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Outgoing Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka is making sure the Australian public hears more jobs are likely to come from the partial takeover by Qatar Airways.

BHP Australia President Geraldine Slattery says the ‘sugar hit’ Queensland receives from coal royalties won’t last , as the resource sector is at a `pivot point’ in the move to new forms of energy.

The key to Fortescue electrifying its haul fleet lies in the purchase of an F1 team offshoot, where tech like charging trucks in seconds is ‘just the beginning’, writes Cameron England.

Perry Williams
Business editor
The markets


Commentary
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By ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN
Business Columnist
Australia’s renewables disaster has been created because Chris Bowen and the state ministers did not start with a budget. Instead, they set out their aims with no idea of the cost....
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The little solar maker who wants to take on the world
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