The budget fallout has begun. With one of Australia's largest buyer's agencies collapsing and consumer confidence disappearing, are there still opportunities in the market?

On Momentum's Property Buzz, hosts Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman break down the growing chaos hitting Australia's property market, from collapsing auction clearance rates and rising investor panic to the turmoil now ripping through the buyer's agency sector.

In Sydney, the auction market has fallen to COVID-19-era lows, with more homes now passing in than selling as buyer confidence weakens and uncertainty continues to build. But will increasing yields now reverse this trend?

The duo also explore the collapse of buyer's agency Dashdot, highlighting how rising client acquisition costs, weaker sentiment, and tightening lending conditions are placing enormous pressure on property businesses across the country.

Additionally, hanging over the entire market are the proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, reforms that could slash borrowing capacity, tighten rental supply and dramatically reshape how Australians invest in property.

The pressure is building quickly, and while emotional investors react to fear and headlines, strategic investors will be best positioned when the market stabilises.

Many agencies chase growth at any cost, but rapid expansion without structure can create churn and poor service outcomes.

On The Property Management Excellence (PMX) Podcast, Momentum Media's podcast brand focused on real estate property management, Managed co-founder and host Alex Whitlock speaks with Active Agents principal Tara Bradbury about building a 400-plus property rent roll in Hervey Bay through sustainable growth, strong systems and client focus.

Bradbury explains how technology helped her launch the business in 2019, removing traditional trust accounting pressures and allowing her to focus on service and growth.

The conversation also explores rising expectations from both landlords and tenants, with property managers now balancing compliance, communication, and increasingly complex client demands.

A key highlight is Bradbury's flat-fee pricing model, which moves away from percentage-based fees in favour of transparency, fairness, and long-term profitability.

For agencies looking to scale, the episode is a reminder that success is not just about size, but structure, value, and consistency.

When airline Bonza burst onto the scene in 2023 with its bright purple tails, its budgie smugglers, and its unique "point-to-point" business strategy, the scrappy start-up airline – and its chief executive Tim Jordan – looked to be sparking a revolution in the domestic market.

Just over a year later, however, the lofty goal of being "here for Allstralia" lay in ruins, with Bonza's financier 777 Partners abruptly pulling funding and letting its aircraft be repossessed, leaving Jordan and the rest of the airline's staff and passengers holding the bag.

It's easy in hindsight to say that the idea was doomed from the start, that there was no market for Bonza's idea of connecting regional centres and holiday destinations without connecting through big hubs, but according to Jordan, that's far from the real story.

In this exclusive interview with the Australian Aviation Podcast, his first since his airline's collapse, Jordan tells Jake Nelson how the Bonza dream turned into a nightmare – and why he still thinks there's room for more domestic airlines in Australia's skies.