January
The surprising hobby that helps Toys R Us’ CEO shut off
High on Penny Cox’s to-do list as she returns to Melbourne to take charge of the struggling Australian toy company is finding a choir.
December 2023
This M&A lawyer does deals by day – and Christmas lights by night
To calm nerves during negotiations, Tony Damian talks about his surprising hobby – Christmas lights. In December, you can see his house from a plane.
September 2023
The power of data: What skyscrapers tell you about a country’s clout
As Australia rises on the global stage, the man behind the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index reveals his indicators of prestige and real influence.
The 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia in 2023
What does it mean to be Australian today? Here are the 10 people who made the biggest mark on culture this year, as chosen by the Power panel.
Sheilas, blue heelers and a scene stealer: cultural power in 2023
The people who are behind a new era for women’s sport in Australia, an unlikely feminist icon and the first arts policy in decades.
May 2023
This property magnate is making her Rich List debut at age 79
In the 1980s, Margaret Rose took a gamble that laid the foundations for her family’s property empire. She explains how she did it – and why everyone needs a calculated risk account.
April 2023
Australia’s 50 biggest givers top $1b in donations for the first time
Australia’s top philanthropists are in a hurry to spend their money – and sizeable, eye-catching donations are back in vogue.
December 2022
‘Never smooth sailing’: The hard fact at core of Australia -China ties
From resources booms to iron wars and Olympic highs to detentions, the Canberra-Beijing relationship has “never been smooth sailing”. But there’s one thing that keeps it going.
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September 2022
Indigenous Australians dominate 2022 cultural power list
Linda Burney heads the annual list of the nation’s 10 most culturally powerful people.
August 2022
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- China relations
Bolton tells Canberra to build more alliances and let Japan into AUKUS
Australia should lead with a network of military, political and economic links across the region, says Donald Trump’s former security adviser, John Bolton.
April 2022
Australian authorities told to ‘walk the talk’ on UBS PNG loan
A Papua New Guinea cabinet minister says he expects Australian regulators to act on the findings of a royal commission into the 2014 UBS loan affair.
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- Investigation
The collar loan: The story behind UBS’ ill-fated PNG deal
More than eight years after big bonuses were paid to UBS bankers its complex and ill-fated PNG deal continues to haunt the Swiss bank.
Norton Rose lawyers face PNG royal commission wrath
Two former employees and one current one at the firm’s Australian unit could be banned from operating in Papua New Guinea as a royal commission report looms.
UBS faces 10-year ban from PNG as royal commission delivers verdict
UBS Australia could be blocked from doing business in Papua New Guinea for a decade over its role in a controversial $1.3 billion loan.
March 2022
Australia to play ‘essential role’ in Biden’s Asia economic plan
The US is close to releasing its strategy to boost US engagement and counter China’s growing influence in the region, according to visiting trade official Sarah Bianchi.
February 2022
Chanel Contos intended to get only three schools to teach consent
Just over a year ago, she was living the life of a grad student in London. Now, she is on most politicians’ VIP lists, including the Prime Minister’s.
October 2021
Keating’s ‘steel fence across the top of Australia’ driven by China
Long before the current debate over the rise of Beijing, Paul Keating made his big strategic play.
August 2021
‘It took me longer to write Soeharto’s story than for him to live it’
David Jenkins has just released the first of three volumes on the former Indonesian president. He recounts playing golf with the dictator and being blacklisted.
PNG commission into UBS loan seeks cross-border co-operation
A commission set up in Papua New Guinea to investigate a disastrous $1.3 billion may seek the help of other nations in compelling key individuals to give evidence.
UBS fees on PNG loan were ‘very stiff’, inquiry told
A PNG royal commission into the so-called UBS loan affair, which may be extended, heard the investment bank charged double the fees previously estimated.
