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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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Pictured is the Sydney office of Unified Security Group in Ashfield.Picture: Richard Dobson

Push to rescind hotel security firm’s licence

The Andrews government is facing demands to overturn its decision to renew the licence of a security company at the heart of Victoria’s hotel quarantine debacle.

David Ross

Business collapseCompanies

Chinese NY at Lotus Dining in the Galeries

Covid takes its toll on restaurants

Chinese restaurant chain Din Tai Fung is feeling the heat of the pandemic, with one store falling into administration.

David Ross and Melissa Yeo

WinemakersCompanies

Family bid to save McWilliam’s Wines

A family member has proposed a buyout of the collapsed McWilliams Wines, after a private equity bid crashed.

David Ross

InvestingMarkets

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 24, 2020 : Victorian Parliament question time and budget handout. Treasurer Tim Pallas hands down the budget.Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Market welcomes $2.5bn Victorian government bond

Investors have piled into a $2.5bn Victorian government bond.

David Ross

EconomyEconomics

ALBURY NSW, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31ST, 2020:Traffic on the Lincoln Causeway between Albury Wodonga backing up as people try to pass through the check point into Victoria between Albury and Wodonga. Extra police have been put on the check point as the Hume Freeway check point has been closed because of a truck fire blocking the Hume Freeway.Picture: Simon Dallinger

Consumer confidence retreats

Border closures and booming COVID numbers overseas have dragged Australian consumer confidence from its 10-year-high.

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MarketsEconomics

(FILES) This file satellite photo taken on September 29, 2005 and handout by NASA shows the minimum concentration of Arctic sea ice in 2005 that occurred on September 21, when the sea ice extent dropped to 2,05 million square miles (53 094 969 million square kilometers). There's good and bad news for people, and polar bears, threatened by the Arctic's vanishing sea ice, scientists said on March 6, 2017. First the good news: summer ice cover is

World Economic Forum picks risks on the horizon

Report highlights an asset bubble bust, price instability, commodity shocks and a debt crisis looming as major risks on the horizon.

David Ross

BankingFinancial Services

A customer using a neobank Xinja debit card. Picture: Supplied.

Xinja finalises deposit returns to customers

The failed neo-bank Xinja has transferred its remaining customer accounts to NAB.

David Ross

ASX OUTAGEMarkets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 09 2020: A general view of the ASX today in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

How ASIC burst into action as ASX went dark

Freedom of information documents reveal the concern from financial regulators after an outage at the Australian stock exchange on November 16.

David Ross

RetailBusiness

JB Hi-Fi CEO Richard Murray poses for a photograph at the Chadstone store in Melbourne, Friday, August 11, 2017. JB Hi-Fi with announce their annual profit results on Monday. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Economy ‘remarkably’ good: JB Hi-Fi boss

Australians have money to spend and retailer JB Hi-Fi is reaping the benefits, flagging an 86pc spike in first half profits.

Eli Greenblat and David Ross

InsuranceFinancial Services

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 09: A general view of the Bourke Street Mall on August 09, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Protesters face fines and arrest for breaching the Chief Health Officer's directives as Victoria works to contain COVID-19 transmissions in the community. Melbourne's current lockdown restrictions and Metropolitan Melbourne is under stage 4 lockdown restrictions, with people only allowed to leave home to give or receive care, shopping for food and essential items, daily exercise and work while an overnight curfew from 8pm to 5am is also in place. The majority of retail businesses are also closed. Other Victorian regions are in stage 3 lockdown. The restrictions, which came into effect from 2 August, have been introduced by the Victorian government as health authorities work to reduce community COVID-19 transmissions across the state. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Clayton Utz to lead pandemic class action

A customer class action targeting the insurance industry will be led by Clayton Utz, with the backing of litigation funders ICP.

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