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On The Call
On The Call is a weekly live conversation with the Capital Brief newsroom on the stories driving the agenda in Australia’s centres of power. Host Harshdeep Kaur sits down each week with our journalists to dissect what we’re watching and why it matters, and answer questions from our subscribers, live.
Episodes
- On The Call
Anthropic's IPO
Anthropic has filed its prospectus, and the market is anticipating what could be the biggest IPO in history. We discuss: The headline numbers: revenue up…
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Firmus’ flop; Labor’s AI letter to itself.
Firmus’ collapsed IPO has spread from financial markets to becoming a national story in Australia. Now it’s found itself at the centre of global investor fears…
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Firmus' IPO in jeopardy; Tech giants at the AI inquiry.
Firmus's ASX IPO hangs in the balance as institutional investors grow increasingly sceptic before the book build was due to close. Meanwhile, the Joint Select…
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The data centre debate gets real: Goodman's setback and Firmus' nearing IPO.
Goodman Group has abandoned its $1.2 billion Lane Cove data centre after a fierce community and political backlash, raising questions on if Australia's AI…
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Tech and AI dominate Albanese's US visit
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in the United States earlier this week pushing for global guardrails on AI — signing a 22-nation statement on frontier…
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Australia's AI copyright clash fires up
Australia's AI copyright fight reignites as leaked documents reveal the Albanese government's reform plans. Meanwhile, just hours later, Anthropic signs its…
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Xero's culture clash; Albo's war on big tech
Xero's aggressive AI pivot has sent morale inside the accounting software company into freefall, with engineers fearing they're building their own…
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Autonomous agents, real money: The risks of AI in banking and finance
Agentic AI in banking has moved from drafting documents to moving money — and there’s an unanswered question on who's liable when bots are actioning…
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Pauline Hanson’s support drops; Data centre angst rises.
Support for Pauline Hanson slides in the latest Capital Brief–Demos AU poll, with the sharpest drop among women — positive views falling 13 points since June…
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Canva under the microscope, BHP cashes in on copper
Canva is facing AI token fraudsters who are exploiting loopholes to access AI credits beyond normal limits, with some later sold on grey markets. This comes as…
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Anthony Albanese's sit-down with Capital Brief
In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief’s Matthew Franklin and Katina Curtis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants Australia to lead the world on…
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The data centre backlash
Community anger over AI data centres has found its epicentre in Sydney's Lane Cove of all places, a well-heeled North Shore suburb now facing five proposed…
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Tim Doyle on CGT, selling Eucalyptus, and the future of healthcare
Eucalyptus co-founder Tim Doyle joins the Capital Brief newsroom for On The Call’s first ever guest episode. Doyle has been one of the most prominent voices in…
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Australia's startup deal drought; The rise of Chinese AI.
A new report suggests that Australia has seen the strongest first half in venture funding since 2022 — but the number of deals is actually a quite a bit lower…
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Anthropic's Australian ambitions
AI giant Anthropic is circling Australia, with reports suggesting it is looking to secure a massive amount of data centre capacity Down Under. That has kicked…
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The KPMG whistleblower scandal
KPMG's whistleblower scandal has snowballed into a reckoning for the Big Four. A number of senior executives have resigned. Lendlease has ended its 68 year old…
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Coalition support collapses; CGT overhaul to pass the Senate
The latest Capital Brief/DemosAU poll shows the Coalition's primary vote has collapsed 5% in a single month, putting the Liberal party closer to the Greens…
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CGT carveout; Canva's AI squeeze.
Labor revealed its long-awaited CGT carve-outs for startups and small businesses minutes before Capital Brief went live with this conversation. Meanwhile…
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One Nation polling, CGT frustration in deep tech and passport profiteering.
This week, Newspoll had One Nation jumping ahead of Labor on the primary vote, confirming what the exclusive DemosAU and Capital Brief poll first revealed last…
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Property under pressure, IPO mania on Wall St
The collapse of Dashdot — one of Australia's most prominent buyer's agencies — raises a bigger question about whether the property market is hitting an…
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Sam Altman centre stage at CBA's AI conference; Banks react to negative gearing.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's giant pixelated head looming over CBA chief executive Matt Comyn at the bank's inaugural AI summit is a somewhat honest depiction of…
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The federal budget blowback continues
The backlash to Labor's federal budget — and its capital gains tax changes — have not slowed down since last week's episode. If anything, it has heated up. The…
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Federal budget: Labor bets on housing and overhauls CGT discount
Labor’s federal budget is one of the most significant in years regarding tax reform. The government is betting big on housing affordability by proposing an…
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Banks' rosy results season; AI anecdotes at Macquarie's Australia conference
It was a big week for banks. NAB, Westpac and ANZ posted their half-year earnings this week, projecting a rosy outlook as the RBA struck a far more sombre tone…
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Migration policy, the looming budget and the NRF.
With the federal budget less than two weeks away, surging inflation and a war-driven energy shock are forcing the government to rewrite its budget narrative in…
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Canva's revamp; Cochlear's stock implosion.
Canva has launched Canva AI 2.0 in the design giant's biggest transformation yet. Meanwhile, healthcare company Cochlear saw its share price crash 40% on an…
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Aussie Trump support craters; Anthropic's cyber risk.
The latest Capital Brief/DemosAU poll shows Australians want the government to keep its distance from US President Donald Trump as the Middle East conflict…
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Iran war chaos; Firmus’ fresh raise
The US-Iran war entered a chaotic new chapter following the unravelling of a short-lived ceasefire, with Israel striking Lebanon and Iran closing the Strait of…
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Anthropic’s Australia tour; Canva sparks job cut fears.
This week Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei signed a memorendum of understanding with the Australian government during his tour in the country. During the trip Amodei…
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Canva’s latest acquisition. One Nation’s breakthrough.
This week Capital Brief revealed that Canva has acquired Melbourne-based digital out-of-home advertising startup Doohly for $30 million. The Australian design…
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Koala's IPO; Atlassian's layoffs.
Furniture retailer Koala has announced a $68 million IPO on the ASX - a scaled-back but closely watched float. Meanwhile, Atlassian's mass layoffs have rattled…
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Oil or nothing: global markets in chaos
With the war in Iran intensifying, markets continue to swing wildly. This week saw $90 billion wiped off the ASX as oil prices jumped. While the market has…
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Labor's high speed rail bet; Barrenjoey and Magellan merger.
Amid intense geopolitical instability - a war in Iran, oil prices surging and markets destabalised - the Australian government is pulling together its May…
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Introducing On The Call
On The Call is a weekly live conversation with the Capital Brief newsroom on the stories driving the agenda in Australia’s centres of power. Host Harshdeep…
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One Nation's continuing climb; AI fears ramp up.
One Nation is on the brink of overtaking Labor on primary votes, according to the latest Capital Brief/Demos AU findings. In the same week, Australia’s first…