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    Afghanistan’s captain Rashid Khan embraces teammate Gulbadin Naib.

    Australia crashes from T20 World Cup after epic Afghan win

    Australia is heading home from the Twenty20 World Cup elimination after a heavy loss to India and Afghanistan’s enthralling win over Bangladesh.

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    • Scott Bailey and Oliver Caffrey
    Fiji Airways soars above Qantas and Air New Zealand to win best airline in the Pacific.

    Qantas plummets in world airline rankings, again

    Fiji Airways beat Qantas and Air New Zealand in the global poll in which the Australian carrier recorded its worst performance for a decade.

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    • Ayesha de Kretser

    Qld to force public buyout of scandal-plagued Callide C power station

    Queensland will force a buyout of Callide C power station after a damning report cited alarming safety risks behind the catastrophic explosion in 2021.

    • James Hall and Angela Macdonald-Smith

    AI beats the experts at detecting prostate cancer

    When international AI teams competed with a pool of 62 radiologists in the first large-scale contest to diagnose prostate cancer, the machine won.

    • Jill Margo

    1pc of your super for venture capital? Add it to the list

    Everyone wants a piece of the $3.9 trillion super system and now we can add venture capital. The problem is, it is not the government’s money to redirect.

    • Anthony Macdonald

    KFC eaters are cutting back as economy slows

    Collins Foods runs 279 KFC outlets in Australia and says same-store sales have gone backwards in May and June, but Taco Bell, a small rival to Guzman y Gomez, is making minor headway.

    • Simon Evans

    Opinion & Analysis

    Dutton leads us forward with nuclear power push

    Letters from readers on Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy; the sale of gas to Japan; Labor’s code of conduct for supermarkets; and the damage caused by social media

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    The big lie of the big-stick code is lower grocery prices

    By adding cost and complexity, these reforms may well increase the cost of doing business and this could be passed on to consumers at the checkout.

    Robert Hadler

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    French far-right Rassemblement National tries to soothe nervous markets

    The French far-right party Rassemblement National is borrowing heavily from Macron’s economic policy in a bid to reassure nervous investors, while using immigration and security as points of differentiation.

    Karen Maley

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    Cettire downgrade cracks market’s brittle trust

    New battlegrounds have been drawn after a shock profit downgrade halved Cettire’s sharemarket value.

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    Chinese steelmaking may have peaked, with the country’s shrinking population posing a multi-decade headwind for mining industry profits and government revenue.

    Deterra’s big-ticket bet on lithium royalties faces tough reception

    After years of being criticised for high costs and inaction, Iluka-backed Deterra Royalties has bid for Trident Royalties and is facing a backlash, again.

    • Jemima Whyte
    Nuclear power plants benefit from a pipeline of similar projects, experts say.

    Over budget and plagued with delays: UK nuclear lessons for Australia

    The big challenges facing nuclear power in Britain, both for large reactors and SMRs, are not technological or economic, but largely administrative and logistical.

    • Hans van Leeuwen
    Two of the world’s most recent nuclear plants, Vogtle 3 and 4 in Georgia, were 7 years behind schedule and cost $US14 billion more than anticipated.

    American nuclear set for biggest overhaul in history

    A divided Congress has just agreed to speed up nuclear reactor development. The president will sign off on it next week.

    • Matthew Cranston

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    Peter Dutton’s leadership on nuclear will boost the nation.

    Dutton leads us forward with nuclear power push

    Letters from readers on Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy; the sale of gas to Japan; Labor’s code of conduct for supermarkets; and the damage caused by social media

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    Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash (IGA) will face massive penalties under the revamped and mandatory code of conduct.

    The big lie of the big-stick code is lower grocery prices

    By adding cost and complexity, these reforms may well increase the cost of doing business and this could be passed on to consumers at the checkout.

    • Robert Hadler
    Czech entrepreneur and investor Pavel Tykac.

    Czech coal baron fails to get FIRB approval to buy Australian miner

    Pavel Tykac’s family office, Sev.en Global Investments, had signed an agreement in September to acquire 51 per cent of Coronado Global Resources.

    • Elouise Fowler
    Rassemblement National president Jordan Bardella is seeking to appease anxious investors

    French far-right Rassemblement National tries to soothe nervous markets

    The French far-right party Rassemblement National is borrowing heavily from Macron’s economic policy in a bid to reassure nervous investors, while using immigration and security as points of differentiation.

    • Karen Maley
    Siobhan Toohill, Westpac’s chief sustainability officer, is leaving Westpac to pursue a new challenge. “Challenging times can present the greatest opportunities for impact,” she says.

