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Iron ore producers must learn from nickel: Fortescue boss
Australia must invest heavily in green iron or risk losing out to international competitors, chief executive Dino Otranto warns
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- Tom Rabe
Jabiluka owner sues over axing of uranium mine permit
ERA, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, lobbed the case in a bid to overturn the NT’s decision to revoke its lease to mine uranium in Kakadu.
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- Elouise Fowler
Liontown pleads case for fast-tracking lithium royalty relief
Liontown Resources boss Tony Ottaviano says governments must act sooner rather than later on fiscal policy to avoid a repeat of the nickel exodus.
- Brad Thompson
Pfizer invests $150m in Melbourne to fight superbugs
The US pharma giant says the federal government must do more to ensure Australians can access new drugs designed to fight deadly superbugs.
- Michael Smith
Woodside punished as investors query ‘marginal’ green projects
The oil and gas producer had almost $2.6 billion wiped off its market value as investors struggled to accept projected returns on a large US acquisition.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AFL’s mystery man Dustin Martin bows out in unique style
Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins have both called time on their glittering AFL careers, but the famously media-shy Richmond star didn’t attend his own press conference.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
Opinion & Analysis
Why Jabiluka going to court may not be the last twist
When the answer is suing the government, you know there are problems. The almost-broke ERA has many.
Columnist
Euro summer madness is making markets look extreme
It’s easy to forget what day-to-day life looks like on the other side of the world at the moment. But it is an important part of the market sell-off story.
Columnist
The case for splitting ASIC
Australia needs a dedicated financial industry conduct regulator, rather than a securities regulator that regulates everything.
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It wasn’t Sydney landing slots that sent Rex into a spin
Rod Sims and other critics of government aviation policy should analyse the facts before obsessing over slot-hoarding.
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- PwC tax scandal
‘We couldn’t believe it’: Insiders reveal how PwC unravelled as scandal broke
The inside story of how PwC transformed from dull accountant into a sales-driven firm that would tear itself apart.
- Edmund Tadros
Domacom fund suspended from accepting new money after NDIS closures
Property investment platform Domacom has been blocked from raising new funds following a Financial Review probe into aggressively marketed NDIS investments.
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- Jonathan Shapiro
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- Cyprus Confidential
Importers got rich on COVID masks; the shipment’s still on the dock
When COVID-19 erupted around the world, the race was on to secure masks and gowns. Middlemen were in lucrative taxpayer deals, even one which went awry.
- Liam Walsh and Neil Chenoweth
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Why Jabiluka going to court may not be the last twist
When the answer is suing the government, you know there are problems. The almost-broke ERA has many.
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- Anthony Macdonald
MinRes joins job cuts carnage in WA mining
The Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources is slashing its white-collar workforce amid iron ore mine closures and a retreat in its lithium expansion plans.
- Brad Thompson
Houlihan Lokey tapped for Nature’s Care sale
Street Talk can reveal receivers BDO Australia called in Houlihan Lokey to kick off a sale process.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Euro summer madness is making markets look extreme
It’s easy to forget what day-to-day life looks like on the other side of the world at the moment. But it is an important part of the market sell-off story.
- Anthony Macdonald
Coles boss banks on efficiency gains from new warehouse
Leah Weckert says better product availability will translate to higher sales following the opening of a major distribution centre in western Sydney.
- Carrie LaFrenz
How Scape saved $8m by shaking off private credit
The student housing operator’s refinancing push has found ample support from global banks looking for alternatives to office property exposures.
- Aaron Weinman
Portfolio head exits ETF powerhouse Global X as departures mount
Street Talk understands head of portfolio management Cliff Man is on his way out the door after more than a decade with the firm.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Bank stocks cauterise bleeding, analysts still stumped on valuations
Banks found a bottom on Tuesday, bouncing off steep losses. Despite the sell-off, analysts say they remain overvalued and earnings season will show why.
- James Eyers and Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- White collar crime
The case for splitting ASIC
Australia needs a dedicated financial industry conduct regulator, rather than a securities regulator that regulates everything.
- Andy Schmulow
Wealth exec resigns from DomaCom board following NDIS closures
The exit followed revelations in The Australian Financial Review that investors in properties tied to the NDIS were facing capital losses due to a failure to secure tenants.
- Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro
Treasury Wine to offload Wolf Blass, Lindeman’s, Yellowglen
Australia’s biggest wine group will cop a $354m impairment and shop around its cheaper wine brands as part of a strategic reset for the Penfolds owner.
- Simon Evans
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- Home loans
Westpac shuts down RAMS Financial amid regulatory probe
The bank said on Tuesday that it would close the RAMS business to new home loans immediately after a strategic review, ending its 33-year history as a challenger brand.
- Lucas Baird
Rare earths explorer St George buys Brazilian project; raise underway
Potential investors were told the project sits in the same complex as the Brazilian giant CBMM’s assets, which control 80 per cent of the world’s niobium mineralisation.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Closing Eraring would have driven up power bills: research
Electricity prices would be $55 a megawatt-hour higher if Origin were to close the coal power plant next year, the government was told.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Japanese giant comes calling for Byron’s Smart Energy
It’s a marriage between a 104-year-old product manufacturer and a fast-growing service provider.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Pacific banking diplomacy game will evolve beyond Nauru
The government should look to provide support to Vanuatu – another “high risk” nation – as it tries to convince CBA to bank in Nauru and ward off Chinese influence.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Aviation
It wasn’t Sydney landing slots that sent Rex into a spin
Rod Sims and other critics of government aviation policy should analyse the facts before obsessing over slot-hoarding.
- Graeme Samuel
Inside the boardroom civil war that brought Rex to its knees
Bad blood turned executives at the carrier against one another – just as its major lender was trying to sell the airline’s assets to Bain Capital.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Rear Window
With friends like PwC, who needs enemies?
Kristin Stubbins does not seem assured her former employer necessarily has her best interests at heart.
- Max Mason
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Home building faces Productivity Commission probe
The new inquiry comes amid housing industry doubts that the Albanese government will achieve its goal of 1.2 million homes to be built over the next five years.
- John Kehoe
