Tansy Harcourt

Tansy Harcourt joined the business team in 2022. Tansy was a columnist and writer over a 10-year period at the Australian Financial Review, and has previously worked for Bloomberg and the ABC and worked in strategy at Qantas.

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Flight reviewTravel

‘The cabin is second only to Qatar business in terms of comfort’

Given how cheap it was to fly to London and the terrible website, I expected an awful experience but I was pleasantly surprised. This flight is a winner.

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Hotel reviewTravel

Horses and surfing are two of the attractions at Nihi Sumba, Indonesia.

Horses, hikes and surfing: this is a wild wellness retreat

This luxury health resort on a remote island in Indonesia is not like the others. There is equine therapy, waves surfed by Kelly Slater and you can even have croissants.

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ReviewAviation

’Tis a spa better thing for the frazzled traveller

Sydney International Airport on the last day of 2024 is heaving. What better way to escape the crazed masses than a complimentary spa treatment in the Qantas first class lounge?

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CommentaryAviation

Man and Woman sitting in Business Class on tQantas A380 SkyBed seats. Photo: Qantas.

The rival loyalty program that could spell trouble for Qantas

The Australian addiction to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program is a thing of wonder to other airlines around the world. Finally, a serious competitor has emerged.

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TakeoversMining & Energy

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Former actress and singer Holly Candy (nee Valance) attends the Reform Party 2024 Conference at National Exhibition Centre on September 20, 2024 in Birmingham, England. Reform Party Uk are holding their first annual conference since winning five parliamentary seats in the 2024 general election. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Actress with the Midas touch joins international gold rush

All that glitters seems to turn to gold for ex-Neighbours star Holly Valance – and now she and her British billionaire husband are backing the precious metal as the next way to grow their fortunes.

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Micro capsMining & Energy

LAVERTON, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 04: An ore dump truck returns from a stock pile at the Gruyere Gold Mine on August 04, 2019 200km north-east of Laverton, Australia. The $621 million Gruyere gold mine is situated 200km north-east of Laverton in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Discovered in October 2013, it is Australia's most recent major gold discovery and is expected to produce between 75,000 and 100,000 ounces in 2019. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Micro-caps struggle to raise money before year-end cut off

It’s been a tough year for micro-cap stocks and for many the window has now closed to raise money before Christmas, leaving them high and dry until February.

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AviationAviation

A Qantas B737-838 plane, registration VH-VXU, coming into land on the third runway of Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport as flight QF579 from Hamilton Island. In the foreground is the air traffic control tower. This image was taken from Kyeemagh Avenue, Kyeemagh on a sunny winter afternoon on 10 June 2023.Escape 13 October 2024Doc updatePhoto - iStock

Sydney-Melbourne air route the world’s fifth busiest

Despite Australia’s comparatively small population compared with many aviation destinations, the Sydney-to-Melbourne air route is the world’s fifth busiest for passengers, data shows.

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InvestmentBusiness

WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Akubra Nicola Forrest at the Akubra factory in Kempsey CREDIT Jeremy Piper

Forrest family’s Minderoo splash $100m on female investor fund

Billionaire Nicola Forrest and family are behind a massive $100m seed investment in a new a high net worth fund with female-only stock pickers.

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ESGBusiness

Supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump gether with hundreds of decorated cars and trucks during a Trump Victory Parade in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 17, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

How to ensure sustainable growth in ‘post-woke’ era

The world’s biggest sustainability-focused fund manager believes there is enough of a movement behind investing for good to survive in the next Trump era.

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Big TechTechnology

Executive chairman of Amazon Jeff Bezos and girlfriend US actress Lauren Sanchez attend the Vanity Fair Oscars Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Michael TRAN / AFP)

Is Amazon too big for Trump’s world?

It’s no secret Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump don’t get along. Will the US president-elect call for Amazon to be broken up or will the tech giant be ‘too good’ to face a split?

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