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- Nov 6, 2024
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This Month
Telstra moves to overtake Optus in race to plug into Musk’s Starlink
Telstra is hoping to steal a march on its rival, signing a new deal with SpaceX to connect its mobile customers to the billionaire’s satellite network.
- Tess Bennett
December 2024
News Corp sells Foxtel to British sports streaming giant in $3.4b deal
The multibillion-dollar deal will dramatically alter the local media landscape and create a rich competitor for sports broadcast deals.
- Zoe Samios
Denholm on Musk: He’s entitled to his opinion, I’m entitled to mine
Robyn Denholm rose from obscurity to become the highest-profile Australian in business. But overseeing the world’s richest man as Tesla chair is no easy thing.
- Paul Smith
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2024 revealed
Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is Australia’s best-paid CEO for the fourth year in a row.
- Patrick Durkin
Canva, Cotton On and Atlassian among the top 20 corporate givers
The amount of funds donated by the top 50 corporate philanthropists has jumped to $1.7 billion.
- Sally Patten
Telstra snaps up Boost Mobile, delivering Paul Keating a $40m payday
The telecommunications giant has acquired the specialist pre-paid mobile phone business for $140 million. The former prime minister owns 29 per cent.
- Jenny Wiggins
ASX nears record; Northern Star’s $5b deal; Telstra buys Boost Mobile
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Telstra acquires Boost Mobile in $140m deal
Investor sources told this column that Boost Mobile’s acquisition price was just under $140 million, which did not include a meaningful deferred payment.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November 2024
Business says Trump’s return turns up competition for investment
Executives from Telstra, QBE, Challenger and Mirvac have warned that the US and even Britain risk pulling away from Australia by cutting red tape.
- Updated
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
This is why Australia is stuck in a rut
Low investment and productivity growth has left the country’s economy in the doldrums. The short-term challenges are large, but we can’t forget the long term.
- James Thomson
Future Fund bets on US economy, warns of inflation return
CEO Raphael Arndt says the US economy is an attractive investment but Donald Trump’s policies and geopolitical risks could see the return of inflation.
- Cecile Lefort
Why the Telstra CEO is worried about next year’s federal election
Telstra boss Vicki Brady said long-term thinking was needed in Canberra, something that could be difficult if neither party has a majority in parliament.
- Tom McIlroy and Lucas Baird
Telstra and ANZ say human call centres will have AI agents
The way companies deal with their customers is going to change in the AI era, two of Australia’s biggest companies say, but humans will still be involved.
- Paul Smith
Should regulators have a light touch with AI rules?
Managing AI risks is all about making the most of the human safety net.
- Alexandra Cain
Tech chiefs feel the heat of boards’ AI expectations
Fear among board directors and chief executives that they will be left behind in AI use by fleeter footed rivals’ is piling the pressure on tech executives.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Big four consultants
Deloitte board nominates Joanne Gorton as preferred CEO
The firm’s head of audit has been selected as the preferred candidate to replace chief executive Adam Powick.
- Edmund Tadros
October 2024
Angry members brand Tech Council a ‘billionaires lunch club’
The industry association for some of the country’s largest technology firms failed to act on allegations against WiseTech founder Richard White, they say.
- Tess Bennett and Amelia McGuire
Australia’s fibre backbone race picks up speed
The Vocus Group’s $5 billion purchase of fibre networks reflects the intensifying competition among companies installing the cables that will handle data for the nation’s digital needs.
- Jenny Wiggins
Former PwC consultants test satellite replacements for copper wires
Satellites orbiting close to Earth will be tested by PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory to see if they can handle mobile phone calls in bad weather.
- Jenny Wiggins