While the Trump tariffs aren’t as bad as they could have been for Australia, there is a second part to this Trump tariff tale and that will be the reaction of other countries to these US taxes on their exports.
17 June 2025
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Peter Switzer launched his own financial business 30 years ago. The Switzer Group has since grown into three successful companies spanning media and publishing that creates written content as well as video and films, with its latest acquisition being the global brand Harper’s Bazaar, financial advice, insurance and business advice. Peter is an award-winning broadcaster, twice runner-up for the Best Current Affairs Commentator award for radio, behind broadcaster Alan Jones. He talks to Ben Fordham each morning on 2GB, as well as writing each day on switzer.com.au
While the Trump tariffs aren’t as bad as they could have been for Australia, there is a second part to this Trump tariff tale and that will be the reaction of other countries to these US taxes on their exports.
Has Labor come up with a ‘you’ve got to be joking’ idea to give wage rises bigger than inflation? And is allowing employees to ‘steal’ a business owner’s clients and intellectual property another bit in their comedy routine?
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What we’re looking at buying during the Trump tariff madness
Following the passing of laws last week, two thousand large employers won’t get government business if they don’t give women a bigger role in management and therefore meet gender equality targets.
Let’s look for the business promises that will turn Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton into the business pin-up boy for the May election.
With Dutton set to deliver his Budget reply tonight, expect some ‘magic’ following the hocus pocus Budget conjured up by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday.
I’ve called this a magical Budget. The word magical means – “the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces”. And that’s exactly what Dr Jim and Albo are trying to do with this Budget for when we go to the polls, probably on May 17.
Our economy might be spared from serious tariffs but if the human curve ball called Donald Trump hits the trading world with excessive tariffs on April 2, our stock market will fall and take our superannuation fund balances with it.
Here’s why owning a home and having a healthy super balance is a better wealth plan.
While not all bad news, the ACCC investigation has uncovered bad behaviour that needs to change so Coles and Woolworths can be better corporate citizens and fairer to their suppliers and customers.
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