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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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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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Aerial of BHP Co Ltd's San Manuel copper mine in Arizona, USA. mining /Copper

Trump to transform BHP, Rio

A copper deposit in Arizona means our big miners will be among the biggest beneficiaries of Trump’s US tax revolution.

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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

People to punish energy vandals

The two major parties face a drubbing once the public wake up to the full impact of our woeful energy policy settings.

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WA Sports Minister Mia Davies and Projector Director for Department of Sport and Recreation, Ronnie Hurst, take a look at the current stage of the Perth Stadium build.

Builders need new managers

The norms that flourished under cartel-like arrangements in the construction sector need to be overhauled quick smart.

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

A road map for Trump’s America

The US president is ripping up the rule book and charting a fresh course. We need to wake up and adapt to the new agenda.

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Linius CEO Christopher Richardson. Source: Supplied.

Terrorists, streamers beware

A Melbourne-based, ASX-listed technology firm is working on harnessing the business potential of patent breakthroughs.

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AICC Business Lunch, Hilton Hotel. Keynote speaker Australia Post MD & CEO Ahmed Fahour addresses the audience, 'Australia Post - Part of Tomorrow'. Pic - Britta Campion

Why Fahour is worth every cent

As Australia Post goes into battle against global giants, the PM should realise that Fahour’s $5.6m salary is peanuts.

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Vancouver will impose a new tax on foreign home buyers beginning next week. PHOTO: JONATHAN TAGGART FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

A cautionary Canadian tale

Negatively geared investors helped our property market ride out the Chinese capital exodus but the party could be over.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: A general view is seen of powerline near the Sydney South Substation in Picnic Point on February 10, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. With temperatures forecast to go as high as 39 degrees over the weekend, meteorologists are predicting what could be the hottest three-day spell ever for the city and the Australian Energy Market Operator have warned of possible power shortages due to increased demand. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Pollies play blackout roulette

The only things standing in the way of a US-style boom in Australia is poor leadership that restricts new energy supply.

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