FEAR & GREED | Business News The Weekend Edition | 23-24 August 2025
Aug 22, 2025
Tune in as hosts engage in a lively debate over the week's hottest business stories! Discover how the latest earnings season is impacting Australian stocks while tackling serious topics like the Israel-Gaza situation with humor. Explore proposed changes to the NDIS aimed at helping children with special needs and unravel the quirks of a bizarre radioactive shrimp recall. Don't miss the fascinating rise in luxury handbag thefts and the playful banter celebrating community connections and personal milestones!
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Earnings Season Sparks Volatility
- Reporting season drove huge share-price volatility with big winners and steep losers across sectors.
- Markets pushed through the 9,000 mark amid record buybacks and stretched valuations.
Roundtable Put Reform On The Agenda
- The Reform Roundtable produced ten policy priorities aimed at boosting productivity and cutting red tape.
- The government's challenge is to move from talking to delivering concrete tax and regulatory reforms.
Diplomacy Playing Out In Real Time
- Global diplomacy unfolded rapidly with multiple high‑level meetings around Ukraine and intense media choreography.
- The sequence suggested a rare, real‑time diplomatic push that might advance peace talks.