Today, we’re recapping the year that was. To do it, we’re bringing in the whole team at Equity Mates to share what they think are were the biggest business stories of the year.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Meaning, if that’s correct, Kyle and Jackie-O will be pocketing $10 million a year each, for 10 years.

It’s probably the question you’re mulling over right now, and it was certainly one voiced in our office last week - what’s the numbers behind the contract? If they’re getting paid $200 million, just how much are they bringing in? Today Sascha and Alec talk answer the question - are they worth it?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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It’s Friday the 1st of December and today Sascha is joined by Capital Brief correspondent Dan Van Boom to ask... well … What exactly has the arrival of Chat GPT changed? How has it influenced the world around us?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Whatever it was, I’d hazard a guess it wasn’t Rugby League.

But Australia's National Rugby League competition has found itself right between China and the United States contest in the Pacific. And NRL executives are planning to cash in.

It’s Wednesday the 29th of November and today Sascha and Ren discuss - how has Rugby League found itself in the middle of the US-China great power contest? And how is that going to change the NRL?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But as the dust settles on the tournament, cricket powerhouse India wonders how they let it slip away, and Australian hero Travis Head continues partying - there are bigger questions being asked about the future of the game. Like, is the future of 50-over cricket on the line?

And if you want to hear our previous episode about IPL Cricket launching in the US, you can listen to that here.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, has become one of the most recognisable faces in business this year. He’s travelled the world speaking to world leaders about the opportunities and the dangers of AI and the need for strong regulation.

There are few people with as much technical knowledge and the philosophical thought when it comes to AI as Sam Altman. 

Which is why it was such a surprise when he was fired by the OpenAI board. 

Today Sascha and Alec ask… ummmm what on earth happened! And more importantly, what will happen next?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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So when Australia’s Big 4 Banks reported their latest results, there was a fair bit of anger:

Commonwealth Bank’s profit rose 5% to $10.2 billion

NAB’s profit rose 9% to $7.7 billion

ANZ rose 14% to $7.4 billion

Westpac’s rose 26% to $7.2 billion

Today Sascha and Alec look into these numbers and understand how bank profits are rising. What's going on?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But there are major hurdles to overcome.

Today Sascha is joined by Kate Burgess, Climate, energy and resources correspondent at Capital Brief to ask: Does Australia have what it takes to become a hydrogen superpower?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Unless the US Congress agrees to pass a series of appropriations bills and allow the US government to spend, America’s federal government will shutdown on Friday 17 November. Alec and Sascha answer the question - why should we care?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Plenty has been written and said about the disgraced so-called crypto king. But as his reign comes to an end, we wanted to look at the wash up and what next for crypto. Sascha and Bryce break it down in today's episode.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The increase to 4.35% will be a bitter pill for borrowers to swallow, and in some ways it feels the economic stakes have never been so high.

Today Sascha is joined by Jennifer Duke and they talk about why when so many of us are feeling the pinch, is the RBA still raising rates?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In today's episode of The Dive, Bryce and Ren look at how genealogy companies use the customer DNA they collect, and how it has been used to do everything from discover new drugs to solve murders.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In today's episode of The Dive, Sascha and Alec catch you up on what's been happening and ask, who's in poll poition in the race to commercialise self-driving technology?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But as Capital Brief journalist Jack Derwin writes - this AGM season it feels like the stakes are a bit higher, and the pitchforks a little sharper. He joins Sascha today to talk about how the themes from the Qantas meeting are being felt by companies across the board. Pardon the pun.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Now that is a headline that caught our interest. Seems like a big accident. So today Sascha and Alec dig into it.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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With Australia’s tax deadline fast approaching - it is tomorrow, or 31 October 2023, so get your tax returns in - but today Sascha and Alec wanted to understand how Americans could avoid paying so much tax.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Dan Van Boom, the technology reporter at Capital Brief, recently wrote that Australia is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this hidden giant of an industry. Sascha is joined by Dan to ask the question, how can Australia benefit from the video game economy?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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So, what’s this trial about? Rewind back to late 2022. The FTX crypto trading operation, and the closely related Alemeda research, both spectacularly collapsed. SBF as he’s known, is currently charged with crimes relating to the disappearance of billions of dollars of FTX users’ money. Because the people using the exchange didn’t think they were investing in FTX, or even lending to it - they thought their money was being kept in the exchange while it switched between dollars and bitcoin, or doge, or ethereum. Sascha is joined by Tracey Ploman, one third of the Crypto Curious podcast, to talk about the trial of the year.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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John McDuling, Editor in Chief at Capital Brief, joins Sascha to talk about the 2 key takeaways he thinks this aquisition signals for investors.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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On September 2023, Birkenstock filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States stating that the company would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock ticker "BIRK". But it didn't go well - the German company’s debut is the worst first-day showing for a US listing of $1 billion or more in over two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Out of more than 300 US IPOs of that size in the past century, only 13 have fared worse.

