Chris Spear

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The Briefing · Australia has 17 new billionaires + How Trump can rig the midterms · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

So it's worth noting this is not a parliamentary inquiry, Chris.

This is a public community led.

It's got trade unions backing it.

and it's not going to have teeth.

It's not like this is going to finish and then all of a sudden they're going to go, oh, well, Orcus is no longer.

I do think it's interesting, though, because there have been inquiries held within government in the UK and the US.

The Pentagon did one in the US.

There was another one in the UK.

Yeah.

And, you know, the decision was eventually made to continue with the pact.

But I guess the question is, is it in Australia's best interest, not in the US or UK's?

It will be interesting to see what they find, though.

Yeah, the founders of White Fox, which I think you'd be very familiar with those jumpers that all the kids are wearing.

Sorry.

The kids are wearing.

The wealth of Australia's billionaires increased by $25.67 billion over the last year.

Let that sink in.

Which according to Oxfam could have lifted nearly a million Australians out of poverty or covered household electricity bills for every single Australian household for well over one year.

Now the charity says the figures highlight the widening gap between Australia's wealthiest people and ordinary households.

with the 20 richest Aussies now holding more wealth than the bottom 3 million households.

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