Column: Mixing Pop and Politics: how the cringeworthy band t-shirt debate in Australia shows the pitfalls of hitting the wrong note (probably the first Radio Birdman and Celibate Rifles mentions in the FT) on.ft.com/3XtuPk0

Australia's PM Anthony Albanese is a big music fan, even inviting Amyl and the Sniffers to Parliament - writes @nicfildes.ft.com after the PM was spotted getting off a plane in a Joy Division t-shirt www.ft.com/content/514c...

US appetite for Australian beef is booming and is poised to grow further on an unexpected tariff advantage (or as one analyst put it - beef is the new crypto of ag) www.ft.com/content/e593... via @ft

US investors on the hunt for more ‘kangaroo-nicorns’ after backing $420mn Australian VC fund www.ft.com/content/8eb0... via @ft

"We can’t control the ocean but we can police the sharks." Australia adds YouTube to under-16s social media ban www.ft.com/content/c498... via @ft

My column on the two strikes rule and whether it works: ‘Millionaires’ Factory’ Macquarie faces Aussie pay test www.ft.com/content/eb84... via @ft

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A 'vale' post doesn't really do justice to the influence of Ozzy, a key progenitor of a subset of music that changed the world alongside Iommi, Butler and Ward, has passed. Reposting this 'War Pigs' piece in tribute: ig.ft.com/life-of-a-so... #ozzy #blacksabbath

Who built a system where someone can export a list of Taliban murder targets into excel on a computer with internet access.

This could not end well..I had not realised this problem with AI - @pilitaclark.bsky.social here on how it is being used to produce voluminous complaints that companies and organisations have to deal with. Much easier to send that complaint with more legal citations etc www.ft.com/content/adda...

Australian miners and smelters call for state aid during energy transition—A host of Australia’s biggest industrial names are appealing for government aid as high energy prices threaten to force them out of business, in a test for… www.ft.com/content/d893... @nicfildes.ft.com @financialtimes.com

It burns, burns, burns: Canada to fast-track ‘Ring of Fire’ mining project over First Nations’ objections www.ft.com/content/d57f... via @financialtimes.com

Trust an Aussie to pull out the Get Smart references in court: Lex Greensill says he suffers from ‘PTSD’ after SoftBank rescue talks www.ft.com/content/a852... via @ft @bondhack.ft.com

I always hear 'Nick Candy' in Iggy Pop's voice.

Life of a Song: Ace of Spades — Motörhead’s 1980 track was fast, furious and influential on.ft.com/43L2d9x

“Lex, I can’t send those words” 🙃

Inside China’s ‘stolen iPhone building’ - great piece by the FT's Will Langley on how that iPhone that was nicked from you in Mayfair ended up in a chop shop outside Shenzhen www.ft.com/content/752f... via @ft

Sussan Ley urged to ‘spill blood’ to revive opposition following crushing defeat: Australia’s Liberal party elects first female leader ft.com/content/4402... via @ft

Australian wine giant spies Americas opportunity from Donald Trump’s tariffs. Come for the outlook, stay for the reader comments about the quality of Australian plonk ("whale piss") www.ft.com/content/a78d... via @ft

Anthony Albanese urges Australians to vote for continuity in poll overshadowed by Trump - heads to Dickson, Dutton’s seat, in a move that could look like hubris/rubbing it in by tomorrow. via @FT on.ft.com/4jCuzbR

FT Big Read on the 'lucky country' and whether the luck is running out: Australia: caught between a slowing China and a chaotic US on.ft.com/4iKQHQ3 via @financialtimes

Australia’s China ties in focus as election rivals hunt for votes—While the race has largely been fought on domestic cost of living issues, it also comes as Australia is grappling with how to balance… www.ft.com/content/e32e... @nicfildes.ft.com @financialtimes.com

BHP says China boosting domestic consumption is key to global economy on.ft.com/4jAOIhU via @financialtimes

FT Headlines right now: One on top of the other. US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit Top Chinese general removed in Xi’s latest purge

Heavy metal thunder: on.ft.com/3XQTHTh Australian miners benefit from new Chinese restrictions on heavy rare earth exports

There's always a telecoms angle: The Australian company behind cameras that catch drivers using their phones looks to drunk driving and construction sites for new growth - Eyes on the road convince drivers to hang up the phone www.ft.com/content/236e... via @ft

First penguins, now sea eagles?

