The Bloomberg Australia Podcast

In 2015, Chinese company Landbridge was awarded a 99-year lease over the Port of Darwin. Now, Australia wants to take it back and put it into local hands. This week on the podcast, Rebecca Jones speaks to government reporter Ben Westcott and senior editor Chelsea Mes about why Beijing is speaking out against that decision, and what role the US might play.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Reserve Bank of Australia this week cut rates by 25 basis points, for the second time this year, while pulling off a post-Covid economic crisis soft landing for the local economy that few central banks have been able to execute.This week on the podcast,  Rebecca Jones speaks to Bloomberg Economics’ James McIntyre about the outlook for interest rates, how that could be affected by Trump’s tariff war, and what it all means for the housing market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia’s finance industry is beset by a raft of compliance lapses, from data reporting breaches to trader misbehaviour. Macquarie was targeted yet again this week in a civil action filed by the Australian Securities & Investment Commission.This week, Chris Bourke asks Bloomberg finance editor Adam Haigh: What’s going wrong with some of our biggest banks, and how did they fare in the latest reporting season?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will Australia’s newly emboldened leader deal with a White House seeking to transform the world? Listen to this special edition of the Bloomberg Australia Podcast, taped in front of a live audience at our Sydney headquarters with a panel of Bloomberg experts. Rebecca Jones speaks with Beijing Bureau Chief Yanping Li, Washington editor Derek Wallbank, economy reporter Swati Pandey and economist James McIntyre about Anthony Albanese’s sweeping election win, and what to expect as Australia gets caught up in US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, Australia’s “miracle” economy has been buoyed by immigration, property and China. With those three pillars now wobbling, whoever wins this weekend’s federal election faces an economy in need of some tough fixes.This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones talks to Swati Pandey and Ben Westcott about the major parties’ economic policies, and whether either side has a plan that can fix Australia’s twin cost-of-living and housing crises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brendan Coates, Housing and Economic Security Program Director at the Grattan Institute, shares his insights on Australia's escalating housing crisis. He discusses the political pledges from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton regarding affordability. Brendan highlights the impact of restrictive zoning laws in Sydney and Melbourne and emphasizes the importance of addressing renters' needs amidst initiatives for first-home buyers. He also proposes crucial policy recommendations that could alleviate housing inequality.

As voters start heading to the polls in the Australian election, the market turbulence from Donald Trump’s trade war continues to drown out much of the leaders’ campaigns - even as some policies could impact investments across a range of asset classes.    This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke asks cross-asset reporter Richard Henderson: what should investors be watching out for in the days running up to the May 3 vote - and beyond?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governments in developed countries around the world are grappling with their migration policies and Australia is no exception, with the Labor and Liberal parties proffering competing plans on how to slash the number of people arriving at its borders.This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones asks immigration expert Abul Rizvi about Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s migration policies ahead of the May 3 federal election — and whether they will actually help Australia’s housing crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three years ago, Australia was on the verge of an election dominated by a wave of independent MPs who promised a climate change reckoning. But climate talk seems to have taken a backseat in the current campaign ahead of the May 3 national poll.This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones and Bloomberg’s David Stringer break down the energy policies being pushed by the major parties this election campaign.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia’s pension funds, known as superannuation, control a combined A$4.2 trillion, a lot of which is held in offshore assets with direct and indirect exposure to Trump’s tariff war. This week on the podcast, host Chris Bourke and ASFA CEO Mary Delahunty unpack the major parties’ election platforms relating to retirement savings and look at what superannuation funds are doing to stay calm in a time of global market turmoil.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.