Business
Market movers
ResMed, News Corp bosses top CEO pay tables in 2023
The average realised pay for the chief executive of an ASX100 company in the 2023 financial year was 50 times what an average Australian worker earned.
- by Clancy Yeates
Updated
Nickel
Thousands of jobs at risk as BHP moves to shut down nickel operations
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Currency
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Companies
Welcome to Thornbury: Boarded up windows, graffiti and run-down cars
Thornbury’s abandoned Le Pine Funerals site is defying High Street’s recently bestowed status as the world’s coolest street.
- by Tim Boreham
Updated
Nickel
Thousands of jobs at risk as BHP moves to shut down nickel operations
Resources giant BHP will shut its Nickel West operations in Western Australia this October, putting more than 3000 jobs at risk after a global crash in nickel prices.
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Opinion & Perspectives
Did getting fired give me work-related PTSD?
If the ultimate decision to let you go came as a surprise, it’s not surprising that it would still occupy your thoughts years later.
Jonathan Rivett
Careers contributor
Forget smaller government, let’s shoot for better government
Randomised controlled trials aren’t just for medicine and pharmaceuticals – they can also help put our taxes to better use in properly evaluated government programs.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
How can Australians be so wealthy yet still be poor?
The average Australian’s wealth grew by about 10 per cent last year but the gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is growing.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Banking & finance
Opinion
Big four
Is it too hard for middle Australia to get loans from risk-averse banks?
- by Clancy Yeates
Small business
Meet Max: She’s the top-selling VR game on Meta, and created in Queensland
Like many great ideas, Max Mustard owes her existence to someone being told not to do something.
- by Nick Dent
Booktopia might be on the brink, but your local bookshop probably isn’t
As Australia’s largest online bookseller struggles to forge a viable business model, many independent booksellers have found ways to thrive.
- by Jessica Yun
Media
Workplace
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Ten jobs that earn more than you’d expect – and the entrepreneur who switched careers in COVID
- by Millie Muroi and Craig Butt
Sponsored
IWG
Forget the freebies, flexibility is the best employee perk you can offer
- by Katie Cunningham
Commercial real estate
Mining
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Mining
$3.8m brawl: The fraudster, the mining prospector and the fight over gold
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey