This Month
- Opinion
- Regulation
What we can all learn from Blind Freddie
We need policy that helps Australians. We need policies that make investment in our country worth doing.
- Gina Rinehart
Agribusiness group Elders lashed over botched CEO succession
Elders had a big 63 per cent protest vote against its pay practices, after Mark Allison stayed on as CEO with higher pay seven months after signalling an exit.
- Simon Evans
Rinehart to claim Australia’s truffle farming crown
Australia’s iron ore and cattle queen, Gina Rinehart, is well on her way to becoming the biggest truffle grower, and is looking to add the delicacy to menus that already feature her wagyu beef.
- Brad Thompson
Murray Cod Australia throws out a line to hook $400m fund
That would dwarf the company’s current market capitalisation of about $107 million and be used to fund infrastructure development and holding water rights.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Brownes Dairy aims to dislodge Babybel’s iron grip in cheese snacks
The company, which has been owned by Chinese investors for the past six years, is on track to generate overall revenues of $245 million this year.
- Simon Evans
Urban farmer makes use of vacant CBD space
Short-term leases are not an issue for this modular agriculture start-up.
- Richard Cornish
AACo made manager a whistleblower, then retrenched him a month later
Beef giant AACo maintains the job loss was simply due to a restructure. But a dispute has emerged about the timing.
- Liam Walsh
November
Biofuels finally give GrainCorp an in to Western Australia
Robert Spurway says there’s a compelling case for new oilseed crushing capacity in the company’s biggest move since it spun-off its global malting division.
- Brad Thompson
AACo maintains workplace is ‘respectful’ amid bully claims
The beef giant, whose shareholders include billionaires Andrew Forrest and Joe Lewis, says it is focused on making the beef giant a “great place” to work.
- Liam Walsh
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What investors want that GrainCorp doesn’t want to give
A few good years and a spin-off helped GrainCorp build a hefty war chest. Chief executive Robert Spurway wants to invest, but hasn’t forgotten about shareholders.
- Anthony Macdonald
GrainCorp to pay special dividend, buy back shares
Undaunted by the onset of El Nino, GrainCorp will pay a special dividend and buy back shares as it looks to Western Australia for a big agri-energy investment.
- Brad Thompson
Elders shares jump as CEO says it is no ‘one-trick pony’
The agribusiness group was still able to deliver its second-highest profit in 10 years despite slowing fertiliser sales and interest rate rises.
- Simon Evans
‘Alpha’ culture: AACo bullying, homophobia claims raised
Australia’s beef giant proclaims to investors it wants an inclusive environment. But concerns have been raised about culture and safety processes.
- Liam Walsh
AACo’s golden director insurance cover unveiled
A leaked proposal shows D&O cover was the most expensive item on an insurance shopping list for the cattle giant, which has not paid dividends for 15 years.
- Liam Walsh
John Kahlbetzer, from oil rigs to the Rich List, dies
German-born Kahlbetzer worked in the fossil fuel industry after arriving in Australia in his early 20s before his entrepreneurial flair built a vast fortune.
- Updated
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Food bowl
The farm revolution that can help reduce emissions
Agriculture is receiving attention as part of the new fervour for valuing “natural capital”, but not enough focus has been on how to keep farmland productive while cutting emissions.
- Jennifer Hewett
10 long reads for the weekend
Welcome to the weekend. To start off your day, we’ve curated 10 great reads to enjoy.
Treasury’s Tim Ford strikes the $1.6b deal of his life
It took six months to buy Daou Vineyards. Shareholders will judge the wine CEO’s tenure by how well he can turn the business into a brand like Penfolds.
- Simon Evans
Inside Treasury’s $1.6b punt on the next Penfolds – in California
Georges Daou left tech and founded Daou Vineyards with his brother Daniel. Now Australia’s largest winemaker wants to take their products to the world.
- Simon Evans
October
Treasury Wine in $1.6b bet on California’s Daou Vineyards
CEO Tim Ford wants to turn the Californian luxury brand Daou Vineyards into a global player like Penfolds.
- Updated
- Simon Evans
