{"podcast":{"title":"Australian Investors Podcast","slug":"australian-investors-podcast-594967","podcast_index_feed_id":594967,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RRKKR9032877039","website_url":"https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9272aa06-1181-11ed-be4c-83a70e645621/image/b145aa5c5b3a555f41d51f1799ce7969.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Rask","episode_count":707,"summary":"The Australian Investors Podcast is a twice weekly podcast (Wednesday & Saturday), featuring laid back but intelligent short- and long-form conversations about markets, business, psychology, lessons learned and investment process. At Rask, our goal is to bring you the best insights, information and proven strategies to help you invest your time and money. SHOW NOTES: https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T02:18:03.109244+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967"},"episode":{"title":"Budget backlash? Temple & Webster, Brambles and your investing questions","slug":"budget-backlash-temple-webster-brambles-and-your-investing-questions","published_at":"2026-05-22T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967/budget-backlash-temple-webster-brambles-and-your-investing-questions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967","url":"https://www.raskmedia.com.au/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RRKKR2972051149.mp3","summary":"In this week’s 2 Sense episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith unpack the messy collision of budget politics, company results and AI hype shaping markets right now. They look at the latest tax chatter, the debate over whether Australia is getting better at redistributing wealth than creating it, and why policy headlines can shift investor behaviour long before the real-world outcomes are clear. They also run through a broad batch of company updates, including Temple & Webster, Brambles, Commonwealth Bank and BHP, asking what actually matters and what is just noise during another busy stretch of reporting season. Along the way, they test the limits of tools like Claude and ChatGPT, debate whether AI can genuinely help investors think better, and explore where these tools still risk encouraging lazy decision-making or false confidence. The episode finishes with practical listener questions on investment bonds, how to invest in your 20s versus your 60s, and how to balance growth, income and simplicity when markets feel messy. If you want a grounded Australian take on the budget, ASX results, AI and the real questions investors are asking in 2026, this is a strong episode to queue next, especially if you want a clearer framework for handling uncertainty. Episode resources – Speak with the Rask Advice team – Ask a question (select the Investors podcast) Show partner resources – ETF investor? Go beyond ordinary with Global X: View all funds – Visit TermPlus to learn more – Have the chance to win a 5k travel voucher. Take the TermPlus survey here (last entry 31st of May) Rask Resources – All services – Financial Planning – Invest with us – Access Show Notes – Ask a question – We love feedback! Follow us on social media – Instagram: @rask.inves…","meta_description":"In this week’s 2 Sense episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith unpack the messy collision of budget politics, company res…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4108,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-investors-podcast-594967/episodes/budget-backlash-temple-webster-brambles-and-your-investing-questions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-investors-podcast-594967/budget-backlash-temple-webster-brambles-and-your-investing-questions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}