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The Fin

Australian Financial Review

A weekly podcast from The Australian Financial Review that examines the biggest stories in business, markets and politics, and why they matter, explained by the best financial journalists in the country. Search The Fin and follow us wherever you get your podcasts.

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25:38

Slater & Gordon, the email scandal & the girl with...

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2025/03/26

This week onThe Finpodcast, professional services reporter Maxim Shanahan and Rear Window columnist Hannah Wootton on Slater and Gordon’s workplace meltdown and the mysterious woman at the centre of it all. Quotes in this episode are voiced by AFR staff. This podcast is sponsored by AICD.Further reading:Slaters refers former staffer to police over incendiary mass emailThe law firm says a forensic investigation has found the sender of the infamous memo had access to sensitive data and was

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26:38

Election mode: Dutton's Trump problem & the budget no...

The Fin ·

2025/03/19

This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey and economics editor John Kehoe on how both sides of politics are planning to spin the budget, who’s ahead inthe polls and why the most important person in this election race might not be Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton.Further reading:Chalmers concedes Labor won’t keep its $275 power bill pledgeJim Chalmers has effectively raised the white flag on the election promise to lower power bills by $275, but says it will be worse

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31:28

Khaki election: Trump’s ‘Mean Girls’ diplomacy...

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2025/03/12

This week onThe Finpodcast, foreign affairs and defence correspondent Andrew Tillett and international affairs expert James Curran on how Donald Trump has disrupted the world order and why we are headed for a khaki-tinged election.Further reading:Trump’s tariffs were inevitable. But Albanese could have done moreLevies on Australian steel and aluminium to the US starting on Wednesday will have domestic political fallout.Albanese rebuffs Trump over call to lift to defence spendingWhile Labor

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29:08

Comeback king: Can Richard White stay in charge at...

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2025/03/05

This week onThe Finpodcast, senior reporter Max Mason and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson discuss WiseTech’s tumultuous five months, Richard White’s second coming and whether he should stay in charge.Further reading:‘I am WiseTech’: How Richard White regained control of his companyOn one side was a group of independent directors with their reputations on the line. On the other, a powerful founder with everything to lose.The billionaire, his lawyer wife – and the

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27:26

Succession battle: How Trump could cost Lachlan...

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2025/02/26

This week onThe Finpodcast, senior writer Myriam Robin and author Neil Chenoweth on the bitter fight for control of the Murdoch empire and why the election of Donald Trump couldn’t have come at a worse time for Rupert’s succession plans.This podcast is sponsored by IG Further reading:The Murdochs go to war – through the mediaRupert and Lachlan have failed, for now, to take control of the family trust. But that outcome is by no means the end to hostilities between the media

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21:02

Did the Reserve Bank cut interest rates too soon?

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2025/02/19

This week onThe Finpodcast, editor-at-large Michael Stutchbury and economics correspondent Michael Read on why the Reserve Bank cut rates this week, whether Bullock is ‘one and done’ and how this affects the timing of the election.This podcast is sponsored by IG.Further reading:RBA rate cut more about politics than economicsAfter roughing up the central bank, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers should take whatever sliver of bacon the RBA will give financially squeezed voters.Bullock

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29:11

Inside the fight to keep girls out of boys' schools

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2025/02/12

This week on The Fin podcast, AFR Magazine contributor Brook Turner on why Sydney has become the epicentre of this battle and whether there is still a place in Australia for single-sex schools. This podcast is sponsored by IG. Further reading:‘We became a pinata’: The culture war tearing a school apartHow its decision to go co-ed made Newington College in Sydney the country’s most talked-about school.‘We did not expect the intensity’: Newington hits back at co-ed

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27:16

DeepSeek drama: what the Chinese startup means for...

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2025/02/05

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro and technology editor Paul Smith on DeepSeek’s breakthrough, why Australia has banned its use on government devices and what this all means for 'the magnificent seven' US tech stocks that have been pushing markets to record highs.Further reading:DeepSeek drama: are markets all-in on the most dangerous idea in history?While investors fret about what the arrival of DeepSeek means for their all-in bet on American artificial

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27:30

Dispatch from Davos: Trump hasn’t killed DEI (yet)

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2025/01/29

This week on The Fin podcast, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on how companies and governments are responding to Trump, 2.0, whether diversity programs are under threat and why Australians have stopped going to Davos.Further reading:Trump slams Europe, threatens ‘trillions’ in tariffsThe president lambasted Canada’s trade surplus with the US and also fired a verbal volley at the European Union’s restrictions on his country.CEOs at Davos feel ready, even heady, for Trump

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22:12

Summer special: Back from holidays? Time to plan the...

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2025/01/22

This week on The Fin, Travel editor Fiona Carruthers discusses the outlook for tourism, why flights are getting cheaper, which airlines are likely to give you the best deal and why Greenland is suddenly on everyone’s list.Further reading:Europe calling? A guide to predicting the cheapest faresIf you’re wondering whether to book your 2025 flights now or to wait, recent average prices are a handy benchmark.The hottest travel spots as the economy turns coldJapan is cool, Bali is always

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29:06

Summer special: AFR critics on what to watch, read...

