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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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Damage in the Rockhampton CBD area caused by Tropical Cyclone Marcia.Photo Allan Reinikka / The Morning Bulletin

Climate risk to hit insurance prices

Insurers are expected to start pricing for climate change risks for customers in Australia’s tropical north.

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CovidCompanies

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

Crash repairer expects more business as lockdowns ease

Crash repair major AMA expects earnings to rebound as more people get back on the road once Covid-linked lockdowns ease.

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CompaniesCompanies

Taxpayer to foot $17m bill as printer axes jobs

The ASX-listed Ovato is the nation’s major magazine contract printer with clients such as Women’s Weekly and New Idea.

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AviationAviation

Seb Toro poses for a photograph in Heidelberg, Melbourne. Friday, January 01, 2020. Photo: Daniel Pockett / The Australian

Soar student’s $77k debt and no pilot licence

Seb Toro dreamt of being a pilot, but after years of classes with Soar Aviation what he has is a $77,000 debt.

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StocksMarkets

Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines atop a shiploader at the iron ore miner’s Port Hedland facilities

Plenty of iron awe but travel went nowhere

What prospered in the pandemic? Winners and losers of the ASX in 2020.

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AviationAviation

Soar Aviation chief executive Neel Khokhani came up with the idea of running the flying school in partnership with the Box Hill Institute.

Soar Aviation crashes to earth

Students stranded as one of Australia’s biggest flight schools is placed in administration.

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MarketsMarkets

Digital market boards at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney in Sydney, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Investors are smiling in early trade on the Australian share market, which is being pushed along by energy, materials and IT stocks. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

ASX 200 ends 2020 1.45pc down

A tumultuous year, but S&P/ASX 200 almost wipes out the year’s losses, while the Aussie dollar goes beyond US77c.

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InsuranceFinancial Services

Flooding at Rosslea in Townsville where residents are hoping to be able to return to see the damage this afternoon. Photo Lachie Millard

Subsidise insurance in north: ACCC

The corporate regulator’s review of the insurance market in Australia’s north dubs it ‘dysfunctional’ and ‘expensive’.

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MarketsMarkets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 10, 2020. Stocks rally at the announcement of German Pharma giant Pfizer announcement of a successful vaccine trial.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

ASX loses 153 companies in Covid-hit year

Virgin and Village are among the best known of the firms that delisted in 2020, for reasons ranging from failing to pay fees, to takeovers.

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CurrencyEconomics

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$A boom could bust economy

The Australian dollar is at its highest level since June 2018, but what are the economic consequences?

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