ABC radio spots, including regular slot with Ali Moore
November 8, 2025
In January 2024, a fortnightly business spot kicked off talking business and economics with Ali Moore on ABC Melbourne after 5.30pm each Thursday afternoon. Below are links to the audio files with a summary of the topics covered, plus any other ABC spots such as today's Murdoch family settlements.
Regular ABC Melbourne spots
January 25, 2024 - (phone) 7 minutes starts 2hrs 19 mins - stage 3 tax changes, crashing lithium prices and thinning of the ASX ranks.
February 8, 2024 - (studio): 11 minutes starting 2 hrs 37 mins - Transurban profit, REA/News Corp result, RBA transparency and Elon Musk's pay blow.
February 22, 2024: 6 minutes starting 2 hours and 23 mins - throw away clothing, new Qantas chair, takeover binge, Kerry Stokes and AI revolution.
March 7, 2024: 6 minutes starting 2 hours and 21 mins - female directors and CEOs given tough jobs, soaring big bank valuations and Kerry Stokes squeezes small Boral shareholders.
March 21, 2024: 7 minutes starting 2 hours and 23 mins - RBA board selection, rising interest and record gold price makes Costello sell-off look foolish.
April 4, 2024 - (Warwick Long hosting) (studio): 10 minutes starting 2 hours and 19 mins - Lehrmann trial, Austal takeover bid, Scentre AGM and GG Mostyn.
April 18, 2024 (phone): 7 minutes starting 2 hours and 22 mins - Solly creeps on Myer, Stokes and Seven, Star Entertainment and Goyder's Woodside campaign.
May 2, 2024 (studio): 13 minutes starting 2 hours and 14 mins - Casino crisis, bank profits, Woolies tumbles, Rio and Woodside AGMs.
May 23, 2024 (phone): 5 minutes starting 2 hours and 24 mins - BHP takeover, Nvidia profit, Fitzroy Football Club and BYD car sales.
June 6, 2024 (phone): 8 minutes starting at 2 hrs and 22 mins - memories of State Parliament, Kerry Stokes and Beach Energy, Chinese investment in Northern Minerals.
June 20, 2024 (phone): 8 minutes starting at 2 hrs and 21 mins - CSR joins exodus, GYG float, Gill goes to Tabcorp and Dutton's nuclear plan.
July 4, 2024 (phone): 5 minutes starting at 2hrs and 25 mins - Docklands memories, ASIC failures and ACCC/supermarkets power.
July 18, 2024 (studio): 8 minutes starting at 2hrs and 21 mins - love Melbourne, Alumina takeover and CFMEU financials.
August 1, 2024 (studio): 8 minutes starting at 2hrs and 22 mins - Rex collapse and Murdoch family fight.
August 15, 2024 (studio): 9 minutes starting at 2hrs and 21 mins - Bendigo Bank AGMs, ASIC sues ASX, gambling ads and will Alan Joyce sue?
August 27, 2024 (studio): 12 minutes starting at 2hrs and 18 mins - Mallacoota, Qantas profit, ERA uranium battle, Nvidia booms, Warren Buffett's trillion dollar milestone, Star Entertainment and last day laggards.
September 12, 2024 (studio): 10 minutes starting at 2hrs and 20 mins - Regent Theatre, Sneesby out at Nine, Qantas pay, new ASX chair, AGM season and last day laggards.
September 26, 2024 (studio): 10 minutes starting at 2hrs and 20 mins - ACCC vs Coles/Woolies, Pesutto on the stand, MCG memories, Star Entertainment disaster, Vanguard/Macquarie fines.
October 10, 2024 (outside broadcast in Little Bourke St): 10 minutes starting at 2hrs and 44 mins - City of Melbourne and council elections wrap, which was followed by this 2 hour Southbank Residents Association candidate's forum.
October 24, 2024 (phone): 6 minutes starting starting at 2 hours and 24 minutes - Richard White resigns, BHP Samarco settlement and billionaires avoiding AGM scrutiny.
November 7, 2024 (phone): 6 minutes starting at 2 hours and 24 minutes - Market response to Trump win, Nine AGM and ACCC caves to Chemist Warehouse.
December 12, 2024 (studio): 8 minutes starting starting at 2 hours and 22 minutes - Pools and councils, Murdoch trust fight, Chemist Warehouse and Guzman Y Gomez.
February 20, 2025 (studio): 15 minutes starting at 2 hours and 32 minutes - Deep Creek, Transurban, Trump, Murdoch fighting, CBA credit card rip-offs, buying Whyalla, Rex and Citywide.
March 6, 2025 (studio): 7 minutes with Warwick Long starting at 2 hours and 42 minutes - Panama ports sale, Trump Mafia, German defence stocks, Star Entertainment, Port of Darwin and Barry's heroics.
March 20, 2025 (studio): 12 minutes with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 34 minutes - Wisetech, Tesla, old billionaires, Rupert pushes back on Trump.
April 3, 2025 (studio): 15 minutes with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 29 minutes - Trump tariffs, polling booth stories, Wisetech, takeovers deluge.
April 17, 2025 (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Justin Smith starting at 2 hours and 32 minutes - Echuca tennis, Nvidia crashes, Trump tariffs and James Hardie debate.
May 1, 2025 (studio): 6 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 45 minutes - election predictions, Elon Musk and RACV Torquay.
May 8, 2025 (phone): 4 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 47 minutes - Woodside AGM wrap with climate dominating.
