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Tansy Harcourt is a senior writer and columnist with the Australian. Tansy has worked in radio, TV and print and previously worked at the Australian Financial Review, Bloomberg and the ABC, with a four year “break” working in strategy at Qantas. Connect with Tansy via LinkedIn.

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Virgin plane lands, New flight paths for Brisbane Airport, Monday 4th April 2022 - Photo Steve PohlnerNew flight paths for Brisbane Airport, Monday 4th April 2022 - Photo Steve Pohlner

How Bain bought Virgin for free

Virgin Australia’s private equity owner Bain Capital has repaid itself the entire $731m it paid in equity to take over the now-profitable airline – just three years after taking control.

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WealthFinancial Services

Concept of providing food. Starvation. Australian coins on plate money generic

Super returns gain on sharemarket

Retirees can breathe a sigh of relief that super fund returns are back in the positive after some bumpy months at the start of this financial year.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos -MAY 02 2023: Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson and CEO designate and CEO Alan Joyce pose for a photo after a press conference on the CEO succession plan announced today during a press conference at Qantas HQ in Sydney. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Hudson has temperament to take Qantas controls

Newly appointed Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson has been involved with decisions that are not for the ‘faint hearted’. Now she must buckle up for one of Australia’s most high-profile corporate roles.

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ExclusiveFinancial Services

Airlie Funds Management (L-R) Portfolio Manager Matt Williams, Deputy Head of Australian Equities Emma Fischer and Co-founder John Sevior. John is retiring and Matt is replacing him. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Hostplus mandate withdrawal hits Magellan

The industry fund giant is the latest to pull a mandate from under-pressure manager Airlie, owned by Magellan Financial Group, which was again hit by outflows in April.

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MiningMining & Energy

21/06/2019. Amanda Lacaze, CEO Lynas, Australian mining company. Photographed at King & Wood Mallesons offices in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

No distractions: Miners keep eyes on main game

Mining companies Liontown Resources and Lynas told investors at the Macquarie Australia conference that they weren’t allowing external factors to distract them from their prime focus.

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energyMining & Energy

Oct. 11, YOUNGAM, South Korea -- An 82,000-cubic meter liquefied petroleum gas carrier, built by South Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., sets off on a trial voyage on Oct. 11 prior to delivery. The carrier, measuring 225 meters long, 36.6 meters wide and 22 meters high, will be delivered to AP Moller of Denmark on Oct. 12. (AAP Image/Yonhap) NO ARCHIVING, AUSTRALIA ONLY

Government intervention in gas to cause price spike: South Korea

South Korea’s business group has expressed concerns Australian domestic price intervention will eventually trigger a decrease in exports.

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AviationBusiness

Qantas planes in the Mojave Desert, California. Picture: Google Earth,

Qantas facing $20bn-plus fleet rebuilding task

Qantas has a problem with its aircraft fleet, according to former executives, and it could prove to be a headache for its next CEO once Alan Joyce exits.

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Critical MineralsMining & Energy

Processed waste, center, sits between piles of mined rock on a waste pad at the Bald Hill lithium mine site, co-owned by Tawana Resources Ltd. and Alliance Mineral Assets Ltd., outside of Widgiemooltha, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Australiaâs newest lithium exporterÂ Tawana is in talks with potential customers over expansion of itsÂ BaldÂ HillÂ mine and sees no risk of an oversupply that would send prices lower. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

Alita debt holder backtracks on firing McGrathNicol

The China-connected debt holder trying to take control of Alita Resources – one of only six in-production lithium miners in Australia – has backflipped on firing McGrathNicol.

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TakeoverBusiness

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 18, 2015 shows a large truck driving trough an open-cut coal mine in Singleton in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney. - Australia will force coal mines, smelters and oil refineries to cut their emissions by about five percent each year after passing breakthrough climate laws on March 30, 2023 targeting the nation's worst polluters. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Canadian buys mining consultant Calibre

The O’Connor family has made a $330m fortune selling diversified consultant Calibre to global giant WSP following the sale of a smaller unit last year.

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OutflowsFinancial Services

Magellan Financial has announced the acquisition of Airlie Funds Management. John Sevior of Airlie Funds Management with Hamish Douglass of Magellan Financial and Matt Williams of Airlie Funds Management . Picture By Nic Long

‘Some have stayed, others have moved on’: Magellan defends losses

Chief executive David George appeared defensive and talked up new hires in a staff email as Magellan outflows hit $3.9bn andfounder John Sevior departs.

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