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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.

Tansy Harcourt

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Real estateProperty

Catalano lists St Kilda penthouse with epic price tag

Businessman Antony Catalano is hoping for the second-highest price struck for an apartment when he sells his penthouse in Tim Gurner’s Saint Moritz development.

Tansy Harcourt and Ben Wilmot

CommentaryBusiness

James Hardie debacle shows why it’s time to review ASX powers

ASIC should consider whether ASX’s actions in relation to both James Hardie and any other waivers it has allowed were detrimental to shareholders.

Tansy Harcourt

ExclusiveBusiness

ASX on the defensive over James Hardie deal

The ASX leans into the letter of the law rather than its ‘moral principals’ as the unpopular James Hardie deal unites investment minds like never before.

Tansy Harcourt

FeatureBusiness

Ryan Stokes and Kerry Stokes at the Seven West Media AGM on Thursday, November 7. Picture: Joseph Lam

The surprise success of Ryan Stokes stepping out of the shadow

Far from staying in his father’s shadow, Ryan Stokes’ decade at the helm of SGH has surprised investors and seen him earn a reputation as a humble heir ‘smashing it out the park’.

Tansy Harcourt

TakeoversBusiness

Supplied photo from James Hardie (the company) for a Home Matters story on cladding with James Hardie in the HS Realestate/Home Living section.

Hardie v the market: inside the ASX’s most despised deal

After the asbestos scandal, building materials giant James Hardie is in hot water again, this time with shareholders who have been frozen out of a controversial takeover of US rival Azek.

Tansy Harcourt

DealCompanies

Turbulent water as a ship full of containers arrives in Port Botany on 1st October 2020 amid deteriorating talks between the MUA and Patrick Stevedores. (pictures by Julian Andrews)

Australia’s biggest stevedore group strikes pay deal with union

Patrick Terminals has struck a pay deal with the maritime union that avoids costly strike action as shippers grapple with the new US tariff regime under US President Donald Trump.

Tansy Harcourt

Federal election 2025Leadership

Geoff Wilson and Wilson Asset Management shareholders protesting against the government's franking legislation in Sydney today. Picture: David Li,

Geoff Wilson: market animal loyal to neither side of politics

At least Donald Trump ‘has a plan’, says veteran investor Geoff Wilson as he takes aim at Labor and the Coalition lacking grand visions for the economy or solving issues like home ownership.

Tansy Harcourt

LogisticsCompanies

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: A general view of shipping containers at Port Botany on January 20, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The Guardian reported that workers at DP World have been involved in industrial action since October 2023. Actions include limited stop-work orders, as the union seeks a 16% pay increase over two years. The stevedore company manages some 40% of container traffic in Australia. A protracted industrial dispute would have severe knock-on effects on supply chains and businesses small and big around the country. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

DP World’s bid for rival raises ACCC competition concerns

Australia’s second-biggest stevedore operator, DP World, has hit a competition hurdle in its bid to take over rival Silk Logistics.

Tansy Harcourt

ExclusiveAviation

Virgin Australia Chief Customer and Digital Officer Paul Jones is the last man standing in the internal race for the prestigious role of running the nation’s second biggest airline. Picture: Dallas Kilponen

Jones ‘happy’ to take second prize at Virgin

The man the unions stopped from running Virgin has received a promotion under its new chief, with Paul Jones to step into the role of chief commercial officer.

Tansy Harcourt

Funds managementFinancial Services

Founders Jun Bei Liu and Jason Todd at their offices in Sydney on Monday, March 3, 2025. Picture: Nikki Short

My fund performance speaks for itself: Ten Cap’s Liu

Women work 10 times harder to prove themselves in funds management according to serial outperformer Jun Bei Liu.

Tansy Harcourt

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