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Q+A: The AI push inside Bunnings, Kmart and Officeworks
Wesfarmers released its full-year results yesterday, and while Bunnings and Kmart are still booming, the conglomerate is facing a familiar retail challenge: labour, energy, transport and supply-chain costs are rising, while Australian households remain under pressure. Michael Thompson speaks with …
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Q+A: Could AI become your crypto trader?
Bitcoin has rallied sharply, but buying it and hoping the price rises is only one way to approach crypto. Investors can buy and hold, earn staking rewards or move into riskier territory through leveraged trading. In the second instalment of Fear & Greed's monthly series with Coinbase, Sean Aylmer …
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Q+A: What’s really stopping Australia building more homes?
Australia needs more housing, but property group Stockland says higher interest rates are already starting to slow demand - just as the country remains hundreds of thousands of homes short. Sean Aylmer speaks with Stockland Managing Director and CEO Tarun Gupta about what's holding back new housin…
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Q+A: Gold is booming. Why isn’t Evolution buying?
Evolution Mining has delivered a record profit of almost $1.5 billion as soaring gold and copper prices combine with higher production and cost control to generate a surge in cash. Sean Aylmer speaks with Evolution Mining Managing Director and CEO Lawrie Conway about why the miner is returning mor…
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Q+A: The Week Ahead | 24 Aug 2026
The unemployment rate has risen to 4.5 per cent, hours worked are falling and wages growth is easing. So is it time for the RBA to rethink its view that Australia's labour market is still tight? Michael Thompson is joined by economist Stephen Koukoulas for the Week Ahead, looking at what the lates…
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Q+A: What broke the Atlassian partnership?
Atlassian is one of Australia’s great business success stories. Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar built a software giant that at one point was worth more than $115 billion. But behind the extraordinary growth, their friendship and business partnership was coming under increasing strain. Sean …
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Q+A: Mirvac CEO: Why the property giant is ready to grow again
After three years of selling assets, strengthening its balance sheet and reshaping its portfolio, Mirvac says it is ready for its next phase. Managing Director and CEO Campbell Hanan talks to Sean Aylmer about where the property giant sees its next opportunities, why it’s reducing its exposure to …
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Q+A: Copper is now BHP’s biggest earner. What comes next?
BHP has delivered a strong year of earnings and cash generation, but one of the biggest changes is happening inside the business itself: copper has overtaken iron ore to account for more than half of earnings. Sean Aylmer speaks with BHP Chief Financial Officer Vandita Pant about the company’s pla…
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Q+A: QBE boss Andrew Horton on the risks reshaping business
QBE has spent years trying to become a less volatile, more predictable insurer. But that's no easy task when the risks it covers - from natural catastrophes to cyber attacks - keep changing. Sean Aylmer speaks with QBE Insurance Group CEO Andrew Horton about the strategy behind the global insurer'…
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Q+A: The Week Ahead | 17 Aug 2026
The RBA may have finally reached the end of its rate-hiking cycle, with signs that higher interest rates are starting to bite across the economy. Michael Thompson is joined by economist Stephen Koukoulas for the Week Ahead, looking at why rates could now stay on hold for the next year, whether fal…
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