This Month
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- Online gambling
Gambling mogul lists superyacht at $10m, starts retailing supercars
A spokesman for Laurence Escalante’s private office said the sales were part of a new business venture.
- Primrose Riordan
January
This is why car insurance costs keep rising
There’s a price to pay for all those safety features when your car gets damaged.
- Keith Naughton
December 2023
How to avoid breaking the budget on a new car
Getting behind the wheel of a new vehicle amid a cost-of-living crisis is tough, but you have options.
- Nina Hendy
November 2023
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- Carbon challenge
Labor EV policy faces delays as cost-of-living politics bite
Mounting fears of a backlash against the policy, which would drive up the price of many medium-sized cars, SUVs and utes, are weighing on deliberations.
- Jacob Greber
December 2022
Drivers rush to electric cars to lock in tax breaks
Nigel Malcolm, who runs Perth-based fleet management firm Fleetcare, says inquiries have jumped by 67 per cent since Labor’s fringe benefits tax exemption passed last month.
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- Gus McCubbing
June 2022
Drive-by hits Stratton Finance clients
Some secrets are only shared with tax accountants and car salesmen – until they end up on the internet.
- Neil Chenoweth
January 2022
Plenti profitable and taking market share
Plenti says it has momentum to keep taking market share and will grow in the EV space through direct to consumer sales.
- Ayesha de Kretser
May 2021
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- Funding
Ex McKinsey, Goldman alumni raise $3m for fintech start-up
A VC fund and leading entrepreneurs have backed an online car-financing marketplace that claims to get users a clear and good value quote within minutes.
- Paul Smith
January 2020
The Growth Fund behind the wheel at commercial vehicle repairer
The mid-market private equity firm is set to climb aboard the biggest truck and trailer repairer.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
House price bounce could see better times ahead for car sales
New vehicle sales jumped in the biggest selling state of NSW - and could now be bottoming out nationally reflecting the strong recovery in house prices.
- Matthew Cranston
September 2019
Luxury cars following rising house prices
While the housing market has made some recovery, the luxury car market is now keeping pace.
- Matthew Cranston
'Horrendous': Why Millennials avoid car ownership
Shishir Prajapati, an investment analyst, says he can get get most anywhere without owning a car. Michaela Smith, a commercial lawyer, is similarly comfortable in a car-free life.
- Bo Seo and Natasha Gillezeau
April 2019
Car dealers cane Labor emissions plan
Australia's car dealers are aghast at being forced to administer an ALP scheme making them sell more electric vehicles and less utes, or be penalised.
- Simon Evans
Shorten is driving an electric car to the election
Much higher emissions reductions, more renewable energy, 50 per cent electric vehicles. What’s not to like? Details, details, details...
- Jennifer Hewett
