James Thompson

Hello, I'm James Thompson, Senior Chanticleer Columnist at the AFR.

Welcome to our weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets.

With me today, as always, he's more valuable than a ton of rare earths.

It's my Chanticleer colleague, Anthony McDonald.

How are you, Anthony?

I think you mean less valuable, James.

Definitely less strategic.

Indeed.

This week, we ask whether the next big mining boom might pass Australia by.

We examine what the global wine glut means for Dan Murphy's and look at whether there's any good news on the inflation front.

Well, I think it's the AI richlisters, Anthony.

They're coming.

Of the 15 new debutants on the list, four had something to do with AI.

They either have AI companies or they're involved in data centres, which of course power the AI revolution.

I reckon my favorite one's Katrina Leslie.

Yeah.

She's got a business called Swipe Jobs.

It uses AI to help match job seekers with the right jobs.

It sounds like a pretty good idea.

And although we think of AI as a new thing, this is a pretty serious business.