Yesterday
Leaked letter lashes Australia Club’s ‘ungentlemanly’ gossiping
Smoking pipes indoors? Gossiping about one’s fellow members? Things are turning decidedly spicy at Melbourne’s Australian Club.
- Myriam Robin
Geoff Wilson wants Bill Ackman’s very online notoriety
Funds management and dividend guru Geoff Wilson has logged on.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Andrew Thorburn lands CEO role at HammondCare
At his new job, the one-time NAB CEO’s Christianity is unlikely to be an issue.
- Myriam Robin
This Month
Stephen Jones is (still) out of his depth
Stephen Jones aimed for “quick wins” on his legislative agenda. Instead, the government introduced a bill accidentally banning insurance commissions.
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- Myriam Robin
Ghosts of Seven’s past return to haunt executives
Outgoing Seven West Media CEO James Warburton preps his successor, as the notice period drags on.
- Mark Di Stefano
Energy billionaire Trevor St Baker goes nuclear
Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean brought forward his resignation from the Coalition for Conservation over the pro-nuclear involvement of the Rich Lister.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Fox takes cash-strapped, cash-trucking empire to the brink
No one minds when it’s the big banks over a barrel. It’s deliciously novel. But who believes that’s where this dispute will stay?
- Myriam Robin
Spotlight’s Mark Llewellyn, in Bruce Lehrmann’s reflection
The explosive affidavit now at the centre of the Lehrmann saga details the alleged involvement of Seven’s TV producer extraordinaire.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Lovestruck bosses out from Brisbane storage giant
Two top executives at the $3.3 billion ASX-listed National Storage had an extramarital affair which became the talk of Brisbane. Both are now gone.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Labor’s $5m fundraising chief turns lobbyist
As director of the Federal Labor Business Forum, Kate Dykes spent 12 years as the all-important cog in the Labor fundraising machine.
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- Myriam Robin
South32 CEO has $8m reasons to rue that cyclone
Can he secure his long-term incentives for the first time since FY16? It’d be easier if not for Cyclone Megan.
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- Myriam Robin
Luke Sayers is done with the PwC scandal. It’s not done with him
Unethical behaviour “ignored”. “Implausible”. “Scarcely credible”. How can this assessment be any worse?
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
March
Dirty laundry at AirTree staring everyone in the face
The public telling of the story of AirTree – one of Australia’s premier VC firms – keeps omitting the relationship between the co-founders.
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- Mark Di Stefano
PwC’s ‘project Snow Gum’ eyes sale to big four rival
PwC sought buyers for the firm’s indigenous consultancy unit, once a source of great pride. Enter Deloitte.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Break or breakthrough: the red flags at Victoria’s VC fund
Breakthrough Victoria was formed after its now-chairman, John Brumby, called for the establishment of such a fund.
- Myriam Robin
Dirty Harrys: Triguboff faces final stand against Seidler synagogue
Among Sydney’s property-obsessed hoi polloi, a showdown between Harry Seidler and Harry Triguboff was always going to make headlines.
- Tom McIlroy
The Bruce Lehrmann saga is a radioactive snowball
The sordid scandal around the former staffer keeps claiming victims and ruining reputations.
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- Mark Di Stefano
The bizoids learning to rev at the Grand Prix
Corporate types flocked bright and early to Albert Park’s Paddock Club, which by 2pm on Sunday was full to heaving for Melbourne’s Grand Prix.
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- Myriam Robin
Ex-PwC chief Tom Seymour joins the mattress business
The ex-PwC CEO has been a director of the holding companies behind Sealy Posturepedic since December.
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- Myriam Robin
ASX hater Weebit Nano must be a wee bit joking
The once fast-rising Israeli semiconductor company now hates the ASX. It was all so different 12 months ago.
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- Mark Di Stefano