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    Nic Fildes

    Australia and Pacific correspondent

    Nic Fildes writes about Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands for the FT. He was previously telecommunications and UK technology correspondent in London prior to returning to his native Australia in 2022. Before he joined the FT he was technology and communications editor at The Times and has previously been a reporter at Dow Jones and The Independent.
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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      New Zealand
      New Zealand plan to drop smoking ban draws line under Ardern era

      Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to also reverse prohibition on new oil and gas exploration

      Christopher Luxon
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Lithium
      Mining tycoons battle over lithium’s ‘corridor of power’ in Australia

      Local billionaires disrupt consolidation as industry positions itself for boom in mineral vital to electric cars

      A desert tract near Kalgoorlie, best known for Australia’s largest open-pit gold mine
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
      ANZ warns of lower bonuses if staff do not come into office

      Australian bank says employees are expected in workplace at least 50% of the time

      A picture of the ANZ logo
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
      Fortescue shareholders reject executive pay proposal

      Protest vote comes after metals group approves A$1.1bn for green projects

      Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest wearing a blue suit and yellow tie
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Climate change
      Australia offers Tuvalu residents climate change visas

      Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signs treaty with Pacific island nation affected by global warming

      Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Tuvalu’s prime minister Kausea Natano at the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands on Thursday
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      PwC
      PwC Australia cuts more than 300 jobs after tax scandal

      Westpac ends auditing ties after two decades with Big Four firm

      PwC sign
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Reserve Bank of Australia
      Australia returns to raising interest rates as inflation persists

      Move puts central bank out of step with most global peers

      Michele Bullock
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Greensill Capital
      Greensill misled German regulator on insurance deal, IAG claims

      Defunct lender hid deal to fund its own claims as it sought lower capital requirements, insurer alleges

      Entrance to Greensill Capital UK offices
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Will consumer sentiment in the eurozone remain bearish?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

      People shop for cheap clothes in Germany
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      News in-depthQantas Airways Ltd
      Australia falls out of love with Qantas

      Investors join unions and customers in demanding change at the ‘Flying Kangaroo’ despite strong profits

      Qantas planes on a runway
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Qantas Airways Ltd
      Qantas admits ‘loss of trust’ after investor backlash over pay

      Rejection of bonus scheme comes as Australia’s flag carrier is being sued by regulator over ‘ghost flights’ scandal

      Qantas aircraft on the tarmac
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      News in-depthAustralian politics
      Australia seeks reset with Xi while balancing ties with US

      Anthony Albanese makes state visit to China as tensions over trade ease

      Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese, left, and China’s president Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia in November
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Greensill Capital
      Greensill insurer IAG turns fire on rivals in battle over investor losses

      Australian insurer says Tokio Marine and Marsh McLennan should also be liable if legal case is lost

      The offices of Greensill Capital
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Origin Energy Ltd
      Brookfield-led ‘final’ bid for Australian energy giant rebuffed by largest shareholder

      $12.5bn takeover of Origin Energy in balance ahead of vote this month on deal

      Origin logo
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      EU trade
      Australia and EU fail to reach free trade deal

      Last-ditch talks on G7 sidelines fall short over market access after five years of negotiations

      Cattle at a farm on Kangaroo Island, Australia
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Lithium
      Gina Rinehart takes second strategic stake in Australian lithium sector

      Billionaire acquires 18% of Azure Minerals after Chile’s SQM announces planned buyout

      A geologist holds a rock containing spodumene, a lithium raw material
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Travel & leisure industry
      Carnival told to compensate cruise passenger who caught Covid in landmark ruling

      World’s biggest cruise company was ‘negligent’ in its handling of outbreak, says judge

      The Ruby Princess docks at Wollongong
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Chinese trade
      Beijing reviews wine tariffs ahead of Australian prime minister visit

      Albanese’s November meeting with Xi comes as the two countries work to stabilise relations

      A picture of wine bottles
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Global InsightAustralian politics
      Why the left stumbled in Australia and New Zealand

      Progressive leaders reel from ballot box defeats after ‘losing touch with core voters’

      Jacinda Ardern and Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      News in-depthGina Rinehart
      Australia’s ‘iron lady’ Gina Rinehart takes a big bet on lithium

      Mining billionaire’s stakebuilding in Liontown has scuppered $4.2bn takeover by Albemarle of the US

      Gina Rinehart
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Albemarle Corp
      Albemarle abandons Australian lithium deal after Gina Rinehart builds stake

      US company has walked away from a $4.2bn takeover of Liontown citing ‘growing complexities’

      Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart
    • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
      New Zealand
      New Zealand swings to the right in post-Ardern era

      Election count points to a conservative victory as Labour cedes votes to Nationals and Greens

      Christopher Luxon greeting supporters
    • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
      Australia
      Australia votes down ‘The Voice’ in contentious referendum

      Prime minister seeks ‘new way forward’ after nation declines to recognise indigenous population in its constitution

      Anthony Albanese speaking at Parliament House
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Australian politics
      Australia’s Voice campaigners make final push ahead of indigenous referendum

      Polling shows historic vote to recognise First Nations people expected to fail amid backlash

      Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese attends a ‘yes’ vote campaign event in Adelaide on Friday
    • Monday, 9 October, 2023
      The Life of a Song
      You’re the Voice — the power ballad that saved John Farnham’s career

      The 1986 track was a global hit for the Australian singer, and has had a long and fruitful afterlife

      A man stands singing at a microphone
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