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What the Flux
Bite-sized business news. 5 minute breakdown of the top 3 Australian or global business stories of the day. Tailor made for busy humans. Hosted by Brett Joffe and Justin Joffe, co-founders of Flux.
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In Conversation with Lee Hatton - The leadership lessons behind Block, Afterpay and Xero
Today on What the Flux: In Conversation, we’re excited to welcome Lee Hatton Lee is Block’s Financial Operations Lead,. Block being the $45 billion…
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In Conversation with Angad Soin - How doing less drove global growth for Xero
Today, we have Angad Soin, the Managing Director for Australia & New Zealand and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Xero. Xero is the cloud-based accounting…
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In Conversation with Chris Judd [Part 2] - Why the best investors embrace being embarrassed
Today on What the Flux: In Conversation, we’re excited to welcome Chris Judd - a name that many of you will associate with greatness on the footy field…
What the FluxIn Conversation with Chris Judd - Why being disagreeable might just make you a better investor
Today on What the Flux: In Conversation, we’re excited to welcome Chris Judd - a name that many of you will associate with greatness on the footy field…
What the FluxIn Conversation with Eliza Owen - Property winners, losers and cities set to boom in 2026
Today, we are joined by Eliza Owen, head of Research at Cotality, formerly known as CoreLogic. And Eliza is the go-to guru when it comes to decoding housing…
What the FluxIn Conversation with Adam Schwab: Building a travel business while knowing nothing about travel
Today, we’re excited to be joined by Adam Schwab, co-founder and CEO of Luxury Escapes. Adam has built one of Australia’s most successful travel…
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Zip's US biz takes off | Myer revamps its beauty program | Football Australia's pricey playbook
Zip Co, the ASX-listed buy now pay later, has seen its total transaction volume jump 34% in the past quarter as its US business takes off. Myer has revamped…
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CommSec's trading profits boom | Rex Airlines has a new US buyer | Gucci-owner sells beauty biz to L’Oréal
CommSec, CommBank’s trading platform, has seen its profits jump 36% as Aussies try to get their hands into volatile stock markets. Rex Airlines, aka…
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Mayne Pharma's new battle | Ray-Ban smart glasses are all the rage | Nestlé cuts 16,000 jobs
ASX-listed Mayne Pharma saw its shares spike 14% after a court ruled that its acquirer cannot terminate its $672 million acquisition offer Ray-Ban maker…
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YouTube and Instagram's big changes in Aus | Macquarie's sells data centre for record amount | Musk introduces raunchy chatbots
YouTube and Instagram have announced new safety features for kids and teens ahead of Australia’s social media ban. Macquarie Group has sold one of its…
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Treasury Wine hits new decade-low | Labubu-craze expands into Australia | Paramount Skydance eyes Warner Bros Discovery
Treasury Wine Estates’ shares have hit a decade-low after struggling with weak sales and even more challenges in the US. Pop Mart, the retailer…
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CommBank strikes at the core | Netflix wants you to start playing | Foxtel-owner's billion dollar loss
CommBank has officially ditched old school servers, and have shifted their core banking system into Amazon Web Services data centres. Netflix has announced new…
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Guzman y Gomez's $100 million burrito buy back | Costco and Aldi take on Coles | Salesforce may have a data breach
Guzman y Gomez has launched $100 million share buy back as its sales continue to pick up for the big burrito. Costco and Aldi are chipping away at…
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The $1 billion investment from a used car dealer | The ASX has a challenger | Paramount Skydance's $150 million acquisition
Eagers Automotive, the ASX listed car retailer, has invested $1 billion into a Canadian car dealer as it plans for global and domestic expansion The ASX is…
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Armaguard’s cash deal with the banks | General Pants shuts 25% of stores | Peloton’s AI spin
Cash will remain alive in Australia after Australia’s biggest banks and retailers struck a deal to keep Armaguard delivering the goods. General Pants has…
What the FluxSeven & Triple M's mega-merger | Trump’s Hollywood tariff | Amazon’s $2.5 billion trap
Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media have announced plans to merge into a $415 million content machine. Donald Trump has slapped a 100% tariff on…
What the FluxRBA hits pause | EA sells for $55 billion - it's in the game | Accenture's AI ultimatum to 800k staff
The RBA has held the cash rate at 3.60% after monthly inflation bounces back faster than expected. Video-game giant Electronic Arts has agreed to sell out to…
What the FluxOptus' unconscionable conduct costs millions | Smiggle's sales plummet | Alibaba goes all in on AI
Optus has been slapped with a $100 million fine for 4 years of unethical sales conduct Premier Investments has booked a juicy profit boost… but if you…
What the FluxKathmandu's toughest climb yet | Inflation jump may put RBA cut on hold | Lego's £200m fun-house
Kathmandu’s owner is trying to climb out of the red, but investors are pushing for some serious baggage drop. Inflation jumps back up to 3%… and…
What the FluxMyer's share price plummet | Meta's AI wingman for dating | Porsche hits the break on EVs
