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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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CommentaryFinancial Services

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 29, 2024: Matt Comyn, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Chief Executive Officer during the House Standing Committee on Economics at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

CBA’s Comyn moves succession pieces around the board

There are two big messages coming out of the management reshuffle at the nation’s biggest bank.

Eric Johnston

AnalysisCompanies

How Qatar’s Virgin stake will change aviation

Cashed-up Qatar will likely use Virgin as cover to get more flights into Australia, which ultimately means serious competition for travellers. But what does it mean for Qantas?

Eric Johnston

CommentaryTechnology

NETWORK FIRST USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS - DAILY TELEGRAPHS- 25/11/22 MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR ROHAN KELLY BEFORE USING -New Telstra CEO Vicki Brady pictured at Telstra HQ in Sydney today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

This is our moment: Telstra CEO maps out her AI vision

Vicki Brady says big telcos have once again found themselves at the front of a tech revolution.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryRetail

An employee supervises self-service checkout kiosks at a Woolworths Group Ltd. grocery store in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Woolworths is scheduled to release earnings results on Aug. 23. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Why Coles and Woolies have been allowed to get so big

Australian shoppers are far savvier than politicians are giving them credit for. That makes the market ripe for disruption.

Eric Johnston

commentaryFinancial Services

Phil King a fund manager with Regal Fund Management. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Let’s make a deal: Platinum issues three tests for Regal

Phil King’s Regal Partners could be closer to grabbing the elusive fund manager Platinum than he realises.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Star Casino Queen's Wharf Thursday September 5, 2024. Picture, John Gass

The hidden flaw in Steve McCann’s plan to rescue Star

The reality is, the new CEO has very few levers to pull as the casino struggles to trade out of its mounting problems.

Eric Johnston

commentaryCompanies

How Solomon Lew plans to get his retail mojo back

The billionaire retailer has three big strategic issues to tackle to get his empire of Smiggle through to Just Jeans firing again.

Eric Johnston

commentaryEconomics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 24 , 2024: Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock holding a press conference discussing the Reserve Bank Board's monetary policy decision. Rates will remain the same for now until inflation drops further. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

RBA will be late to rate cut party, but it’s on the way

Michele Bullock marked her first year anniversary as the central bank governor with a shift in tone.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryBusiness Breaking News

What REA learned from BHP’s London stalemate

Investors are now putting pressure on Rightmove’s London board to take a seat at the negotiating table for the $11bn offer.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Coles signage at the front of one of its stores on March 13, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Australia's two major supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, have come under scrutiny for their role in the cost of living crisis in the country, with both companies significantly increasing their profits during the pandemic while consumers faced rising living costs, local media reports said. Former cabinet minister Craig Emerson is leading a government inquiry into supermarket pricing practices, while former ACCC chair Allan Fels is conducting a separate investigation in collaboration with the Australian Council of Trade, ABC News said. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

‘Fake discounts’ a serious test of trust for Coles, Woolies

The ACCC’s claims are as damaging as they can get. But the regulator needs to be careful not to buy into the emotion around price gouging.

Eric Johnston

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