ABC radio spots, including regular slot with Ali Moore
March 5, 2026
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, switching to 4.20pm in 2026. 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.
November 13, 2025: (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 31 minutes -
November 27, 2025: (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore starting at 2 hours and 31 minutes -
December 11, 2025: (phone): 10 minutes on the phone with Ali Moore - Myer and Westpac AGMs.
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2026: Switched from 5.35pm to 4.20pm in 2026
January 22, 2026: 9 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting 1hr and 18 minutes - CBA vs BHP as No 1, reducing listings, eulogising Mark Carney.
February 5, 2026: 9 minutes on the phone e studio with Ali Moore starting 1hr and 18 minutes - CBA vs BHP as No 1, reducing listings, eulogising Mark Carney.on the phone.
February 19, 2026: missed it due to being in Sydney for Aristocrat AGM.
March 5, 2026: 10 minutes in the studio with Ali Moore starting 1hr and 17 minutes - Iran/markets, Kyle and Jackie O, ASIC vs Star Entertainment.
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OTHER ABC ONLINE, 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.
March 2, 2026: gave some lines on the last day laggards issue to the ABC's business blog.
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