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Terry McCrannBusiness commentator

Terry McCrann is a journalist of distinction, a multi-award winning commentator on business and the economy. For decades Terry has led coverage of finance news and the impact of economics on the nation, writing for the Herald Sun and News Corp publications and websites around Australia.

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Views from The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel. The Bolte Bridge shows off its size compared to the tiny vehicles traversing it.

Drivers set to miss massive toll windfall

EXCLUSIVE: THE Andrews Government is lining up to give CityLink owner Transurban an extra $8 billion, straight out of the pockets of Victorian motorists and businesses.

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23/09/2016 Future Fund's Chairman Peter Costello talks about Future Fund's investment in a consortium that purchased the Port of Melbourne David Geraghty / The Australian.

Does the Fund have a future?

WHAT to do about Peter Costello’s Future Fund and its $128 billion — that’s about $5300 for every single Australian.

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President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump’s a man who’ll get things done

THE biggest lesson Australia can take from Donald Trump’s astonishing victory is it makes no sense to keep attacking the foundation of our entire economy, writes Terry McCrann.

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(FILES) A file photo taken in Melbourne on August 31, 2004 shows a container ship being unloaded at the Port of Melbourne. An Australian-led consortium on September 19, 2016 won a 50-year-lease on the nation's biggest container and cargo port in Melbourne for 9.7 billion Australian dollars (7.3 billion USD), the latest in a series of maritime assets to be privatised. / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

Port of Melbourne sale a win for all Victorians

THE State Government’s sale of the Port of Melbourne has turned out to be an extraordinarily good and value-creating deal, writes Terry McCrann.

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Premier declares war on Victoria

THE Premier Daniel Andrews has declared war on the people and on the businesses of Victoria. And let’s not of course forget the birds, writes Terry McCrann.

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Andrew Forrest, Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group speaking at IMARC conference in Melbourne

Thanks a billion for Forrest fortune

LITTLE more than a year ago Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest stood shakily on the threshold of joining two fellow billionaires in being “de-billionairised”, writes Terry McCrann.

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Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen speaks at a Queensland Labor breakfast as part of the 2016 election campaign in Brisbane, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Bill Shorten has launched a 10-year economic plan that includes matching the Turnbull government's promise to bring the budget back to surplus in 2021. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Labor totally out of gear

THE worst thing about Labor’s attack on negative gearing is not what it might or might not do to property prices, but the way it would seriously hurt the battler property investors, writes Terry McCrann.

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