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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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2/5/2024: CEO of Rio Tinto , Jakob Stausholm , during the companies AGM in Brisbane, Australia .pic: Lyndon Mechielsen

Big lessons from Rio Tinto’s leadership trap

The big miner wants to move faster. And now rivals Rio and BHP are in a race to lock in a new chief executive.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Dominic Barton, chairman of Rio Tinto Group, attends a news conference after the company's annual general meeting in Perth, Australia, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The world’s biggest iron ore miners face a difficult start to the year, after extreme weather impacted production and as their biggest customer China braces for a trade war. Photographer: Matt Jelonek/Bloomberg

Ousting of Rio Tinto’s CEO is no plan for success

Rio Tinto’s board needs to come clean over its brutal call to upend the stability the miner has been craving.

Eric Johnston

‘Sweeping rebuild’Companies

21/5/25: PwC Australia CEO Kevin Burrowes speaks about progress in reforming the firm nearly two years on from taking charge in the wake of the PwC's tax scandal. John Feder/The Australian.

PwC now ‘totally different’ firm in aftermath of scandal: CEO

The man parachuted in to clean up the PwC mess says the auditor has made big changes over two years, but more needs to be done on its rebuild.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Ray White auction of 30 Eureka Street, Kelvin Grove - General house and Auction pictures. Kelvin Grove Saturday 17th September 2022 Picture David Clark

Two down, three to come? RBA on verge of inflation win

Michele Bullock’s cut to the official rate comes with a positive surprise, but there’s some help from Trump and a sting in the tail for the economy.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

View of Bishopsgate street at the financial district of London.Photo - istockEscape 3 Nov 2024

Lendlease needs more than a King’s ransom

Under-pressure developer Lendlease has literally struck a deal with royalty, but this alone won’t impress markets.

Eric Johnston

PoliticsLeadership

Anthony Scaramucci at Skybridge headquarters, New York, NY, May 12, 2025.

My biggest mistake: ‘The Mooch’ on what makes Trump tick

On Elon Musk, money and the White House, fast-talking Wall Street player and former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci tells it as he sees it. LISTEN to the interview

Eric Johnston

MarketsMarkets

Logos of Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies are displayed during the Token2049 conference at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Bitcoin ‘on track’ for $US200,000: Anthony Scaramucci

The digital currency has plenty of life yet with a bit of help from US president Donald Trump, former White House communications director and hedge fund boss Anthony Scaramucci says.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryEconomics

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 13, 2025 in New York City. Markets opened lower following the announcement that the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% on the month. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Losing its shine: Future Fund drifts away from Trump’s America

Markets are rapidly changing and the $241bn Canberra-backed Future Fund wants to keep ahead of the game.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Why blockbuster Macquarie case should set alarm bells ringing

Macquarie is becoming a regulatory repeat offender and this means its big executive pay packets need to carry greater accountability.

Eric Johnston

CommentaryCompanies

Commonwealth Bank CEO, Matt Comyn at the Reimagining Banking Briefing 17-05-2022. Source: Supplied

‘Not as bearish’: CBA boss hits the road in Trump’s America

After a front row view of Washington, CBA CEO Matt Comyn says trade tensions are here to stay in one form or another. This means business needs to adapt.

Eric Johnston

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