The Fin

Inside Edge Episode 1: The Lithium Insider

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In our two-part series, Inside Edge, we go behind the scenes of the corporate regulator's high-stakes war on insider trading. We trace the thin line b...

Australia’s new millionaires factory: start-up to $1.6b in 5 years

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Jonathan Shapiro and Emma Rapaport on what's behind the Magellan and Barrenjoey merger and whether there's enough room f...

Oliver Curtis on Firmus: From prison barber to AI billionaire

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Technology reporter Amelia McGuire and Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald on whether Curtis' AI start-up Firmus can live up to the hype. This pod...

Kyle and Jackie O: Inside media's biggest split

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, media reporter Sam Buckingham-Jones on the radio stars' falling out and whether ARN can use it to exit one of the worst deals in Australian...

The copper pivot: BHP looks beyond the Iron Age

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, resources reporter Peter Ker on the challenges ahead for Australia’s iron ore industry, why copper is booming and what miners are doi...

The ‘SaaSpocalypse’: Something big (and scary) is happening in AI

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Technology editor Paul Smith and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson on why financial markets are suddenly spooked, which businesses are mos...

Change or die: can Angus Taylor stop the One Nation surge?

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Political editor Phillip Coorey and former Labor adviser and columnist Lidija Ivanovski on Angus Taylor’s big move, the threat from One Nation a...

The global scam network that targeted 40,000 Australian investors

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: journalist Lucy King on the global scam operators targeting Australian investors, how the brother of Olympic breakdancer...

The billionaire trucker, his Linfox empire and the latest Australian succession saga

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, James Eyers on why key executive and eldest son Peter Fox has taken an unexpected break from the company, what it means for the Linfox succ...

Rethinking Trump: Should Australia follow Canada's lead?

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, United States correspondent Jessica Gardner on Trump’s first year back in the White House and Mark Carney's viral speech. Further rea...

Ill-conceived: Inside Australia’s IVF money-making machine

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, health editor Michael Smith on why baby-making is such big business and how private equity firms are reshaping the IVF sector. Further read...

Jetsetting, love scandals and hypocrites: Rear Window’s 2025

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rear Window columnists Mark Di Stefano and Hannah Wootton look back on the action-packed year that was and ahead to what 2026 might bring. This podcas...

'Too dangerous to run': After Bondi, Australia grapples with division

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast political editor Phillip Coorey and NSW political correspondent Paul Karp on the carnage at Bondi, what is being don...

Why Australia is in the middle of a shoplifting crime wave

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: Greg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenz on what’s behind Australia’s retail crime wave, why Victoria is gro...

The AI bubble comes to Australia: what happens if it goes pop?

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and technology editor Paul Smith on the multi-trillion dollar AI investment boom, where the opportunities are for ...

The market darling, the $50 million share dump and the silent CEO

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the rise of DroneShield, why its CEO just dumped all his stock and whether the company can restore the faith. Furt...

The shocking number at the heart of the Liberal Party’s problems

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phillip Coorey and Tony Barry on the decision to dump net zero, the Coalition’s existential crisis and whether Sussan Ley’s leadership can...

What’s behind the relentless rise in house prices

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John Kehoe and Michael Bleby on the RBA’s inflation dilemma, why the next interest rate move might be up and how that will affect the property m...

The biggest Australian company you've never heard of (and why it's in trouble)

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Health editor Michael Smith discusses CSL’s remarkable story, why investors have lost faith in the healthcare giant and what Trump has to do wit...

‘He ruined me’: How one crypto investor lost $500k in a scam

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Lucy King and James Eyers on Australia’s crypto ATM boom, how they are being used for investment scams and why Australia i...

'Don’t do a Deloitte': the AI stuff-up that ricocheted around the world

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp on Deloitte’s stuff-up, why it became a global story and what it means for the way we ...

Is your Chinese EV a 'ticking time bomb'?

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, senior writer Greg Bearup and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on China's dominance of the local EV and battery market and why...

Inside the biggest investment scandal in 15 years

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Hobbs and Tony Boyd on how investors lost $1.2 billion in Shield, First Guardian and Australian Fiduciaries, and how the gatekeepers let it hap...

