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Brisbane Times

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Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

There was no plank walking for this human headline/inappropriate social media lothario. The lack of punishment would be unthinkable in most large...

19.03.2025 10

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

There was no plank walking for this human headline/inappropriate social media lothario. The lack of punishment would be unthinkable in most large...

19.03.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

There was no plank walking for this human headline/inappropriate social media lothario. The lack of punishment would be unthinkable in most large...

19.03.2025 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Slapped with a feather: Richard White misled the board, but keeps the top job

There was no plank walking for this human headline/inappropriate social media lothario. The lack of punishment would be unthinkable in most large...

19.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

With everyone blaming the supermarkets for the cost-of-living crisis, now is not the time for them to start charging for the popular service, as much...

18.03.2025 10

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

With everyone blaming the supermarkets for the cost-of-living crisis, now is not the time for them to start charging for the popular service, as much...

18.03.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

With everyone blaming the supermarkets for the cost-of-living crisis, now is not the time for them to start charging for the popular service, as much...

18.03.2025 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

Why shoppers love click and collect, and the supermarkets don’t

With everyone blaming the supermarkets for the cost-of-living crisis, now is not the time for them to start charging for the popular service, as much...

18.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

The size of Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on European booze is big enough to stop trade in its tracks, but it could be good news for the owner of...

17.03.2025 60

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

The size of Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on European booze is big enough to stop trade in its tracks, but it could be good news for the owner of...

17.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

The size of Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on European booze is big enough to stop trade in its tracks, but it could be good news for the owner of...

17.03.2025 8

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

A toast: The US-European wine war has produced a big Australian winner

The size of Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on European booze is big enough to stop trade in its tracks, but it could be good news for the owner of...

17.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

If Matt Stanton gets it right and hits the earnings jackpot, he could make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised...

13.03.2025 5

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

If Matt Stanton gets it right and hits the earnings jackpot, he could make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised...

13.03.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

If Matt Stanton gets it right and hits the earnings jackpot, he could make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised...

13.03.2025 6

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

If Matt Stanton gets it right and hits the earnings jackpot, he could make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised...

13.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the...

12.03.2025 9

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the...

12.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the...

12.03.2025 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?

If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the...

12.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

Would-be customers are walking away from Tesla in droves, but it’s a price the world’s richest man is willing to pay for hitching his wagon to US...

11.03.2025 6

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

Would-be customers are walking away from Tesla in droves, but it’s a price the world’s richest man is willing to pay for hitching his wagon to US...

11.03.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

Would-be customers are walking away from Tesla in droves, but it’s a price the world’s richest man is willing to pay for hitching his wagon to US...

11.03.2025 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

The Tesla brand is in trouble. But does Musk care?

Would-be customers are walking away from Tesla in droves, but it’s a price the world’s richest man is willing to pay for hitching his wagon to US...

11.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Star may still be breathing but its rescue just got complicated

With a deal in hand to keep the lights on a bit longer, Star Entertainment now has a new bid from an opportunistic raider, adding a twist in the tale...

10.03.2025 4

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Star may still be breathing but its rescue just got complicated

With a deal in hand to keep the lights on a bit longer, Star Entertainment now has a new bid from an opportunistic raider, adding a twist in the tale...

10.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Star may still be breathing but its rescue just got complicated

With a deal in hand to keep the lights on a bit longer, Star Entertainment now has a new bid from an opportunistic raider, adding a twist in the tale...

10.03.2025 7

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Star may still be breathing but its rescue just got complicated

With a deal in hand to keep the lights on a bit longer, Star Entertainment now has a new bid from an opportunistic raider, adding a twist in the tale...

10.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Star’s survival circus moves from unusual to absurd

As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court, the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.

06.03.2025 6

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Star’s survival circus moves from unusual to absurd

As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court, the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.

06.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Star’s survival circus moves from unusual to absurd

As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court, the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.

06.03.2025 6

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Star’s survival circus moves from unusual to absurd

As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court, the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.

06.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Storm brewing for insurers even before cyclone smashes into coast

A certain air of inevitability around the insurance industry PR disaster is about to unfold because there will always be under-insured households in a...

05.03.2025 3

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Storm brewing for insurers even before cyclone smashes into coast

A certain air of inevitability around the insurance industry PR disaster is about to unfold because there will always be under-insured households in a...

05.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Storm brewing for insurers even before cyclone smashes into coast

A certain air of inevitability around the insurance industry PR disaster is about to unfold because there will always be under-insured households in a...

05.03.2025 3

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Storm brewing for insurers even before cyclone smashes into coast

A certain air of inevitability around the insurance industry PR disaster is about to unfold because there will always be under-insured households in a...

05.03.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

As Trump slump hits investors, why does big business still love him?

With markets plunging, you don’t hear Donald Trump talking about share prices any more as proof of his successful management of the US economy....

04.03.2025 8

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

As Trump slump hits investors, why does big business still love him?

With markets plunging, you don’t hear Donald Trump talking about share prices any more as proof of his successful management of the US economy....

04.03.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

As Trump slump hits investors, why does big business still love him?

With markets plunging, you don’t hear Donald Trump talking about share prices any more as proof of his successful management of the US economy....

04.03.2025 8

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

As Trump slump hits investors, why does big business still love him?

With markets plunging, you don’t hear Donald Trump talking about share prices any more as proof of his successful management of the US economy....

04.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Cheaper airfares on domestic flights? Don’t hold your breath

Qatar Airways’ big stake in Virgin Australia is unlikely to spark price wars.

03.03.2025 10

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Cheaper airfares on domestic flights? Don’t hold your breath

Qatar Airways’ big stake in Virgin Australia is unlikely to spark price wars.

03.03.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Cheaper airfares on domestic flights? Don’t hold your breath

Qatar Airways’ big stake in Virgin Australia is unlikely to spark price wars.

03.03.2025 5

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Cheaper airfares on domestic flights? Don’t hold your breath

Qatar Airways’ big stake in Virgin Australia is unlikely to spark price wars.

03.03.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Star is seconds from oblivion and its luck may have run out

The casino operator is still clinging onto hope of a last-minute reprieve, but the Doomsday Clock is almost at midnight for the company.

28.02.2025 10

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Star is seconds from oblivion and its luck may have run out

The casino operator is still clinging onto hope of a last-minute reprieve, but the Doomsday Clock is almost at midnight for the company.

28.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight

Star is seconds from oblivion and its luck may have run out

The casino operator is still clinging onto hope of a last-minute reprieve, but the Doomsday Clock is almost at midnight for the company.

28.02.2025 10

The Age

Elizabeth Knight

Star is seconds from oblivion and its luck may have run out

The casino operator is still clinging onto hope of a last-minute reprieve, but the Doomsday Clock is almost at midnight for the company.

28.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Elizabeth Knight

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Woolies and Coles will lose even if profits rise

Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of...

27.02.2025 10

WA Today

Elizabeth Knight

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Woolies and Coles will lose even if profits rise

Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of...

27.02.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Elizabeth Knight