Eric Johnston

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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Opinion

Corn field We are What We Eat Poster Grain Att: Karina Grift

Protecting our food reputation

Food fraud poses a threat to Australia’s food system as supply chains grow longer.

Craig Heraghty

Property

Receivers PPB put Sydney inner city haunt The Mill complex on the block with the mix of ten modern and refurbished warehouse buildings, including the home of restaurant complex The Grounds of Alexandria, tipped to go for $90 million. SUpplied

Blackstone builds industrial base

Private equity and property giant Blackstone has upped its exposure to Australia’s industrial property market.

Ben Wilmot

Technology

07/04/2017 Catapult outgoing CEO Shaun Holthouse and incoming CEO Joe Powell outside their office in Docklands Melbourne.Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian.

Powell catapulted into CEO role

Catapult boss Shaun Holthouse says the time is right to “hand over his baby” to former Seek executive Joe Powell.

DAVID SWAN

exclusiveTechnology

05/04/2017: Kaz Hirai :CEO of Sony globally, and the head of all its divisions, in Sydney.Pic by James Croucher

Sony boss tunes into AI

Kazuo Hirai’s time at the top of Sony has seen a return to profitability.

Chris Griffith

Wall Street Journal

Cans of various colours of paint for DIY painting of an inside of a house. Picture: Thinkstock

Europe fertile for activists

For all the frustrations caused by local peculiarities, Europe is gradually opening up to activist investors.

STEPHEN WILMOT

Technology

Generic photo of an iPhone / smart phone. Picture: iStock

Apple’s repair policy under fire

Consumer watchdog Rod Sims has launched court action against Apple over alleged deception on consumers’ rights.

DAVID SWAN

Companies

Allphones store business franchise 13 Mar 2005. shop

Allphones stores to survive

Mobile phone retailer Allphones will close 34 stores but continue to operate 50, creditors were told yesterday.

DAVID SWAN

News

31/03/2017: Hana-Lia Krawchuk is the owner of Love to Dream one of 20 companies who will be participating in Westpac's Businesses of Tomorrow program, where winning firms are assigned famous business mentors, given free consultation and a study tour to the USA and China. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Swaddling idea makes a bundle

Hana-Lia Krawchuk solved her baby’s sleep issues and created a multi-million-dollar business in the process.

Jackson Hewett

Defence

ESCAPE: One of the peregrine falcons used to hunt quail and other desert dwelling birds in a bedouin settlement in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve in the United Arab Emirates. The peregrine falcons are the fastest animals in the world. The falcons sight play such a huge role in its sensory world (ca. 80%+) that covering the eyes sets the bird into a quasi-catatonic state, making it easier for the falconiers to transport and control these precious hunting tools. The falcons were brought from Europe and adopted by the bedouins to supplement their protein intake in the barren desert environment where they live. Picture: Istock

Peregrine inspires plane design

British scientists are examining how the world’s fastest bird flies to inspire new technologies to make aircraft safer.

Brendan Nicholson

Defence

Hawk maintenance at BAE Systems Australia's Williamtown base

BAE Systems takes aim at growth

BAE Systems, one of the largest defence contractors in Australia, wants to nearly double local revenues.

Damon Kitney

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