Josh Frydenberg: Australia is “heading in the wrong direction” | Switzer Show 19/10/26

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia's heading in the wrong direction, and joins Peter Switzer to talk about the economy, tax plus his new book, The Grateful Son, alongside Grady Wulff of Bell Direct and Michael Wayne of Medallion Financial on the stocks investors are asking about. Grady Wulff takes Peter’s list of stocks Switzer Report subscribers regularly ask about: Paladin, WiseTech, Xero, Evolution Mining, Titomic and CBA, including the price range at which she would want CBA in a portfolio Michael Wayne explains why he is “cautiously optimistic” despite rising bond yields, why he likes Megaport as an AI infrastructure play and is adding to WiseTech, and his views on Pro Medicus, Xero, CBA, BHP and gold Josh Frydenberg says the country is “heading in the wrong direction”, makes the case for a conversation about the GST paired with income tax cuts, and answers whether he will return to politics: “I’ve left the door open” Chapters 0:00 Welcome 0:57 Grady Wulff, Bell Direct 14:03 Michael Wayne, Medallion Financial 34:09 Josh Frydenberg 1:04:23 Close Get a 21-day free trial of the Switzer Report - switzerreport.com.au/subscribe or Subscribe to the free Switzer Daily newsletter - https://switzer.com.au/subscribe