Robert Gottliebsen
In 1981 Robert became the founding editor of Business Review Weekly and spearheaded the magazine for the next 19 years. He was the original Chanticleer in The Australian Financial Review and after this, between 2000 and 2005 he was National Business Commentator for The Australian.
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A potential clean slate for coal mining
Private equity investors are looking to coal mines for their next big win. If they can turnaround chronic mismanagement they'll set an example for other industries.
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Labor laying the groundwork for a 2016 tilt?
A pre-election flurry of legislation from Labor will protect the key interests of Labor supporters, particularly the unions. The new rules would make life difficult for a Coalition government. -
Exit the king: McNamee's mastery
Brian McNamee will end his 23-year tenure at the helm of CSL this month. In the last quarter century no CEO has performed better in terms of shareholder returns. -
Miners' big bids rarely hit paydirt
Takeovers in the mining sector are littered with big bets and big losses. Mining CEOs may be good at digging up dirt, but not as good as picking up gems. -
Abbott will take big business by surprise
The Coalition's determination to boost the economy through small business will mean the end of many self-serving tactics used by larger organisations. -
Beware the falling dollar's snare
As the local dollar spirals downward at a rate of knots, all Australian enterprises need to calculate hidden currency risks and protect against them. -
Rudd's the king of chaos
That Kevin Rudd could conceivably fight the next election as incumbent prime minister is a dangerous development for Australia. -
High-class steaks at the nation's innovation celebration
Four scientists who backed their research into bovine tuberculosis eradication are a shining example of innovation bringing health and wealth to the nation. -
The dollar's fall reveals a budget mess
The Australian budget gave currency traders a clearer view on the medium term prospects for the Australian economy. It seems they don't like what they see. -
BUDGET 2013: Fiddles play a two-part tune
A lethal kick to small enterprises in this year’s budget is combined with measures that set the scene for a superannuation revolution. -
BUDGET 2013: How Abbott will tear up the blueprint
Line by line, the Opposition is deciding which measures in this year’s and previous budgets will be unwound. -
A quiet end to Treasury's tame double act
While this budget will likely be the last for the treasurer, it also marks the unedifying end of Treasury's dominance of the economic advice pipeline. -
Toyota's worker revolution
Toyota's Max Yasuda is betting everything on the reinvention of his Australian workforce and an Australian dollar at parity. So far, so good for the plan. -
Abbott's sneaky corporate slug to help the little guys
Big business has been lulled into a false sense of security about a Tony Abbott led government, which will be far more taxing on it than John Howard was as it tries to get small business moving. -
Sprigs of hope in the Gillard gloom
Despite disillusionment with the current government, the likelihood of a carbon tax abolition, new infrastructure spending and better economic confidence gives business great hope after September. -
Young workers are wasting more time
Failure to maximise employee efficiency, especially among young workers, is costing Australian companies billions. But small fixes could unleash real share prices gains. -
How Gillard cooked the business goose
The capital and hiring strike among small and medium businesses, spotlighted by Dunn and Bradstreet, is primarily the fault of the chaos caused by the Gillard government. -
Unpacking the gravity of Australia's gas mess
A combination of terrible industrial relations deals and bad government policy mean the states are running out of time to avoid a gas crisis. It will also hit the buyers of New South Wales’ key port assets. -
Growth hopes built on muddy ground
Global growth may be far less certain than markets are pricing, and if Tony Abbott comes to power he might have to announce more nasties than expected. -
The comprehensive list of Labor’s lost chances
Labor’s slug to business morale is built on a litany of errors beyond the party’s seven main mistakes. It’s the biggest single factor holding back Australian confidence. -
Tony Abbott's fine red line
Tony Abbott will have to quickly implement strategies that go far beyond conventional wisdom if he’s to avoid being thrashed in 2015.
