ABC Business Daily
ABC Australia
193 episodes
The podcast that helps you unpack the latest business and finance news, analysing the stories moving share markets, shaping industries and affecting the Australian economy.
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Monday to Friday, ABC Senior Business Correspondent Carrington Clarke examines the biggest business news with ABC's specialist reporters. From finance, to AI technology, and how politics intersects, the team will break down what happened, why it matters, and what it might mean for you and your financial future.
Carrington Clarke is a former economist, ABC North America correspondent from Washington DC and East Asia correspondent from Seoul. Previously, he worked as a Sky News journalist and Fairfax Media editor. He has also reported for ABC Investigations’ flagship current affairs television program 7.30 and The Business .
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Fuel shortages stoke food supply fears
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced a series of measures which he says will cause the ‘economic asphyxiation’ of Iran, including going after other countries that do trade with the Middle East power. But…
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Canada stands up to Trump tariffs
Trade talks between the US and Canada broke down over the weekend, meaning a raft of Canadian products are now facing a higher tax slug. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will retaliate against the US…
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The business of making better shoes
As a podiatrist, Anna Baird spent a lot of time thinking about feet. In 2008, she wanted to be able to recommend comfortable and fashionable shoes to her clients and when she couldn’t find ones she liked, she decided…
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How healthy are Australian banks?
There’s been a stream of news out of the banking sector - from earnings results to plummeting home loan applications to AUSTRAC’s investigation into mortgage fraud. So Carrington has called on Brian Johnson, Senior…
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Meta is back in court
Tech titan Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is defending itself in US court against claims that it designed deliberatively addictive products aimed at children. What’s at stake in this…
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Why you should care about US bond yields
The yield on thirty-year US Treasury bonds is the highest it’s been in nearly two decades. So why are investors demanding a higher return in exchange for lending money to the US government? And why should Australians…
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New wages for gig workers
Host Carrington Clarke is back in the hosting chair to discuss the news that some of Australia’s gig workers now have a new safety net in place - with a new wage floor and insurance protections that come into effect…
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The farm kid behind virtual fences
What if farmers could herd cattle with a swipe of their smartphone? Craig Piggott, founder and CEO of tech company Halter, has done just that - developing cattle collars that let farmers manage their herds via virtual…
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Aluminium's billion-dollar bailout
A more than two-billion-dollar bailout is on the way for Tomago, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter. It’s a move that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says will secure jobs and sovereign capability for the…
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What the CBA results tell us about the economy
Commonwealth Bank earnings are in – and in the billions – an increase from last year’s results that exceeds expectations for the banking behemoth. But what to make of the dip in mortgage applications that CBA and…
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What the RBA thinks about the economy
It’s official: the Reserve Bank has held the cash rate - a decision in line with most economists' expectations and the market pricing. But how does this hold fit into the RBA's view of the wider economy? Is it a sigh…
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Will the RBA hold rates?
The RBA’s interest rate setting board kicks off its meeting today, to decide which way rates will go. What’s behind the widely held expectations that the central bank will hold rates steady when it announces its…
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Alan Joyce on Qantas, redundancies and regrets (he's had a few)
Alan Joyce spent two decades working for Qantas including fifteen years as CEO. He was one of Australia's most influential CEOs and had a pay packet to match. By the time he left the airline, Qantas had suffered huge…
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Finance experts get hacked and spruik crypto
Some of Australia's leading economic and financial commentators have had their X accounts hacked with the hacker then using their accounts to post about apparent crypto investment riches. Meanwhile Australian silicon…
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SpaceX spends big
Space X is making headlines this morning with its first earnings report since the tech titan went public in June. So what to make of its astronomical revenue growth? And what is still pulling its share price back to…
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What South Korea's Kospi crash tells us about tech
It's been a wild couple of weeks for South Korean shares with the stock market collapsing and wiping hundreds of billions of dollars off the value of Seoul's Kospi. The major market index has since recovered a little,…
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Fuel spikes, property slumps
With the fuel excise cut officially over are petrol prices about to skyrocket at the bowser? And fresh housing data shows that the property price slump seems to be spreading. Is Australia’s property market headed for…
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Inside a coconut water empire
When Scott Mendelsohn started selling coconut water out of the boot of his girlfriend's car, hardly anyone knew what it was. But over the past decade interest in coconut water has grown rapidly and his business, Raw C,…
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Will Chinese AI save businesses money?
Artificial intelligence isn’t going away. And the race for dominance isn’t over. But a new generation of AI models from China is putting fresh pressure on Silicon-Valley AI behemoths and raising questions about…
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Are you paying too much interest on your mortgage?
Offset accounts promise savings perks to mortgage borrowers across the country by lowering interest payments. But financial regulator ASIC says that many offset account owners have been paying more interest than they…
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Does a new refinery make economic sense?
After more than two decades of plummeting oil production in Australia, is the country about to get a new refinery? As Treasury warns that petrol prices will climb further if the war in Iran continues, the federal…
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Fuel price fickleness
After an oil spike on Friday, the price of Brent crude has fallen - again - as this sort of energy volatility continues to shape the global economy. As we wait for the latest Consumer Price Index data from the…
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The ACCC’s war on oligopolies
It’s been a busy year for Australia’s consumer and competition regulator. The ACCC has made headlines, taking supermarket giant Coles to court over misleading discount pricing - and winning. A similar court case…
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Trump tariffs are back
We know Donald Trump loves a tariff. And according to his administration, a slew of new ones are set to hit 60 countries this afternoon. Australia is on the list - with a 12.5 per cent tariff that will be imposed on…
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Does the RBA like unemployment?
