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JB Rousselot: NBN Co head of strategy and transformation.
NBN

Turnbull's 'yachting buddy' was blocked from NBN's top job

Senior government ministers blocked the appointment of a close friend of Malcolm Turnbull as CEO of the NBN over fears the move would be politically damaging.

  • by Jennifer Duke, John McDuling and David Crowe
Napoleon Perdis will retain a role at his eponymous company after it emerges from administration.
Insolvency

Napoleon Perdis to keep stores as administrators recommend deal

  • by Nick Bonyhady
The banking regulator wants to overhaul how senior bank executives' pay packets are set.
Hayne fallout

Bank boards told to show more discretion on executive pay

  • by Clancy Yeates
Mr Samuel was taking aim at the current crop of top company directors, not just the women, he has clarified.
Gender equality

Samuel clarifies controversial women director 'club' comments

  • by Anthony Colangelo
ASIC said it had a "very clear will" to take wrongdoers to court.
Hayne fallout

ASIC expects more referrals to prosecutors for wealth industry wrongdoing

  • by Clancy Yeates
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The economy

The people of Palm Beach are the richest in Australia.
Income tax

Millionaires' beach: Australia's new richest postcode revealed

A Sydney northern beaches postcode has dethroned the wealthy eastern suburbs for the first time in seven years.

  • by Derek Rose
Chinese workers taking samples of imported Australian coal at a port in Rizhao.
Mining

Australian coal at risk from China move, warns government report

A new government report warns China's restrictions on coal imports is the number one risk for Australian coal and could lead to a significant price slump.

  • by Cole Latimer
The average salary of surgeons is edging ever closer to the $400,000 mark, according to ATO data.
Wage growth

Poor planning? Financial managers cop salary decrease, surgeons get rise

  • by Michael Fowler
Upbeat: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
China

China's Li Keqiang says growth higher than expected

  • by Kirsty Needham
If house prices keep ballooning at their present pace, Australia’s residential property sector will be more expensive relative to incomes than at any previous point over the past 40 years. 
Property market

Property slump drives the biggest wealth drop in seven years

  • by Michael Heath
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Markets

Lyft could be worth about $US25 billion ($35.3 billion) when it starts trading.
Gig economy

Who'll make a killing when Lyft, Uber and other ‘unicorns’ go public

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Sharemarket

Why do 'bad' stocks outperform 'good' ones?

  • by Jared Dillian
Rich families

Russian tycoon wins back $616m superyacht as divorce battle takes a turn

  • by Lisa Barrington

Companies

Amazon pricing - not so keen
Opinion
Retail

Aussie retailers are fighting the Amazon Armageddon - and winning

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Telecommunications

Huawei shrugs off US clampdown with a $US100b year

  • by Raymond Zhong
Boeing crisis

'Failed to warn of the defect': Boeing sued by family of Ethiopian Airlines passenger

  • by Janan Hanna and Peter Blumberg

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Start-ups

'A dangling carrot': Future of write-off scheme is unclear

Nothing is for certain until legislation is passed, experts warn.

  • by Emma Koehn
From the construction sector to the military, hazing rituals can occur out of sight of bosses.
Opinion
Work in Progress

Workplace hazing: how it arises

People think of it as normal at work, but hazing can have "severely harmful" consequences, research has found.

  • by James Adonis
The Graffic Jam team: Josh Hennessey, Patrick Nielsen, Jacob Steenson, Jake Ferguson and Mikey Couch.
Live music

Luck, grit and social media: The Perth music production start-up helping new artists

  • by Hamish Hastie
Amazon fulfilment centre in Dandenong.
Managing

'I think I still feel a bit lost in the flood': Inside Amazon's Australian warehouse

  • by Emma Koehn
Harry Sekhon
Small business

The accidental entrepreneurs

  • by Caroline James

Consumer affairs

The average Australian consumer throws out 300 kilograms of food each year.
Food & drink

Australians bin $8.9b worth of food a year - and that's an improvement

  • by Alex Druce
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Energy

Solar trial turning Sydney homes into mini-power plants

  • by Cole Latimer
Live music

Bluesfest guilty of 'misleading, deceptive conduct' over parking plan

  • by Tony Moore

Workplace

What do you do when your boss hires clones, friends or family.
Opinion
Work therapy

What do you do when it seems friends and family need only apply?

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Industrial relations

Stunning win for Chemist Warehouse workers on both wages and labour hire

  • by Ben Schneiders
Opinion
The lowdown

Increasing productivity the key to genuine growth

  • by Innes Willox

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