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.

In the face of widespread adoption and utilisation of new technologies, there is much that lawyers across the board must take into account when using AI, from client confidentiality to guidance from the courts.

In this episode of Momentum Media's Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Mills Oakley partner Dalvin Chien to discuss why lawyers must care about ongoing tech developments, guidance that has been issued to and from the profession recently about AI use and what such guidance means, the importance of in-house policies for AI use, and the real-world problems that practitioners face when using AI in practice.

Most investors blame the economy for slow growth – but the real problem is poor strategy, misunderstood borrowing power, and holding the wrong assets for too long.

On Momentum Media's Smart Property Investment Show, host Liam Garman sits down with Arjun Paliwal, CEO of InvestorKit, to discuss why macro fear is distracting investors from the decisions that actually drive portfolio growth.

Paliwal argues that while many wait for rates to fall, top investors focus on micro-decisions – the small moves that improve borrowing capacity and unlock momentum now.

He reveals how overlooked factors, such as credit limits and living expenses, quietly restrict how far investors can scale.

The duo also breaks down why holding the wrong property can stall growth and how strategic selling can free up capital and accelerate portfolio growth.

According to Garman and Paliwal, the takeaway is simple: property itself isn't the strategy; it's how you use it that determines whether you grow or stay stuck.

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In this special episode of Momentum Media's The Smart Property Investment Show, hosts Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman unpack the external forces shaking Australia's property market, from social media influence to rising fuel costs and policy changes.

They explore how digital platforms are becoming powerful tools for building personal brands and expanding reach in the real estate industry.

Tarrant shares how leveraging social media and collaborating with industry leaders is helping drive engagement and influence across the sector.

Beyond digital strategy, the conversation turns to rising diesel prices and their broader impact on inflation, interest rates, and the cost of living.

The pair also break down the Reserve Bank of Australia's rate hikes, arguing they are largely driven by domestic economic pressures rather than global events. They stress the importance of separating short-term tactics from long-term strategies when making property investment decisions.

Government intervention is another key focus, with new taxes and regulatory changes in states like Victoria and NSW raising concerns for investors.

Tarrant and Garman question whether these policies could discourage investment and create unintended consequences across the market.

Ultimately, the episode reinforces the need for resilience, with investors encouraged to build strong, adaptable portfolios that can withstand ongoing economic and policy uncertainty.

In this episode of Momentum Media's Contested Ground Podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant, Steve Kuper and Major General (Ret'd) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack the concept of sovereign industrial capability and its growing importance amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The trio explore how the idea of sovereignty has evolved from a defence-specific concept into a broader national priority, particularly as global supply chains face disruption and Australia confronts its structural dependencies.

They discuss the lack of a clear, shared definition of sovereign capability, and how misunderstandings persist even within defence and national security circles.

The conversation highlights the need for Australia to identify and secure critical capabilities domestically, ranging from fuel and logistics to data and cyber resilience.

The episode also reflects on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and questions whether Australia has made meaningful progress in strengthening self-reliance, or if it remains vulnerable to external shocks.

With rising geopolitical tensions and shifting global dynamics, the speakers consider whether the era of globalisation is reaching its limits.

These topics include engaging discussion across:

• The meaning (and ambiguity) of sovereign industrial capability in modern Australia.
• Lessons from COVID-19 and ongoing reliance on fragile global supply chains.
• The impact of geopolitical conflict on fuel security, logistics and economic stability.
• The challenge of building true national resilience versus shifting dependence.
• The role of political leadership and decision making in shaping sovereign capability.
• The effects of political fragmentation and polarisation on national security planning.
• Whether globalisation has reached its limits and the rise of nationalism.
• The practical components of sovereignty, including fuel, munitions, cyber resilience and industrial capacity.

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What does the war in Iran have to do with Australian housing? Potentially, everything.

In this bold episode of Momentum Media's Contested Ground Podcast, Phillip Tarrant, Major General (Ret'd) Dr Marcus Thompson and leading real estate commentator Tom Panos unpack one of the most overlooked questions in Australia right now: how escalating conflict in the Middle East could reshape the nation's property market.

From fuel prices, inflation and interest rates to rents, construction costs, investor confidence and housing supply, this is a serious attempt to connect global conflict with local property pain (or, maybe, opportunity). The conversation explores whether Australia's real estate market is resilient enough to withstand another major shock, what it means for home owners and investors, and why the consequences of war can hit far closer to home than many realise.

This is not just a discussion about foreign affairs. This podcast episode is sharp, original and one of the first serious efforts to examine how geopolitics could directly shape the future of Australian housing.

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