Today Alec and Sascha chat about the less that stellar debut from the shoe brand, and ask, why?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The Nobel Prize for Economics has just been announced, and for the third time ever, it’s been awarded to a woman. Professor Claudia Golden has won for her extensive research and academic writing on historical trends in gender equality. Sascha is joined by Jennifer Duke - who’ll tell me about the professor’s research. And then, recently, there’s been a lot of talk about a cashless future… Macquarie Bank announced that they’d be phasing out physical cash and cheques from early next year. And the Aussie government has given us a little more time, but they’ve also added… no more cheques by 2030. But what *does* the future of money look like without physical cash? Andrew Cornell, the Associate Editor for Banking and Finance at Capital Brief joins Sascha to dig into the topic.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Symptoms are incredibly varied - fatigue, pain, bleeding - and can vary in severity as well, which means it takes an average Australian diagnosis 6.5 years. In an Australian government report, it is reported to cost Australian society between 7.4 and 9.7 billion annually. Two thirds of these costs attributed to a loss in productivity, with the remaining 2.5 billion being direct healthcare costs.

That is, until very recently, when a series of breakthroughs signalled the cusp of change. To quote the Guardian, after generations of inaction and very few novel ideas, researcher and activist are hopeful a new path is being charted. Today Bryce and Sascha talk about the new research in the space.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

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A ruling in the US in April decided Epic had not shown that Apple has monopoly power… but despite this,  the fight is still ongoing here in Australia, with linked proceedings against Google, as well as parallel developer and customer class actions against the tech companies headed for a sixteen-week trial beginning in March 2024.

Today Sascha is joined by Capital Brief correspondent Laurel Henning to ask ‘what’s the latest in this fight between Apple and Epic Games?’   

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

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Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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From lucrative TV rights deals to oil-states funding rival leagues, it is impossible to escape the headlines of the amount of money flowing into sport. In Australia this reaches a fever pitch this weekend as our two biggest domestic competitions - the AFL and the NRL - host their grand finals. 

So as Australia tunes in to see which team wins on the field, we wanted to have a look at the big winners off the field. Alec and Sascha look at the big winners off the pitch this Grand Final weekend.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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It’s pretty straight forward, the surge pricing system will kick in when the pubs are at their busiest hours and could see drinks prices going up by 20 pence which is roughly 35 cent. Prices will return to normal at less popular times. Today Simon and Sascha look at the new adopters of dynamic pricing, and ask - will we ever pay the same again?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Just this month we’ve seen it from all levels of government. At a Federal Level, we’ve seen the government pass the Housing Australia Future Fund. At a state level, we’ve seen Australia’s biggest state - New South Wales - pass a budget with housing at the centre. And Australia’s second largest state - Victoria - released their housing policy statement that outlined a 10 year plan for the industry.

But here’s the thing - housing experts almost unanimously agree: we can’t build our way out of this housing crisis. Today Sascha and Alec ask - when will there be enough houses for them to afford one?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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There was a time when the world sat up and marvelled at what Steve Jobs and his team had managed to squeeze into the palm of our hand, but now it is a pretty routine update - new colour, better camera, faster chip - then they wave us all goodbye and set the date in the calendar for next year. 

Today Alec and Sascha ask - after the rounds of headlines announcing the iPhone 15 last week - does anybody really care? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But that’s not the only issue they’re facing. Major cities from New York to London to basically everywhere in Australia are facing housing shortages and rent increases - and many lawmakers believe Airbnb and other short term rentals are partially to blame. And they’re making changes. Today Alf and Sascha chat about the different challenges facing AirBnB and whether it’s going to impact their future. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today Sascha and Alec ask - what is happening in the diamond industry?  And how is the traditional diamond industry responding to this surge? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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And yesterday, all of these controversies came to a head with QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce resigning. 

Today Sascha and Alec take a closer look at the three major scandals surrounding our national airline. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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That is a sentence you could’ve read in an economic publication at any time over the past 5 years. China’s collapse has been called before, and over the past few weeks we saw the latest round of dire predictions for the world’s second largest economy.

