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Robert Gottliebsen has spent more than 50 years writing and commentating about business and investment in Australia. He has won the Walkley award and Australian Journalist of the Year award. He has a place in the Australian Media Hall of Fame and in 2018 was awarded a Lifetime achievement award by the Melbourne Press Club. He received an Order of Australia Medal in 2018 for services to journalism and educational governance. He is a regular commentator for The Australian.

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A sign warning of the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas hangs across a walkway at the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) project site, operated by QGC Pty, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, in Gladstone, Australia, on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Gas from more than 2,500 wells travels hundreds of miles by pipeline to the project, where it's chilled and pumped into 10-story-high tanks before being loaded onto massive ships. Photographer: Patrick Hamilton/Bloomberg

Energy mess sparks Trump revolt

If the market is right and the US booms, then watch Trumpism spread to Australia on the back of our energy mess.

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CommentLifestyle

Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) listen as US President Donald J. Trump (C) delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2017. / AFP PHOTO / EPA POOL / JIM LO SCALZO

Trump talks to the believers

Donald Trump’s America requires a totally different economic strategy, and markets will have been disappointed.

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Trump talks to the believers

Donald Trump’s America requires a totally different economic strategy, and markets will have been disappointed.

Robert Gottliebsen

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In this Feb. 24, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. Trump's first address to Congress gives him a welcome opportunity to refocus his young administration on the core economic issues that helped him get elected â€” and, his allies hope, to move beyond the distractions and self-inflicted wounds that have roiled his White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Markets want to see the money

With Wall Street craving details about the US President’s agenda, Trump’s speech to Congress could rattle markets today.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump to speak to his base

As Trump prepares his speech to the joint Houses of Congress, he’ll be listening to the true believers not Wall Street.

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Labor Party supporter and Coles worker Trent Hunter appears with Opposition leader Bill Shorten during a press statement on the Fair Work Commission's ruling on Penalty Rates for Australian workers.

Untangling the penalty rate knot

The complexity of retail pay arrangements mean that many have misinterpreted the impact of the penalty rates ruling.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on December 1, 2013 shows This undated handout photo released by Amazon shows a flying

Brace for an Amazon attack

It’s not just retailers that need to be on guard as Amazon gathers its considerable global forces for an Australian push.

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CommentThe Nation

23/02/2017 Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour announces his resignation at Australia Post HQ in Melbourne. Picture: David Geraghty, The Australian.

Stumbles rest on PM’s shoulders

The resignation of the Australia Post chief executive is one of the great tragedies of modern Australian business.

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10/10/2016 Ahmed Fahour, CEO Australia Post speaking at Women World Changers Summit in Docklands, Melbourne. Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian.

PM to blame for Fahour tragedy

The resignation of Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour is one of the great tragedies of modern Australian business.

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Let Australia Post float

Today’s result reveals the strength of AusPost’s parcel arm, it needs to list in order to take the next big step into Asia.

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