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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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Airplane taking off from the airport, front view.Escape 24 November 2024NewsPhoto - iStock

Airline industry struggling to shake off long Covid

Qantas is flying at its pre-pandemic levels but the nation’s total capacity is still down 2.6 per cent because of sluggish demand from China along with global aircraft and crew shortages.

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AviationAviation

A grounded Virgin Australia aircraft is seen parked at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Friday, April 17, 2020. The Australian government has forced airline carriers to cut both their domestic and international flights in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Virgin leaving nothing to chance on Qatar deal

Outgoing CEO Jayne Hrdlicka is making sure the Australian public hears more jobs are likely to come from the partial takeover by Qatar Airways.

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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCESHealth

Scolyer and me: we both beat the odds on brain tumours

Australians of the Year Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long have caused a huge ripple of hope to run through the pool of brain cancer patients and their families. The Australian’s Tansy Harcourt, who has outlived her own early prognosis, details the effect.

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Airline competitionAviation

Adelaide, Australia. Planes from domestic air industry competitors and rivals Qantas and Virgin, coming and going from Adelaide airport.Escape 27 October 2024Kendall HillPhoto - Getty Images

Virgin pilots see more jobs from Qatar deal: ACCC

The union representing Virgin pilots has come out in favour of Qatar buying a stake in their airline, telling the competition regulator job benefits outweigh any risks.

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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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