International Reading:
- Beginning tomorrow, Trump Tariffs Will Affect Nearly 75 Percent of US Food Imports. – Tax Foundation
- How Trump’s tariffs could affect your grocery bill – The Hill
- Trump Ends Tariff Exemption For Small Packages – Wired
- Bessent: Trump Has ‘Backdoor to Privatizing Social Security’ – Mediaite
- The US Will Be the Biggest Loser From Trade ‘Wins’ – Bloomberg
- The mortgage rate decline it would take to make an average home affordable is ‘unrealistic,’ Zillow says – Fortune
- Hawley introduces bill to provide $600 tariff rebates to adults and children – The Hill
- Bessent says ‘not to panic’ over tariff rate surges on Aug. 1 – CNBC
- Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Brazil, citing trial of ally Bolsonaro – Lemonde
- The US economy grew by 3% in Q2 2025, but did it ? – CNBC
- Microsoft CFO Calls for ‘Intensity’ in Memo, After Blowout Earnings – Business Insider
- AI Is Threatening Entry-Level Jobs That New Grads Needed to Get On-the-Job Training – Futurism
- What’s Holding Trump Back From Firing Powell: The Markets – The Atlantic
- The Trump-Crypto Honeymoon Is Over – Wired
Local Reading:
- Labor has passed its student debt cuts. – SBS News
- The more governments try to restrict social media use, the more young people will find ways to get around it – The Guardian
- Rape charges against Bruce Lehrmann unlikely to go to trial until next year – ABC
- NZ has ultra-low emission wood heaters. Why doesn’t Australia? – ABC
- Queensland Productivity Commission report finds drop in productivity could have cost state 70,000 extra homes – ABC
- Alleged ringleaders behind defrauding banks for luxury cars, homes and business loans face almost 200 charges – ABC
- Tax fossil fuel exports or risk losing revenue to other nations, says Zali Steggall – ABC
- More than a million unemployed Australians job ready as ‘deeply concerning’ data released – ABC
- Embrace AI or suffer: Atlassian billionaire’s warning – Michael West
- Australian government threatens Signal encrypted messaging system – WSWS
- Atlassian co-founder says Australia could be major data centre hub for South-East Asia – ABC
- Nationals call for Senate inquiry into decision to resume US beef imports – ABC
- Non-performing housing loans still rising – Interest.co.nz
- Residential construction activity expectations ‘tank’ to lowest level in a year – Interest.co.nz
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Australia’s economy is cooked
Australian house prices are rigged to blow
