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Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to make America the crypto capital of the world, despite having once dismissed Bitcoin as “not money” and warned it was “based on thin air” in a 2019 tweet.
In his first year back in office, Trump has set that scepticism aside as it has become clear crypto presents an extraordinary business opportunity.
A new financial disclosure hints at just how lucrative those ventures have become, with Trump disclosing more than $1.4 billion USD in income from family crypto ventures last year, raising questions about how far a president can go in turning public office into a money-making machine.
Today, journalist and research director for Public Citizen’s Trump Accountability Project, Zach Everson, on Donald Trump’s crypto empire and the new frontier of political corruption in America.

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Guest: Journalist and research director for Public Citizen’s Trump Accountability Project, Zach Everson
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The temperatures were so high that roads melted and tram tracks buckled. Some locals even resorted to sleeping in parks and caves to escape the heat.
And at the epicentre of the European heatwave? Paris – which recorded its hottest day in history.
It’s where Australian author and climate activist Sarah Wilson has called home for the past few years.
Today, Sarah speaks with 7am from Paris, on the heatwave that’s ravaged Europe and what it tells us about how humanity will need to adapt to the extreme conditions to come.

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Guest: Author and journalist Sarah Wilson
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They were some of the biggest stage productions in the country, starring some of the biggest names in the biz. But in the space of just two weeks, Beetlejuice and Waitress: The Musical have had their tours cut short, leaving the cast and crew devastated.
Now, stars like Nat Bass are sounding the alarm as the industry struggles to stay afloat amid rising costs and slumping ticket sales.
Today, arts executive John Glenn on the crisis threatening the future of theatre and live shows, and what can be done to save the industry.

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Guest: CEO of AANT Centre, John Glenn
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For decades, the Dollarmites program turned schoolchildren into customers.
The controversial scheme, now axed, gave Australia’s biggest bank access to kids, classrooms and their cash under the guise of teaching financial literacy.
Now it’s happening again.
A new report has found the country’s biggest fossil fuel companies are using the same strategy – with multimillion-dollar programs and sponsorships targeting millions of Australian children.
Today, Comms Declare founder Belinda Noble on how the tentacles of big coal, oil, and gas are reaching into Australian classrooms and manipulating students.

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Guest: Comms Declare founder, Belinda Noble
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KPMG is one of the biggest, wealthiest and most powerful consulting firms in the country – auditing and advising everything from major companies to governments.
It is trusted with some of the most sensitive information in Australia. Now that trust is at the centre of a major scandal.
A whistleblower raised concerns that confidential client information was being used to chase new work. What followed has forced out senior leaders, exposed the treatment of the person who spoke up, and raised bigger questions about the firms governments have come to rely on to do the work once done inside the public service.

Today, ABC business reporter Daniel Ziffer on KPMG, the scandal inside one of the Big Four consulting firms, and why the fallout reaches far beyond one company.

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Guest: ABC business reporter Daniel Ziffer
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