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Business news with practical consequences.
Talking Business with Leon Gettler tracks the week in business, finance and economics through interviews with economists and business leaders. Its strength is plain-English questioning around rates, inflation, supply shocks, jobs, property, fuel, payments and franchising.
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Talking Business with Leon Gettler is a weekly Melbourne-produced business program with a clear brief: follow the week’s news in business, finance and economics, then ask what it means in practice. It is not a personality-led chat show. It is closer to business radio, with questions used as the engine and expert guests carrying much of the substance. The show returns often to the Reserve Bank, inflation, employment, productivity and the pressure those forces place on households, companies and government. Recent episodes give that pattern a sharp Australian focus. One conversation weighs higher fuel prices, Middle East conflict and supply-chain pressure against RBA forecasts and possible rate hikes. Another looks at property prices, affordability and the implications of an easing cycle if inflation stays controlled. The program also has room for more operational business stories, including solar-system maintenance, franchising alternatives, food delivery payments and workplace hiring conditions. That range gives the show a useful texture. It can move from national accounts to restaurant margins, then from global energy disruption to grocery prices. The pace is measured. Questions are often restated in simpler terms, which makes dense economic material easier to follow without stripping away the detail. The interviews tend to press for consequences: what happens to rates, what happens to prices, what happens to business owners, what happens to consumers. The language is accessible, but the assumptions are commercial. It expects listeners to care about policy, risk and markets. It also occasionally reaches beyond conventional business news, as in discussions of sovereign citizens, policing, addiction, entrepreneurship and geopolitical instability. Those detours still return to systems, incentives and institutional response. Talking Business with Leon Gettler is best for listeners who want a regular Australian read on economic conditions without the pace or polish of a headline bulletin. It is explanatory, persistent and grounded in the practical pressures behind the numbers.
Made for: For listeners who follow markets, policy, small business and household cost pressures, and want economics explained through interviews rather than headlines. It fits business owners, professionals and economically curious listeners.
What sets it apart: The show connects weekly business, finance and economics news to operational business realities, from rates and property to solar maintenance, franchising and payments. Its patient interview style keeps returning to consequences rather than stopping at the headline.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Leon Gettler connects Australian economic headlines to their practical effects through persistent questioning and a varied mix of informed guests.
Leon Gettler keeps Australian economic news tied to the decisions and pressures behind it. Talking Business with Leon Gettler combines news review with interviews, then uses direct follow-up questions to connect interest rates, inflation and employment figures with their…
The petrol pump meets the RBA; Leon Gettler helps you follow the argument.
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A grounded episode links flexible meal payments with Australia's inflation, jobs and interest-rate outlook.
Buy Now, Pay Later is framed as more than a checkout feature. Leon Gettler's conversation with Mangala Mantinas, Managing Director of Payments Consulting Network, begins with DoorDash and Klarna's recent US partnership, then follows the idea into Australian food delivery,…
A major manhunt, sovereign-citizen policing and a supply-side energy shock come together in a practical business-focused episode.
Talking Business #10 begins with the police shooting of Desi Freeman, framed through his identification as a cop killer found after more than 800 days on the run in Australia's biggest manhunt. Leon Gettler speaks with Dr.
A practical Australian business discussion connecting workplace AI, petrol-driven inflation, and interest-rate pressure.
Talking Business #9 frames a sharp business problem around workplace AI: what happens to entry-level jobs when employers start automating the first rung of the career ladder?
A clear link between overlooked solar maintenance and the productivity, inflation and rate pressures facing Australian business.
Solar maintenance is treated first as a commercial exposure, then as a doorway into a wider question: how much growth Australia can carry before the system starts to strain.
A calm guide to inflation pressure, wage data and the strain between public spending and private demand.
This episode treats inflation less as a single headline problem than as a question of what is really driving pressure through the economy. Fuel, travel and electricity costs sit alongside the possibility that the economy is running short of spare capacity, with the Reserve Bank…
A measured review of tax reform's design, legitimacy, and reliance on state and territory cooperation.
Talking Business frames Australian tax reform as a problem of coordination as much as design. It follows Chris Murphy's proposal to abolish property stamp duty, tax GST-free items such as private education, remove most small-business payroll tax exemptions, and cut personal…
A candid business conversation linking entrepreneurial pressure with Australian property, affordability, and supply constraints.
Entrepreneurial coaching anchors the episode, with David J. Greer discussing his work with high-performing, high-growth start-ups and mid-market businesses.
Odd questions, followed patiently down to the incentives.
Leon Gettler interviews Jennifer McCloy about Baseline, a digital platform for managing concussions and injuries in sports, particularly for children.
Leon Gettler interviews Nicholas Woodward about Pack & Send's international franchising growth and the increasing role of e-commerce in their logistics business.
Leon Gettler interviews Tamsin Jones about the Mastery of Business and Empathy program and discusses economic outlook with Shane Oliver.
Leon Gedler interviews Stephanie Walker about NeoCoach, an AI-driven coaching platform for workplace stress and anxiety.
Leon Gettler interviews Marc Washbourne, co-founder of ReadyTech, about the company's software solutions for employment, education, and government, and its use of AI.
Leon Gettler hosts episode 31 of Talking Business, interviewing Francis Prince Thangasamy from Lumen Technologies about digitization and cybersecurity challenges.
Leon Gettler interviews entrepreneurial coach David J.
Sarah Barnes-Humphrey says the family business closed about a year after she launched Two Babes Talk Supply Chain, leaving her to produce the podcast alone.
After the standard opening, Episode 11 gets into payments.
Episode 10 begins with policing and sovereign-citizen questions.
Leon Gettler opens Talking Business with Catherine Kennedy of People to People, who says a survey of about 13,000 people found 45% of organisations expect fewer junior roles within three years as AI takes over repetitive work in accounting, IT, customer service, and sales.
Interview with Professor David Ubilava discussing the impact of the Middle East conflict on fuel, supply chains, and Australian agricultural production, affecting food and grocery prices.
Leon Gettler interviews Teresa Murray about the franchising industry and the TM Plus Core Alliance initiative for sustainable business growth.
Daniel Lazarus, co-founder of Industrias, says Australia's solar boom left maintenance behind, even though the country now has about 4 million systems and many are meant to last 15 to 20 years.
Rebecca Murphy of Hub Australia tells Leon Gettler not to wait until you feel "100% ready," and she ties that advice to imposter syndrome, boardrooms, and COVID uncertainty.