Protecting ‘Australianess’ in the Netflix age - why a 'Neighbours Tax' remains in development hell and faces an uphill task in the Trump trade war. on.ft.com/3FXHAh4 via @financialtimes

In depth and fantastic piece on the military preparations in the Arctic: Meet the warriors trying to teach the west how to fight in the Arctic on.ft.com/3YigrLY via @financialtimes

Gwen Robinson, a driving force in Asia journalism, dies at 65 asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Ob...

@benwinkley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

That ultra-long haul flight from Australia to London/New York is now coming in 2027 according to Qantas. Another slip on launch (due to regulation) but Qantas is confident www.ft.com/content/0e88... via @ft with @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social with nothing Toulouse

Some punchy quotes in this piece on the Australian budget which unveiled surprise tax cuts in a pre-election battler bribe…none more so than Saul Eslake’s “Thylacine on my front lawn” on.ft.com/4hJmxfo Australia unveils unexpected tax cuts in pre-election budget

This is a fantastic read

Sanjeev Gupta is facing a new threat to his besieged metals business in Australia as a creditor tries to tip one of his most valuable remaining assets into default. Gupta's InfraBuild says the lawsuit from FitzWalter Capital is a “nuisance complaint with no foundation”. on.ft.com/4hT82qg

Up to my Necks in it.

“White, who started his career repairing guitars for members of the band AC/DC in the 1970s…” Never change Australian business stories, never change! By @nicfildes.ft.com www.ft.com/content/05b9...

I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn

“We make bugger all here,” says Albanese of the plan to revive Australia's industrial base as he unveils a plan to pump $1.5bn into the ex-Gupta steelworks in Whyalla ft.com/content/4cfc... via @ft

on.ft.com/417UgbU Australia seizes Gupta steelworks over ‘irredeemable’ financial problems - now with added @bondhack.ft.com

Huge news from down under for Sanjeev Gupta, the alleged fraudster whose global steel “empire” has run on vapour since the collapse of Greensill: South Australia has seized his Whyalla steelworks and forced it into administration over unpaid bills Story from @nicfildes.ft.com on.ft.com/42X8yyT

Gutting Gupta: South Australia forces Gupta steelworks into administration, rules out Whyalla nationalisation or bail out of GFG: "We just couldn't abide that risk," says Premier www.ft.com/content/556d... via @ft

Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells FT that Aukus is "a strategic marriage between the United States and Australia for half a century." www.ft.com/content/fae9... via @ft

Sparky’s Dream: From Love Island to the outback: a shortage of electricians create a choke point for Australia’s economy on.ft.com/3WAMhD3

This took a long while: FT Big Read on how Australia became a test bed for the future of farming due to climate extremes and the knife-edge budgets of farmers driving practical technology use. Robot bees, invisible fungal spores and fermenting clothes on.ft.com/4hqyVRG

Things I learnt today: the assistant minister to the PM's middle name is 'Possum'

Free to read: The world’s greatest record stores including Red Eye and Greville via @FT The world’s greatest record stores on.ft.com/3E07yQ0

One possibilty I just tested was that it featured the word globalist which does appear to lead to a larger nose. I've no idea if that word was used in this case but interesting it has that effect on Grok.

The Battle Against the Bunny sparks again: Australia appoints first rabbit tsar to combat invasive species as numbers surge on.ft.com/4jbFZ6i

Australia’s Applied EV - born of the collapse of the country's once powerful auto sector - targets robot vehicles for ‘crappy jobs’/plans potential IPO this year after shelving listing in 2022. on.ft.com/4jev3F5