The Fin

This week on The Fin podcast: journalist Lucy King on the global scam operators targeting Australian investors, how the brother of Olympic breakdancer Raygun came to be working for them and why they are so hard to shut down.

This podcast is sponsored by Vanta

Further reading:
Raygun’s brother linked to global scam network with nearly 40,000 Aussie victims
An AFR investigation unrave...

This week, James Eyers on why key executive and eldest son Peter Fox has taken an unexpected break from the company, what it means for the Linfox succession plan and why handing over mult-billion dollar family fortunes is so hard to do.

This podcast is sponsored by Vanta

Further reading: Peter Fox’s long absence puts Linfox succession plan in the spotlight
For seven decades, billionaire businessman ...

This week, United States correspondent Jessica Gardner on Trump’s first year back in the White House and Mark Carney's viral speech.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda 

Further reading:

Rudd’s replacement is no political animal. That’s a good thing
Many believe the role of US ambassador requires a sharp politician, but Greg Moriarty is the technoc...

This week, health editor Michael Smith on why baby-making is such big business and how private equity firms are reshaping the IVF sector.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda 

Further reading:
Ill-conceived: Inside Australia’s IVF money-making machine
The commercialisation of the industry as private equit...

Rear Window columnists Mark Di Stefano and Hannah Wootton look back on the action-packed year that was and ahead to what 2026 might bring.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda 

Further reading:

Cannon-Brookes now travels by private jet Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian co-founder and leading climate change crusader, has recently picked up a private jet.
Dutton left ‘very serious’ cyclone...

This week on The Fin podcast political editor Phillip Coorey and NSW political correspondent Paul Karp on the carnage at Bondi, what is being done to make sure it never happens again and whether it’s enough.

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Further reading: 

‘When is the shooting gonna stop?’ 9 minutes of terror on Bondi Beach
At first, th...

This week on The Fin podcast: Greg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenz on what’s behind Australia’s retail crime wave, why Victoria is ground zero and whether facial recognition technology is the answer. 

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda 

Further reading:
We met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’...

Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and technology editor Paul Smith on the multi-trillion dollar AI investment boom, where the opportunities are for Australia and what happens if it goes wrong.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda 

Further reading: 

OpenAI in Australian blitz as it woos start-ups, corporates
The Silicon Valley giant behind ChatGPT will offer fr...

Senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the rise of DroneShield, why its CEO just dumped all his stock and whether the company can restore the faith.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

Further reading: 

Oleg Vornik defends $50m DroneShield share sale, citing risk to life
While the businessman has been circumspect about the reasons for offloading his entire stake, ...

Phillip Coorey and Tony Barry on the decision to dump net zero, the Coalition’s existential crisis and whether Sussan Ley’s leadership can survive.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

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Andrew and Angus who? Leadership rivals a blank canvas, says poll
More than a third of voters have never heard of Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, the ...

John Kehoe and Michael Bleby on the RBA’s inflation dilemma, why the next interest rate move might be up and how that will affect the property market.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

Further reading:

Investors are flocking back to the property market Three interest rate cuts, double-digit price rises and tepid new housing supply have convinced investors that property is once ag...

Health editor Michael Smith discusses CSL’s remarkable story, why investors have lost faith in the healthcare giant and what Trump has to do with it.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

Further reading:

How CSL went from 'bloated bureaucracy' to $145b global behemoth
When Brian McNamee took on the top job at Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, the government-run ...

This week on The Fin, Lucy King and James Eyers on Australia’s crypto ATM boom, how they are being used for investment scams and why Australia is being targeted.

This podcast is sponsored by Salesforce

Further reading:

‘Devastated’: How I lost $500k in a crypto ATM scam
Mary, 85, is one of thousands of victims of Australia’s boom in crypto ATM&r...

This week on The Fin podcast, Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp on Deloitte’s stuff-up, why it became a global story and what it means for the way we use, and value, AI.

This podcast is sponsored by Salesforce

Further reading: 
‘Oversight was not followed’: Deloitte apologises for AI report
The firm will discipline personnel over a report tha...

This week, senior writer Greg Bearup and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on China's dominance of the local EV and battery market and why that's a security risk.

This podcast is sponsored by Salesforce

Further reading:

Is your Chinese EV a ‘ticking time bomb’?
The rapid uptake of electric cars and home batteries from the Asian nation has put Australia...

Andrew Hobbs and Tony Boyd on how investors lost $1.2 billion in Shield, First Guardian and Australian Fiduciaries, and how the gatekeepers let it happen.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda

Further reading:
The ‘easy peasy’ approval: Shield exposes $850b super wrap industry
These funds told us...

Senior reporters Jonathan Shapiro and Primrose Riordan on what ASIC's crackdown on LaTrobe Financial and the Jon Adgemis saga tells us about the private credit market, the risks for super investors and whether the golden run is over.

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Canberra bureau chief Nicola Smith and Washington correspondent Jessica Gardner on the Pacific defence deals and what to expect when Albanese sits down with Donald Trump.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda

Further reading: 
Trump and Albanese meet, as PM finally lands White House visit
Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese met at a UN reception in New ...

Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and banking reporter Angira Bharadwaj on ANZ’s overhaul, why banks are cutting jobs and whether management has lost control of the message.

This podcast is sponsored by Acenda

Further reading:
ANZ’s pragmatic deal for ‘betraying’ Australia deserves no applause
ANZ has stitched up a pragmati...