But we want to drill down on one part of that story - the youth unemployment in China. Because it is stark. And quite frankly, countries don’t do well when youth unemployment is so high. Today Alec and Sascha ask - what is happening with the youth in China? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But it’s one thing to want to call your product by that name to get the accolades, and another to fabricate its origins to benefit from the higher prices. That’s fraud. So when we learned Italy’s renowned makers of Parmigiano Reggiano, favoured for finishing off bowls of pasta and rocket salads, are adding microchips to their cheese in order to prevent counterfeited products, Alec and Sascha needed to know more. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today Sascha is joined by Nic Fildes from the Financial Times to ask - why does no one want to host the Commonwealth Games? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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So when we heard our Canadian neighbours are looking at us and saying - nice try, but you’ve got it all wrong, we wanted to know why. We invited Professor Gordon Cleveland to talk to us today and tell us why their model works.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Want more Equity Mates? Click here. Or listen to LIV Golf tees off episode we mentioned here.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today, Sascha is joined by Equity Mates colleague Alf Eddy to discuss how Dave Portnoy regained control of the massive media empire BarStool Sports all for a tiny piece of change.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The Guardian has reported that Qatar Airways has been exploiting a legal loophole, operating these "ghost flights" to run extra services to Australia. These 354-seater Boeing 777s sometimes fly with no passengers at all, all to adhere to a complex bilateral agreement.

But what does this mean for Australia's aviation laws, in this competitive landscape of international airlines? Today Sascha is joined by Elias Visontay from The Guardian to ask - why is the Australian government allowing this to continue, despite rejecting Qatar Airways' formal request to increase flights?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Here in Australia, Indonesia is our largest neighbour. It is 270 million people directly to our north. It is the 4th largest country in the world by population after India, China and the United States. And it is the world’s largest supplier of nickel, a critical metal for the world’s push towards net zero. 

Basically, Indonesia is going to be a critically important partner not just for Australia, but for the world.  

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Big Tobacco companies are getting involved in a BIG way, but governments are already trying to crack down on this 'modern' tobacco industry.

Today Simon and Sascha talk about the business of vaping.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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This has been a dream for cricket lovers in America. There was the Pro Cricket league that played one season in 2004. And the American Premier League was a proposed partnership between USA and NZ cricket that never got off the ground. 

But this tournament has come about after a $1 billion investment from American Cricket Enterprises, a company backed by some of the wealthiest men in India. Today Alec and Sascha talk about the future of cricket. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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It's a returning favourite! It’s earnings season. When all the companies gather their shareholders and tell them what they did for the last three months, what went well, what didn’t go so well, and what’s coming up. 

You’ve told us how much you love this format before, so Sascha and Alec are back - this time with 3 themes to explore.  

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But music is an expensive playground to join, and when so many of the incumbents - Spotify, Amazon, Apple -  are already losing money - why is TikTok pursuing this line of thinking? Today Sascha is joined by Jessica Weatherbed from The Verge to talk about this decision today. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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However, it was a smaller climb in comparison to previous months, and then the RBA decided to keep the cash rate the same. Today, Sascha is joined by Eliza Owen from Core Logic and is asking: What does this data tell us about the future of property prices, and our larger economy? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

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Inflation numbers on the decline is great - that’s more money in the bank accounts. After a steep incline in the cost of items globally, I think we all are breathing a sigh of relief. Mostly though, we pay attention to inflation because of its effect on mortgages. Today Alec and Sascha ask: does deflation mean we’ll finally see an end to these interest rate rises? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

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If you’re one of those lucky Australians escaping the cold winter months and enjoying Europe, well, from us here at The Dive - thanks for tuning in. But also, you may be part of what more and more European leaders are calling “over tourism”. Today Simon and Sascha ask: What happens when Europe tells us that they’re full?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

*****

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

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But that’s going to change. Put simply, the mining industry is going to become the world’s most important industry to achieve net zero.  Now that statement might surprise you. It might fill you with rage. But bear with us as we unpack it. Today Sascha and Alec talk about just how big this opportunity might be.

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We’re not here to make a case either way. Instead, we thought we could do our job as a business podcast and add some more numbers to the conversation. So you have some more context the next time you see an argument spring up in the comments section on social media.  Today Sascha and Alec discuss the numbers behind the game (for your next argument at the pub!)

Women's Football: The Case for Reparations

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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For the last few months, Hollywood writers have walked off the job. And just last week, actors have also ‘downed tools’ for lack of a better word.  It's not like there's not work to be done - Sascha has at least 5 streaming services! What exactly is the issue? Today, Alec and Sascha discuss the economics of the Hollywood strike.

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But when Apple sets its mind - and considerable resources - to something, it is often successful. So maybe now, finally, the password’s reign of tyranny may be coming to an end. Today Alec and Sascha discuss what a ‘password-less future’ looks like...  

