The Fin

How I Made It is back with host Lauren Sams.
Don’t miss season six as we uncover how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.
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Professional services editor Edmund Tadros on the fallout from the KPMG scandal and what the government might do to bring the big four accounting firms into line.
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Further reading: KPMG’s ‘10-hour masterclass in how not to respond to a crisis’By repeating PwC’s crisis-management mistakes, KPMG has forced a reluctant federal government to finally pull the trigger on unprecedented structural reforms.No timeline for big four reform despite PwC, KPMG scandalsAssistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino says reform is “real priority for the government”, but concedes there is “no particular timeline” for new rules.Inside Project Magenta: How Allens gave KPMG a pass on leaksThe law firm cleared the company of partner misconduct without interviewing a single outsider and using a literal reading of the allegations.
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Wealth reporter Andrew Hobbs and property reporter Lucy Slade unpack our national obsession, explain why property has been such a powerhouse, and ask a previously unthinkable question: Is investing in property even worth it anymore?
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FURTHER READING: Should you buy an investment property after the budget changes? New restrictions on negative gearing and capital gains tax alter the appeal of residential property.
Economists say property prices might fall 10pc. So what?With property prices up 400 per cent since 2000, what does a 10 per cent drop actually mean? And what happened the last time governments made major changes to property taxes?
Sydney renters drowning amid record rent risesRental prices are at record highs nationallypushing Sydney’s median to $841 a week, due to the vast shortage of homes available
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Political editor Phillip Coorey on the government’s budget backdowns, the increasingly crowded field in Australian politics and why it will be a bumpy two years to the next election.
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Further reading:
PM wins round one of the budget battle, at a costProper process, good policy and taxpayers’ money were among the casualties of this week’s rush to legislate the budget.Finally, the teals discover that the Senate is where it’s atBy forming a new party – Community Strong Australia – lower house independents are finally realising that true policy influence lies in the upper house.While Hanson stumbles, Taylor’s Coalition is quietly sinkingOne polling setback does not a crisis make for One Nation, but it is a reminder that major parties are subject to more questioning and scrutiny.
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Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald and technology editor Paul Smith on the investment case for SpaceX, whether there’s enough money for the other AI mega floats and why Australian investors are all in.
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Further reading:

SpaceX is the first of three sci-fi IPOs with truly insane mathsElon Musk has shot for the stars with the first of three huge AI-based floats that ask investors to believe the companies can boldly go where no one has gone before.Fears of ‘AI Strait of Hormuz’ as Trump’s Anthropic ban shocks businessLabor’s Ed Husic and some of Australia’s top tech leaders warn Donald Trump’s export ban on the latest Anthropic AI models exposes a national over-reliance.How SpaceX turned the IPO curse into a goldmineThe real genius of the company’s historic $2 trillion public listing isn’t the valuation – it’s how it hacked the market’s ultimate gatekeepers: passive funds.
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