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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Boxes of Coca-Cola bottles are seen on a Chep pallet at Coca Cola AmatilÃâ¢s new bottling and warehouse facility at Richlands in Brisbane, Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Coca Cola AmatilÃâ¢s has spent $165 million on the bottling and warehouse facility to make it the companyÃâ¢s largest in Australia. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Brambles flags $US500m buyback as profit jumps: Shares surge

Graham Chipchase has lifted Brambles to a record high after cashflow surged 77 per cent on better CHEP pallet control and signs destocking in the US is finished: $US500m buyback

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CompaniesCompanies

Ansell CEO Neil Salmon.Picture: Supplied

Ansell predicts ‘more typical growth’ after post-Covid slump

CEO Neil Salmon says the gloves maker is back on track after a difficult few years, with signs sales of PPE are on the rise.

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Financial ServicesFinancial Services

incoming chief executive of Magellan Financial Group Sophia Rahmani (Right) with Andrew Formica

Magellan buys Vinva, farewells McLennan

Andrew Formica is putting his mark on Magellan with his Vinva deal, declaring its investment bank Barrenjoey is ‘nailing it’ as Hamish McLennan moves on.

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Funds ManagementFinancial Services

Incoming chief executive of Magellan Financial Group Sophia Rahmani.

New chief aims to right good ship Magellan

Even if Magellan’s new CEO Sophia Rahmani pulls out all the stops, will it ever get back to the $100bn-plus market darling it was before?

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ResultsMining & Energy

Seven Group boss brushes off housing slump

Ryan Stokes says he is comfortable looking beyond the slowdown in the residential property sector currently crimping demand at Boral, and sees strong prospects for the building materials firm.

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HealthcareMental Health

A generic photo of a baby being treated at a hospital. Picture: istockphoto

Call for national strategy to tackle drugs shortage

The ongoing drug shortage means sick kids are receiving second-tier chemo, surgeries are being cancelled because of IV fluid shortages and ADHD meds are in short supply.

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CommentaryAviation

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 18: Richard Goyder, Chairman of the AFL addresses the room during the Australian Football Hall of Fame at CENTREPIECE on June 18, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Ignorance no defence for chairman Goyder

All the headlines about former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and his shrinking bonus should not hide the fact that the airline’s failings happened on the watch of outgoing chairman Richard Goyder.

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End of WFHCompanies

Daily Telegraph January 24/1/23. Traffic buildup on Homebush Bay Drive . Police at the scene of a double fatal crash. Police were pursuing a Audi car when it lost control at the M4 on-ramp at Homebush from Homebush Bay Drive going through a safety barrier and rolling down a steep embankment onto the M4 before bursting into flames ,killing the two people inside .picture John Grainger

Transurban the big winner from Minns’ WFH call

Toll road operator weighs in on the controversial back-to-the-office order in NSW as it flags bigger dividend.

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commentaryCompanies

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 26, 2020: A Noni-B retail store is seen in a shopping centre in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Steven Saphore

Why Mosaic’s ‘safe harbour’ has sparked anger

Investors are staggered they were left in the dark as Mosaic directors called on ‘safe harbour’ provisions to protect themselves while they worked on a plan to fix the seriously ailing retailer.

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AviationAviation

A Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to Rex Airlines taxiing and taking off at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport on January 22, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Regional Express Holdings are about to join the mix of airlines on the Sydney to Melbourne air route with their new services commencing on March 01, 2021.Photo - GettyEscape 19 March 2023

Is something rotten in our aviation industry?

As much as Australia likes to stick the boot into the airlines, it’s hard to blame Qantas and Virgin for the failures of Rex, Bonza and Air Vanuatu when airfares remain high.

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