This Month
David Di Pilla’s mansion compound gets green light
The deal maker-of-the-moment has been building his own residential complex in the heart of one of Sydney’s most powerful suburbs.
- Mark Di Stefano
Collapsed Tigerlily still giving things away
They say there are no winners – only creditors – in a voluntary administration. But could this be the exception?
- Myriam Robin
Deutsche CEO in his ‘man of the people’ era
The bank’s Australian CEO has taken to posting from public transport, calling attention to the cause of his everyday image.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
What Employment Hero is really defending
Employment Hero is no disinterested consumer advocate, and its CEO’s histrionics are intensely grating.
- Myriam Robin
It’s wedding season! The four ministers eyeing first-term ceremonies
Canberra’s political classes are buzzing for not one but four weddings involving frontline ministers of the Albanese government.
- Mark Di Stefano
David Dicker now claiming his ex-wife’s shares
David Dicker still owns most of Dicker Data. Or does he?
- Myriam Robin
Ethical arms dealers dump their stakes at the top
The three-man board of DroneShield sold almost all its shares weeks after the ASX raised questions about recent market announcements.
- Mark Di Stefano
New Corrs HQ shows the power of Collins St
Corrs CEO Gavin MacLaren pays his lawyers like bankers. Now, the firm wants to work near them too.
- Mark Di Stefano
Untangling KPMG’s excruciating closeness to Westpac
Westpac is also KPMG’s banker, and a major consulting client of the big four firm. Auditors are meant to be independent, and so this just won’t do.
- Myriam Robin
Inside Advance Australia’s referendum victory lap
The conservative lobby group is literally mailing out its playbook, soliciting future donations by showing how effectively it spends what supporters have given.
- Myriam Robin
Mark McGowan doing gas burnouts for Chris Ellison
Despite the former premier citing burnout for quitting politics, McGowan’s new jobs seem to all put him at the centre of the action.
- Mark Di Stefano
Tabcorp slides into laugh emoji territory
The gaming company’s CEO Adam Rytenskild causes laughs at Entain, the foreign-owned giant that once offered $3.5 billion for his wagering assets.
- Mark Di Stefano
The stealth compo of Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher
If a CEO’s family gets to fly for free on the corporate private jet, is that worth anything to the CEO?
- Myriam Robin
Australian politicians mob Alastair Campbell
As a way for a veritably antique ex-politico to pay the bills, this sure must beat lobbying.
- Myriam Robin
It’s all a family affair at National Storage
The HR horror show continues at National Storage, where undisclosed potential conflicts extend to the children of executives.
- Mark Di Stefano
Scyne sends out Jamie Briggs to terrify the troops
Partnerships are never as warm and cuddly as the word suggests, so it was only a matter of time before the gloves came off at Scyne Advisory.
- Myriam Robin
Cranbrook Revisited (by the ABC)
Parents’ groups displayed no indication of any shift of allegiance away from battle-scarred headmaster Nicholas Sampson. Given the history, this is no wonder.
- Myriam Robin
Peter Dutton’s obscene business-class loop
The opposition leader’s secret Perth jaunt to Gina Rinehart’s birthday involved flying through Melbourne, further raising questions about what exactly he was hoping to achieve.
- Mark Di Stefano
Don’t believe the hustle: ‘ASX Wolf’ says he’s actually miserable
On social media, no one is as beautiful or wealthy or happy as they seem. Not least the guy asking you to pay $1000 a year to join his Discord channel.
- Myriam Robin
PwC and the ‘asbestos mulch’ still scoring government contracts
Despite being subjected to a full-scale government review, PwC recently won a fat audit contract with the NBN.
- Mark Di Stefano
