Our Journalists

Glen NorrisSenior Business Reporter

Glen Norris has worked in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo with stints on The Asian Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and South China Morning Post.

Glen Norris

Latest

Business

Boral Transport Freight Liner FL112 Truck and Dog combination. tip truck motor'/Motor/trucks

Boral quarry sticking point in Seven’s $1.9bn offer

The future of a major quarry operated by construction giant Boral on Melbourne’s outskirts has emerged as a sticking point in rejected suitor Seven Group’s $1.9bn buyout offer.

City Beat

Coal billionaire Chris Wallin hauled in $300million in dividends from his privately-owned QCoal on the back of record coal prices this year. Picture: Steve Pohlner

Angry miner’s battle with Qld government goes global

QCoal founder Chris Wallin’s battle with state Labor politicians over the workers’ camp at his Byerwen coal mine has unwittingly dragged in a major trading partner.

Business

AAP-MANLY DAILYGeneric views of Collette Hayman Store in Warringah Mall, Brookvale, taken on 4th February 2020.Collette stores have gone into voluntary administration. (AAP Image / Julian Andrews)

400 jobs on the line as fashion retailer falters

The owner of the Colette and Daily Edited fashion brands says it’s ‘business as usual’ despite appointing administrators to its nationwide chain of 60 stores and 400 staff.

QLD Business

Carsguide 5640m Nissan has unveiled a system which enables electricity to be supplied from the lithium-ion batteries installed in the Nissan LEAF to ordinary households 2011

Novonix in $20m graphite spinout

The battery materials group will spin out its Queensland graphite deposits in a $20m listing as it focuses on its manufacturing operation in the US.

City Beat

Main Byerwen coal mine in Queensland with inset billionaire Chris Wallin and Glenden

‘Enough is enough’: Why billionaire coal baron is taking on Labor

Miners should not be forced to move to a town 40 minutes from the mine, just so Labor can get the right headline. It’s not safe, and it’s not fair, says billionaire Chris Wallin.

Business

BHP coal Daunia operations in central Queensland. Picture: BHPcoal mining coal mine

Whitehaven completes $6.4bn coal mines buy

Whitehaven Coal has completed the $6.4bn acquisition of the Blackwater and Daunia mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, helping secure work for more than 2000 people.

QLD Business

(FILES) A Tesla Model S sedan is plugged into a Tesla Supercharger electrical vehicle charging station in Falls Church, Virginia, February 13, 2023. Tesla will open its network of superchargers in the United States and Canada to Ford electric vehicles from 2024, the companies said Thursday, doubling the stations available to Ford customers. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Novonix wins $159m US tax credit

Battery materials company Novonix will receive a big tax credit from Uncle Sam to help boost production in the US amid claims Australia may be missing the boat on investment.

City Beat

Primex director Bruce Wright insert with Case Tractors background cover image.

Wright stuff: Farm expo celebrates 40 years

Primex director Bruce Wright is gearing up for a bumper crop at this May’s milestone Norco Primex field day, capping a 40 year involvement by his family.

Business

Rate cuts may be delayed: ANZ

Interest rate cuts may be delayed, says ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott, who has warned lending controls remain too tight to allow average people to obtain home loans.

City Beat

Rimas Kairaitis, the Managing Director Alpha HPA, holding Ultra-High Purity Alumina Tablets and Ultra Sapphire Wafers, Murarrie, on Monday 12th February 2024 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Tech breakthrough tackles deadly battery fires

Queensland firm Alpha HPA has unveiled a technology breakthrough to combat potentially-deadly battery fires that threaten lives and property.

Original URL: https://www.couriermail.com.au/journalists/glen-norris/page/32