Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants stronger foreign investment rules. What does that mean?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants stronger foreign investment rules. What does that mean?

In a world of rising geopolitical tensions,Australia is tightening up its foreign investment laws in lockstep with many other Western nations.

  • byAnne Hyland

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Grand designs:The high-risk plan to make Australian industry great again

Grand designs:The high-risk plan to make Australian industry great again

Manufacturing is making a comeback as the federal government reshapes and revitalises its role in the economy. But at what cost?

  • byAnne Hyland
The iron men with a $3 billion plan to save the planet

The iron men with a $3 billion plan to save the planet

Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore,Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.

  • byAnne Hyland
Kerr Neilson lost over $500m in six years. Then he made it all back

Kerr Neilson lost over $500m in six years. Then he made it all back

The billionaire watched as the performance of the company he once ran,Platinum Asset Management,tanked alongside his fortune,spurring him into action.

  • byAnne Hyland
Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows

Chinese investment in Australia plunges to record lows

A report warned that as Chinese investment in Australia reached record lows,a more worrying threat was emerging.

  • byAnne Hyland
Empowering,consultative,uniter:Meet Sam Mostyn,the next governor-general

Empowering,consultative,uniter:Meet Sam Mostyn,the next governor-general

Those who have worked with Mostyn over her long career say she will handle her new role with “grace and humility”.

  • byRachel Clun andAnne Hyland
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Sam Mostyn to be Australia’s new governor-general

Sam Mostyn to be Australia’s new governor-general

The businesswoman and lawyer was the first female AFL commissioner and was previously the president of Chief Executive Women.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAnne Hyland
Health insurer just stung you again? As charades go,this one is premium

Health insurer just stung you again? As charades go,this one is premium

The latest average rise in private health insurance premiums is below inflation,but many policyholders will be paying well above the average.

  • byAnne Hyland
Simon handled millions for some of Australia’s richest. Then things started to go wrong

Simon handled millions for some of Australia’s richest. Then things started to go wrong

After a meteoric rise,Simon Raftery had a Sydney waterfront home worth millions and an impressive list of clients around the world. Then some of his big plays started to come undone,exposing the opaque but booming world of private credit.

  • byAnne Hyland
Who’s to blame for Australia’s big new security nightmare? Our closest ally

Who’s to blame for Australia’s big new security nightmare? Our closest ally

Three Pacific leaders have warned they may be forced to turn to China for financial support because their oldest and closest ally,the United States,is unreliable.

  • byAnne Hyland
Billionaire Brett Blundy has ‘outstanding’ executives but picked an outsider to run his empire. Why?
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Billionaire Brett Blundy has ‘outstanding’ executives but picked an outsider to run his empire. Why?

For more than four decades,Brett Blundy has backed and invested in retailer groups that are household names from Lovisa,Hype,Platypus,The Athlete’s Foot,Bras N Things to Best&Less.

  • byAnne Hyland