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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.

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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.

Business

tyres were dumped on the side of Staplyton Jacobs Well Road, Norwell. Picture: City of Gold Coast.

Tyre recycler hits the skids

Queensland tyre recycling company Entyr has called in administrators despite earlier securing an offtake deal with global commodities trader Trafigura.

Business

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos. MARCH 29, 2021: Victoria has begun its royal commission into Crown Resorts to determine if it should retain the gaming licence for its Melbourne casino. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Crown suitable to keep Melbourne casino licence

The gaming giant has been allowed to keep operating its Crown Melbourne casino amid revelations of money laundering and organised crime.

QLD Business

coal miner in the hands of coal background generic

Bundy and coking coal not everyone’s cup of tea

Bundaberg could soon add coking coal to its long list of exports but not everyone has warmed to the proposal.

QLD Business

Lighting testing at Queen’s Wharf overnight, brilliant drone footage and images. Also included testing of letters, which referenced Broncos colours and words as Brisbane played first home game last night at Suncorp Stadium Picture supplied by Star Casino

Pub billionaire Mathieson backs Star investment

The biggest shareholder in troubled casino operator The Star Entertainment Group says it faces hurdles but its ‘great assets’ make it a sound investment.

Business

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 17, 2022: The Star Casino building in Pyrmont. The Star Casino in Sydney as the gambling and hospitality giant is hit with a whopping $100m fine following a damning report into its ÃconfrontingÃ and ÃshockingÃ conduct.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Purge can fix Star, top investor says

Wilson Asset Management, one of Star Entertainment’s largest shareholders, says the exit of chief executive Robbie Cooke was a necessary step.

QLD Business

Clockwise from top right: Christina Katsibouba, The Star in Sydney, Robbie Cooke and The Queen's Wharf project in Brisbane.

Star boss quits in fresh crisis for casino group

Star Entertainment has lost CEO Robbie Cooke and two other execs as the troubled casino group deals with a NSW regulatory probe and races to finish its Queen’s Wharf project.

QLD Business

Construction sites on the Gold Coast are taking over more public space than ever before. Drift in Hughes St closed the footpath and took over one lane of the road, using lollipop men in the street to control traffic.Picture Glenn Hampson

Ex-Wallaby’s traffic firm in sights of private equity

Investors have bought into Brisbane-based traffic management company Avada Group after private equity group Pacific Equity Partners took a big stake.

Business

Exclusive interview with Paul Hurley, grandson of founder.They have been selling the big rigs since the 1940s, now family-owned truck dealer Brown and Hurley are celebrating 75 years in business. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Keep on truckin’: sales of big rigs hit record levels

Australia’s truckies are not letting the economic hard times get in their way and are spending up to $1m on new heavy vehicles, lifting big rig sales to record levels.

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