Fresh employment data just released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, shows the unemployment rate has held steady in line with economists’ expectations. What do these numbers mean for the RBA’s interest rate…
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What Australians get wrong about interest rates
A brand-new bulletin from the Reserve Bank is out today, capturing how Australians experience and understand the economy. And while public awareness for the RBA is high, survey results seem to suggest that people…
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Will Moonshot’s AI bring Silicon Valley back to earth?
A new AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot has put pressure on Silicon Valley-backed tech titans. Meanwhile markets have taken notice, with downturns on the South Korean KOSPI. Could these sorts of tech moves in…
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Are we heading for a private credit crunch?
Financial regulator ASIC has raised concerns that a private credit crunch could be on the horizon, putting Australians on alert about superannuation and property investment in funds with little or no disclosure…
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Jim Chalmers on Australia’s AI balancing act
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. Can the Australian government keep up? Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s much-anticipated speech at Sydney University this week detailed what he says makes Australia uniquely…
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SpaceX shares slip
SpaceX’s share price has slipped after making IPO-history last month and turning founder and CEO Elon Musk into a trillionaire. So how has the market reacted? And what does this mean for the other tech giants in line…
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Albanese weighs in on the AI economy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told Australians that it is not a matter of if - or even when - artificial intelligence will transform the economy. Instead, the question is how that change will happen. Meanwhile…
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What’s keeping oil prices from spiking even more?
The price of crude oil has spiked, again. And US President Donald Trump has posted on social media, saying the US will charge a 20 per cent fee on cargo travelling through the contested Strait of Hormuz. But why is…
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Why pay isn't keeping pace with productivity
The interaction between pay and productivity has driven some of Australia’s biggest economic and policy debates in recent decades. New research from the Centre for Policy Development suggests that the typical worker’s…
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Justin Wolfers on the absurdities of Trump’s America
Justin Wolfers has spent 25 years in the United States watching the world’s biggest economy from close range - and from the useful distance of an Australian accent that still cuts through the absurdity. A former…
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Will Telstra's outage lead to financial fallout?
Telstra’s outage has caused dismay and anger across the country. And as problems continue into a second day, questions are being asked about whether further regulations are needed. So what are the business costs of…
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Can Australia trust AI?
The Telstra outage has caused disruption across the country - and highlighted just how dependent businesses and households have become on systems that are meant to work, seamlessly and constantly. At the same time, AI…
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Is the NRL about to break the media rights record?
A multi-billion-dollar broadcast deal is in the works for the NRL - and if it goes through (as it's expected to), it would become the biggest media rights deal in Australian history. So what does the sheer amount of…
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Why are there so many ETFs on the ASX?
With the financial year officially over, it's time to take stock of the Australian stock exchange, which saw a record number of Exchange Traded Funds added to its board last year. So what explains this spike in ETFs…
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Fuelcast: A final update, for now
With the 50 per cent fuel excise cut now over, it's a good time to take stock of where the energy crisis stands - from the price of Brent crude, to the still-fragile movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. So…
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Ampol on fuel security after Hormuz
The war between Iran, the US and Israel has forced the world to confront just how fragile energy supply still is. Even with a memorandum of understanding now in place, the Strait of Hormuz remains a live fault line -…
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Tax Week: Investment property low down
We've heard a lot about negative gearing and investment properties recently, so if you own property, what will the changes mean for you? In this episode Carrington Clarke and Emily Stewart get into the nitty-gritty of…
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Trump's made money - will you?
Fresh financial disclosure documents gave the world a window into just how much money United States president Donald Trump has made during his first year back in the White House. And the numbers might shock you. Is it…
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Tax Week: Changes slated for your shares
Do you own shares or ETFs? The proposed CGT changes could affect your investments. In this episode Carrington Clarke and Emily Stewart explain CGT tax changes in store for Australians who own EFTs and direct shares.…
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Property down, rent up
The monthly property data we've been waiting for is here. And the numbers tell us that national property prices are, in fact, falling. Meanwhile, rents are rising at an extraordinary clip - what part does this play in…
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Tax Week: A new $1,000 tax deduction?
You might have heard about the new $1,000 tax deduction for work-related expenses... but how will it actually work? In this episode of Tax Week with ABC Business Daily, Carrington Clarke and Emily Stewart unpack…
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AI (over)exuberance
Tech titans are spending trillions of dollars as they compete to be crowned winner of the ongoing artificial intelligence race. But this raises a fundamental economic question: is the expenditure actually going to be…
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Tax Week: Your EOFY checklist
Not sure what to do with all those tax receipts? How will the new $1000 tax deduction actually work? And what about changes to negative gearing and the CGT discount? Welcome to Tax Week with ABC Business Daily, a…
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Polestar's EVs are under pressure
American drivers will have one less electric vehicle maker to choose from, with the news that EV company Polestar has been banned from selling in the US. So why is the Swedish brand seemingly paying the price for its…
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Fuelcast: Iran continues to control the Strait
The US struck Iran over the weekend following Iran’s drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz late last week. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, responded to US…
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The start-up taking on the US hospital system
4DMedical has become one of the most closely watched healthcare companies on the ASX this year, as investors and hospitals alike pay attention to an Australian technology company trying to change how lung disease is…
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