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Thursday 2 June 2022

The Australian economy grows faster than expected, and there’s plenty of pressure on prices. 

Also today:

• Lithium stocks, which until the past few days have been the absolute darling of investors, tumble on fears of big falls in the price of the commodity. 
• East coast flooding bill hits $4.3 billion.
• And the new federal ministry is sworn in with a record number of women.

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Australia's economy grew by 0.8% in the March quarter, slightly above expectations. So which sectors drove growth, and what's it all mean for inflation and interest rates?

ANZ Senior Economist Felicity Emmett breaks down the data with Sean Aylmer.

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Wednesday 1 June 2022

With a month to go until the financial year end, superannuation returns look poor as the ASX goes backwards. 

Also today:

• Counsel assisting recommends The Star is unsuitable to hold a casino licence in NSW. 
• China waters down a proposal to implement a region-wide security pact in the Pacific Islands
• And Commonwealth Bank says it's rethinking whether customers can use its app to trade in cryptos while ANZ says it’s pleased it didn’t get into the BNPL space.

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It’s not a bad time to be a tradie in Australia, with tradespeople of all varieties inundated with work. But prices are rising, supply chains are still choked up, and a series of natural disasters have put the sector under a lot of pressure.

Hipages is the ASX-listed marketplace for tradies, with a huge amount of data on the trends and pressures within the industry. Hipages founder and CEO Roby Sharon-Zipser talks Sean through the company's expansion, and explains why Hipages hasn't been immune to the recent sell-off of tech stocks.

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Tuesday 31 May 2022

AGL Energy dumps its plan to split into two, triggering a bunch of resignations at the energy giant. 

• Both the Liberal and National parties elect new leaders 
• Regional Express to cut flights to regional centres
• And how a tweet from US President Joe Biden helped a tiny Aussie company’s share price jump 40 per cent

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Ever since Anthony Albanese won the election a week and a half ago, there’s been an extreme focus on Australia’s foreign policy: from the Quad meeting with the US, India and Japan, to a charm offensive in the South Pacific.

Professor James Curran - professor of modern history at the University of Sydney, and a columnist for the Australian Financial Review - assesses the outlook for Australia's international relations, including what it all means for our relationship with China.

James Curran is also the author of Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria To Fear, released in August.

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