Colin Kruger
Colin Kruger is a senior business reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Rolled gold burritos, AI mania and ‘mother of all bubbles’ were big business in 2024
It proved to be a volatile year for the big end of town, but it’s investors who face a day of reckoning.
- by Colin Kruger
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Neds, Ladbrokes owner faces fight with money-laundering watchdog
Financial crime regulator AUSTRAC has commenced proceedings against Entain, the global sports betting group behind local brands Ladbrokes and Neds.
- by Colin Kruger
Double-whammy: Household insurance costs to soar again, adding to inflation
Consumers will be hit with another steep rise in their household and car insurance premiums this year as general insurers push revenue growth ahead of rising inflation costs.
- by Colin Kruger
Woolies began monitoring staff like never before. It had a chilling effect on workers
The introduction of a new performance management program has injected a bitter note into a pay dispute at Woolworths warehouses.
- by Colin Kruger and Hannah Hammoud
WiseTech co-founder in big payday, selling stake to Richard White
The 10.2 million shares are worth more than $1 billion based on Friday’s share price.
- by Colin Kruger
New gambling rules burn big hole in Star casino’s books
Restrictions on gambling with cash at Star’s flagship casino sent revenue plunging, adding to concerns about its viability.
- by Colin Kruger
Aussie wine’s back in China, but there’s a catch
China has become a catastrophe for global winemakers, but Aussie vintners think they can buck the trend.
- by Colin Kruger
Triple M owner savaged as investor asks ‘can you do a Donald Trump/Elon Musk?’
Investors have vented their fury at the radio group’s previous management for torching billions of dollars in shareholder value and demanded the company cut costs.
- by Colin Kruger
Competition watchdog probes $800b online property monopoly after banks threat
The ACCC’s chair has criticised the process that allowed PEXA to be privatised and given a monopoly on e-conveyancing with no proper oversight.
- by Colin Kruger
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Media & marketing
Murdoch family survives push to loosen its grip on News Corp
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp said a hedge fund’s proposal to eliminate the dual-class share structure that cements his family’s control over the media group was “convincingly” defeated.
- by Colin Kruger
The Aussie billionaire in the box seat in Trump’s America
Anthony Pratt says that being rich is his superpower and his official move to the US may say plenty about the bonanza of a second Republican presidency.
- by Colin Kruger
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