Myer’s share price has fallen 25% after its poor earnings results shocked investors. Facebook is trying to cure dating-swipe-fatigue with a new AI dating…
What the FluxAtlassian's acquisition spree | Nvidia becomes BFFs with Intel | Cocoa prices fall
Atlassian has dropped a lazy $1 billion USD to acquire US startup DX…which makes it Atlassian’s biggest acquisition yet. Nvidia is investing $5…
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Santos $36 billion takeover collapses | Meta x Ray-Ban demo flops | Stubhub's IPO mis-timing
Santos, the second biggest oil and gas producer in Australia, has seen its shares plummet 11% after a $36 billion takeover deal collapsed before their very…
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ANZ in $240 million "crisis" | Apple's Liquid Glass | Gucci-owner delays decision on Valentino acquisition
ANZ has been hit with a record $240 million fine for widespread misconduct across multiple divisions. Apple has launched its biggest iPhone design update in…
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Nine's shares plummet | The Good Guys go bad | Adobe fighting back against Canva
Nine Entertainment saw its shares plunge 36% in a single day late last week… but don’t panic, there’s a reason. The Good Guys has been…
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Nvidia invests in Aussie startup | Oracle surges 36% after four-year guidance | Klarna booms on IPO
PsiQuantum, the Aussie quantum computing start-up, has raised $1 billion USD and boosted its valuation in the process. Oracle shares had their best day since…
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ANZ slashes 4,500 jobs | Coles & Woolies face $1 billion cost | Cashrewards shuts down
ANZ is cutting 4,500 jobs and scaling back consultants in a $560 million restructure under its new CEO. Coles and Woolworths are facing a billion-dollar bill…
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Atlassian takes on Google & Microsoft | Macquarie dominates home loans | American Eagle's denim dreams
Atlassian has announced plans to take on Google and Apple with a near-$1 billion acquisition of an AI-powered browse. Macquarie has smashed the Big Four banks…
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Rugby Australia crushes debt | Mecca under ASIC's latest radar | BYD shares fall 5%
Rugby Australia has wiped its debt after the success of its British and Irish Lions Tour this year…and now it’s ready to run the ball upfield with…
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The Reject Shop to become Dollarama| Rokt & roll for an IPO | ACCC after Aldi's veggie cartels
The Reject Shop is planning to re-brand its stores into Dollarama stores as it pushes towards becoming a super-low priced retailer. Rokt, the Aussie tech…
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Domino's slices off discounts | OpenAI's Aussie expansion | Lovisa's shiny new opportunity
Domino’s has just served up its first annual loss in 20 years after major discounting… but now they’ve warned… the discounting ends…
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Woolworths' profit plunge | Qantas profits are sky-high | Lego fights Netflix for attention
Woolworths has copped investor backlash as its profit falls 17%…and Coles keeps catching up. Qantas has flown to a near-record profit thanks to the…
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Coles boosted by its private label | Reece's share price down the drain | Labor launches 5% home deposit scheme
Coles has seen its shares jump 8% after a big push in its home-brand products. The country's largest supplier of plumbing and bathroom supplies - Reece’s…
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GYG's shares lose its spice | Mainland's cheesy acquisition | Inghams gets roasted
Guzman y Gomez’s shares have tumbled 18% after its sales growth falls short of its big expectations. Fonterra sells off its Mainland cheese and butter…
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Universal Store's private strategy | James Hardie's valuation plummets 27% | Breville's caffeinated earnings
Universal Store has seen its sales jump nearly 16% thanks to its private brand strategy. James Hardie has seen its share price plummet 27% after it missed…
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Qantas receives the largest fine in history | CSL's share price is bleeding | Soho House closes doors to public markets
Qantas has copped a record $90 million fine for its illegal sackings of staff…and more than half of the money is going straight to the union. CSL, the…
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Temple & Webster's furniture fortune | Ampol's billion dollar pump-up | Bonds undies has an uncertain future
Temple & Webster is riding the home improvement boom after it experienced a 6x profit jump… and investors reclined into the good news Ampol, the petrol…
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Telstra’s buyback spree | Westpac’s profits jump 14%| Perplexity's big bid for Google's Chrome
Telstra has seen its annual net profit jump 31% off the back of growth in its mobile services… and now it’s on a buyback rampage. Westpac’s…
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The RBA's cash rate call | NBN Co's billion dollar loss | JB Hi-Fi's big payout
The RBA has cut the cash rate by 0.25% to its lowest level in more than two years. NBN Co has cut its losses to under $1 billion in the last financial year as…
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News Corp's black sheep | McDonald's chicken rules the roost | Spotify's price rise sparks shares
News Corp has seen a 14% jump in EBITDA for the full year, but parts of its Australian operations became the family embarrassment McDonald’s has bounced…
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REA Group’s juicy profit | Human error wipes $400 million from TPG Telecom shares | Duolingo’s taking over the learning world
REA Group just announced juicy profit and a bigger dividend as a parting gift from its retiring CEO. The ASX’s recent ‘human error’ has seen…