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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If you’re a follower of Hollywood, you may have heard of the big one - Ozempic - but it is just the tip of the iceberg. Because recent trials of new drugs have yielded even better results than Ozempic. What was just last year a miracle drug, may soon be old news. Today Alec and Sascha chat about what is happening with the rapid developments of weight loss drugs? And are they really living up to the hype?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But all those decades ago... That was a space race was between two governments. Today, we’re in the midst of a new space race. Just this time it isn’t governments building the rockets and footing the bills, it is billionaires. Simon and Sascha ask - what’s driving this new race, to space? 

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Mark Zuckerberg the billionaire founder of Facebook is no doubt an incredible entrepreneur. But his critics are fixated on one thing - he has a habit of copying his social media competitors. Threads is probably the most salient example of that last week - cause let’s face it - it's a Twitter clone. 

It has been the unavoidable headline of the past week, but in today’s episode we wanted to dig a little deeper. Sascha and Alec discuss the story behind Threads and ask a big question that we were left with when we realised Threads was pretty much a clone of Twitter. What are the rules around just copying your competitors products?

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We’ve seen an end to similar personality-led podcast deals - last year, the Obama’s quietly stepped away from renewing their agreement, and instead took their production company Higher Ground across to Audible. And last month Spotify announced the decision to restructure its podcast division - laying off 200 jobs, and merging Parcast and Gimlet media - with their own inhouse Spotify Studios. These were two podcast houses the company spent millions of dollars acquiring. Instead, they've declared a new move to advertising. Today Sascha is joined by Amrita from The Verge to ask - as Spotify learn from their podcasting mistakes as they decide to lean in to advertising?

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Shein - a fast fashion company that’s famous for its scale and speed - (it produces over 70 times the amount of styles as H&M) - has just announced an IPO. John McEnroe might be joining you in your living room for every Wimbledon match this season - thanks to the power of AI. 

And… a new company has finally reached the $3 trillion club. Congratulations goes to Apple. 

Sascha and Bryce break down the business news stories that stopped us in our tracks today.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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If your answer is no. Well you’ve clearly not got the same social media algorithm as Sascha. That weekend is circled in her calendar. 

It's been hard to avoid - the owner of Barbie - Mattel - has inked more than 100 partnerships in the lead up to the film which lands 21 July - everything and everyone from Airbnb to Target to Microsoft are all collaborating with the toy company in preparation for the release. But there is a bigger story at play here. Barbie’s colour might be pink, but Mattel is seeing red. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 it lost money. The toy business is hard. And Barbie is at the centre of their plans to turn it around. 

Today Sascha and Alec chat about Barbie - and why this movie is high stakes for Mattel.

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Today Simon and Sascha ask - how big really is the business of Bluey?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The whole saga left us with a lot of questions. So today, Alec and Sascha ask - what is the business of private mercenary groups like The Wagner Group?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today Alec and Sascha consider - where did it all go wrong with fake meat? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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When we were in the states recently, I watched Jury Dury - that runaway hit that everyone’s talking about - available on Prime here - but in the states I watched it on FreeVee - Amazon’s ad supported streaming service. It’s a new app in a new ecosystem called FAST - free ad supported streaming television. 

The surprising thing I discovered on Freevee is that it’s a treasure trove - complete series from decades past - Magnum, Bewitched, The Carol Burnett Show, and Dallas. 

This is a new trend in the US - there’s plenty of similar platforms - Tubi, Pluto, Xumo, all tucked away on your smart television. What's more? They're owned by familiar giants: Fox, Paramount, and Comcast, alongside Amazon. Today Sascha is joined by Sara Morrison to ask: is FAST a sign of where the television industry is going? 

The original story is here.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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That's the amount for a company with no revenue, and no product, they managed to convince investors to put in more than $100 million dollars. It feels like the lyrics of a Dire Straits song…  Money for nothing. Today Alec and Sascha ask if they're missing something here... or is this a sign that AI hype is reaching fever pitch?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today Alec and Sascha ask, is there ever going to be a path to affordability in the Australian property market? And what’s the best way there? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The scene for this melodrama isn’t reality TV, it’s not even politics - it’s the golfing green. The PGA and LIV Golf - after 12 months of public fighting - declared a surprise merger last week. 

Today Bryce and Sascha talk about what this new development means for this old and prestigious game.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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So, how do companies achieve carbon neutrality? They buy offsets. For each tonne of carbon emitted, they buy a credit that offsets their carbon emission - making them neutral. 