May 22, 2025: (studio): 13 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 30 minutes - super tax, rate cuts, Trump, Moody's and park valuations.
June 12, 2025 (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 30 minutes - Musk-Trump, AI boom, Jetstar Asia closes, Virgin float.
June 26, 2025 (studio): 12 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 31 minutes - Council kinders, CBA value, Virgin float and Pointsbet takeover.
July 11, 2025 (phone): 8 minutes on the phone with Warwick Long starting at 2 hours and 38 minutes - RBA split vote on interest votes, Trump copper tariffs, Musk v Trump, Nvidia cracks $US4 trillion.
July 18, 2025 (studio): 9 minutes in the studio with Warwick Long starting at 2 hours and 33 minutes - Armaguard, unemployment surge, G8 Education directors, Trump v Powell and Albo China trip.
August 7, 2025 (phone): 10 minutes on the phone from Yamba with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 30 minutes - ASX TPG stuff up, Mecca launch, Musk pay deal.
August 21, 2025 (studio): 10 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 33 minutes - Chalmers economic round table, Transurban tolls, big bank rip offs, Prince Andrews visits Ivanhoe Grammar.
September 4, 2025 (phone): 8 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 38 minutes - ASX thinning out, gold soars, new ANZ CEO.
September 11, 2025 (phone): 8 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 28 minutes - Murdoch settlement, how brothers get on, plus ANZ job cuts.
September 18, 2025 (studio): 11 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 29 minutes - Santos bid fails, who will be next AFL President and memories of Bulleen.
October 2, 2025 (studio): 11 minutes on the phone with Richard Willingham starting at 2 hours and 29 minutes - working from home, AGM season, Stokes exiting media, surging gold price and corporate tax rates.
October 30, 2025: (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 31 minutes - James Hardie board coup, Trump-China meeting, Wisetech insider trading, JB Hi Fi, Woolies AGM and inflation break out
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OTHER ABC RADIO AND TV SPOTS SINCE JULY 2024
July 30, 2024: 8 minute interview with Sarah Macdonald on ABC Sydney about Murdoch family court fight - starts 44 mins into this audio file.
June 28, 2024: grabs with David Taylor for PM story about Nine's 200 job cuts. Listen here.
June 12, 2024: spoke to ABC radio's PM program about a Governance Institute CEO pay survey, showing a 14% one year jump. Listen here.
April 18, 2024: Seven and Stokes with Sarah McDonald on ABC Sydney. Starts 1 hour 39 mins into this audio file.
January 25, 2024: gave Kim Williams the thumbs up as ABC chair on ABC radio's PM program. Listen to audio file.
August 9, 2024: Interview with Craig Reucassel on ABC Sydney Breakfast about Alan Joyce pay cut - 4 minute chat starting 1hr and 46 minutes into this audio file.
August 9, 2024: wrap of the week on RN Drive covering Qantas, work from home and gambling ads.
August 12, 2024: interviewed for Four Corners piece on Seven's toxic culture.
August 30, 2024: grabs with Nassim Kassim for her ABC TV package on the $1.25 billion Qantas annual profit.
September 12, 2024: grabs for Peter Ryan on The World Today after Mike Sneesby exited as Nine's CEO.
September 23, 2024: 11 minute interview with Kelly Higgins-Devine on ABC Brisbane about ACCC action against Coles and Woolworths. Starts 40 mins into this audio file.
October 3, 2024: gave some grabs to 7.30 for 8 minute story on defamation battle between Moira Deeming and John Pesutto.
October 6, 2024: interviewed for this 30 minute Radio National feature on the Murdoch family trust.
December 24, 2024: 10 minute interview with Jess McGuire on ABC Sydney about News Corp's proposed sale of Foxtel to DAZN for $3.4 billion - starts 40 mins into this audio file.
February 12, 2025: Gave CBA a spray for gouging customers on ABC Brisbane. Where are the regulators, politicians and customer advocates? Starts 1 hr and 49 mins into this audio file.
March 3, 2025: Interview with David Taylor for PM story about Star Entertainment's impending collapse. Starts 11 minutes into audio file or see this standalone file.
March 28, 2025: quick 5 minute interview with Raf Epstein on ABC Melbourne morning program about Transurban tolls. Starts 41 minutes into audio file.
June 14, 2025: 8 minute chat with Nick Bryant on RN Saturday Extra about the thinning out ASX and Virgin float. Starts 41 minutes into this audio file.
August 13, 2025: 7 minute chat with Sally Sara on RN Breakfast about the future of Star Entertainment as it exits Brisbane.
September 1, 2025: gave some lines to ABC business blogger Steve Letts for this post on the last day laggards.
September 9, 2025: 13 minute interview with Ellen Fanning on ABC Brisbane drive about Murdoch family settlement. Starts 1hr 33 mins into this audio file.
September 9, 2025: 10 minute interview with Chris Bath on ABC Sydney drive about Murdoch family settlement. Starts 2hr 4 mins into this audio file.
September 19, 2025: chat with Emma on ABC Canberra about the surging gold price. Starts 75 minutes into this audio file.
October 12, 2025: 36 minute interview with Julian Morrow on RN's Sunday Extra program in "The Year that Made me" segment.
November 2, 2025: 7 minute slot on ABC Sydney drive discussing Elon Musk's pay packet. Starts 5 minutes into this audio file.
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