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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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ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia (March 10, 2024) – U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and HMAS Stirling Port Services crewmembers prepare the submarine to moor alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, March 10, 2024. The nuclear-powered, conventionally-armed submarine is in HMAS Stirling for the second visit by a fast-attack submarine to Australia since the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) Optimal Pathway in March 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Wells)

How AUKUS is creating big waves on the ground

There are billions earmarked to be spent, and this Perth-based engineer is among those on the front lines of a defence revolution.

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New Star Entertainment Group chief executive Steve McCann

Burning cash: Star’s future can be counted in months

New boss Steve McCann has his work cut out to come up with a deal to save the casino. But he is fast running out of options.

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CommentaryMarkets

A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the first session of the new year on January 2, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Are we there yet? Howard Marks revisits bubble.com warning

A quarter of a century after predicting the dot.com crash, influential US billionaire investor Howard Marks sees some worrying signs returning to shares.

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CommentaryBusiness

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a Nvidia's Drive Thor processor as he delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. Gadgets, robots and vehicles imbued with artificial intelligence will once again vie for attention at the Consumer Electronics Show, as vendors behind the scenes will seek ways to deal with tariffs threatened by US President-elect Donald Trump. The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens formally in Las Vegas on January 7, 2025, but preceding days are packed with product announcements. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Behind Nvidia’s plan to control the new industrial revolution

Jensen Huang is betting Nvidia’s future is far bigger than the chips powering today’s AI boom.

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Nine faces its make or break-up moment

The under-pressure broadcaster was prepared to bet big on television and lost. Now it has a fight on its hands to prove it should stay together.

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AgribusinessCompanies

SunRice booms on selling Aussie rice to the world

SunRice is well along the path of cracking more than $2bn and becoming one of Australia’s biggest food exporters – and investors have been piling in.

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Media shake-upMedia

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 22: Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid runs with the ball whilst under pressure from Loic Bade of Sevilla FC during the LaLiga match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 22, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Howzat! Behind DAZN’s quest to become Netflix of sport

The UK sports streaming operator has big plans for the way the world watches sport – and Foxtel is set to become a key part of this.

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MediaBusiness Breaking News

Foxtel group chair Siobhan McKenna and Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany

Sports streamer DAZN buys Foxtel in blockbuster $3.4bn deal

New ownership for subscription giant Foxtel and its hit brands Kayo and BINGE is set to shake up Australia’s media and sport landscape.

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03-12-2024 - Richard White founder WiseTech Global appears at company's investors day in Sydney.

Five enduring lessons for business going into 2025

Sometimes good, but more often bad, Australian business is never short of generating hard-won lessons. The past year delivered plenty. Will we ever learn?

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 19 DECEMBER, 2024: Thursday 19th December 2024. ANZ AGM.Chairman Paul O'Sullivan opens the AGM with outgoing CEO Shayne Elliott.Picture: NewsWire / Arsineh Houspian

ANZ’s board ignored a very loud message on bonuses

Qantas, Woolworths and now ANZ have all found out the hard way. On reputation – you go up slowly but come down at high speed.

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