Carbon credits are big business. According to Morgan Stanley, the market was $2 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow to $250 billion by 2050. And the biggest driver of this growth is companies making carbon neutral pledges… and then having to go and buy carbon credits to offset their emissions and achieve neutrality. And then keep buying them every year after that to maintain their neutrality. Now two cases - one in the US and one in Europe - are challenging this practice. Today Alec and Sascha discuss what is going on.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The company’s Australian CEO has quit, nine senior partners have been stood down, and as more is revealed, more questions seem to surface. So, it seemed like the perfect thing to cover on The Dive.  Today Sascha is joined by Tom Crowley from The Daily Aus to dig into this topic further - she asks - What exactly is the PwC tax scandal - and why does it matter?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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This week, Apple revealed it was launching its first big product in over a decade. The anticipation was high. So, what’s the hot new product we’re all going to be lining up to get our hands on? A Mixed Reality headset. Today Alec and Sascha chat about the launch, what exactly this new headset is, and what's Apple’s vision for us… pun intended… in using it?  

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today Alec and Sascha discuss a legal debacle involving a lawsuit against Colombian airline, Avianca. Plaintiff Roberto Mata claimed to be injured by a serving cart during a flight, but a brief presented by his lawyer, Steven Schwartz, created chaos. The brief, prepared with the assistance of ChatGPT - an AI program - cited several non-existent court cases. Schwartz admitted to his reliance on AI for legal research, sparking a discussion about the reliability of artificial intelligence in law. We ask - why is AI hallucinating, and what do we have to do to stop believing it?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Investment was flowing. Any company that mentioned they were getting into the Metaverse was attracting attention. Facebook literally changed its name to Meta. But now... It's all come crashing back to earth. So... was the metaverse just a phase? Or is it like many other disruptive technologies that just take time to develop?

Today Darcy and Sascha want to know, what’s happened to the Metaverse?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Today we want to know - what has brought on the demise of such an iconic brand? And what’s going to happen to Tupperware?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But you’re happy with the decision. For one thing - you’re not paying what you used to in fuel. But because you’re not buying petrol anymore, you’re not paying fuel excise. The collection of which the states rely on to pay for the wear and tear of their roads.  But the Victorian government decided to step in. Facing a shortfall with fuel excises - it decided to introduce legislation to target EVs. For every kilometre you now travel on the roads in Victoria - you have to pay 2.6 cents. 

Today Sascha is joined by MLex Senior Correspondent Laurel Henning, to talk about why Australia has been so slow in the update of EV vehicles.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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After that, Bryce and Ren unpack two more stories that caught their eye: South Korea is paying reclusive children $500 a month to go outside and Ghana has become the first country to approve a new vaccine for malaria.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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There's a myriad of options… Frozen, Finding Nemo, Aladdin… The Lion King. But there’s one name now that tops them all: The Super Mario Bros Movie.

It’s not been a critical success - but that hasn’t stopped the film being a juggernaut. It took in $377 million USD in its opening weekend in cinemas and broke the opening weekend record for two categories of films - video game adaptations, beating Warcraft’s $210m, and animated films beating Frozen 2’s $358m.

It means two of the biggest hits on the screen are based on video game IP — there was The Last of Us and now Mario Bros. Nintendo - the owner of Mario and Luigi - is making a concerted effort to expand its IP from video games to all sorts of entertainment. Modelling their steps in the footsteps of a media giant… Disney.

Today Darcy and Sascha ask - what's next for Nintendo - is it the next Disney?

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In fact we already covered this topic in an episode at the beginning of the year - forecasting this very situation - that the availability of homes would get a lot worse before there was any sense of relief. Lately there’s been headlines that attribute another cause as the primary rationale for the cause of the rental crisis: We have a record number of immigrants now entering the country. 

Today, Sascha is joined by Thomas from Comedian V Economist to ask: What impact will these forecast immigration numbers have on our already strained housing supply? 

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But not everyone is a fan. ChatGPT has recently been banned in Italy, and it might not be the last country to do so. We’ve also seen Elon Musk and Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak sign a petition calling for a pause in developing these AI models so greater safety protocols can be implemented.

Today Sascha and Darcy ask - why are there growing calls to ban artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT?

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Closer to home, there’s another defamation case playing out. Lachlan Murdoch personally filed defamation proceedings against Crikey, an online news outlet, in response to an article published on 29th June 2022. Lachlan's lawyers argued it defamed him by naming his family as ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ of former US president Donald Trump. 

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One that's scheduled to take place at the end of the month in the USA, is Fox News V Dominion Voting Systems. The other is here in Australia - where Lachlan Murdoch’s has lodged a defamation claim against Private Media, the publishers of Crikey. Today this is the first of two episodes focussed on the Murdochs. Sascha is joined by Sarah Ellison, a staff writer at the Washington Post - and they unpack what the Fox v Dominion trial is about, and what does it mean for the future of the Murdoch empire?

