The Australian has announced the appointment of Ticky Fullerton as Business Editor-at-Large. Ticky will be responsible for overseeing the national broadsheet's business and finance coverage and will initially cover issues facing businesses and investors during the COVID-19 pandemic. She brings more than two decades of journalism experience to the role, having worked across the ABC and News Corp Australia. Most recently, Ticky was the Business Editor at Sky News (Australia) and co-hosted the Business Weekend programme. She has also produced a weekly column for The Australian for the past two years.

Ticky's appointment follows the launch of News Corp's Australian Business Network in December, which aims to deepen business coverage across the company's metropolitan mastheads.