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2025/01/15

In the first of a two-part series, The Fin podcast talks to the critics around the Financial Review newsroom to get their recommendations for film, television, books and music. Further reading: The 10 best albums of 2024 (if Taylor Swift isn’t your jam)Soulful singer songwriters, rising indie superstars, Australian up-and-comers and a floor-filling techno god. Welcome to the year’s best sounds.12 books fiction lovers will give (or hope to receive)We asked prominent Australian writers,

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31:34

Rear Window’s year in review: the scoops, the...

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2024/12/18

Outgoing Rear Window editor Myriam Robin tells us about the megalomaniac trying to solve Australia’s housing crisis, the column’s biggest scoop and the rebellion underway at the country’s most exclusive clubs.This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband. Further reading:Peter V’landys bogged down in a multibillion-dollar property playThe influential CEO of Racing NSW is staring down allegations aired confidentially by purported whistleblowers to a parliamentary inquiry.Gina

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28:33

Bitcoin has broken through US$100,000. Now what?

The Fin ·

2024/12/11

This week on The Fin podcast, James Eyers on why Donald Trump is a crypto bro, whether Bitcoin’s price will stay at these record levels and how regulators are playing catch up. This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband. Further reading:ASIC moves to expand its oversight of crypto and digital assetsThe corporate regulator’s new guidance outlines more than a dozen examples of how it intends to assess what is in – and out – of financial services laws.A bitcoin convention in

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26:14

Big super reckoning: Are Australians losing faith in...

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2024/12/04

This week on The Fin podcast, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and reporter Hannah Wootton on why ASIC is suing Cbus, what it means for industry funds and whether the ‘super wars’ are back.This podcast is sponsored by UNSW Further reading:How Cbus’ big party year went horribly wrongIt’s not the biggest or the worst performing of the super funds. So why has Cbus become the poster child for the $4 trillion sector’s problems?Big Super’s reckoning has arrivedAfter 32 years of guaranteed inflows from

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31:17

Social media ban: screen time fix, magic wand or a...

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2024/11/27

This week on The Fin podcast, Technology editor Paul Smith and media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham-Jones on why the ban is being introduced, what it means for children and parents and whether it could cause a rift with the new US President.This podcast is sponsored by UNSWFurther reading:Why this former TikTok executive wants a strict social media banTikTok hired Felicity McVay to convince Disney, Universal and the AFL to use the platform more. Now she’s campaigning to get children off

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27:10

'Chussia Anxiety': Why Donald Trump wants to...

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2024/11/20

This week on The Fin podcast, Australian Financial Review contributor and former diplomat Geoff Raby on Trump’s world and what it means for Australia and why China and Russia are less close than you might think.This podcast is sponsored by UNSWFurther reading: Xi is thumping Putin in the Great GameFormer Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby takes a deep dive into the “Chussia” partnership. His conclusions about a rising Sinostan would not please the Kremlin.Civil servants to flee as Trump

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32:11

MinRes investigation: a secret tax deal, company cash...

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2024/11/13

This week on The Fin podcast, investigative reporter Neil Chenoweth and Rear Window columnist Mark Di Stefano on how Chris Ellison’s secret deal with the tax office came to light, why some investors want the founder to stay on and whether Mineral Resources can draw a line in the sand. This podcast is sponsored by UNSWFurther reading:Inside the two-week unravelling of Chris Ellison’s hold on MinResMonday’s attempt to draw a line in the sand still leaves unanswered questions for shareholders and

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29:03

Luxury property & unpaid bills: the two worlds of...

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2024/11/06

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Simon Evans and Rear Window editor Myriam Robin on Sanjeev Gupta’s flashy property purchase, his financial troubles and the South Australian town caught in the middle.This podcast is sponsored by UNSWFurther reading:Whyalla steelworks running out of options as taxpayer rescue resistedThe SA premier says it’s time Sanjeev Gupta took some action, with governments wary of taxpayer funds being siphoned off to overseas parts of GFG Alliance.The town bearing

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28:49

Joe Aston on Qantas: ‘This is a story about power in...

The Fin ·

2024/10/30

This week on The Fin podcast, Joe Aston, former Rear Window editor and author of The Chairmain's Lounge, discusses what went wrong for the Qantas, its oversized influence in Canberra, and the extraordinary perks of a Qantas board seat.Editors note: On Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denied ever contacting Alan Joyce to seek a flight upgrade.This podcast is sponsored by UNSW Further reading:The incredible financial value of a Qantas board seatThe lavish and fudged flight perks of the

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28:01

Trump v Harris: Is it too little, too late for the...

The Fin ·

2024/10/23

This week on The Fin podcast, International editor James Curran and US correspondent Matthew Cranston on how Trump has managed to claw back Harris’ lead in the final weeks of the campaign and what Canberra is worried about.This podcast is sponsored by IGFurther reading:Trade wars, market jolts: What a Trump win means for AustraliaThe tax and economic policies of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will have profound effects for Australian investors, exporters and US subsidiaries.Trump works a McDonald’s

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