Why the ACCC wants to shift the power balance in mergers
New proposals could change the way businesses approach deal making in Australia, says competition boss Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
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‘Significant boost’: Flagship mine takes on new name after fire ordeal
A Bowen Basin mine that was forced to halt operations five years ago after an underground fire broke out will take on a new name as its operator forges ahead with resumption plans.
How BlueScope will ride Japan’s brazen US Steel play
A cocktail of Donald Trump, a foreign bidder and the US steel industry will test global alliances and also play squarely into the hands of Australian steelmaker BlueScope.
‘Vulnerable’: Why mining town families need food relief
Bowen Basin families are living pay cheque to pay cheque with some children forced to go to school hungry because there is not enough food. Here’s how one major mining company is helping.
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64,000 jobs: Record $1bn investment in Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef will receive a whopping $1 billion investment expected to benefit Queenslanders through 64,000 jobs in the next nine years.
Banker greed behind 60 float flops
Losses on new stock market listings in a boom year should be a wake-up call to investors.
Revealed: Where hundreds of new Qld childcare centres will be built
It’s one of the hottest property investment sectors in Australia, but Queensland’s childcare sector faces an oversupply, with 230 new centres costing more than $1bn either being built or in the planning stage. SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING
The Big Australian comes home on Australia Day
The country’s biggest company BHP has come home to Australia but it faces some challenges such as its near total reliance on iron ore and China.
Revealed: Australia Post bosses get $100,000 bonuses
Australia Post executives earning more than $200,000 a year are earning massive taxpayer-funded bonuses – despite a blowout in postal delivery times.
Boss of collapsed building firm sells mansion, goes camping
The builder behind the major Queensland construction company that has suffered an $11m collapse has hit the road weeks after the sale of the family’s waterside mansion on the Sunshine Coast.
Why the RBA won’t be racing into a rate hike
Australia has a supply problem, not a demand problem, and we can’t slow down an economy on the mend.
RBA must open the door to a March rate rise
Clearly accelerating inflation levels must force the Reserve Bank to bring forward interest rate rises into the first half of the year.
‘Twiggy’ Forrest pays high price for slice of F1 tech
The swoop on the engineering arm linked to the Williams racing team gives Fortescue a chance to roll the dice on big battery technology.
‘It’s our health and safety’: Covid wave crashing over CQ miners
A Central Queensland miner has raised serious concerns about Covid precautions at a Bowen Basin site as the union takes aim at policies it says fall short of protecting workers.
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