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John McDuling @jmcduling
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The Capital Brief / Demos AU poll from two weeks ago had One Nation moving ahead of Labor on primary votes for the first time. AFR/RedBridge today confirms the trend capitalbrief.com/article/lab… afr.com/politics/federal/one…
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Big story: A prominent online buyers agency has collapsed into voluntary liquidation as banks begin to rein in lending to property investors. Customers who paid it thousands of dollars in upfront fees are now fearful they will be left stranded. capitalbrief.com/article/buy…

Buyers agent Dashdot collapses as negative gearing, CGT reforms hit property investors

The online property advisory has placed itself in voluntary liquidation, with customers who paid thousands of dollars in upfront fees fearful they will be left stranded.

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As @jack_derwin has revealed over the past fortnight, all of the big five banks have now tightened their lending to investors in the wake of the government's CGT, negative gearing reforms capitalbrief.com/article/anz…

ANZ throws in the towel on negative gearing, CBA follows suit

The major lenders have now all called time on negative gearing.

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Here’s an awesome video of a bunch of kids from New York City sharing their thoughts on the New York Yankees releasing The Great Bambino, Babe Ruth. Crazy to think these lads are like 8-12 years old and they probably could kick my ass without breaking a sweat. The year is 1935x.
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We published the latest Capital Brief | DemosAU poll last night. The trend it first identified back in Jan continues and might even be accelerating, with One Nation closing in on Labor's primary vote. Is this a blip or something more permanent? #auspol capitalbrief.com/article/one…

One Nation closes in on Labor’s primary vote as its poll surge continues

Exclusive new polling shows Pauline Hanson’s party now trails Labor by just one percentage point, even as voters indicate they are more receptive to new Coalition leader Angus Taylor.

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Great deep dive on Firmus, which has to be the most hyped name in the Australian market right now. While it has plenty of big name (insto & strategic) backers who are convinced it could be the country's next blue chip stock, there are also doubters. capitalbrief.com/article/the…

‘There’s always going to be haters’: Firmus doubts emerge as it races to IPO

While big name money is backing Firmus, not everyone in the market is convinced by the story, with its co-founder’s colourful past and sustainability claims among the concerns.

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Exclusive new polling for Capital Brief shows One Nation’s primary vote is now level with the Coalition’s, with particularly striking gains among women and low income earners. capitalbrief.com/article/one…

One Nation neck-and-neck with Coalition on primary vote, new polling shows

DemosAU’s head of research, George Hasanakos, says it’s the first time a nationwide poll has shown a minor party on equal footing with a traditional party of government.

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This is quite extraordinary and there are at least two different ways to interpret it $IREN capitalbrief.com/article/ire…

IREN's ex-Macquarie founders now Australia's highest paid CEOs after $218m windfall

Dan and Will Roberts each took home $109 million last financial year after IREN became the world's most valuable Bitcoin miner, and an ambitious AI data centre play.

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1 Sep 2025
ANZ bank employees are on edge with an ongoing restructure now expected to cut thousands of employees from its underperforming retail division. capitalbrief.com/newsletter/…

Scoop: ANZ's Nuno Matos mulls cuts of up to 5,000 jobs

ANZ employees are on edge with an ongoing restructure now expected to cut thousands of employees from its underperforming retail division.

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ANZ has apologised after it inadvertently sent around an automated email to individual senior staff informing them their jobs would be terminated as part of a broad restructure of its retail bank under new CEO Nuno Matos capitalbrief.com/article/anz…

ANZ retail boss apologises for firing senior staff in email mishap

Employees were prematurely made aware of their impending redundancies via a generic corporate missive.

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28 Aug 2025
Incredible stuff from ANZ, via @jack_derwin: ANZ has apologised after it inadvertently sent around an automated email to senior staff informing them their jobs would be terminated as part of a restructure capitalbrief.com/article/anz…

ANZ retail boss apologises for firing senior staff in email mishap

Employees were prematurely made aware of their impending redundancies via a generic corporate missive.

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‘Deep concern’: Draft letter reveals CBA's private fight against RBA surcharging reforms. New scoop from @jack_derwin capitalbrief.com/article/dee… $CBA

‘Deep concern’: Draft letter reveals CBA's private fight against RBA surcharging reforms

In a confidential letter obtained by this publication, the leading bank attempts to rally opposition to the key proposals which it says could "jeopardise" the payments system.

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Meta has dismissed as “bogus” a whistleblower leak alleging it scraped several prominent Australian news sites, but stopped short of ruling out the possibility that the publications were used to train its AI models capitalbrief.com/article/met…

Meta dismisses leaks suggesting its AI scraped Australian news sites

The ABC, The Sydney Morning Herald, and some of News Corp’s assets were included in a list of sites that were allegedly scraped by Meta for the benefit of its AI models.

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Our proposal is to offer solutions. @WilsonAssetMgmt’s ‘Progressive Super Surcharge & Tax Offset’ is simple: * Targets real income * Raises ~$2.4b * Avoids taxing “paper” profits @CapitalBrief covers our submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable to fix a broken model, one that even Labor MPs are questioning. capitalbrief.com/article/jim…

Jim Chalmers' super tax nemesis Geoff Wilson pitches his own plan

The Wilson Asset Management chairman has been one of the most outspoken critics of Jim Chalmers' plan to tax unrealised capital gains. Now, he has his own proposal.

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Reclusive billionaire Brett Blundy is best known for launching or reviving small Australian retailers. But his private investment company BBRC is now on a collision course with iconic lingerie brand Victoria's Secret. capitalbrief.com/article/mos…

'Most people fear him': Behind Brett Blundy's Victoria's Secret gambit

The reclusive billionaire is best known for launching or reviving small Australian retailers. That's why his activist campaign against an iconic US lingerie brand is surprising.

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2 Jul 2025
New: Stan quietly raises sport subscription price after Premier League deal via @CapitalBrief capitalbrief.com/article/sta…

Stan quietly raises sport subscription price after Premier League deal

The price hike was rolled out without warning to existing Stan Sport subscribers on Tuesday, just a day after Nine announced its deal with Optus.

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Priests, nuns and RSL clubs: Meet private credit’s unlikeliest investors capitalbrief.com/article/pri…

Priests, nuns and RSL clubs: Meet private credit’s unlikeliest investors

Fashion brands, religious groups, pie shops, charities and RSL clubs are parking millions of dollars in private credit vehicles run by the market's biggest managers.

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Another @bronwen scoop on the NRF 👀 capitalbrief.com/article/aud… #auspol

Audit reveals the NRF has no financial strategy despite $436m in deals

The Albanese's flagship reconstruction fund has been rebuked for lacking a formal financial strategy and for other lapses, though its governance is "largely sound".

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12 Jun 2025
After finding immense investor appetite for Guzman y Gomez on the ASX, Morgan Stanley is eager to serve up the next hot restaurant chain to the market capitalbrief.com/article/mor…

Morgan Stanley is hungry for Australia's next fast food IPO

After finding immense investor appetite for Guzman y Gomez on the ASX, the investment bank is eager to serve up the next hot restaurant chain to the market.

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10 Jun 2025
Credit where it’s due (and I dare say more than a few other publications would do well to actually do so) - John has been absolutely unbelievable on the media beat for Capital Brief for ages. Genuinely top of the game. If you’re not following him you’re missing out
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10 Jun 2025
Scoop: ABC to axe Q A after nearly two decades on air via @CapitalBrief capitalbrief.com/article/abc…
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