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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 06, 2025: Alan Oster, Chief Economist at NAB, will retire after 32 years in the role. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

‘I really don’t like recessions’: NAB’s Alan Oster draws the line

The big four bank chief economist has analysed and probed every data point over nearly four decades. This is what he has discovered.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Some more nice puddles this morning I even captured a Cleanaway truck passing by. Even the rocks are showing their love for the town. Picture: Mal Dodt

Why this CEO is bracing for Alfred’s aftermath

Cleanaway will have its work cut out in coming days and after being caught out in the last floods, this boss is not taking any chances.

Eric Johnston

WageringCompanies

19/10/22 - Betr chairman Matt Tripp during the launch of new racing app Betr. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Betr has ‘credible lender’ in place for Pointsbet bid

More detail has emerged in Matt Tripp’s last-ditch bid for a rival that is already subject to a takeover offer from a huge Japanese company.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 4, 2021: Virgin Australia aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Sydney Domestic Airport, Sydney. Virgin Australia says the end of JobKeeper in March could signal a mass shedding of workers if no further support is provided to the struggling aviation industry which has been out of action for almost one year. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

The final piece falls into place for Virgin listing

Conditions are booming in aviation, but Virgin Australia is gambling it can still land its multi-billion dollar IPO later this year.

Eric Johnston

ExclusiveMarkets

29/09/2023. Geoff Wilson, chairman of Wilson Asset Management and Matt Hauptlead portfolio manager of WAM Leaders fund, photographed in their Sydney office. Britta Campion / The Australian

Wilson builds his own ‘hybrid-like’ fund with $510m IPO

The veteran stockbroker has an income solution for the looming end of Australia’s multi-billion hybrid securities market.

Eric Johnston

InsuranceCompanies

Cyclone Alfred whips up big surf and high tides at Snapper Rocks. Pics Adam Head

‘This one will be big’: Suncorp CEO’s cyclone call

Suncorp boss says insurers are preparing for the worst with the monster cyclone bearing down on Brisbane and the Gold Coast, where losses are expected to quickly mount.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2019, Sanjeev Gupta, head of the GFG (Gupta Family Group) Alliance, speaks during an interview with AFP in London. - Britain's Serious Fraud Office on Friday launched a probe into steelmaker GFG Alliance, focusing partly on links with its collapsed financier Greensill. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP)

Sanjeev Gupta’s deal-making days are over

The sorry state of the Whyalla steelworks represents beginning of the end for the British magnate. The bigger InfraBuild is next n line to fall.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryEconomics

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 21, 2025: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese delivers a speech at the Building a Bigger, Better SA Forum. Picture: NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Rushed steel rescue will end up costing Albanese much more

Billions of dollars in taxpayer cash have been promised for Whyalla but it’s all on unproven ‘green’ steel bets. The real cost will be keeping the lights on through a drawn-out administration.

Eric Johnston

GamingBusiness

A sign stands outside The Star casino and event centre in Sydney on September 2, 2024. Troubled resort and casino operator Star Entertainment was temporarily delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange on September 2 after failing to post its annual financial results. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Star directors scramble to stave off collapse

Star Entertainment directors are locked in weekend meetings as they scramble to stitch together a lifesaving financing deal for the troubled casino operator.

Glen Norris and Eric Johnston

AnalysisCompanies

Star Entertainment chair Anne Ward and CEO Steve McCann

Star casino attempts a grand deal with no leverage left

The golden rule is, don’t make deals without leverage. Star has none, leaving its board in the worst possible position to fight for survival.

Eric Johnston

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