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A new challenger airline in Australia? | TPG Telecom rings in more investors | Reddit's share price gets upvoted
A new challenger airline in Australia plans to be compete against Qantas and Virgin within 12 months… but doesn’t have a single plane (yet). TPG…
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ResMed investors sleep soundly | Figma pops 250% on IPO | Ozempic faces a new challenger
ResMed beats full‑year earnings and revenue forecasts thanks to a growth in snorers around the world. Figma, the design software, has tripled its market value…
What the FluxFlight Centre's jet-lagged profit | Harley-Davidson fails to rev its engine | Meta's AI surprises everyone
Flight Centre has downgraded its profit guidance for the third time because of a slowdown in global travel. Harley-Davidson has just sold a key part of engine…
What the FluxWebjet hit with $9 million of turbulence | Aussie banks refund millions to customers | Anthropic faces class action suit
Webjet will be fined $9 million by the ACCC after they admitted to misleading customers with false advertising. Three major Aussie banks will refund nearly $60…
What the FluxBapcor's lost its Midas touch | Paramount's new owner | LVMH battles against the economy
Bapcor, the company behind Autobarn, Burson and Midas, has issued a major profit warning, three directors have quit, and its share price has nosedive…
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Fortescue's hydrogen runs out of gas | YouTube hits record viewership | Tesla's worst quarter in a decade
Fortescue, the WA-based mining giant, has smashed its export records… but its hydrogen dreams have run out of gas. YouTube has smashed viewership…
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Seek & Employment Hero go from friends to foe | Qantas' AI-pology | Trump's GENIUS Act
Seek, the digital jobs marketplace, is being taken to court by its former friend Employment Hero. Qantas has admitted to using AI for its CEO email sent to…
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CommBank in hot water over redundancies | Netflix revenue jumps 12% | AI startup Lovable rides the unicorn
Australia’s biggest bank is in hot water with the finance sector union for allegedly using “redundancy” as cover to send local jobs offshore…
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Emirates takes on Aus Post | Thinking Machines raises $2 billion with no product | Pop Mart wins big with Labubu profits
Emirates is planning to take on Qantas and Australia Post by launching its Courier Express service in Australia. A stealth AI company, called Thinking…
What the FluxRBA's move to ban card fees | Kraft Heinz breakup | Musk's SpaceX invests into Musk's xAI
The RBA has recommended a ban on surcharges for debit and credit card payments in Australia in a plan to save shoppers $1.2 billion. Kraft Heinz is weighing up…
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Australian Women's Weekly's not-so-glossy future | Meta ties the knot with Ray Ban | The battle of Lululemon vs Costco
Some of Australia’s most iconic magazine titles, like The Australian Women’s Weekly and Woman’s Day are being put up for sale… again…
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Telstra cuts jobs... again | CSL vs Trump | MYOB's plans to take on the big banks
Telstra is planning another mass job cut of over 500 jobs as it pushes to hit its new 2030 strategy… with AI. Donald Trump’s new threat of tariff…
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WE'RE BACK!!! The RBA shocks us all | Uber's riding high on your data | Aldi Australia (finally) comes online to compete with Coles & Woolies
The Reserve Bank of Australia has thrown one of the great surprises of 2025 by pausing the cash rate at 3.85%. Uber Australia’s advertising business has…
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Jetstar crashes out of Asia | Cochlear’s small whisper of growth | Cettire loses 85% of its market value
Jetstar Asia is being shut down after 20 years of trying to break into the Asia market…and failing Cochlear, the ASX-listed medical device company, has…
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Afterpay gets regulated | Siri lets us down...again | WarnerBros Discovery breaks up
Afterpay and all other buy now pay later lenders just got slapped with the same laws as credit card lenders…and that means tighter lending criteria…
What the FluxDavid Jones gets a revamp | The $150 billion aftermath of Trump & Musk's break up| Hermès Australia bags a profitable year
David Jones is in the red again but its private equity owners are going all-in with a $190 million debt boost. Tesla saw $150 billion USD wiped off its value…
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Mecca makes the billion-dollar club | Westpac faces $100 million fine | Elon Musk's big test
Mecca has officially joined the billion-dollar club after clocking $1.2 billion in sales Westpac’s home loan brand RAMS is in hot water after ASIC…
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IDP Education plummets 48% | Treasury Wine's major hiccup | McKinsey cuts 10% of its workforce
IDP Education has warned investors of a major earnings downgrade, which saw its share price tumble 48% in a single day. Treasury Wine Estates, the Aussie…
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Virgin Australia's staff gift | Glencore's $30 billion shift | NYT surrenders to AI
Virgin Australia offers $3000 worth of shares to staff as it prepares for takeoff… onto the ASX. Glencore, the mining behemoth, has shifted over $30…
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Webjet breakup looks good on WebBeds | Hailey Bieber's billion dollar business | Nothing can stop Nvidia
ASX-listed Web Travel Group which used to be part of Webjet is soaring after seeing its bookings pop… and its share price pop even more Hailey Bieber…