What LaTrobe and Jon Adgemis reveal about the private credit boom

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Senior reporters Jonathan Shapiro and Primrose Riordan on what ASIC's crackdown on LaTrobe Financial and the Jon Adgemis saga tells us about the priva...

Australia's defence deals in the Pacific and why they matter

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Canberra bureau chief Nicola Smith and Washington correspondent Jessica Gardner on the Pacific defence deals and what to expect when Albanese sits dow...

It’s firing season at the banks. How far will the job losses go?

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and banking reporter Angira Bharadwaj on ANZ’s overhaul, why banks are cutting jobs and whether management h...

Is the war on NIMBYs enough to fix Australia’s housing crisis?

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NSW political correspondent Paul Karp and deputy property editor Michael Bleby on the political leaders declaring war on NIMBYs, w...

Bonus episode - Lachlan Murdoch's $5b succession

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rupert Murdoch's eldest son has finally secured control of the family’s sprawling media empire in a multi-billion dollar settlement with his sib...

WFH debate: Is your boss listening into your laptop?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman discusses the test case of a compliance company that has been spying on its staff, wh...

Will Albanese’s mega-majority make or break him?

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Political editor Phillip Coorey on the debt bomb facing the next generation, the ‘Braveheart ’situation in parliament and the Iran-led att...

The chequebook of Mormon: $500m on Australian farms in six months

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: senior writer Greg Bearup on why the Mormon Church is buying up vast tracts of Australian farmland and whether it&r...

Do we really need to bring back the baby bonus?

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: senior writer Myriam Robin on how worried we should be about declining fertility rates, whether...

A 'strike' at the heart of the millionaires' factory

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Jemima Whyte and associate editor Joyce Moullakis on whether Macquarie has...

"What the f*** did you do?" Sam Altman on being fired & rehired for AI’s biggest job

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Technology editor Paul Smith talks about his interview with Altman and reveals what it would take for the AI chief to pull the p...

Is Xi Jinping losing his grip on power in China?

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, North Asia correspondent Jessica Sier and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on whether Panda diplomacy works and why...

The rates call that stunned economists, markets and... our reporters

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, economics editor John Kehoe and senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on the RBA’s shock decision on interest rate...

‘Law of the jungle’: the struggle to clean up the CFMEU

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman on what has been done to stamp out a culture of fear and intimidati...

Does inheritance matter more than a career?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Wealth reporter Lucy Dean on the surge in inherited wealth, what’s behind it ...

Virgin’s rollercoaster return & why Australia is a two-airline town

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Ayesha de Kretser and Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald on Virg...

‘The Great Wall of China’: A law firm’s cautionary tale

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, professional services reporter Maxim Shanahan on why King & Wood Mallesons is struggling to manage risk and conflicts across...

Apocalypse or a four-day week? What AI might mean for you

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, technology editor Paul Smith discusses the AI future and whether it is more likely to be utopia or dystopia. This podcast is spo...

The not-so-super tax change that is dividing Australia

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Joanna Mather and Michelle Bowes on how the super tax will work, why it’s so controversial and what people are doi...

Are house prices about to take off again?

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, economics correspondent Michael Read on why the Reserve Bank is cutting rates and what it means for people like him tryi...

Coalition chaos: ‘It’s like someone dropped an atom bomb’

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, political editor Phillip Coorey and former Labor adviser and AFR columnist Lidija Ivanovski talk about the decimation of the Opp...

Does Warren Buffett’s retirement mark peak America?

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on Buffett’s legacy and whether his catchphrase ‘n...

How a $14 billion deal can happen without a shareholder vote

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, James Thomson and Joyce Moullakis on James Hardie’s latest controversy, why shareholders don’t get to vote and what ...

Election 2025: What Labor will do with its thumping win

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, political editor Phillip Coorey, economics editor John Kehoe and economics correspondent Michael Read on what the ...

Should anyone have as much power as Peter V'landys?

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast: Mark Di Stefano talks about the rise of one of Australian sport’s most powerful men and takes ...

Election 2025: The three key seats to watch on Saturday night

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Phillip Coorey and the panel on the seats that will decide the election, whether the AAA credit rating is really under threat and what Labor and the C...

Why Donald Trump & Xi Jinping will do a deal

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Financial Review columnist and former ambassador to China, Geoff Raby on the US-China trade war, what it means for Austr...

