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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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24:19

The biggest Australian company you've never heard of...

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2025/11/05

Health editor Michael Smith discusses CSL’s remarkable story, why investors have lost faith in the healthcare giant and what Trump has to do with it. This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband Further reading: How CSL went from 'bloated bureaucracy' to $145b global behemothWhen Brian McNamee took on the top job at Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, the government-run entity was barely worth the land it was built on.McNamee vows to stay CSL chairman despite growing investor disquietThe

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30:35

Crypto ATM scams: ‘I consider myself intelligent, but...

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2025/10/29

This week on The Fin, Lucy King and James Eyers on Australia’s crypto ATM boom, how they are being used for investment scams and why Australia is being targeted.This podcast is sponsored by Salesforce Further reading: ‘Devastated’: How I lost $500k in a crypto ATM scamMary, 85, is one of thousands of victims of Australia’s boom in crypto ATM’s, which suck in $275 million a year, and are the “getaway cars” for scammers. Consumers, banks urge outright ban on

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23:26

'Don’t do a Deloitte': the AI stuff-up that...

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2025/10/22

This week on The Fin podcast, Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp on Deloitte’s stuff-up, why it became a global story and what it means for the way we use, and value, AI.This podcast is sponsored by SalesforceFurther reading:‘Oversight was not followed’: Deloitte apologises for AI reportThe firm will discipline personnel over a report that had to be reissued after they failed to vet incorrect AI-generated material in the document.Deloitte’s AI scandal shows consultants need a new

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21:51

Is your Chinese EV a 'ticking time bomb'?

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2025/10/15

This week, senior writer Greg Bearup and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on China's dominance of the local EV and battery market and why that's a security risk. Further reading: Is your Chinese EV a ‘ticking time bomb’?The rapid uptake of electric cars and home batteries from the Asian nation has put Australia’s energy infrastructure at risk of foreign hijack, experts warn.China could disable or detonate Aussie EVs, warns top cyber expertMalcolm Turnbull’s

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24:55

Inside the biggest investment scandal in 15 years

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2025/10/08

Andrew Hobbs and Tony Boyd on how investors lost $1.2 billion in Shield, First Guardian and Australian Fiduciaries, and how the gatekeepers let it happen.This podcast is sponsored by AcendaFurther reading:The ‘easy peasy’ approval: Shield exposes $850b super wrap industryThese funds told us they were toxic: how did Macquarie miss it?How Macquarie ignored its own advice on Shield (and lost $100m)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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22:57

What LaTrobe and Jon Adgemis reveal about the private...

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2025/10/01

Senior reporters Jonathan Shapiro and Primrose Riordan on what ASIC's crackdown on LaTrobe Financial and the Jon Adgemis saga tells us about the private credit market, the risks for super investors and whether the golden run is over. This podcast is sponsored by AcendaFurther reading: Private credit faces tougher regulation after damning report La Trobe investment products hit with stop orders by ASIC Deutsche Bank appoints receivers for Adgemis pubs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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33:10

PM’s Pacific fumbles loom over long-awaited Trump...

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2025/09/24

Canberra bureau chief Nicola Smith and Washington correspondent Jessica Gardner on the Pacific defence deals and what to expect when Albanese sits down with Donald Trump.This podcast is sponsored byAcendaFurther reading:Trump and Albanese meet, as PM finally lands White House visitDonald Trump and Anthony Albanese met at a UN reception in New York as it was confirmed they would finally sit down together at the White House next month.China looms large over PM’s embarrassing setbackAustralia

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26:40

It’s firing season at the banks. How far will the job...

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2025/09/17

Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and banking reporter Angira Bharadwaj on ANZ’s overhaul, why banks are cutting jobs and whether management has lost control of the message. This podcast is sponsored byAncenda Further reading:ANZ’s pragmatic deal for ‘betraying’ Australia deserves no applauseANZ has stitched up a pragmatic settlement with ASIC to give Nuno Matos room to launch his reset. But it shouldn’t distract from what has been shabby governance.‘It’s

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32:15

Is the war on NIMBYs enough to fix Australia’s...

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2025/09/10

NSW political correspondentPaul Karpand deputy property editorMichael Blebyon the political leaders declaring war on NIMBYs, whether it will help the country meet its housing supply target and why the bigger problem might be a tradie deficit.This podcast is sponsored byCMC Markets Further reading: How the Woollahra development could redraw politics in Sydney’s eastUrban infill doesn’t just reshape the local environment; it can change the political landscape as well.NSW planning minister

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8:11

Bonus episode - Lachlan Murdoch's $5b succession

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2025/09/09

Rupert Murdoch's eldest son has finally secured control of the family’s sprawling media empire in a multi-billion dollar settlement with his siblings. Media reporter Sam Buckingham-Jones gives his take on the deal that ends a bitter succession battle. This podcast is sponsored byCMC Markets Further reading: Lachlan Murdoch takes family media empire, paying siblings $5b to exitThe deal brings to an end almost two years of bitter legal wranglings over control, cementing Rupert Murdoch’s

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26:32

What happens when a company turns its laptops into...

