Iran's interest rate threat, AI's job tsunami & Kyle and Jackie O's $200m split
3/6/202641 min
This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald recap the biggest week of the year to date. They discuss the war in the Middle East, the war on jobs thanks to AI and the new opposition leader Angus Taylor's war on debt and deficit.
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First 90 secondsJames Thomson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The Australian Financial Review. [upbeat music] Hello, I'm James Thompson, senior Shotter Clear columnist at the AFR. Welcome to our weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance, and markets. [upbeat music] With me today, as always, it's my Shotter Clear colleague. He's more pumped up than an investment banker at bonus time, it's Anthony McDonald. How are you, Anthony?
Anthony Macdonald· Host0:29
So happy to be here, James, before the AI bots close in.
James Thomson· Host0:33
[laughs] Fantastic. [upbeat music] Well, this week we recap the biggest week of the year to date, a week where we had war in the Middle East, war on jobs thanks to AI, and new opposition leader Angus Taylor's war on debt and deficit. [upbeat music] Okay, Anthony, let's have some fun for our first topic and enter the world of showbiz. On Tuesday night, an announcement hit the stock exchange wire from a company called ARN Media with the simple title, The Kyle and Jackie O Show. Now, for those of you who don't know or, and, and you must live under a rock really, this referred to the long-running radio show, I think it's been going for 27 years, fronted by the controversial Kyle Sandilands and his partner in crime, Jackie Henderson. But the ASX statement revealed Jackie