Yesterday
Alan Joyce’s bonus review in familiar hands
This being corporate Australia, one doesn’t have to dig deep to find the key players already know one another.
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- Myriam Robin
Who’s who in the Guzman y Gomez fiesta
This wasn’t an IPO debut. It was a pep rally. Steven Marks gathers the believers for his special debut on the ASX.
- Mark Di Stefano and Primrose Riordan
Office synergies a no-go in Perpetual’s Pendal takeover
Pendal is moving offices. But not, funnily enough, into Perpetual’s.
- Myriam Robin
This Month
Twiggy’s hot air always seems to pass muster
The wind farm Apple walked away from now has environmental approval, having promised to destroy a little less of a koala habitat.
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- Myriam Robin
Clive Palmer’s private jet picks up Tucker Carlson
The mining billionaire’s plane picked up a pain from Maine.
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- Myriam Robin
Fourth gen Murdoch joins the family trade
Lachlan’s son joins the family business, arriving in News Corp’s Sydney newsroom.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Billionaire Chris Ellison wants his own airline. Are any for sale?
A boss arriving to a Perth office via helicopter can’t expect his employees to be happy waiting for connecting flights from Kalgoorlie.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Curious case of the prime minister’s vanishing democracy speech
For a man of conviction, Anthony Albanese’s marquee speech about democratic values going missing is quite the coincidence.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Bonza’s administrator has form on spicy fees
Administering a company with no assets of its own isn’t particularly profitable insolvency work. Including for Hall Chadwick – though not for lack of trying.
- Myriam Robin
All in the family for Gil McLachlan’s fantastic corporate adventure
The new jobs for the former AFL CEO include advising Blackstone, where his cousin is chairman of private equity.
- Mark Di Stefano
Bus off! Charlie Buxton goes NIMBY for tennis court
No historic property is complete without renovations. Or, if necessary, attempts to redirect a bus route so it doesn’t go past one’s tennis court.
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- Myriam Robin
Rich Lister’s war on Dexus vanishes its competition policy
Amid Seymour Group’s volleys, Dexus has quietly deleted its competition policy from its website.
- Myriam Robin
Labor insider Sabina Husic snapped up by TikTok
The ByteDance-owned video app needs friends in Canberra, turning to Sabina Husic in a new lobbying role.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Bonza! Hall Chadwick’s fees draw rebuke from 777 Partners
Having Hall Chadwick run a hotline is certainly one way to rack up fees.
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- Myriam Robin
Haters not invited on the Guzman y Gomez burrito rocket
Barrackers for the blockbuster IPO will use every tool in the box to paint the Mexican chain as unfairly maligned.
- Mark Di Stefano
Big salmon hooks a sick media industry
Swaths of the Tasmanian media market have been gobbled up by a Liberal-linked PR firm. Its most recent client is the powerful salmon industry.
- Mark Di Stefano
Bill Papas’ Rozelle street hosts another global media frenzy
TV cameras have returned to Bill Papas’ Sydney street – but funnily enough, not for him.
- Myriam Robin
Stephen Jones dodges Dixon’s long tail of woe
The rationale is blacked out, but it’s clear that in early 2023 it was already part of the plan.
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- Myriam Robin
GyG’s well-connected investors feed the quacking ducks
Demand for Guzman y Gomez’s shares shows investors of all stripes are buying the wonderful story.
- Mark Di Stefano
Peter Costello’s sudden last dance
The Nine chairman didn’t seem to be too concerned about board succession before his brain snap at Canberra Airport.
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- Mark Di Stefano
