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Simon Johanson

Simon Johanson

Simon Johanson is a business journalist at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

The Transport Workers’ Union and the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation want the Fair Work Commission to establish an industry-wide review mechanism based on weekly fuel price rises that will enable drivers to be compensated.

‘It’s a problem’: How soaring fuel prices are playing havoc with Australia’s economy

Australia’s high rate of inflation is coming under more pressure as big transport companies including Uber, Qantas and Australia Post increase their prices in response to rising fuel costs.

  • Simon Johanson and Clancy Yeates

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BHP’s new boss Brandon Craig (left) talks to the media with chair Ross McEwan (centre) and outgoing CEO Mike Henry.

BHP cushioned from geopolitical shocks, incoming boss says

BHP Americas chief Brandon Craig will succeed Henry as chief executive of Australia’s largest mining company in July.

  • Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
Flames and smoke rise from an Iranian oil storage facility struck during the US-Israeli military strike on Saturday.

Day of panic as war in Iran wipes $80 billion off the market

G7 calls emergency meeting as global oil supply faces Ukraine-level crisis, while Australia’s inflation rate is tipped to reach 5 per cent by the middle of the year.

  • Simon Johanson and Shane Wright
Sydney’s economic rent growth has far outpaced premium office rental growth.

Squeeze on office space to last beyond 2030 as more workers show up

Workers are turning up at the office more than required just as there’s a prolonged squeeze on construction of new towers.

  • Simon Johanson
Rio has benefited from a surge in global commodity prices.

‘Front and centre’: Rio Tinto gets copper boost as it delivers $14.1b profit

The London and ASX-listed miner said it achieved a “strong operational performance” and increased its copper output 8 per cent.

  • Simon Johanson
Copper made-up the largest share of BHP’s underlying earnings in the half-year to December 2025.

BHP cashes in on ‘metal of the future’

BHP’s half-year profit surges to $8 billion as high global demand for copper pays off for the mining giant.

  • Simon Johanson
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ABC Bullion’s Jordan Eliseo believes gold’s bull market is still on very solid legs and has some way to go.

‘Volatility is normal. Price collapse is not’: Gold’s record run and sharp fall

Crypto, central banks, retirees, high-vis and city workers are buying into gold boom as the yellow metal reshapes the ASX.

  • Simon Johanson
AI can identify spillage from BHP’s iron ore trains, avoiding accidents.

AI digs out more profits at mining giant BHP

Artificial intelligence is cutting downtime, eliminating risks and saving up to $250 million a year at the Big Australian.

  • Simon Johanson
Venezuela was once an oil-producing powerhouse, but its output has plummeted in recent decades.

Trump’s strikes in Venezuela not expected to jolt oil prices

Oil prices could fall if US companies manage to revive production in Venezuela – a country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world.

  • Millie Muroi and Simon Johanson
Hurtigruten has plied the Norwegian west coast for 130 years, originally as a postal service and later as a vital supply line.

A 130-year-old, essential ferry route doubles as a spectacular cruise

Over breakfast, a debate begins: is this a cruise or a ferry? Delicious meals, viewing lounge and other luxuries on one hand, a busy schedule of stops and cargo deliveries on the other.

  • Simon Johanson