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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Virgin on the ball in Qatar, Rex, IPO talks

Would you guess she’s a tennis fanatic? Jayne Hrdlicka’s tennis-themed takeover codenames have been revealed as the talks with Qatar, known as Project Doubles, drag on.

TakeoverCompanies

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Orora sells US paper packaging ops for $1.68bn

Brian Lowe is fine-tuning the Orora packaging giant even further with the $1.68bn sale of its US paper and cardboard packaging business as it further focuses on the premium beverage market.

commentaryAviation

09/06/2022 : Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka, talks to ground staff airside at Brisbane Airport, Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

The Qatar deal Virgin needs to ramp up against Qantas

Its codename is ‘Project Doubles’ and Virgin Australia executives believe that when approved, a deal to bring Qatar in as a significant shareholder gives it the fire power to fight Qantas.

carbon marketsAgribusiness

For The Weekly Times AgJournal November. Differing opinions on the use of prime agricultural land for the purpose of energy farming. Simon Barton has a property at Badangora near Wellington NSW, which has energy producing wind turbines installed for added income. Merino sheep feed around the wind turbines. Picture by Dean Marzolla

Small farmers take on the ‘carbon cowboys’

Farmers are banding together to try and cash in on government grants for carbon trading and avoid the growing numbers of ‘carbon cowboys’ seeking to rip them off.

CommentaryAviation

This picture taken on August 28, 2024 shows a Qantas plane taking off from Sydney International airport. Australian airline Qantas reported a slide in net profit as post Covid-19 fares dropped, but said it was working to rebuild its reputation after a string of public scandals. Net profit fell 28 percent to 48 billion USD in the financial year to June 30, the airline said. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

New era as Qantas bows to unions with ‘pragmatic’ deal

Have the actions of former CEO Alan Joyce left his successor Vanessa Hudson in a position where Qantas has never been weaker with unions?

Funds ManagementFinancial Services

Bernard Reilly, Chief Executive of Sunsuper. Photo by Sarah Keayes/The Photo Pitch

Perpetual’s new boss and his mountain of ‘serious challenges’

A top fund manager says he ‘wouldn’t want to be doing that job’, as Perpetual’s new CEO Bernard Reilly prepares to take the reins on Monday as the fund giant slides to a loss.

LogisticsCompanies

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 15, 2022: ABS generics – One of the container areas at the Port of Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Patrick bolsters Qube profits but industrial action looms

The MUA threatens to rain on Qube’s parade after it posted strong profit growth, as the part owner of Patrick Stevedores admitted industrial action had begun at some ports.

EarningsCompanies

Boxes of Coca-Cola bottles are seen on a Chep pallet at Coca Cola AmatilÃâ¢s new bottling and warehouse facility at Richlands in Brisbane, Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Coca Cola AmatilÃâ¢s has spent $165 million on the bottling and warehouse facility to make it the companyÃâ¢s largest in Australia. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Brambles flags $US500m buyback as profit jumps: Shares surge

Graham Chipchase has lifted Brambles to a record high after cashflow surged 77 per cent on better CHEP pallet control and signs destocking in the US is finished: $US500m buyback

CompaniesCompanies

Ansell CEO Neil Salmon.Picture: Supplied

Ansell predicts ‘more typical growth’ after post-Covid slump

CEO Neil Salmon says the gloves maker is back on track after a difficult few years, with signs sales of PPE are on the rise.

Financial ServicesFinancial Services

incoming chief executive of Magellan Financial Group Sophia Rahmani (Right) with Andrew Formica

Magellan buys Vinva, farewells McLennan

Andrew Formica is putting his mark on Magellan with his Vinva deal, declaring its investment bank Barrenjoey is ‘nailing it’ as Hamish McLennan moves on.

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