December 2024
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- Chanticleer CEO poll
‘Australia is falling behind’: 55 CEOs demand election action
Top chief executives say the next federal government must make the nation’s crippling regulatory burden and housing supply top priorities.
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- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Wesfarmers CEO: ‘We can’t just wait around for rates to fall’
As Rob Scott says goodbye to an unsung hero of his own investment success, he says Australia’s tepid GDP growth can be a rallying point for the private sector.
- James Thomson
October 2024
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- Shopping
Don’t play politics with big business, warns Wesfarmers chairman
The prominent businessman said politicians should acknowledge that large companies are a “vital part of the economy” and “generate enormous benefits”.
- Simon Evans, Mark Wembridge and Tom McIlroy
August 2024
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- Earnings season
Kmart sparkle sends Wesfarmers’ profits and dividends higher
While the conglomerate’s retail brands including Bunnings and Officeworks posted increased earnings, the mining and energy businesses went backwards.
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- Carrie LaFrenz
July 2024
Secrets of Olympians who have conquered the business world
BOSS speaks to six Olympians, including Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott and Generation Life CEO Grant Hackett, about the most valuable business lessons they learnt from sport.
- Euan Black and Patrick Durkin
May 2024
Boosting investment needs more than taxpayer cash: Wesfarmers boss
Rob Scott said he was making major investments in value-added processing for lithium, but faced serious barriers from approvals processes.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Ronald Mizen
Wesfarmers flaunts its growth record, hopeful of lithium fortune
From hardware giant Bunnings and retailer Kmart, to the emerging lithium business and health unit, Mr Scott says Wesfarmers is well-placed amid a slower economic environment.
- Carrie LaFrenz
March 2024
Chilean lithium giant flags ‘aggressive’ Australian expansion
The chief executive of Chilean lithium giant SQM has described Western Australia as the next global “lithium bowl”.
- Tom Rabe