🗞️ Red or black

Good morning. If you found yourself on Deal or No Deal and you had two cases left, one at $75 and another at $19 million, would you take the $9.1 million cash out offer or roll the dice to try for the $19 million?

An Australian reality star has just scored the biggest ever win in primetime TV history. Australian Survivor winner David Genat took home $9.1 million on the latest episode of NBC’s Deal or No Deal Island.

And for anyone who would have risked $9.1 million for the chance of $19 million... the casino would love your contact details.

All the headlines and more below...

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Employers push for an end to working from home – but their offices aren’t ready

• Office capacity isn’t keeping up with return to office policies. LINK

• The RBA will delay interest rate decisions until after the May 3 election. LINK 

• Only 18% of Australians frequently claim on private health insurance despite annual premiums of $5,000-$7,000. LINK 

• Electric vehicle adoption has slowed in Australia due to infrastructure challenges. LINK 

• Sydney and Melbourne house prices rose 0.7% and 0.9% respectively following February's rate cut. LINK

• The ACCC inquiry found limited evidence of price gouging while the government pledges to ban excessive supermarket pricing. LINK

• National auction clearance rates have dropped to 66.1% as buyers await election results and interest rate relief. LINK 

• The government has justified YouTube's exemption from under-16 social media restrictions due to its educational value. LINK

• Political and government advertising spending is expected to exceed $200M before the May federal election. LINK

GLOBAL NEWS

Donald Trump announces new 25% tariffs on cars from overseas

• President Trump has announced a 25% tariff on non-US vehicles. LINK

• Chinese investment in Australia has grown slightly while remaining 95% below peak levels. LINK

COMPANY NEWS

Coles, IGA recall salad products due to contamination concerns

• Coles and IGA have recalled over 20 salad products across Australia due to potential E. coli contamination. LINK

• Hyundai faces legal action after security flaws allowed its Ioniq 5 electric vehicle to be stolen within seconds. LINK

• IAG has deployed a portable satellite system to maintain emergency communications during extreme weather events. LINK

• The ACCC has approved the Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways alliance, enabling 28 new weekly flights between Doha and major Australian airports from June 2025. LINK

• KIIS FM hosts Kyle and Jackie O breached decency standards in two June FY24 broadcasts. LINK

• Westpac has initiated a $3B technology overhaul to unify systems across banking brands. LINK

• The ASX faces an ASIC and RBA investigation after a December trading settlement system outage disrupted financial markets. LINK

• Qantas is modernising its fleet with fuel-efficient A220s and A350-1000s aircraft to enhance global reach. LINK

• Koko Black has acquired rival Chocolatier to expand its national retail presence. LINK

• Entain is working with AUSTRAC on a potential settlement for anti-money laundering breaches whilst the betting company undertakes substantial remediation efforts. LINK 

• Star Entertainment's Sydney casino licence remains suspended until September 2025 as it continues remediation under regulatory oversight. LINK

• Meta has challenged proposed digital competition rules whilst denying market power in Australian digital advertising. LINK

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TRIVIA

A 2013 study found a specific word that is the same across virtually every language. It has the same meaning and an almost identical pronunciation in English, Spanish, Chinese, Icelandic and even indigenous languages from Ecuador, Australia and Ghana. Can you work out what this word is?

Note: Although virtually everyone in the world uses this word, it’s more of an instinctive response, and not something you would intentionally include in a sentence.

Answer below

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ANSWER

Huh?

A 2013 study published in PLOS One determined that ‘Huh?’ is found in roughly the same form and function in virtually every spoken language across the globe. Study author, Professor Nick Enfield, says as far as he knows, it’s used in every human language. He continues on to say “The basic finding was that this word ‘huh?’ was one of the only, if not the only universal human word.”

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