Yesterday
Westpac’s crowded Afterpay marriage
To paraphrase a dead princess, Westpac’s marriage has three people in it – and those rarely endure.
- Joe Aston
ASIC stung by turncoat in CBA case
The former chair of the regulator’s Consumer Advisory Panel is appearing as an expert for the bank.
- Michael Roddan
AMP’s Alexis George masks off at HQ
The downtrodden company’s new boss has already miffed the company’s moral zealots.
- Michael Roddan
QSuper’s dismal return its greatest success
CEO Michael Pennisi believes member satisfaction is a true measure of a fund’s success.
- Michael Roddan
This Month
Spotlight billionaire Zac Fried buys Gulfstream 650 jet
On June 19, Fried’s new plane landed in Melbourne from Rotterdam via Dubai.
- Joe Aston
Jeannette Young, veteran public health freelancer
It’s not Dr Young’s first time disrupting a national pandemic response.
- Michael Roddan
Telstra saving money on free payphones
The telco will lose $5 million in revenue but revenue is only one side of the coin.
- Joe Aston
Tax havened Chinese miner enjoys JobKeeper
ConsMin, the Australian arm of giant Chinese-owned manganese miner Consolidated Minerals, booked $1.8 million in JobKeeper payments.
- Michael Roddan
Joe Longo’s curtsy to the COVID recovery
ASIC has now reviewed Josh Frydenberg’s draft Statement of Expectations.
- Michael Roddan
Afterpay builds second bridge to Jay-Z
Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar now stand alongside Andrew Forrest as Australia’s greatest creators of shareholder value in the past two decades.
- Joe Aston
Andrew Bragg’s Q&A policy shocker
In case you suspected the Liberal senator has no idea, he’s cleared that up for us.
- Joe Aston
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, JobKeeper correction
If anyone was going to find another JobKeeper loophole, it was probably going to be the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
- Joe Aston
ANU spent $800k on Julie Bishop’s new office in Perth
We suppose it’s the least ANU could do for her, given the prestigious role pays well below her usual rates.
- Myriam Robin
July
Wikramanayake’s ‘personal lunch’ with Boe Pahari
Ex-AMP Capital chief Boe Pahari got a brief mention at Macquarie’s AGM on Thursday.
- Myriam Robin
Keiran Wulff keeps Oil Search performance shares
If all bad behaviour was punished this way, who would ever behave well?
- Joe Aston
Bird & Bird shows its hand
For law students yet to secure a summer gig, at least there’s been plenty of comedy on offer.
- Myriam Robin
Splitsville for divorce lawyers Coote and Dickson
We hope their divorce is as unexcruciating and inexpensive as they’ve made everyone else’s.
- Joe Aston
Adam Bandt’s dodgy tax advice
The tax cuts are a huge win for Bandt’s voters, but he’s attacking Labor for supporting them, citing billionaires whose tax load hasn’t lightened one bit
- Myriam Robin
Simonds family tightens control on Simonds Group
A major shake-up means all but one remaining members of the board are either descendants of founder Gary Simonds or his family’s nominees
- Myriam Robin
