David Ross

David Ross is a Sydney-based journalist at The Australian. He previously worked at the European Parliament and as a freelance journalist, writing for many publications including Myanmar Business Today where he was an Australian correspondent. He has a Masters in Journalism from The University of Melbourne.

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Oil crisisMining & Energy

Watchdog powerless on petrol

The ACCC has issued a new warning to petrol retailers, but concedes there is little action it can take if they don’t pass on tumbling oil prices to motorists.

Fuel pricesMining & Energy

Adele Mirabella fills up with cheap fuel at a United Petrol Station in Kew. (contact: 0422570429). Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Negative oil, but don’t get too pumped about petrol

US producers might be about to give oil away, but your local servo won’t be following suit.

RETAILCompanies

17/4/2020Lorrelle Goodwin store manager of Retravision , CanningtonPic Colin Murty The Australian

Our spending habits changing

New TV sets are selling like hot cakes even as the economy is feeling the pinch from the coronavirus shutdown.

TelcoTechnology

Telstra bond shores up balance sheet

Telstra has raised $860m through a bond issue, in a sign global money markets are starting to resume normal service.

Debt marketsEconomics

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Morrison hails success of $13bn commonwealth bond issue

This week’s $13bn bond issue by Canberra proved Australian debt remains an attractive investment

Mining outlookMining & Energy

A BHP freight train carrying Australian iron ore to port. Australia ships around a third of its overall exports to China. PHOTO: IAN WALDIE/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Commodity prices to tumble: NAB

NAB warns there’s a ‘very negative picture for commodity demand’ in the near term.

REGULATIONFinancial Services

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman James Shipton leaves the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Sydney, Thursday, November 22, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

ASIC relaxes rules to help virus fight

Australia’s corporate watchdog will relax rules around providing financial advice and push back some investigations.

FoodsCompanies

An Uber Eats delivery man rides a moped in Paris on March 22, 2020, as a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop spread of the COVID-19 caused by novel coronavirus in the country prohibiting all but essential outings in a bid to curb coronavirus spread. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Uber Eats gets the tip

Uber has opened up its Eats food delivery service for tipping and says it’ll chip in to match at-home diners gratuities.

Coronavirus pandemicEconomics

03/04/2020. Richard Adamson co-owner of Young Henry's pictured at their distillery in Newtown in Sydney's inner-west. They have started making hand sanitiser, created by distilling beer that will no longer be going to pubs and have just completed their second batch. Britta Campion / The Australian

Beer to sanitiser: industry retools in virus war

As the pandemic hits supply chains, businesses have stepped into the breach in a war-like reconfiguration of the industrial capacity.

RetailCompanies

30/10/19: RM Williams CEO Raju Vuppalapati at the Bondi Junction sore in Sydney. John Feder/The Australian.

Putting boot into protective clothing

Bushwear icon RM Williams is seeking to convert Adelaide factory to produce protective medical gear.

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