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Now, a number of new studies are now backing up that feeling. When social media or high speed internet came into our lives, mental health plummeted, especially in children. This growing body of research suggests that social media apps are rewiring children’s brains and driving an increase in eating disorders, depression and anxiety. Today Darcy chats to Hannah Murphy from the Financial Times about the teen mental health crisis caused by our increased exposure to social media.

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Coinciding with its raging popularity, TikTok’s CEO has been facing a US congress hearing over security concerns stemming from its Chinese parent company, Bytedance. We’ve already seen countries like New Zealand, France and the UK banning TikTok from government devices. Yesterday, Australia also joined in banning the app from government devices. The US government though is considering banning TikTok entirely unless it sells its American arm of the business, despite around 100 million Americans using the app every month. 

Government officials say the app is feeding propaganda to American citizens and could be sharing sensitive information with the Chinese government. TikTok says it isn’t. Realistically, we don’t know the answer. But here's the thing - TikTok may just be the tip of the iceberg. There are a number of other Chinese-made apps that are fast growing in popularity. In March, four of the top five downloaded apps in the US were Chinese.

Today Darcy and Sascha ask - if we ban TikTok, will we need to ban all Chinese developed apps?

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An estimated 180 million people around the world use cannabis recreationally - both illegally and legally. It brings the total value of the world’s cannabis market to $100 billion US dollars. The number is on the up too - more countries and jurisdictions are moving to legalise recreational cannabis

use, and Germany is one of the most recent countries to get the wheels rolling, hoping to legalise it by 2024.

Today Alec and Sascha look at the journey of legalisation, and ask - ten years in - has the legalisation of marijuana been a good idea?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Those who follow it, mostly love it. Those who don’t, seem to hate it. It’s so polarising that Lebanon actually split into two different time zones last week after the Government decided not to change the clocks but half the country did it anyway. In Australia, those living on the NSW and QLD border would know the pain all too well - for 6 months of the year they are 1 hour apart on time zones despite living adjacent to each other.

In the US a new law has been proposed that would make daylight savings permanent, with supporters saying it will “jump start” the economy and “act as a stimulus package in itself”. So we wanted to find out - is that true? Today Alec and Sascha discuss the impact daylight savings time has on the economy and our health.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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And if you’re on financial media - like we are - you’re always encountering the headline - which stock is the next Afterpay? Reminding us of what a golden run it had during the pandemic. The company was acquired for $29 billion USD in 2021 by Block, formerly known as Square, one of the hottest fintech companies listed in the States.

But now Afterpay’s parent company has found itself in some hot water. Last week it was targeted by one of the most feared activist short sellers in the world, Hindenburg Research. And as a result, the share price took a dive. Sascha and Darcy talk about how companies respond to short-selling reports.

Listen to our other episode on Hindenburg here.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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• How has monkey labour led to a change in Hello Fresh’s policies? 
• Multiple people have been arrested for sushi terrorism - which is on the rise in Japan…. 
• And 90 million people in Ethiopia who don’t use the internet, might suddenly be gaining access. We talk about what this means…

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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But Macron says - this is a change that had to be done and he’s not the only world leader considering changing retirement policies. Globally, we have an ageing population. So governments everywhere are trying to raise retirement ages.  Yes, the French love to protest, but this cause might be a lot closer to home.

Today Sascha and Alec consider - what do protests in France have to do with my retirement?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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It's natural to be worried. Is this the start of a run on the banks? A financial crisis? Or is this a lot of media hype? Most importantly, when it comes to American banks on the other side of the world - how concerned should we be here in Australia?

Today Darcy and Sascha ask - is this the beginning of a bank crisis?

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That headline caught our attention, because it sparked so many questions: How do you keep $100 billion dollars a secret? Why did it need to be secret in the first place? How does the church amass so much money? Do all churches have that much money?  

Today Sascha and Alec understand more about the Mormon Church’s $100 billion portfolio. 

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Here's a clue about what it involves... Did you know 11.5% of global health expenditure is spent on diabetes? That’s USD$966 billion! Roughly 1 in 10 Americans are diabetic - in Australia, it is roughly 1 in 20. 

Every day, most diabetics prick their skin to test their blood sugar levels.  Apple’s secret project has been working on technology to test blood sugar without having to prick the skin. And they hope to one day build it into the Apple Watch. This will be technology we’ll all have access to - and anyone at risk of getting diabetes will know when they are pre-diabetic. 

