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Australia among biggest losers if US-China trade war flares
Australia would suffer a $30 billion income hit – the second-largest fall in the world – if tensions worsen and countries try to manufacture more at home, the OECD says.
Lendlease books $1.48b writedown as it ends overseas developments
The property giant expects its new strategy to free up to $4.5 billion for shareholders and local growth, and is embarking on a $500 million share buy-back.
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ASX gains; Cettire, Neuren Pharma shares jump
Shares push higher after Friday’s slump. Cettire hits back at counterfeit allegations. Neuren Pharma rallies after trial results, Megaport chairman offloads more shares. Follow for more
CFMEU push to end workers’ returns under redundancy fund
The NSW union branch is seeking to end workers getting thousands of dollars in returns a year and to send their contributions to a John Setka-backed Victorian fund.
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- Chanticleer
What Canva’s cringeworthy rap song really tells us
The rap song announcing Canva’s pitch to enterprise customers is all a part of the firm telling its growth story as it heads towards public markets.
Inside the great Rich List wealth transfer
Control of vast business empires is passing to a new generation, forcing families to confront the hard questions around succession planning. Of the 200 richest Australians, 45 are over 80 and control $136.1 billion.
Commodities on cusp of ‘super-bull’ rally after traders cash in
Investors have taken profits following a powerful rally in copper and gold prices, but strategists believe the correction will be short-lived.
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MONDAY MEDIA
Netflix shifts 92pc of $1.1b Australian revenue offshore
The streaming giant behind Bridgerton, Stranger Things and Heartbreak High paid its overseas affiliates most of its Australian revenue in 2023.
Winners and losers emerge as News Corp’s major restructure takes shape
Nicholas Gray appears to have prevailed over Edwina McCann, the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia who had been elevated to be editorial director of News Prestige
Labor’s controversial sports broadcast plans heading for Senate fracas
The government’s proposal, which would allow big streamers like Netflix to bid against free, local platforms, is “un-Australian”, according to the Greens.
- Opinion
- Publishing
AFR will not walk away from WA
Political and business leaders in Western Australia say privately that Kerry Stokes has an unhealthy degree of media power in the state.
Could US Ticketmaster case spell the end of extra fees?
A Biden administration effort to rein in entertainment giant Live Nation might encourage ticketing competition in Australia.
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Companies
Star Entertainment suitor claims it kept Hard Rock in the loop
Two firms – HDI-BB and Hotel Development International – confirmed on Monday that they approached Star in March with a turnaround strategy.
Healius to sell $650m X-ray and ultrasound division after UBS review
The struggling pathology company told investors it had engaged advisers to sell Lumus Imaging as it focuses on reinvigorating its core pathology business.
Accolade Wines ends merger talks, Australian Vintage to raise capital
Shares in the owner of McGuigan and Tempus Two wine brands have been suspended as debt levels rise to dangerous levels, with a potential back-door listing of Australia’s No.2 player, Accolade off the table for now.
Optus loses appeal to keep Deloitte report on cyberattack secret
The decision means information in a report commissioned by Optus into the causes of its 2022 cyberattack will be given to a class action law firm.
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- Commercial real estate
Lendlease to end global ambitions and put $4b in assets on the market
Lendlease will end all international property development and sell its overseas construction divisions, marking the biggest shake-up at one of Australia’s largest real estate groups in 20 years.
South African politics complicates BHP’s Anglo American discussions
As they try to seal a $75 billion deal on the same day as the South African election, the two miners remain split on the costs Pretoria will impose on any deal.
Energy group offers $1000 annual rebate to wind farm neighbours
For more than a decade, community opposition has been the brick wall renewable energy projects have been running into. Now, Engie is trying something different.
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Markets
Fund abandons ASX mandate to jump on US tech rally
Nathan Bell is upping his allocation to US stocks, saying the current price for some quality names on the ASX had reached “ridiculous” levels.
Commodities on cusp of ‘super-bull’ rally after traders cash in
Investors have taken profits following a powerful rally in copper and gold prices, but strategists believe the correction will be short-lived.
Bond returns are back and Pimco is ‘excited’
The $2.9 trillion fund manager is buying up Australian government bonds, among other things, betting that the Reserve Bank will need to cut rates less than the Fed. They are also wagering on the US housing market and consumer.
- Opinion
- Bonds
I have fallen in love with bonds again – and with good reason
Bonds are back, and after a hiatus I am fully back in love with the asset class and their defensive attributes. Crucially, they look to be on the cusp of a significant fall in yields and rise in prices, writes Ellerston’s Vimal Gor.
Magnificent seven power Wall Street higher
Tesla, Meta Platforms, Nvidia and Apple paced the advance as investors opted to buy this week’s dip with conviction ahead of a three-day US weekend.
Opinion
ICC loses its moral bearings over Israel and Gaza
An each-way bet on the ICC’s war crimes charges against Israel adds to the incoherence of Labor’s position amid a fraying of the social fabric of multicultural Australia.
Editorial
We must protect Australia’s free and open economy
Australia prospered in an open postwar world economy. But a new generation has less faith in it.
Former Labor minister and economist
Failure to deliver green pipeline is keeping Eraring open
The NSW government has left its green energy project pipeline languishing for years. Now it is charging a coal keeper tax instead.
International students show our statecraft missing in action
Educating the region’s high-flyers is a major source of soft power for Australia. But we are in danger of taking it for granted.
Foreign relations expert
Banks gear up to take back mortgage market from brokers
The country’s largest lenders are preparing to claim back territory lost to the mortgage broking industry.
