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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The industry says it's the toughest environment for pubs in more than a century and is pushing for lower beer and hospitality taxes.
taxes to help keep more of them open.
I'm sure he's listening in.
He can like in his head, I'm sure he can offer some some retorts when he is no doubt listening avidly each morning.
And we can't underestimate it.
The potential prize is enormous.
Treasury says that AI could eventually lift productivity growth to between one and a half and two percent a year in an upside scenario.
Charm is saying that getting it right could also attract billions of dollars of investment and create new higher value jobs.
But AI isn't necessarily a get out of jail free card for the government's broader economic reform agenda.
Treasury says competition, skills, infrastructure, regulation, and openness to trade and investment are still going to determine how much Australia benefits.
Warning that existing structural and
policy weaknesses could remain a major drag on productivity.
And then there's the $150 billion expected to be invested in AI-related data centers by 2030.
That should boost the economy, but Treasury is warning that the construction boom could also add to inflation and potentially put upward pressure on interest rates.
I think one of the important points as well is that despite all the concern about AI taking jobs, Treasury says that widespread displacement hasn't actually happened here yet.
beg to differ, um saying that AI could actually support wages where it makes workers more productive, although highly skilled and cognitive jobs are among those that are facing the greatest disruption.
And the concern here isn't simply that AI companies are expensive.
Bailey says that high share market valuations are combining with investor borrowing and market concentration and growing cross-investment between AI companies and the tech giants that provide their infrastructure.
And that potentially magnifies a downturn if the boom unwinds.
Then, of course, and that's it, and this is something that we discussed.
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