Listener Duncan asks: Why does the government policy always seem to be at loggerheads with Productivity Commission guidance?

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Listener Joey asks: “The ASX hit 8000 points this week” - we hear this type of statement all the time, but what are these 8000 points?

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Listener Ben asks: If the Republicans win in November there are many economic plans they will implement. But the one I'm really interested in is the plan to devalue the US dollar which I believe the VP nominee JD Vance is particularly keen on. What are the best strategies to take advantage of this do you think? 

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Listener Bryan asks: Instead of the reserve bank varying interest rates why not scrap that and vary GST accordingly? Yes it would be tricky to navigate initially, but once implemented would be smooth. Look at petrol prices. They go up and down all the time and no one riots. Doing this everyone is affected not just people with loans.

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Listener Russell asks: Where does all the extra interest go? With interest rates up, and the cost of lending higher, who's the ultimate beneficiary of higher rates?

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Listener Sally asks:  I’d love to hear a simple explanation of how the NEM works. That’s the national electricity market. What’s the criteria to participate? How does the pricing work? Which state has the lowest prices?  

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Listener Cara asks: You talked about Telstra upping mobile phone prices above the rate of inflation, and the fact that this is an example of services inflation. Doesn’t Telstra, as the country’s biggest telco, have an obligation to help the economy and not put more pressure on prices?

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This week the federal government accused a group called APT40 of working on behalf of a Chinese spy agency to target government and business networks.

It’s a major escalation in the war on cybercrime, and a stark reminder of the ongoing threat to Australian companies.

Thomas Fikentscher, Area Vice President for Australia New Zealand at CyberArk, talks to Sean about the challenges for organisations, and the alarming effect AI is going to have on cybercrime.

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Listener Lachie asks: As a nation we are net super contributors. However, as frequently discussed, Australia is facing an issue regarding an ageing population. Could we become net withdrawers from super funds and therefore reducing the demand of the biggest investors in the ASX? 

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Listener John asks: How much of the high CPI is driven by services versus goods? I see wages still going up and up and business owners have no choice but to pass these costs on. How does that impact CPI figures?

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