Columnist
How Australia can grab an AI advantage
We need an equal sense of hunger, optimism, and opportunism for Australia to realise the advantage of AI, write the BCA’s CEO and Australia’s Google boss.
Reports
The future of financial advice
This special report looks at options to make financial advice more accessible and affordable, including robo-advice, as well as tips for the new financial year.
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Wilkinson seeks $1.8m in costs for Lehrmann trial
Ten has ‘limited’ chance of recouping costs; PNG landslide death toll estimated to be at least 670; Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah; Marles denies go-slow on Ukraine aid request. Follow updates here.
Readers back production tax credits, wary of immigration cuts
Most readers of The Australian Financial Review support the Albanese government’s production tax credits, but less than a third back his immigration cuts designed to tackle the housing crisis.
Anti-vax claims flood Senate inquiry. Officials say they’re wrong
The ABS, Health Department and actuaries say there is no evidence to support claims there were more deaths from non-COVID causes due to government vaccine mandates during the pandemic.
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- China relations
Foreign student crackdown looms over Li Qiang visit
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will head to Australia next month amid uncertainty over new curbs on universities enrolling thousands of Chinese students.
Miles’ 50¢ fares unlikely to save Queensland Labor
Queensland Labor’s $150 million pre-election cash splash follows a $1000 power bill rebate, but experts say most voters have already made up their minds.
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World
Israeli says air strike that killed 35 in Rafah ‘under review’
The strike took place in Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah, where thousands of people were taking shelter after many fled the eastern areas of the city.
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden has a chance to do the right thing in Gaza
Without any clear plan for post-conflict Gaza or the West Bank, Joe Biden’s Middle East policy is in tatters.
KPMG to merge British and Swiss operations
Partners voted to merge the professional services firm’s UK and Swiss businesses, creating a unit with about $6.6 billion of revenue.
PNG landslide death toll estimates raised to 670
Crews have given up hope of finding survivors buried deep under the soil and rubble after a landslide slammed into a village on the Pacific island.
Sunak pledges mandatory national service in UK election ploy
Compulsory work for 18-year-olds would provide “opportunities” and “experience”, the prime minister says, as the Tories try to differentiate themselves from Labour.
Property
Point Piper mansion sells on the quiet for $80m-plus
Point Piper mansion Rockleigh has sold for over $80 million, clocking the highest price for a property so far this year.
‘Strong spring’ for property sales is in the RBA’s hands
Auction clearance rates are holding steady even as the number of properties listed ticks up. Where the market goes from here depends on what the RBA does next.
Rest Super-backed Cibus to push into carbon farming and robotics
Cibus Capital will make a big push into regenerative farming and will use the latest robotics to expand one of the country’s biggest seedling growers.
Madrid leads European house price gains with double-digit surge
Housing shortages are fuelling dramatic price increases in Europe’s major cities. Madrid has been particularly affected by an influx of Latin American money.
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- Luxury property
Rich Lister behind Lego movies buys $12m Byron digs
Animal Logic co-founder Zareh Nalbandian has paid $12 million for a Byron escape after selling his animation studio to streaming giant Netflix.
Wealth
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- Rich List
How the Rich List is dodging real-life Succession dramas
As some of its icons are farewelled, a new generation is taking the reins. So far, Australia’s business landscape has remained relatively stoush-free.
Investors to be stung by $250m in new advice fees
A tax office ruling will see investors pay 7.5 per cent more for advice obtained from super funds and platforms, despite government moves to cut advice costs.
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- Superannuation
‘It’s my money’ attitude leading to illegal super withdrawals
Early release of super is only supposed to allowed as a last resort. So why are so many people being approved to use it for dental work?
Technology
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Rich Lister entrepreneur’s final start-up will build underwater robots
Bevan Slattery is arguably Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs of the last 20 years. He thinks he has one more start-up in him, and has big plans for reviving coral reefs.
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Blackbird-backed deep tech start-up faces liquidation
The Supreme Court of Victoria has ordered food waste recycler Bardee be wound up for unpaid bills, but it has already sold a large part of its assets.
‘Asleep at the wheel’: Appen shareholders vent frustrations
Long-suffering shareholders of the data service company have delivered a 19 per cent vote against the company’s remuneration report at its AGM on Friday.
Work & Careers
Ord Minnett sued for sacking ‘recklessly dishonest’ director
Broking director David Wylie was fired for allegedly making up that the Ord Minnett’s senior leadership expected him to sell his house to pay the firm’s ASIC penalty.
Aussies aren’t all Bondi Beach fit, Ozempic’s new local exec has just realised
Novo Nordisk Oceania managing director Cem Ozenc mourns the fact Australia’s obesity challenge is lost amid the celebrity hype surrounding the medication.
Life & Luxury
Is it sheer madness to experiment with this trend?
Often clothes are about coverage – but if Fashion Week styles are anything to go by, we’ll all be showing off a lot more.
If you love single malt, food and a good craic, try this $10k pairing
An Australian chef with a two Michelin-starred restaurant in Dublin has collaborated with an Irish whiskey maker to create something exceptional and very exclusive.
Why limiting your diet could be harming your brain
Researchers have found that people who liked a variety of foods did better on cognitive tests than those with limited dietary preferences.
Why pouring your own water might save your favourite restaurant
Amid a stream of high-profile restaurant closures, leading industry figures have been forced to adopt minor service changes to control price increases.
Could US Ticketmaster case spell the end of extra fees?
A Biden administration effort to rein in entertainment giant Live Nation might encourage ticketing competition in Australia.
