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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SHAREHOLDER UPRISINGCompanies

11/11/2016: Kerr Neilson, CEO Platinum Asset Management at the Hearts and Minds Conference held at Sydney Opera House on Friday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Platinum receives second strike at AGM

Shareholders have again revolted against the Platinum board as frustration mounts about the fund manager’s continued failure to deliver.

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Nuclear powerBusiness

ETTERS, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 20: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen on September 20, 2024 from across the river in Etters, Pennsylvania. Microsoft and Constellation Energy reached a deal that would restart Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear plant, which was previously retired in 2019. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Every country will leverage nuclear power predicts Amazon tech boss

Amazon Web Services boss Matt Garman predicts every country in developed world will turn to nuclear power in coming decades as energy needs grow and net zero carbon emissions targets loom.

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AviationAviation

Chairman of Tourism Australia, and former Chief Executive Officer of QANTAS, Geoff Dixon was the Keynote speaker at the Australian Institute of Company Directors' End of Year Lunch, held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach, Gold Coast.

End flights upgrade rort, say former airline execs

Former Qantas chief Geoff Dixon has added his voice to the growing disquiet over politicians accepting free flight upgrades and says it may be time the practice ended.

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guardrailsTechnology

Safety-first on Gen AI drives Anthropic team

Concerns about what Gen AI might become capable of in the future was the foundation behind the creation of Amazon-backed Anthropic three years ago.

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MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 02 NOVEMBER 2024. FEE MAY APPLY. 24 June, 2024. Portrait of Girthmasterr. Photo: Justine Walpole / TWAM

The Aussie bloke shaking up the world of adult entertainment

How does a boy-next-door type in his late twenties find himself making six figures a month on the internet? It probably doesn’t take the biggest stretch of the imagination to work out … but this content creator is a very unusual case.

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ExclusiveFinancial Services

Regal Funds Chief Investment Officer Phil King

Top Aussie stock pickers circling Platinum Asset

Two big names in funds management are preparing merger offers for Platinum Asset Management as the firm does due diligence on a takeover offer from Regal Partners.

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ExclusiveAviation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 30, 2024: A Qantas plane prepares to land in Brisbane. Hundreds of Qantas workers went on strike today demanding higher wages. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Qantas strike looms as 400 engineers prepare to stop work on Friday

With the airline’s AGM on Friday, CEO Vanessa Hudson will have to prove her balancing skills as more than 400 engineers prepare to strike, amid calls for a pay rise following record profit.

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EXCLUSIVENation

Vanessa Hudson, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Qantas Airways said first-half profit declined as airfares fell from their post-Covid spike, and new Chief Executive Officer Hudson increases spending to help restore the airline’s tarnished reputation. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg

Unions lay down the law as Qantas faces more turbulence

Qantas is facing a new stoush with unions after short-haul pilots rejected a hefty 26pc pay rise, adding to the woes faced by the airline’s new chief executive Vanessa Hudson.

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brandingAviation

Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., speaks during the AFR Business Summit in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Joyce, who took the helm at the Australian carrier in 2008, is one of the industry's longest-serving chief executive officers. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Alan Joyce gets on front foot ahead of Qantas expose

The ex-airline CEO has stepped out to combat the bad publicity expected ahead of the launch of a tell-all book on Qantas, likely to reveal new information about his controversial reign.

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Funds ManagementCompanies

18/08/2023. Newly appointed chair of Magellan Andrew Formica, photographed at their offices in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Relief for Magellan with no investor revolt

For the first time in many years Magellan shareholders appear to have found a management team they can back, as the company announces its first short fund and declares the ship to be steady.

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