Wind farm licence ‘winners’ lining up
Local and international heavyweights have been preliminarily awarded a development licence for an energy source which Victoria has earmarked as critical to transition away from coal.
Victoria Business
Tech giants’ share price boom: how to find the next Nvidia
The AI revolution has propelled US tech company shares into the stratosphere, and investors are searching for the next big winner.
Healius debt covenant warning preceded CEO’s departure
Healius’s pathology division needed to improve its profitability to avoid breaching its debt covenants, analysts said just days before it announced a strategic review and the resignation of its CEO.
Smashing NBN success story
The NBN plan to quintuple broadband speeds is a further validation of the Abbott government’s ditching of Kevin Rudd’s all-fibre fantasy.
More Stories
Ardern’s New Zealand a hard place to do business
Kiwis are feeling more nervous than ever about their economy which is trapped in a dangerous wage-price spiral.
‘Latest’ jobs data is already hopelessly out of date
The ‘latest’ jobs data released by the ABS is five or six weeks old and tells us about a time that has already disappeared into the dustbin of history.
Federal Court’s tough justice leaves investors in dark
New rules restricting access to details of legal clashes have no merit and are a bad outcome for financial markets.
Gas mess will get worse and wider
The federal government’s Soviet-style attempt to control both the price and supply of gas will have seriously damaging impacts way beyond the immediate pain imposed on consumers and businesses.
Keeping gas prices down to test Canberra’s limits
ACCC boss Gina Cass-Gottlieb has put big gas players on notice to get a move on and break the supply stalemate with customers.
Albanese’s gas mess just the first of many
With a trainee treasurer and a PM who hasn’t a clue about the most basic interest rate in the economy, it’s no surprise that the government’s scheme to cap gas prices is such a mess.
![CORRECTION - Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 9, 2020 on Wall Street in New York City. - Major Wall Street indices finished down more than seven percent following an ugly session sparked by an oil price crash and fears over the economic fallout from the coronavirus. At the end of a day-long rout, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 23,851.02, a loss of more than 2,000 points or 7.8 percent, making it the worst session since December 2008. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [down more then 2000 points] instead of [down more then 200 points]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/e5e95da96964ac5b19f8dbd27c524ec6?width=650)
Seven days in February will shake markets
How investors react to interest rate decisions and inflation data in the first week of February will determine market dynamics for the rest of the year.
Why Suncorp won’t budge on sale to smaller rival
As the regulator weighs up a deal with ANZ, Brisbane-based lender Suncorp has spelt out why a sale to a regional bank would ultimately hurt competition.
Cinemas target a $1bn box office return
Blockbusters and more ‘premium experiences’ on offer has put Australian cinemas on track to crack $1bn in box office revenue. So what are the top movies to look out for?
Shattered dreams of collapsed builder’s customers
As the amount creditors are owed by Hallbury Homes grows to $6m, customers caught up in the collapse are left sleeping on the floor of a rental.
Original URL: https://www.ntnews.com.au/business/victoria-business/page/188