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TOPSHOT - Emergency workers set out to evacuate stranded residents in Cairns on December 18, 2023. Flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on December 18, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns. (Photo by Brian CASSEY / AFP)

Suncorp’s summer washout points to bigger storm front

Suncorp boss Steve Johnston was caught off-guard by all signs pointing to this year being hotter and dryer under an El Nino event.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. JANUARY 17, 2024: Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic holds a press conference unveiling the Federal Governments major plan to tackle the growing risk of artificial intelligence at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

New rules should embrace the disruption AI promises

The risks of the new technology need to be taken seriously but Australia can’t legislate away the massive economic benefits ahead.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 01: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 01, 2023 in New York City. Despite the passing the debt ceiling bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Dow was lower in morning trading. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Too hard to ignore: The three big themes flying into 2024

We were taken on a wild ride over the past year but it offered plenty of valuable lessons for business.

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24/3/22 WEEKEND TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. MUST NOT USE BEFORE CLEARING WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN. New Chair of the ACCC Gina Cass-Gottlieb pictured at her offices in Sydney today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Why the ACCC wants to shift the power balance in mergers

New proposals could change the way businesses approach deal making in Australia, says competition boss Gina Cass-Gottlieb.

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New CEO Anthony Heraghty at the Super Cheap store in Lawton. New CEO Anthony Heraghty and out going CEO Peter Birtles. Super Retail group announcement.Tuesday January 22, 2018. (AAP inage, John Gass)

Man behind the CEO desk

He learnt to swear from an early age and scrapped through high school but now this Logan lad is the CEO of one of Queensland’s biggest largest companies. Q&A WITH ANTHONY HERAGHTY

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Queensland Cricket CEO Terry Svenson during the Queensland State cricket headshots session at QC HQ on August 20, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Qld Cricket’s new man at the crease

Posting a modest loss recently, Queensland Cricket needs to transform and its new CEO is keeping an open mind about fresh money-making ideas that could save it from complacency

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to an audience of Indonesian and Australian business people on September 1, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Morrison is making his first foreign visit as Prime minister to Indonesia where he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo to discuss a pending trade agreement. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images)

Shape up to cash in

Successful business engagement in Asia demands sustained investment and on-the-ground expertise to navigate the complex political, business and regulatory landscapes

business woman businesswoman freelancer working at a computer at Christmas

Christmas time tips for business

The festive season is the perfect time for family businesses to take stock, plan ahead and tackle any major issues, according to expert Susan Rix

Antman Helmet Design owner Anthony Wolski has been painting helmets for the nation's top Supercar drivers since 2005. He has about 30 regular drivers, from Jamie Whincup to James Courtney, as clients. Anthony Wolski from Antman Helmet Design pictured holding V8 Supercar driver Shane Van GisbergenÕs helmet while he works on Jamie WhincupÕs ahead of the Bathurst 1000 and the Gold Coast 600 car races.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Meet the V8 fan adding flare to Australia’s Supercar drivers

His work has been worn by the best drivers on podiums across Australia but despite painting for rich racers, this artist insists he’s just a working-class fan.

ESCAPE: B1PCY3 Rajasthani girls dressed in their finest dances at the GANGUR FESTIVAL also known as the MEWAR FESTIVAL UDAIPUR RAJASTHAN INDIA. Picture: Alamy

India ‘key’ to growing Australia’s economic, trade future

No longer renowned exclusively for its food, cricket and slums, India is touted as the next beacon of hope for investors looking at new frontiers

QBM Good Company on Paul Melville and Dr Bevan Geissmann of Halcyon. Nov 2019

Friends redesign retirement living

A chance meeting at a backyard barbecue led this lawyer and doctor to become friends and hatch an idea to build better retirement villages in south-east Queensland

Gold Coast Beach Club, a GC Tourism initiative, introduces Japanese visitors to the beach. (L-R) member of the Beach Club crew Sayaka Umezawa teaches Japanese tourists Hiroko Enokida and Kayoko Taguchi the finer points of body surfing.

Tourism rebound worth millions

For the first time since the extraordinary boom of the 90s Japanese travellers are flocking to Queensland in a renaissance worth almost half a billion dollars to the state’s tourism industry

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