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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AviationAviation

Virgin executive Dave Emerson will take over from Jayne Hrdlicka as boss of Australia’s second-largest airline on March 14.

Private equity gambles on an ‘anonymous’ CEO

The timing couldn’t be more inopportune. Brisbane-based Virgin Australia has named former consultant Dave Emerson as its chief executive just as Cyclone Alfred moves in to cause chaos.

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CommentaryAviation

Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka has scored what she calls

Does a change of course beckon for Hrdlicka?

Vanessa Hudson last week released one of Qantas’ best ever results and Virgin is about to reveal record earnings. So what does the future hold for the boss of our second largest airline?

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ExclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Night of long knives lays waste to Veolia

Veolia is the one company in the world synonymous with the concept of turning waste into energy but the French firm looks to have lost its rights to run the only two commercial plants in Australia.

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CommentaryAviation

Albo’s flawed Qatar call in 2023 paves way for Virgin takeover

Forget the IPO: Qatar is believed to have paid a whopping $1bn for a quarter of Virgin. Now the stakes are set for it to take even more of Australia’s second biggest airline.

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