    The ‘utterly shocking’ moment that made Westpac leader want to flee

    Siobhan Toohill, the winner of the Financial Services - Banking category, faces a new frontier after 10 years leading Westpac’s sustainability efforts, including convincing the board to ditch new oil and gas projects.

    • Ayesha de Kretser
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    Jaki Virtue was drafted in as Soul Patts’ first chief operating officer across its 120-year-plus history in 2023.

    Versatile risk-taker who shines when the going gets tough

    Washington H Soul Pattinson’s Jaki Virtue swears by the power of ‘unknown sponsorships’, as she takes out the Financial Services - Non-banking category.

    • Kanika Sood
    Bombora’s chief executive Mike Hill.

    Bombora poised to swap RE as redemption freeze drags

    Street Talk understands the pre-IPO fund manager has tapped smaller outfit Quay Fund Services to take over as a responsible entity from Evolution Trustees.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
    Novo Nordisk A/S signage on the floor of New York Stock Exchange, 2023.

    The Ozempic effect: How weight loss wonder drug gobbled up an economy

    Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has grown so large in its native Denmark that it’s hard to find staff. Meanwhile, its philanthropic foundation is running out of local causes to support.

    • Sanne Wass and Naomi Kresge
    Queensland’s gas pipeline to the southern states is at capacity.

    Queensland approves new gas exploration

    The state has awarded tenders for six petroleum and gas exploration areas across the Bowen and Surat basins as a gas crisis grips the country.

    • James Hall

    Yesterday

    More than 50 per cent of ASX200 companies have factored climate change into short or long-term incentive structures, up from only 10 per cent in FY20.

    CEO pay goes green, but details lacking on performance measures

    It’s one thing to set CEO remuneration based on climate change goals; it’s another to be able to properly measure them.

    • Anthony Macdonald
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    ASX-listed uranium miner seeks to build $5.26 billion global giant

    Paladin Energy has pitched a takeover of Toronto-listed Fission Uranium to bring its proposed Canadian mine into production by 2029 to meet global demand. 

    • Elouise Fowler
    Wind power generation for the June quarter could hit its lowest since 2017 despite many new wind farms.

    ‘Dark doldrums’ hits wind power supply

    A “drought” in wind power generation, described by the German word dunkelflaute meaning “dark doldrums”, has surprised the market and contributed to a squeeze on east-coast gas supplies inflating wholesale prices.

    • Angela Macdonald-Smith
    It’s been a tough day on the market for Cettire.

    Cettire downgrade cracks market’s brittle trust

    New battlegrounds have been drawn after a shock profit downgrade halved Cettire’s sharemarket value.

    • Jonathan Shapiro and Carrie LaFrenz
    Smart Energy Council board member Simon Holmes a Court.

    Simon Holmes a Court and the energy charity shell game

    The Smart Energy Council’s affiliations with an outside corporate vehicle raise questions about its charity status.

    • Mark Di Stefano
    Peter Fox, executive chairman of Linfox: “We have been holding something like a hot potato that has been burning at $1 million a week for the last three years.”

    Armaguard and the banks now trust each other, says Linfox chairman

    There has been a big turnaround in the relationship between the cash transport monopoly and its eight biggest customers.

    • James Eyers
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    Spartan Resources managing director Simon Lawson.

    Mystery buyer raids Spartan Resources’ register; Citi on trade

    Fund managers were told to bid in 1¢ increments from an 82¢ floor to a maximum of 89¢ per Spartan share.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
    Stuart Nicholls is the chief executive of Strike Energy.

    Strike unveils gas plant play, urges WA to green-light onshore exports

    Strike Energy has announced a plan to build and operate a $160 million gas plant north of Perth.

    • Tom Rabe
    Deshnee Naidoo: “We are always taken back to the way things were rather than where they need to go.”

    Mining’s push for gender diversity threatened by ‘Andrew Tate’ effect

    A belief that women are being promoted based on gender, not ability, has permeated to middle management and board level, according to some female leaders.

    • Harry Dempsey
    Cettire is stuck in a capital markets game.

    Cettire’s 50pc crash a story of life in the fast lane

    Cettire founder Dean Mintz will push on; that’s what founders do. While he looks at China, the capital markets game rages.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    Cettire’s shares slumped on Monday after a big profit miss.

    Cettire plunges 50pc on profit downgrade as luxury pinch strikes

    Cettire blamed a challenging environment in online luxury fashion for a big earnings miss that sent its share price tumbling.

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    • Jonathan Shapiro and Carrie LaFrenz