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2025/09/03

This week on The Fin, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman discusses the test case of a compliance company that has been spying on its staff, what it means for work from home and how AI will affect the future of surveillance.This podcast is sponsored byCMC MarketsFurther reading:Company turned laptops into covert recording devices to monitor WFHSafetrac says it needed to track work-from-home staff for underperformance, but some employees say the surveillance went too far and police are now

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29:02

Phil Coorey on: Iran attacks, budget crisis and...

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2025/08/27

Political editor Phillip Coorey on the debt bomb facing the next generation, the ‘Braveheart ’situation in parliament and the Iran-led attacks in Australia.This podcast is sponsored byCMC MarketsFurther reading:The VW, the tobacco kingpin, and Iran’s Revolutionary GuardSloppy criminals who reused a stolen car for arson attacks on a synagogue and nightclub led spies to uncover a state-sponsored campaign of terror.PM had no choice but to act after explosive Iran revelationsAfter

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23:01

The chequebook of Mormon: $500m on Australian farms...

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2025/08/20

This week onThe Fin podcast: senior writer Greg Bearup on why the Mormon Church is buying up vast tracts of Australian farmland and whether it’s in the national interest. This podcast is sponsored by CMC MarketsFurther reading:Mormon church’s $490m spending spree exposes trade deal blind spotFarmers fear the American church could change the face of Australian agriculture.The chequebook of Mormon: $500m on Australian farms in six monthsWith its immense resources, the US-based Mormon

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24:04

Do we really need to bring back the baby bonus?

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2025/08/13

This week onThe Finpodcast:senior writerMyriam Robinon how worried we should be about declining fertility rates, whether they could and should be reversed and why politicians in Australia are so reluctant to talk about it. This podcast is sponsored by CMC Markets Further reading:Can Australia escape the global fertility crisis?Not too long ago, the world was worried about runaway population growth. But with birth rates falling too fast, the scramble is on to avoid the demographic crunch.How to fix

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31:46

A 'strike' at the heart of the millionaires' factory

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2025/08/06

This week on The Finpodcast:senior reporterJemima Whyteand associate editorJoyce Moullakison whether Macquarie has lost its edge, who might be in line to take over the top job and what happens when you threaten the pay packets of a millionaires’ factory.Further reading:Macquarie scrambled to lobby proxy firms ahead of fraught AGMThe company made the highly unusual move to understand if major investors would reject executive pay plans as it dealt with a backlash.Glenn Stevens feels the burn

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29:28

"What the f*** did you do?" Sam Altman on being fired...

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2025/07/30

This week on The Fin, Technology editor Paul Smith talks about his interview with Altman and reveals what it would take for the AI chief to pull the plug. Further reading:What OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobThe race is on to build machines that can outthink humans. The tech founder in charge of ChatGPT says there is one thing that would make him stop.‘Try the future’: New ChatGPT AI agents promise to do your jobsDrawing on three pre-existing OpenAI products,

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25:57

Albanese's China play: Beijing banquets and a trip...

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2025/07/23

This week on The Fin, North Asia correspondent Jessica Sier and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on whether Panda diplomacy works and why Beijing needs a succession plan. This podcast is sponsored by Workday.China ordered this Aussie flower farm to grow rice. Then they found a solutionIn a country of 1.4 billion people, keeping everyone fed can be the difference between stability and chaos. The Lynch Group nearly had to tear down its greenhouses.Beyond the Wall: Albanese’s

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27:56

The rates call that stunned economists, markets...

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2025/07/16

This week on The Finpodcast, economics editor John Kehoe and senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the RBA’s shock decision on interest rates, what it means for the economy and whether the next generation could be the first to be worse off than their parents. This podcast is sponsored byWorkday.Further reading:Gen Z will be richer than their parents. But here’s the catchSluggish productivity and tax policies rigged against young people mean many are missing out on financial comfort

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25:45

‘Law of the jungle’: the struggle to clean up the CFMEU

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2025/07/09

This week onThe Finpodcast, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman on what has been done to stamp out a culture of fear and intimidation in the CFMEU and whether it's working. This podcast is sponsored by Workday. Further reading:High Court leaves CFMEU administrator with no more excusesThe failed High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration has cleared a path to cleaning out the union. But the administrator still has to walk it.High Court ruling on CFMEU a ‘line in the sand’

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26:11

You’re probably part of Australia’s new 'inheritocracy'

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2025/07/02

This week on The Fin,Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Wealth reporter Lucy Dean on the surge in inherited wealth, what’s behind it and what can, or should, be done about it….This podcast is sponsored by Workday. Further Reading:You're probably part of Australia's new inheritocracyHow inheritance is upending the marriage marketHow do the 1pc find love? With these high-end matchmaking servicesThe maths that makes SMSFs a tax reform target for Chalmers See omnystudio.com/listener

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