This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Queensland wants its voice heard in battle over ANZ-Suncorp deal
The Queensland government wants the public benefits it secured from the ANZ/Suncorp deal put front and centre as the Australian Competition Tribunal reviews the deal.
- James Thomson
Emails show Google boss knew Apple deal was bad ‘Optics’ years ago
Google’s Sundar Pichai raised concerns years before he became CEO that the deal with Apple to be its only default search option, looked bad from a competition perspective.
- Leah Nylen
- Opinion
- Aviation
Qantas must grow out of crony capitalism
The Senate inquiry’s report calls for a more competitive aviation sector and a stronger, more resilient national carrier we can all be proud of once again.
- Bridget McKenzie
CBA home lending slide flags new mortgage war
The loan book at the country’s largest bank has shrunk for two consecutive months for the first time in 20 years. Analysts say it will respond with lower prices.
- James Eyers
Microsoft boss says Google default makes search choice ‘bogus’
Satya Nadella said Google’s power in online search was so dominant because of contracts that make the tech giant the default search engine on mobile devices.
- David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
September
- Updated
- Transurban
ACCC’s EastLink decision could crimp Transurban toll road growth
The company’s incoming chief executive faces a more difficult task expanding the tollroad group after the competition regulator blocked its plans in Melbourne,
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
Banks hit back at NZ regulator’s ‘simplistic’ profit analysis
The NZCC published submissions from ASB, ANZ, BNZ and Westpac after the regulator labelled their profits as “persistently high” ahead of New Zealand election.
- James Eyers
Give foreign airlines unlimited flights to cut fares, government told
Foreign airlines like Qatar Airways should be given unlimited access to Australian airports in a major overhaul that would lead to lower prices and more flights, the Productivity Commission says.
- Michael Read
‘Ridiculously profitable’: Why Aussie beer is so expensive
The brewers of VB, Carlton Draught, XXXX and Tooheys are earning extraordinary profit margins, drawing the attention of a competition inquiry.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
ACCC’s Cass-Gottlieb puts powerful companies on notice
Six months after calling for merger laws to be widened to include entrenching market power, Gina Cass-Gottlieb has put a big stake in the ground.
- Anthony Macdonald
Airlines wasting half their capacity: Sydney Airport boss
Sydney Airport has accused airlines operating out of the United Arab Emirates of wasting almost half of the capacity they have been awarded – some 84 flights every week.
- Ronald Mizen and Ayesha de Kretser
Qatar Airways to appear before Senate aviation inquiry: sources
Labor has accused Qatar Airways of dodging questions by failing to appear before a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, but sources say a representative will appear next week.
- Ronald Mizen and Ayesha de Kretser
- Exclusive
- Qantas
Qatar Airways ‘surprised’ by Labor decision to block extra flights
Akbar Al Baker labelled the decision to block the Gulf State carrier’s request for more flights into Australia “unfair”.
- Ayesha de Kretser and Ronald Mizen
Minister claims public interest immunity on Qatar documents
Transport Minister Catherine King is going on annual leave for two weeks during the school holiday period, as a Senate inquiry into her department gathers steam.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Google ‘pays $15.6b a year’ to maintain search dominance
US prosecutors are seeking to prove Google rigged the market in its favour by locking in its search engine as the default choice in places and devices.
- Paul Wiseman and Michael Liedtke
- Exclusive
- Aviation
One airline gets 80pc of travel spend for MPs, judges, public servants
Qantas received the vast bulk of the revenue for flights taken by federal politicians and their office staff, compared to about 10 per cent for Virgin.
- John Kehoe
Albanese dodges on Qatar, defends Qantas stance
Anthony Albanese has sidestepped questions about whether he or his office provided advice to the transport minister to block Qatar Airways’ bid for additional flights into Australia.
- Ronald Mizen
Qatar not the ‘best option’ to maximise access to Australia: Marles
The reason adds to a growing list of Labor justifications for blocking the Middle Eastern rival to Qantas from additional routes.
- Ronald Mizen
Joyce’s $24m golden handshake ‘over the top’: Shorten
Mr Shorten’s comments came as shareholder groups ramped up questions about how to “clawback” some of My Joyce’s pay, which will also be looked at by a Senate inquiry.
- Ronald Mizen
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Labor’s Utopia moment on Qantas isn’t fooling anyone
The aviation green paper isn’t the circuit breaker the Albanese government needs on the national carrier. It simply kicks the reform can down the road again.
- James Thomson
