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AI slop as usual. Perplexity Pro this time - on default settings. Once all these free AI subscriptions run out y'all are getting Gemini slop but why not mix it up while we can, eh? This episode takes a hard look at a budget that may not be bold enough for the economic risks ahead. The conversation ranges from inflation and stagflation to housing, NDIS reform, political trust, demographic shifts, and a bruising political landscape at home and abroad.Join Jack the Insider and Hong Kong Jack as they unpack the federal budget, the politics of broken promises, housing reform, inflation risks, NDIS savings, and the broader economic outlook. They also turn to the political fallout in the UK, the rise of Reform, and a sporting wrap that covers Carlton, the AFL, NRL, and Premier League drama.Timestamps00:00:26 — Budget week begins: first impressions and the shape of the federal budget.00:01:20 — Negative gearing, CGT discount changes, and trust tax reform.00:02:29 — Inflation forecasts, Treasury assumptions, and concern about the outlook.00:03:24 — The Persian Gulf, fuel shocks, fertiliser supply, and global cost pressures.00:07:06 — Why stagflation is the central economic risk.00:10:21 — NDIS savings, workforce participation, and target-setting versus reform.00:13:48 — Housing, intergenerational politics, and the supply problem.00:18:20 — Tax cuts, the political logic of $5 a week, and voter messaging.00:28:33 — Broken promises, how governments should handle them, and the media fallout.00:34:26 — Cos Samaras, demographics, migration, and electoral strategy.00:41:28 — Farrah by-election results and the rise of One Nation.00:45:56 — Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, and scrutiny of One Nation politics.00:51:26 — Budget headline numbers, spending, infrastructure and defence.00:56:10 — UK politics: Starmer under pressure and Labour’s troubles.01:09:40 — Carlton’s coaching shake-up and Michael Voss’s departure.01:21:48 — Penrith’s orderly succession plan and the Bulldogs’ struggles.01:25:46 — Premier League, Arsenal, West Ham and relegation pressure.01:27:08 — England cricket selections and Marcus North’s appointment.
