Chanticleer
Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.
Episodes
This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unveil the surprising purchase propping up Australia’s economic growth, they unpack a truly eventful week in financial markets and ask what is sending one of the world’s best known car makers broke.
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This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at why the collapse of a home builder might create a very big drama for the top end of town, they nominate their best and worst results from four weeks of earnings season and take a fierce question from the West about GST proceeds.
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This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald take you inside the mysterious world of bond markets, and explain what’s got the world’s most important investors rather grumpy. They ask why many of the country's biggest companies don’t seem that keen on investing in Australia and whether there’s something a bit sick about your health insurance.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unpick an eventful afternoon at the Reserve Bank of Australia and pull out our most surprising tidbits from reporting season’s first big week.
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KPMG is radioactive. But probe also exposes clubby corporate Australia
This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain what job cuts and Jetstar cabin baggage fees tell us about the great Australian squeeze, they look at how the ASX hit a record high – and ask why no one seems to be celebrating, and they unpick America’s strange mission to save the land of the rising sun.
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This week senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Australian Financial Review editor in chief James Chessell unpack the national implications from the coup that brought down the Victorian premier, they examine the RBA’s big interest rate dilemma between sticky inflation and falling house prices and try and unpick a week where it all got a bit strange in the AI boom.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald say farewell to one of the leading lights of corporate Australia, ask why good news on jobs may ultimately be bad news for the economy, and explain why China just sent a shot across the bows of America’s tech giants.
This podcast is sponsored by Elston
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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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This week senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Australian Financial Review editor in chief James Chessell decode Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s landmark speech on artificial intelligence, they examine why the next big era for Australia’s mighty superannuation sector is upon us and they ask – what’s a CEO really worth?
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This week Chanticleer columnist Anthony Macdonald and Australian Financial Review editor Cosima Marriner discuss Telstra's real problem at the end of a bad week, go over the big AI decision Australia needs to make and unpack the Prime Minister's podcast fail.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how your super fund fared through the drama of the 2026 financial year, they explain why the end of what’s been dubbed 'Australia’s housing ponzi scheme' matters to more than just house prices, and get excited about the celebrity wedding of the year.
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This week, James and Anthony discuss what all the bad economic news means for the second half of the year, ask whether KPMG can stem the bleeding by changing its board and delve into Nine’s ousting of the Today show host.
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This week, James and Anthony examine the government’s budget backdown, explain why Australia and the US’ Central Banks are talking about more rate rises and take a question on whether AI could change the way your super fund has to invest.
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This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald examine judgment day for Elon Musk as his AI hot air balloon, SpaceX, takes flight on the sharemarket. They also kick around the business of the World Cup and look at the household name eyeing off a big deal in Britain.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go deep into the world of AI and debate whether there’s enough trust to make the AI flywheel really spin. They look at how accounting firm KPMG has recently blown up a lot of trust, they take a question on the budget's impact on small business and commit to, one day, make the podcast on Mars.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether the next big mining boom might pass Australia by, they examine what the global wine glut means for Dan Murphys and look at whether there’s any good news on inflation. Oh, and James sits in a giant truck.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald ask whether Elon Musk can pull off the biggest sharemarket float in the history of the planet with his SpaceX venture, they examine how the budget aftershocks are hitting the housing market, and they answer your questions on the government’s controversial budget tax changes.
To ask a question, emailchanticleer@afr.com.
This podcast is sponsored by ANZ.
This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald are all about the federal budget – the big messages, the big numbers, the big risks and the hidden stories.
In this bumper episode, they'll discuss whether this budget really was aspirational or just a cheap attempt to win votes.
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unpack another rate rise including what Michele Bullock said about the next six months, theye take you inside the room at the biggest meeting of Australian companies and investors, and they preview the federal budget out next week
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This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why the AI train is now an unstoppable force, they take a look at what’s wrong with the poor old ASX and preview the RBA governor Michele Bullock’s big interest rates call.
To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com
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