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Here at Equity Mates HQ, we asked it for a blurb on an Australian software company. It gave us a description for a real estate investment trust - that’s just not right. We shared a few other examples in our Thought Starters email last week - including ChatGPT telling users the Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl and that Croatia left the European Union in 2022. 

So take a deep breath. While ChatGPT still needs a fact checker, we’re a long way from AI taking our jobs.  But we wanted to take stock and see where the most exciting experiments were happening. Sascha and Alec talk about - what are the emerging use cases of ChatGPT?

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Cultured meat. Cultivated meat. Lab-grown meat. Cell-based meat. No kill meat. Whatever you call it, what started as Dutch researcher Mark Post’s effort to prove you could produce meat without killing animals - has since exploded into one of the hottest trends in agriculture. 

In 2020, VC funding for lab-grown meat crossed $1 billion dollars. In 2021, it crossed $2 billion. More than 100 companies around the world are trying to create cell-based protein, ranging from lab-grown lamb to lab-grown oysters, and even lab-grown foie gras. And we are seeing progress. Just in the past few months, Singapore’s government wined and dined VIP guests with cultivated meat at COP27 and lab-grown chicken passed its first hurdle with the US Food and Drug Administration.

Today Alec and Sascha ask, how close are we to eating lab-grown meat? And is it lab-grown meat vegan?

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But ASIC alleges that is far from what Mercer actually did.

These are just accusations currently, it might be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a crackdown on greenwashing in Australia. The Australian competition watchdog recently completed a sweep of companies environmental claims, and subsequently found 57% of the companies they looked at made misleading statements about their climate action and other behaviour.

Today Sascha and Darcy were joined by AFR journalist Hannah Wootton who helps them answer - is this the beginning of many greenwashing cases?

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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The world is rapidly moving towards a cashless society - Cash was used for 59% of point-of-sale transactions in 2022, down from 72% in 2019. 

But in Australia less than 25% of transactions use cash, in the UK it’s just 15% and in Norway, only 3% of payment transactions are cash!

So our currency is basically digital already. So when the RBA announced plans to create a Central Bank Digital Currency our biggest question was... Why? Isn’t the Aussie Dollar pretty digital already?

So we set out to better understand this emerging world of Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDC’s today.

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So... just who is affect by these new changes? Darcy and Sascha are joined by Nassim Khadem to unpack the answer.

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This shortage, along with other food crises, raises concerns about food security. It’s a global problem. Especially because onions are the staple of cuisines across the world, the most consumed vegetable after tomatoes.

If you put all the carrots, turnips, chillies, garlic and peppers the world together - that’s the equivalent of just how many onions are produced. About 106 million metric tons. Now though, the two most consumed vegetables in the world are suffering shortages. Severe shortages. And it is affecting many millions of people around the world.

Today Alec and Sascha ask - why is the world running out of onions?

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Looking for a gift for a loved one this christmas? Order ‘Get Started Investing’, written by Equity Mates Alec and Bryce. Available on Booktopia and Amazon now!

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Benefits for employees include better work-life balance and reduced burnout. According to the pilot program, 70% of employees reported lower levels of burnout at the end of the trial. Benefits for employers include increased employee retention and productivity.

In this episode, Darcy and Sascha delve into the arguments for the 4 day work week, and how they potentially could benefit...

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The government saw pokies as a potential source of revenue and began issuing licenses for their installation in clubs and pubs across the country. Today, the industry generates over $5 billion annually, making it one of the largest contributors to the Australian economy. We might only be home to less than half a percent of the world's population, but we're home to over 20% of the pokies. And we have one of the highest gambling loss rates in the world - well over $1000 per adult each year.

There is growing concern over their regulation, with calls for tighter rules to protect vulnerable individuals. Today Darcy and Sascha ask: 'Why are there so many pokies in Australia?

If you are having trouble with gambling, there are services there to assist you. The Gambling Helpline (1800 858 858) is a free, confidential telephone help service which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or visit Gambling Help Online.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Fast cars, competitive team principles, and charismatic drivers are just the tip of the iceberg. What really sets Formula One apart is its unrelenting pursuit of innovation. And here's a little secret that you might not know: the technology that powers these impressive machines isn't just limited to the race track. It's also improving our everyday lives in ways you might not expect.

With the next season of Drive to Survive just days away, Sascha and Darcy explore the world of F1, and ask - how is Formula One's cutting edge technology changing the game in the real world?

They were joined by Staff Writer for F1.com Samarth Kanal in this episode.

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Is it unsurprising then that global demand has skyrocketed?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently flew to Latin America to secure more lithium supplies. Why? Almost half of the global lithium resources are located in the so-called lithium triangle between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. 

