Australian Financial Review

They do think that, James.

And the Financial Review have already...

Philip Khoury's already written, oh, this is great, there's a proper fight now, the Liberals have got the fight back on.

And most, quote from Philip Khoury...

Hasty will look strong.

And hey, presto, there will be a spill.

In fact, the Financial Review are already pushing this line, arguing yesterday that Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has decided to take the fight up to One Nation and his colleagues are mostly enthusiastic.

I don't know if that meant mostly as an adjective or an adverb, but anyway, whatever.

The ASX-listed investment and real estate manager's mortgage REIT said it had decided to sell the properties that secured the thirty-one point seven million dollars it had lent to Bathla, which collapsed into administration late last month, owing at least three point four billion dollars, the vast majority of that to private credit firms.

Now, according to the Fin Review, Bathla's administrators, Tenneyo, earlier in the week said they had locked in short-term funding to stave off the immediate threat of liquidation but have already stood down two hundred and thirteen employees.

Many of the 40-odd lenders to the developer have now decided to go it alone, moving to take control of assets.

Story number four, ratings agency S&P Global today downgraded the Queensland Government's credit rating to AA from AA+, citing the state's weak budgetary performance, the federal government's property tax changes, and concerns over its infrastructure program, including for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

do that.

I mean, analysts and journos, commentators of the Sydney Morning Herald or the Australian or the Australian Financial Review might jump up and down about that.

But the people who are deserting the major parties to go to One Nation or,

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Importantly, this change means that maybe bucket companies aren't dead in the water.

The AFR has written an article, Chalmers' Trust Changes Preserve the Bucket Company.

Now, James is not a planted guest today, but I do have said bucket company and also family trust.

So this is free wisdom for myself.

The ASX listed investment in real estate managers at Mortgage REIT said it had decided to sell the properties that secured the $31.7 million it had lent to Bathler, which collapsed into administration late last month, owing at least $3.4 billion, the vast majority of that to private credit firms.

Now, according to the FinReview, Bathler's administrators, Tenio, said, Earlier in the week said they had locked in short-term funding to stave off the immediate threat of liquidation, but have already stood down 213 employees.

Many of the 40-odd lenders to the developer have now decided to go it alone, moving to take control of assets.

Story number four, ratings agency S&P Global today downgraded the Queensland government's credit rating to AA from AA+, citing the state's weak budgetary performance, the federal government's property tax changes and concerns over its infrastructure program, including for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

I don't think he's given a speech, a copy of a speech in advance and certainly not in the stage-managed way that this occurred.

Copies of the speech were given to major newspapers, us, the Australian and the Financial Review, well, well beforehand, like about noon on the Wednesday.

It was a Wednesday night speech at the Sydney Institute.

the Sydney Institute's annual dinner lecture.

I don't think he's given a speech, a copy of a speech in advance, and certainly not in the stage-managed way that this occurred.

Copies of the speech were given to major newspapers, us, the Australian and the Financial Review, in well, well beforehand, like about noon on the Wednesday.

It was a Wednesday night speech at the Sydney Institute.

their annual dinner the sydney institute's annual dinner lecture this is not an uncommon practice in politics um prime ministers opposition leaders um almost routinely will give you a copy of a major speech to check in advance obviously so