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Business says Trump’s return turns up competition for investment
Executives from Telstra, QBE, Challenger and Mirvac have warned that the US and even Britain risk pulling away from Australia by cutting red tape.
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- Jonathan Shapiro
NAB executive warns of ‘elusive’ productivity gains in age of AI
Finance executives have been circumspect about the transformative power of the new technology, suggesting return on investment should be the focus.
- James Eyers
Don’t dump corporate climate targets because of Trump, CFOs say
Big business is locked in to its decarbonisation path given commitments made in other countries, and to investors, senior executives said.
- Amelia McGuire
Register
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November
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Meet corporate Australia’s top bulldust detector
With nearly five decades of experience in the markets, Gary Weiss has seen it all. Here’s how he spots corporate BS, and his No. 1 rule as a director.
- James Thomson
NSW braces for Trump trade turbulence and bond market shocks
The state’s treasurer has warned an erosion in free trade could make Australians poorer, as the incoming administration weighs imposing costly tariffs.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
This is why Australia is stuck in a rut
Low investment and productivity growth has left the country’s economy in the doldrums. The short-term challenges are large, but we can’t forget the long term.
- James Thomson
Banking’s next gen
Bank leaders face succession as shares peak, leaving newcomers to find growth in a challenging landscape
‘Maybe we can use Zeppelins’: Australia’s missing infrastructure links
Solar panels and wind turbines crucial to Australia’s energy transition are piling up at a key port because the nation does not have the infrastructure to move them.
- Jenny Wiggins
Nuclear ban holds Australia back from data centre opportunity
Craig Scroggie says without a ‘logical conversation’ on nuclear, Australia may miss an opportunity to grab an outsized chunk of the booming data centre industry.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘We didn’t set the tolls’: Transurban pitches new pricing plan
Company boss Michelle Jablko says NSW can’t afford to build roads without private money and is looking at charging corridors according to congestion levels.
- Jenny Wiggins
Trump win could be good news for Australian energy transition
Investment bankers hope an expected pullback in Inflation Reduction Act support for green investments under the new Trump administration could help Australia.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Inflation shadow falls over privatised infrastructure model
The political fallout from privatisation colliding with a temporary cost of living crisis could end up gumming up the pipeline of public works in the longer run.
- The AFR View
Qantas claims network advantage will outgun bulked up Qatar
Qantas international boss Cam Wallace says the wet leasing arrangement that facilitates the partnership between Virgin and Qatar cannot be indefinite.
- Ayesha de Kretser and Jenny Wiggins
Public support for migration has ‘snapped’: Coalition
The cost-of-living crisis and the post-pandemic surge in arrivals has broken the social compact on migration, says Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie.
- Phillip Coorey and Rohan Sullivan
- Opinion
- Infrastructure Summit
Transurban tolls hit NSW roadblock
Transurban and the NSW government are at loggerheads over how to reduce the long-term costs to taxpayers and motorists from Sydney’s sprawling toll road network.
- Jennifer Hewett
Road toll fight shows risk of contract changes a reality for investors
The threat of changes by the NSW government to toll-road concessions is a “reality” for asset owners, but it may erode confidence in Australian assets.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Exclusive
- Infrastructure Summit
One business is paying $7.4m in Sydney road tolls
Data compiled by the NSW government shows the high cost of tolls for companies as the state pushes ahead with new laws to monitor the prices motorists are being charged.
- Jenny Wiggins
Port of Newcastle’s container terminal pitch tempts foreign investors
The world’s biggest coal export hub has been approached by big investors who want to help fund an expansion that is expected to cost well above $2.5 billion.
- Jenny Wiggins
Sydney Metro’s boss learnt from London’s ‘failed experiment’
Peter Regan found out the hard way how to strike a good public-private partnership for transport.
- Jenny Wiggins
The 10th annual Financial Review Business Summit
The annual AFR Business Summit will discuss the strategies to navigate the increasingly complex economic and political factors shaping Australia’s future.
October
Swan accuses Cbus critics of ‘raw politics’ and ‘deliberate damage’
The former treasurer said industry funds were under attack from critics jealous of their success.
- Hannah Wootton
Super funds urged to move on from ‘suboptimal’ apps and get on Reddit
If they want to reach young people, superannuation funds need to talk to them where they are, technology experts say.
- Amelia McGuire
‘It burns’: AusSuper CIO tormented by $1.1b private equity fail
Mark Delaney spoke candidly about having to write off that sum in equity and loans tied to an American online education start-up.
- Jonathan Shapiro