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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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  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Australian pension fund buys into European data centres to tap AI boom

    AustralianSuper’s stake in Vantage Data Centers reflects shift from struggling property sector to digital frontier

    Vantage Data Centers exterior view in Silicon Valley, high-tech hub of San Francisco Bay Area
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    News in-depthFortescue Metals Group Ltd
    Iron ore billionaire clashes with executives over Fortescue’s green future

    Founder Andrew Forrest urges investors to keep faith as tensions emerge over decarbonisation

    Andrew Forrest, chair of Fortescue Metals Group
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Natural gas
    European gas prices soar as Australian workers begin strike

    News of strikes at liquefied natural gas facilities stoke fears of global supply disruption

    Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG facility in Australia
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Qantas Airways Ltd
    Qantas chief Alan Joyce steps down early as airline’s reputation slides

    Executive who led ‘Flying Kangaroo’ for 15 years brings forward retirement to allow ‘renewal’ process

    Alan Joyce and Vanessa Hudson
  • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
    News in-depthHydrogen power
    Australia revamps hydrogen push to reshape economy

    Government intends to offer subsidies to transform industrial towns such as Wollongong

    A steelworks facility in Wollongong
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    Qantas Airways Ltd
    Qantas sued by regulator over alleged sale of tickets for cancelled flights

    Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accuses airline of failing to inform customers of cancellations

    Qantas aircraft on the tarmac at Melbourne International Airport
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Australian politics
    Australia sets date for ‘once in a generation’ vote on indigenous recognition

    Polls show weakening support for divisive ‘Voice’ referendum

    Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the launch of a campaign for the referendum
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
    Australian miner Fortescue’s chief abruptly resigns

    Exit of Fiona Hick less than 6 months after taking on role is latest in string of senior departures

    Conveyor belts carry iron ore from a Fortescue mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Natural gas
    European gas price tumbles as fears of Australian LNG strike subside

    TTF futures fall after unions agree deal with Woodside to ease concerns about global supply squeeze

    Man monitoring for leaks at gas storage site
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Natural gas
    Woodside chief calls European gas price surge ‘irrational’

    Australian oil and gas giant says talks with unions remain constructive as strike fears loom over markets

    Woodside chief Meg O’Neill
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    BHP Group PLC
    BHP profits fall 37% as miner flags China uncertainties

    Australian group slashes dividend after a year of lower commodity prices and inflationary pressures

  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Natural gas
    European gas prices rise on growing prospect of Australian LNG strike

    Traders weigh potential disruption to global supplies against EU’s ample reserves of gas

    A Woodside Energy exhibition booth at an event in South Korea
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Greensill Capital
    Australia’s IAG reports $4.5bn of Greensill legal claims

    Insurer is confronting multiple Australian legal cases from investors

    A person holds up a phone with an IAG logo
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Australian politics
    Australian prime minister Albanese arranged PwC internship for his son

    Revelation is latest sign of close ties between government and scandal-hit consultant

    Anthony Albanese pictured watching the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Natural gas
    EU hits gas storage target before November deadline

    Prices likely to remain volatile as bloc lessens its dependence on Russian energy, analysts warn

    A gas storage facility in Rehden, Germany
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    FIFA World Cup
    England beat co-hosts Australia to reach Women’s World Cup final

    Lionesses set up clash against Spain with 3-1 victory in front of 75,000 fans in Sydney

    England’s players celebrate after their victory in the World Cup semi-final in Sydney
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Greensill Capital
    Greensill charged ‘excessive’ fee to arrange NHS project financing

    Collapsed firm’s insurer claims it deliberately avoided disclosing the £10.4mn structuring charge

    A logo displayed on the offices of Greensill Capital in the Daresbury Park business estate near Warrington
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Football
    Australians embrace ‘phenomenal’ World Cup as co-hosts eye semi-final

    Successful women’s football tournament expected to draw 2bn broadcast viewers worldwide

    Australia in action against Denmark in their last 16 match
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Natural gas
    Australian LNG producers in talks to avert strike as energy prices climb

    10% of world’s liquefied natural gas supply threatened by disruption

    A worker walks past a gas pipe marked ‘methane’ at the Curtis Island liquefied natural gas plant in Gladstone, Australia
  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
    Inside BusinessTelecoms
    Telecoms face mounting pressure to consolidate

    Vodafone’s plan to merge its UK arm with Three will test whether regulatory mood has softened

  • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
    News in-depthAustralian politics
    Australian businesses struggle to navigate indigenous referendum debate

    Vote on constitutional change to recognise First Nations people tests corporate resolve in polarising issue

  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Banks
    Australian regulator blocks ANZ bank’s $3.2bn Suncorp takeover

    ACCC says mergers between smaller lenders preferred to strengthen competition against ‘big four’

    An ANZ branch in Sydney
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    BHP Group PLC
    BHP expects Indian steelmaking boom to drive its coal business

    Chinese sanctions on Australian products have redirected miner’s focus to the subcontinent’s rapidly expanding sector

  • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
    Aukus
    US and Australia insist political tussle will not damage submarine deal

    Washington will increase troop deployments and maritime patrols to counter Chinese threat in Indo-Pacific

    An Australian soldier keeps watch as part of the Talisman Sabre 23 military exercises last week in Australia
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    French politics
    Macron hits out at ‘a new imperialism’ in Indo-Pacific

    French president tours region where China has been extending its influence

    French president Emmanuel Macron giving a speech in Port Vila, Vanuatu
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