@GeoffWilsonWAM@AlboMP@JEChalmers A revenge budget that fails to seriously address most of the nation’s s critical issues or national accounts sinkholes.
Budget 2026 is a direct tax on aspiration and risk-taking.
It kills the incentive for young Australians to invest in shares, startups and productive businesses.
This is intergenerational betrayal dressed up as fairness.
Stop punishing success. @AlboMP@JEChalmers”
@woolworths Group is facing allegations from vegan advocacy groups that it has been reducing its range of plant-based grocery products in New Zealand. insidefmcg.com.au/2026/05/12/woo…
A major Australian defence company has suffered a $440 million blow after the corporate watchdog launched an investigation into share trading by senior staffers.
skynews.com.au/business/tech-…
Jamie Dimon warned the UK that any move to hike taxes on banks in the event Keir Starmer is replaced as the UK’s prime minster would see JPMorgan Chase scrap plans to invest billions in a new London headquarters in Canary Wharf bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#BREAKING: Traditional owners from Western Australia's remote north have been awarded $150.1 million in compensation after mining magnate Andrew Forrest's company dug up hundreds of millions of tonnes of iron ore from their lands without their permission. abc.net.au/news/2026-05-1…
Jollibee Foods’ profit fell 39% in the first quarter as costs surged, prompting the Philippines’ largest fastfood chain operator to review its targets and spending plan. Shares fell to the lowest in five years. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The small-cap mafia is scrambling for a piece of this high-margin beauty business that’s being hailed as the hottest listing in five years. ebx.sh/E8eZ5o
From some of the great minds behind the Mosaic Brands disaster, an exit from one of their few performing businesses…
James Kennedy acquires Alquemies
Lego stores
insideretail.com.au/sectors/gifts/…
New South Wales folk, if you’re looking for something to do today(especially with anklebiters) the NSW Fire Brigade has an open day for most of their fire stations. Open til 2pm this afternoon. 🚒
fire.nsw.gov.au/media/events/o…
Xero founder Rod Drury hands back the New Zealander of the Year prize he won just weeks ago following allegations of sexual misconduct bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
If you do publicity stunts to pretend to finance your takeover bid, that might suggest, to the casual observer, that your takeover bid is itself a publicity stunt. (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/newsle…
Central Retail is expanding into Thailand’s 35-billion-baht premium sports lifestyle market by taking a 40% stake in JD Sports Thailand and targeting rapid store growth.
nationthailand.com/business/corpo…