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HMC Capital’s David Di Pilla.

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
Retailer Tigerlily has fallen into administration for the second time in four years.

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 Bank CEO Glenn Morgan.

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.

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  • Mark Di Stefano
One-man crusade: Employment Hero CEO Ben Thompson.

What Employment Hero is really defending

Employment Hero is no disinterested consumer advocate, and its CEO’s histrionics are intensely grating.

  • Myriam Robin
Jodie Haydon is engaged to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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
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David Dicker is a permanent resident of Dubai’s Kempinski Hotel.

David Dicker now claiming his ex-wife’s shares

David Dicker still owns most of Dicker Data. Or does he?

  • Myriam Robin
DroneShield chief executive Oleg Vornik with a counter-drone pistol.

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
CEO of Corrs Chambers Wesgarth Gavin MacLaren.

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
KPMG boss Andrew Yates.

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
Advance Australia director Matthew Sheahan, pictured at the CPAC conference in August 2023.

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 cited burnout at this resignation press conference last year.

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 boss Adam Rytenskild.

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
Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher: high flyer

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
Alastair Campbell: still got it

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
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Scyne Advisory corporate affairs lead Jamie Briggs to troops: don’t get any ideas

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
Nicholas Sampson is nothing if not battle-hardened.

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
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is in Melbourne today.

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
Tyson “ASX Wolf” Scholz in Greece shortly after telling ASIC’s lawyers he was just putting on a brave face.

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 CEO Kevin Burrowes.

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