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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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AVIATIONBusiness

Can Jetstar’s new boss Steph Tully save the airline?

The budget carrier’s chief must make major decisions that will turn the high-profile job into either a poison chalice – or a golden crown.

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Financial servicesFinancial Services

The Newcastle Permanent Building Society headquarters in King Street, Newcastle.

NSW building societies vote on merger

Members of the Newcastle’s two biggest building societies have started voting on a potential merger.

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Review responseBusiness

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 13, 2022: Star Casino exterior, Pyrmont. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Star’s pledge: ‘Whatever it takes’ Star’s vows ‘whatever it takes’ on casino

Star Entertainment’s shares are higher after it promised ‘urgent’ changes as part of a two-year, 130-point remediation plan to keep its Sydney casino licence.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Isaac Smith of the Cats kicks a goal during the 2022 AFL Grand Final match between the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 24, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Tabcorp app revamp slow out of the gates

Tabcorp’s biggest IT delivery in almost three years – its new TAB betting app – has failed to shine in its first weekend in operation, with reams of complaints pouring into reviews.

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economyBusiness

WENTWORTH COURIER ONLY. EMBARGOED TIL JULY 7. SEE EDITOR TIM MCINTYRE FOR PERMISSION TO USE. Chef Neil Perry at his new restaurant, Margaret in Double bay. Margaret takes it's name from Neil's late mother. Picture: John Appleyard

Too few cooks spoil the broth: restaurants’ staff crisis

As diners miss out on seats at Australia’s top restaurants, their owners are calling for an urgent change in attitude to migration.

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AviationAviation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 09, 2022: General generic editorial stock image of a Jetstar airplane at Sydney Domestic Airport. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Jetstar holding spare parts as half 787 fleet grounded

The budget carrier is holding more spare parts and ordering them weeks earlier amid problems that saw more than half its 787 Dreamliner fleet out of action.

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The Star Casino (formely Star City) Launch at Pyrmont. US actor Leonardo Di Caprio at the Black Bar.

How casinos gambled with integrity and lost

Cracks started showing almost immediately at The Star after a $300K party to relaunch the once-seedy casino. What went wrong with it and rival Crown?

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AgribusinessAgribusiness

Line of cows lined up along an old barb wire fence on beef cattle ranch in rural Australia

Nationals speak out over Brit’s AACo move

National Party leader David Littleproud says British billionaire Joe Lewis’s control of AACo needs to be in Australia’s best interests.

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DEALSBusiness

KKR pulls pin on Ramsay offer

It was a letter from KKR to Ramsay Health Care chairman Michael Siddle on Monday night that finally, probably, killed the one of the biggest takeovers of the year.

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BANKINGFinancial Services

Savers hit as banks lure new borrowers

Banks are holding or even lowering rates on savings accounts to bolster margins from existing customers and give them room to promote attractive mortgage rates to new borrowers.

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