Election 2025: Why Albo has a spring in his step and Dutton's big bet on defence

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week's podcast guests are Canberra Bureau Chief Tom McIlroy and Foreign affairs and Defence correspondent Andrew Tillet. They join Lisa Murray an...

Winners and losers from Trump’s (forever) trade war

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson on what's going on in markets, how Australia is more ex...

Election 2025: Taking apart both sides’ ‘diabolical’ housing policies

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, political editor Phillip Coorey, deputy editor, news, Jessica Gardner, economics editor John Kehoe, and senior writer M...

The fight to save Australia's private hospitals

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Health editor Michael Smith on the battle to save Healthscope, the war between insurers and hospitals and whether private equity...

Election 2025: The Trump slump and Dutton's 'ham-fisted' backflip

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, political editor Phillip Coorey, former Labor adviser Lidija Ivanovski and NSW political correspondent Paul Karp talk a...

Has Elon Musk crashed Tesla out of the EV race?

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, North Asia correspondent Jessica Sier and motoring writer Tony Davis on Tesla’s challenges, the rise of BYD a...

NSW will decide the election | Labor's Trump's bump | Out of control on the campaign bus

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, political editor Phillip Coorey, economics editor John Kehoe and political correspondent Ronald Mizen talk about who has had the best start...

Introducing: The Fin: Election 2025

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the federal election underway, The Fin is releasing a special weekly podcast for the duration of the campaign called Election 2025. Every Tuesday...

Slater & Gordon, the email scandal & the girl with the cat tattoo

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, professional services reporter Maxim Shanahan and Rear Window columnist Hannah Wootton on Slater and Gordon&rs...

Election mode: Dutton's Trump problem & the budget no one wanted

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey and economics editor John Kehoe on how both sides of politics are planning to spin the b...

Khaki election: Trump’s ‘Mean Girls’ diplomacy prompts defence rethink

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, foreign affairs and defence correspondent Andrew Tillett and international affairs expert James Curran on how ...

The billionaire, his ex-lovers and a board exodus

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Max Mason and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson discuss WiseTech’s tumultuous five mon...

Succession battle: How Trump could cost Lachlan Murdoch billions

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior writer Myriam Robin and author Neil Chenoweth on the bitter fight for control of the Murdoch empire and...

Did the Reserve Bank cut interest rates too soon?

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, editor-at-large Michael Stutchbury and economics correspondent Michael Read on why the Reserve Bank cut rates ...

Inside the fight to keep girls out of boys' schools

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, AFR Magazine contributor Brook Turner on why Sydney has become the epicentre of this battle and whether there is still a...

DeepSeek drama: what the Chinese startup means for the AI race & markets

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro and technology editor Paul Smith on DeepSeek’s breakthrough, why Australia has ba...

Dispatch from Davos: Trump hasn’t killed DEI (yet)

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on how companies and governments are responding to Trump, 2.0, whether diversity p...

Summer special: Back from holidays? Time to plan the next one

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Travel editor Fiona Carruthers discusses the outlook for tourism, why flights are getting cheaper, which airlines are likely to ...

Summer special: AFR critics on what to watch, read and listen to this summer

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a two-part series, The Fin podcast talks to the critics around the Financial Review newsroom to get their recommendations for film, te...

Rear Window’s year in review: the scoops, the scandals, the power plays

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Outgoing Rear Window editor Myriam Robin tells us about the megalomaniac trying to solve Australia’s housing crisis, the column’s biggest ...

Bitcoin has broken through US$100,000. Now what?

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, James Eyers on why Donald Trump is a crypto bro, whether Bitcoin’s price will stay at these record levels and how ...

Big super reckoning: Are Australians losing faith in the system?

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and reporter Hannah Wootton on why ASIC is suing Cbus, what it means for industry f...

Social media ban: screen time fix, magic wand or a waste of time?

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Technology editor Paul Smith and media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham-Jones on why the ban is being introduced, ...

'Chussia Anxiety': Why Donald Trump wants to “un-unite” China and Russia

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Australian Financial Review contributor and former diplomat Geoff Raby on Trump’s world and what it means for Aust...

