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John StensholtThe Richest 250 Editor

“John Stensholt is the editor of the prestigious annual Richest 250 list for The Australian, and is a business journalist and features writer. He writes about Australia’s most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, and the business of sport. His career includes stints at BRW magazine, The Australian Financial Review and Wall Street Journal. He has won Quills, Citi Journalism and Australian Sports Commission awards, been twice named Business Journalist of the Year at the News Awards and also been a Walkley Awards finalist. Connect with John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-stensholt-b5ba80207/?originalSubdomain=au

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Trading DayTrading Day

Digital market boards are seen at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Australia's economy contracted 0.3 per cent in the March quarter, broadly in line with market expectations. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Recovery jitters wipe $57bn from ASX

The market had its worst day since May 1 as investors reassess the recovery trajectory, shifting to defensive trade and prompting a bank slide.

David Rogers and Melissa Yeo

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 11: Ivan Soldo of the Tigers and Brodie Grundy of the Magpies compete for the ball during the round 2 AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Richmond Tigers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 11, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Contract discounts cost AFL $150m

The AFL’s revamped broadcast deal will have Seven broadcast until 2024, but the league has not clinched a new contract with Fox Sports past 2022.

John Stensholt

Football

*APAC Sports Pictures of the Week - 2020, March 9* NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Clare Polkinghorne of the Australian Matildas celebrates her goal with team mates during the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Play-Off match between the Australian Matildas and Vietnam at McDonald Jones Stadium on March 06, 2020 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)

FIFA predicts $25m World Cup profit

Australia’s bid for the 2023 women’s World Cup is projected to make a profit of at least $25m, according to FIFA documents.

John Stensholt

GamblingCompanies

08/06/2020: CEO Sam Swanell from Pointsbet, a fast growing online betting company which is doing a deal to sponsor more AFL coverage when it starts up again on Thursday after the Covid-19 shutdown. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Pointsbet on a winner as sports re-emerge

The only thing that makes Pointsbet chief executive Sam Swanell happier than the footy returning is horse racing continuing during the COVID-19 shutdown.

John Stensholt

How the rich investWealth

22/08/2018: Geoff Harris owns the building in Collingwood that houses STREAT, a social enterprise that trains and employs marginalized people. It includes a cafe, industrial kitchen, bakery and coffee roaster. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Services industry ‘needs open borders’

There’s massive damage to the services industry from continued pandemic lockdown, says Flight Centre co-founder.

John Stensholt

The DealThe Deal

30/03/20 VISY chairman Anthony Pratt in his home with Peter Doherty Institute director and infectious disease expert Sharon Lewis. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Revealed: Where you’ll find jobs of the future

As Treasurer Josh Frydenberg conceded Australia is in recession, our reporters went in search of where the work might be for the nation’s unemployed.

Adam Creighton

AFL

04/06/2020: AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan has been a driving force in pulling the game from the biggest crisis it has faced, while negotiating the demands of different states. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

How Gill steered footy out of its biggest crisis

In the frantic days following the season suspension in March, AFL officials were staring nervously at a $1 billion dollar blackhole. Now Gillon McLachlan.

Courtney Walsh and John Stensholt

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Weekly gain tops 4pc, $A spikes to US70c

A late surge sent the ASX to a fifth consecutive daily gain, taking its weekly lift to 4.2pc as banks built on a recent rally.

David Rogers and Melissa Yeo

MediaBusiness

Official launch of radio station *SEN SA* new studios on 1 KingWilliam Street on November 14, 2019. Craig Hutchison, Pacific Star Network and Crocmedia ChiefExecutive Officer

Sport network looms after 2CH buy

Media entrepreneur Craig Hutchison’s Pacific Star Network could launch a dedicated sports radio network in Sydney after striking a $11.2m deal to buy classic hits station 2CH.

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Better late than never for footy fans

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has a pointed message for critics who say his code has fallen behind its rival the NRL.

Courtney Walsh and John Stensholt

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