Australia’s hefty Iran bill, Albanese scrounges for fuel & AFR’s budget wishlist

This week on the Chanticleer podcast, Anthony Macdonald and The Australian Financial Review's editor-in-chief, James Chessell, discuss the Iran ceasefire, reveal the AFR’s wish list for this year’s budget – now only one month away – and take a question on AI job cuts.  To ask a question, email cha…

Unemployment up, Trump down: the headlines you’ll read later this year

This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald zoom out to pull together the threads behind an incredible first quarter of the year, they predict the big headlines you’ll be reading in the coming months, and explain why Australia’s healthcare sector looks sick.  To ask a ques…

Iran sets off price shock, private credit pain spreads & WFH battle reignites

This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald delve into the energy crisis price shocks rippling around the word, they spot a few more cockroaches in private credit’s kitchen and they take a question on oil companies and their super profits.  To ask a question, email chantic…

Oil shock hits Australia, RBA's tough love & boomers lead home loan deals

This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how the Iran oil shock will actually hit the economy, they examine the RBAs big call on interest rates this week and reveal why the generation scrambling from the rate hike isn't necessarily the one you think. To ask a qu…

Iran oil shock begins, AI job hit snowballs & the bravest float on the ASX

This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the oil shock that’s spreading through the real economy and financial markets, they examine the AI job losses at the original Aussie tech icon and take you inside the sharemarket float of an Aussie company that’s helped change the retail game. …

Iran's interest rate threat, AI's job tsunami & Kyle and Jackie O's $200m split

This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald recap the biggest week of the year to date. They discuss the war in the Middle East, the war on jobs thanks to AI and the new opposition leader Angus Taylor's war on debt and deficit. To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponso…

Special edition! Chooks speak live with maverick billionaire investor, Mike Dorrell

Live from the Financial Review's 2026 Business Summit, James & Anthony wax lyrical with the AFR Business Person of the Year 2025, Mike Dorrell.  Recorded over breakfast, Wednesday, March 4th. 

AI’s first Aussie job cuts, best and worst of profit season & a chook grills the RBA boss

This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at AI’s melting moment on Wall Street, they give you their best and worst of corporate Australia’s profit season and they look ahead to the AFR’s premier event, the Business Summit.  To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com  This podcast is s…

Have we hit peak Australia, housing tax breaks under fire & AI heads in the sand

This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether we’ve hit 'peak Australia', they share their most interesting observations from earnings season and take a burning question on the housing market.  To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband

New battle for bank supremacy,  why blue chip CEOs are exiting and wild ASX moves

This week James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at the new war that’s broken out in the banking sector, ask why three CEOs left blue chip companies in three days, and tackle the tricky problem of taming inflation without hiking interest rates.  To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com This…