MinRes investigation: a secret tax deal, company cash and a boat named Anya

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, investigative reporter Neil Chenoweth and Rear Window columnist Mark Di Stefano on how Chris Ellison’s secret deal wi...

Luxury property & unpaid bills: the two worlds of Sanjeev Gupta

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Simon Evans and Rear Window editor Myriam Robin on Sanjeev Gupta’s flashy property purchase, his finan...

Joe Aston on Qantas: ‘This is a story about power in the shadows’

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Joe Aston, former Rear Window editor and author of The Chairmain's Lounge, discusses what went wrong for the Qantas, its...

Trump v Harris: Is it too little, too late for the Democrats?

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, International editor James Curran and US correspondent Matthew Cranston on how Trump has managed to claw back Harris’ ...

Richard White: The billionaire, the beauty entrepreneur and the $90k debt

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporters Jonathan Shapiro and Jemima Whyte discuss the rise of an unusual tech billionaire, what happens when pe...

Will cutting negative gearing fix the property crisis?

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, economics correspondent Michael Read and political correspondent Tom McIlroy discuss whether winding-back the two big ta...

Australia’s most powerful & influential people revealed

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey and AFR Magazine editor Matthew Drummond discuss what was behind this year's power moves...

Succession part 2: The Pratts

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, BOSS deputy editor Patrick Durkin and senior reporter Max Mason discuss the legal fight over the Pratt packaging fortune...

Succession part 1: The Murdochs

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior writer Neil Chenoweth and media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham Jones on why Lachlan’s position as succe...

Inside the AirTrunk deal: how to build a $24 billion business in nine years

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Technology editor Paul Smith and Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald discuss the rise of AirTrunk, whether Robin Khu...

Where and why house prices are falling this Spring

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, deputy property editor Michael Bleby and luxury property writer Bonnie Campbell discuss why property listings are up as the Spri...

Why it's so hard to ban gambling ads

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Ronald Mizen and media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham-Jones on the case for and against gambling ...

US election 2024: The next big test for Kamala Harris

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, United States correspondent Matthew Cranston and International editor James Curran on why the presidential race has bee...

Why PwC can't move on from the tax leaks scandal

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, professional services editor Edmund Tadros on the rise of a sales-driven culture at PwC, why the firm bungled its respon...

‘A scandal of epic proportions’: why heads could roll at ANZ

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporter Jonathan Shapiro on ANZ’s bond trading scandal, whether the bank lied about its market activity to get...

From evangelist to pragmatist: Andrew Forrest’s green hydrogen pivot

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, resources reporter Peter Ker discusses whether Andrew Forrest's green hydrogen dream was a fantasy and what his retreat ...

Building bad: Inside the explosive CFMEU investigation

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, Financial Review workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman on what was uncovered in his nine-month investigation into the CFMEU...

Bonus episode: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special bonus episode of The Fin, United States correspondent Matthew Cranston on why Joe Biden pulled out of the presidential race, what happ...

Is a 14th rate rise the solution to Australia’s inflation problem?

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, economics correspondent Michael Read explains why inflation has proved stickier than expected and raised the stakes for the Rese...

Inside Australia's $200b unregulated private credit boom

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, senior reporters Jonathan Shapiro and Aaron Weinman on why private credit is booming, who’s making money from it and w...

Why AUKUS might cost billions & leave us with nothing

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, International editor James Curran on why a group of former navy commanders, defence officials and submarine officers believe AUK...

Why the Guzman y Gomez float was 'the story with the lot'

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Inside the most talked-about stock market float in over a decade. This week on the Fin, Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald and senior reporter Pr...

Europe tilts right. Australia is watching.

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, Europe correspondent Hans van Leeuwen on why Emmanuel Macron has rolled the dice and whether politics is being dragged t...

Why native title hasn’t lived up to its promise

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Only 9% of indigenous Australians have native title & they "don't walk around like billionaires". This week on The Fin podcast, Peter Ker and Rona...

AI is moving to 'the edge'. Here’s why that matters

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin, technology editor Paul Smith and columnist and senior writer John Davidson explain how AI is moving to the edge and what that me...

Would cutting migration really solve the housing crisis?

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Fin podcast, economics correspondent Michael Read and education editor Julie Hare explain why net migration spiked, how the governme...