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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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  • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
    Australia
    Australia appoints first rabbit tsar to combat invasive species

    Fears over rising population emerge in 165-year battle to protect crops and limit property damage

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    The best books of the week
    The Chairman’s Lounge — Joe Aston on the downfall of Qantas

    The story of how the once loved Australian airline became a ‘national pariah’

    A white and red Qantas plane in the blue sky over a city skyline
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Gambling industry
    Australian casino group Star faces cash crunch as shares tumble 28%

    Money laundering penalties and cost of living crisis take toll on gambling operations

    Exterior of the Star casino complex in Sydney
  • Saturday, 4 January, 2025
    FT MagazineInner worlds: a photography special
    Notes from a crash course in brain surgery

    The risks of operating included blindness, deafness, infection and stroke. Who would emerge on the other side, I wondered

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    News in-depthTravel & leisure industry
    Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline

    From Berlin to New York, clubbers in the world’s party capitals are heading home earlier

    A montage of people dancing and a chart
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Macquarie Group
    Asia infrastructure to drive more deals after $15bn data centre sale, Macquarie says

    Australian asset manager sold AirTrunk business to Blackstone

    The Macquarie Group logo is prominently displayed on a desk in the reception area of the company’s Sydney office headquarters.
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Social Media
    Australia’s social media ban for under-16s faces fake ID problems

    Company testing age-restriction measures warns they could be easily bypassed with spoofing software

    Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    BHP Group Ltd
    BHP faces class action over sex harassment and discrimination

    Miner says representative class action has been filed in Australian federal court

    The BHP logo in Australia
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Batteries
    US backs graphite factory to loosen China’s EV supply chain grip

    Australia’s Novonix to build North America’s largest facility making synthetic form of vital battery component

    An electric car battery at a Ford factory in Michigan
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Entain PLC
    Ladbrokes owner sued over anti-money laundering breaches by Australian watchdog

    Austrac says Entain failed to identify and assess risks

    Outside a Ladbrokes betting shop in London
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC sued over scam failures by Australian regulator

    Bank accused of ‘widespread and systemic’ shortcomings in protecting customers

    A pedestrian walks past an HSBC bank branch in Sydney
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Australia
    Australia lowers tax revenue forecast on weak Chinese economy

    Treasury cuts $5.4bn from budget estimates over next four years, citing ‘significant impact’ of softer commodities demand

    A freight train carries iron ore towards Port Hedland, Australia
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Greensill Capital
    Greensill auditor suspended for 2 years by Australian regulator

    Nexia partner Joseph Santangelo audited collapsed supply chain financing group in 2018 and 2019

    The entrance to Greensill Capital’s offices in the Daresbury Park business estate near Warrington
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Social Media
    Australia to introduce ‘news tax’ on tech companies

    Move is designed to close loophole after Meta walked away from existing deal to use media content

    Smartphone screen displaying the Facebook and TikTok app icons
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Geopolitics
    Australia uses ‘rugby diplomacy’ to counter China influence in Indo-Pacific

    Papua New Guinea agrees security deal with Canberra and will get $385mn investment for new sports team

    Liam Horne of Papua New Guinea’s national team is tackled by a New Zealand Kiwis player during the Men's Pacific Championships promotion/relegation playoff match at CommBank Stadium in Sydney in November
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Banks
    Ex-HSBC banker Matos takes top job at ANZ

    Portuguese banking veteran to replace Shayne Elliott at Australian lender

    A view of the facade of an ANZ Bank building in Sydney
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    The Life of a SongA chronicle of heavy rock in 12 songs, from AC/DC to Led Zeppelin
    Thunderstruck — AC/DC’s 1990 track became a stadium-rock rabble-rouser

    Lightning hitting a plane? A childhood toy? Stories vary as to the origins of a song that sealed the band’s comeback

  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Mining
    Australia boosts loan for rare-earths refinery in bid to break China’s dominance

    Government increases backing for Iluka Resources to build country’s first processing facility for rare earths

    Earth movers travel through the pit of an Iluka Resources mineral sands mine in Douglas, north of Hamilton, Australia
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Australia
    Weak Australian economic growth hits dollar

    Public spending offsets subdued consumer demand in ‘two-speed’ economy

    Pedestrians on Market Street in Sydney
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Activist shareholder intensifies campaign for Rio to quit London

    Palliser Capital says dual structure has been an ‘unmitigated failure’ that cost shareholders $50bn of value

    An aerial view of an open pit mine
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    HTSI
    The world’s best food markets

    FT writers and editors choose their favourite places to stock up on great local produce

    Central Market in Valencia
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Gold
    Australian gold miners strike $3.2bn takeover deal

    Northern Star to acquire rival De Grey in all-share transaction as gold price surge continues to drive consolidation

    The huge, deep pit extends down into the earth
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    News in-depthBHP Group Ltd
    BHP’s need for copper prompts speculation of fresh Anglo bid

    The six-month dealmaking standstill since rejection of the last takeover offer ends today

    Aerial view of Escondida Open Cast Copper Mine, Chile
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Australia
    Australia increases pressure on multinationals with tax disclosure law

    Parliament passes central bank reform that will set up a new monetary policy board

    People jog under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American sells remaining coal assets for $3.8bn in first stage of restructuring

    London-listed miner is slimming down to concentrate on copper, iron ore and fertilisers

    A worker wearing safety gear, including a helmet and respirator, holds a tablet in front of an industrial structure at Anglo American's Quellaveco copper mine in Peru.
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