Natalie McDonald
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647 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Natalie McDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 7 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 5.
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Good morning, Michael.
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NAB's latest survey shows that business conditions fell five points to minus one in August, and confidence dropped for a second straight month to minus eight, well below its long run average.
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Conditions deteriorated across six of eight industries, according to the data, led by construction, mining, and manufacturing, with NAB warning the weakness could signal slower economic growth in the second half of the year.
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Fell sharply to a post-COVID low, and NAB warns that if that continues, weaker employment could follow.
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Businesses are also being squeezed by costs rising faster than the prices they can charge customers, and that puts further pressure on profit margins.
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It's yeah, it's certainly the Holy Trinity when it comes to consumer sentiment.
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And that's what the Westpac Melbourne Institute uh index is showing with a 5.2% fall in September, almost wiping out last month's improvement and leaving that sentiment nearly 12% lower than a year ago.
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Mortgage holders, unsurprisingly, were hit particularly hard with sentiment plunging 13% compared with a fall.
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Of just 0.6% among renters.
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And nearly two thirds of consumers are now expecting interest rates to rise further, which
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has a subsequent impact on confidence and therefore their willingness to spend.
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Annual inflation eased to 3.5% in July, as we know, but that was still higher than economists expected.
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Hunter saying that the RBA board has little tolerance for inflation remaining above target for an extended period.
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Mm, and there's some really interesting examples that I'll get to in just a sec.
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But you're right, Australia has also lost its position as the most popular market for infrastructure investment.
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The US has surged from 48% to 80% of investors nominating it as a preferred market, while Australia remained at 56%.
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And if we're looking for, as I say, a pretty extraordinary example of the red tape, the Macquarie chief executive said that laying one thousand eight hundred kilometres of fiber from Brisbane to Melbourne required six thousand approvals.
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Her argument is that Australia needs more urgency as other countries compete harder for that global capital.
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Imagine the email chain.
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Mm, the index dropped one percent or or ninety-three points to close at eight thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
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