes.Calls for a royal commission into the CFMEU, with the Business Council of Australia warning an administrator is “wholly inadequate” to investigate the union’s misconduct. Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop27. Talking Business #27 Interview with Fred Thiele from Interactive
37:41||Season 7, Ep. 27Kamala Harris is raising money in record breaking amounts.HUGE relief to the RBA Board. Australia’s Q2 headline CPI inflation in line with market expectations. The big surprise was trimmed mean inflation. It undershot expectations to come in at 3.9%, down from 4% in March.Rex officially goes into administration, regional routes still running.Australia’s top companies face lower profits this earnings seasonNew Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt predicts it will take years for the CFMEU to fully reform itselfFollow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop26. Talking Business #26: Interview with Sonia Shwabsky from Kwik Kopy
38:10||Season 7, Ep. 26What does the market anticipate in a potential Kamala Harris presidency?Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has warned that rapidly rising building costs are keeping inflation in Australia higher than overseasCalling CrowdStrike!! What’s the plan on reimbursing everyone for the lost revenue?? This outage cost the global economy billions of dollars so far.Oxford Economics warns Australia’s housing supply and affordability crisis is likely to deepen and will remain a “chronic” issue.Insolvencies in the building and construction sector are already level with pre-Covid-19 calendar year totals, and numbers are set to exceed historical highs Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop25. Talking Business #25 Interview with Alex Perry from Sharewise
38:09||Season 7, Ep. 25The markets are waking up to the prospect of Trump winning the election following the assassination attempt. That means tax cuts, tariffs and de-regulation. There is also heightened political risk which may add to volatility.A group of ultra wealthy people are donating millions to a super PAC backing Donald Trump for President. Elon Musk is leading the charge with $US45 million per month to get Trump elected.The International Monetary Fund has warned that high inflation is proving more persistent than expected, potentially forcing central banks to keep interest rates higher for even longer than predicted.The Labor government will appoint an administrator to fix CFMEU, saying it doesn’t want to deregister them like Labor PM Hawke did to the BLF, not mentioning that the CFMEU was created out of the BLF. Qantas boss says Australia can’t sustain more than three airlines. Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop24. Talking Business #24 Interview with Leslie Chong from Imugene
37:52||Season 7, Ep. 24Euro 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 laundering money.NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will ban sex workers from being accessed using NDIS funding.Investment chiefs from Australia’s biggest superannuation funds say they will not bankroll Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan.Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop23. Talking Business #23 Interview with Deborah Rathjen from Carina
39:05||Season 7, Ep. 23Goldman 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 rise in company collapses may soon spread from small to large firms.A new report says artificial intelligence won’t destroy jobs but will create 200,000 news ones in Australia by 2030.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has found that the construction sector remains by far the single largest category of insolvency.Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop22. Talking Business#22: Interview with Scott O'Neill from Rethink Investing
38:06||Season 7, Ep. 22Australia’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 codeThe 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 repayments and tax bracket creep eat into disposable incomes .Pharmacists have labelled as “insulting” the Albanese government’s deal with the Greens to make pharmacies the sole supplier of vapes, saying they are not tobacconists or “garbage collectors”.Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop21. Talking Business #21 Interview with Anthony McClure from Silver Mines
38:45||Season 7, Ep. 21"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 the union in response to John Setka’s war with the AFL over the past weekBupa Australia plan to open up to health hubs providing GP services, allied health and pathology to deliver flexible, convenient healthcare options for Australians and take pressure off EDs.One of Gil McLachlan's new jobs is at Blackstone, which advises Crown and where the chairman of private equity is his cousin. Potential conflicts aside, that, his other job is as CEO of Tabcorp so soon after leaving the AFL. Follow my socials on:https://twitter.com/leongettlerhttps://www.instagram.com/leongettler/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leongettler/https://www.facebook.com/talkingbusinesspodcasthttps://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%3Dhttps://www.youtube.com/c/LeonGettler/discussion?app=desktop