And for Scholz, this trip wasn’t just about boosting supplies to help the likes of the German car industry - it’s also about reducing China’s lithium dominance.

And Scholz isn’t alone in his desperation to secure more lithium. 

Sascha and Darcy ask - is there enough lithium to meet the world’s demand?

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This meant at the end of 2022, there were 8261 satellites orbiting the Earth. Interestingly though increasingly more satellites are being launched by private companies rather than governments.

In 2021, private-sector funding in space-related companies topped $10 billion dollars, an all-time high and a tenfold increase over the past decade. The percentage of global space R&D funding coming from the US government decreased from about 70% to 50% over the same period.

Today Darcy and Sascha discuss, why are private companies launching so many satellites into space and what are the possibilities? 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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There’s just no escaping the mass of flowers seen in florists, or on your social media feeds, regardless if you’ve a Valentine or not. Here’s an interesting fact about Valentine’s Day. It alone makes up around 10% of the annual demand for cut flowers. That's all in one day! 

But most of the flowers you see have actually come from the other side of the world. The supply chain for flowers is a complex and fascinating trade. 

In this episode, Darcy and Sascha discuss the size of Valentine’s Day around the world, just how big the flower industry has become, and the environmental impact of the flower industry. 

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With over 200 million viewers worldwide, the Super Bowl is a cultural phenomenon in its own right. The advertising during the biggest spectacle in American sports commands a high price, with a 30-second advertising space setting you back $7 million dollars - and that's just the starting price! You have production costs, agency fees and celebrity appearance costs to factor in as well. So, is the investment worth it? Join Alec and Sascha as they discuss the value of Super Bowl advertising and weigh the costs against the benefits. Can they convince the rest of the Equity Mates team to invest in a spot for the 2024 game? Find out now.

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Join Sascha and Alec as they delve into the future of Robotics and AI, including the potential dangers of killer robots.

Check out Ameca here.

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She's not alone. Forbes found there was a 'Grammys bounce' of both concert ticket sales, and producer fees - to an average of 55% - in the year following a win. Today Darcy and Sascha talk about how exactly a Grammy helps move the needle on your monetary value as a musical artist...

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It’s Monday the 6th of February and today Darcy and Sascha talk about the state of the electric vehicle market - is it suddenly about to become more affordable?

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The report resulted in a significant decrease in the value of Adani’s businesses, totalling over $100 billion. It's important to note Adani denies the claims made by Hindenburg Research and highlights the fact that the report was released to create a reaction from the market, allowing Hindenburg to profit as an activist short seller. Short selling is a tactic commonly used by Hindenburg, where they target companies, conduct research, and release reports to influence investors.

In this episode, Sascha and Darcy ask - what exactly is short selling? And how has this all played out?

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What does GPT stand for? Generative Pretrained Transformer. And transforming is certainly what it is doing.

The numbers don't lie - it crossed 1 million users within a week - when it took Instagram 2.5 months, Facebook 10 months, and Twitter nearly 24 months to reach those same user numbers. 

On 23rd January, Microsoft finally confirmed a new multi-year investment in Open AI, the company behind this revolutionary program - signalling that this wasn’t just a phase or a fad, but something that big tech sees as the next development for the future. Today Sascha and Darcy discuss - why has Microsoft invested in ChatGPT and what can we expect from AI in the future?

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Since the start of the upswing in September 2020, Australian rent values have lifted 22.2%, marking the largest rental upswing on record - based on the CoreLogic hedonic rental index back series. What does that mean? Essentially the median weekly rent valuation across Australian dwellings rose from $430 per week, to $519.

Today Sascha is joined by Thomas from Comedian V Economist to talk about what led us to this so called ‘rental crisis’ and more importantly - what’s our solution?

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It’s Wednesday, the 21st of December, so we revise - what are the biggest business stories of the year?

To learn more and revisit these episodes:

Why house prices are cooling in the world’s hottest property markets

Has grocery delivery gone bananas?

Help me feel better about inflation

X – Elon Musk’s everything app 25 years in the making

The Elon Musk v Twitter lawsuit is heating up

Just 60% of the world has internet. Elon Musk plans to change that

What happens after a cyber attack?

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Today Alec and Sascha unpack the numbers behind this song, and look at other holiday hits throughout the ages.

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Off the pitch, perhaps the most significant moment happened two days before the whole tournament kicked off, when Qatar and FIFA decided to ban the sale of alcoholic beer at stadiums. This took the event’s major beer sponsor, Budweiser, by surprise. The company had to pivot its marketing strategy on the spot.

Today Darcy and Sascha discuss how Budweiser managed this change of events.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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