This Month
Wayne Swan whitewashes out the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
What’s worse: Labor fighting for workers rights from the VIP lounge or Swan’s photo editing skills when he tried to hide it?
Greensill animal spirits resurrected at Barrenjoey
The bank’s new credit product partners with a fund that has spun out of the Greensill Capital collapse.
AMP rates its own reputation among the worst
From Qantas to Rio Tinto to ANZ to Optus, AMP’s board must have a dire view of the company AMP keeps in terms of public standing.
Monash IVF disaster shows board’s market insensitivity
Giving a client the wrong embryo and not realising until well after the child is born seems like it should be a big deal to the board.
Measles outbreak linked to Tim Gurner’s anti-ageing spa
The property developer’s Saint Haven is an ‘active public exposure site’ of a measles case.
Clayton Larcombe respawns as a Middle East AI investor
The former Sydney funds manager landed on the cover of CEO Middle East magazine to launch his new career.
Deloitte partners gripe over pay unit rumours
Even the Cairns sunshine wasn’t enough to stop a litany of complaints from partners.
Power dynamics around Peter V’landys and Gil McLachlan
The Racing NSW CEO’s room at Randwick on Saturday shows who needs schmoozing in his expanding orbit.
Star Macquarie executive is the master of corporate drivel
Macquarie’s head of asset management Ben Way shows humility gets lost on LinkedIn.
Deloitte’s job cutting CEO takes partners on Queensland retreat
As job losses climb into the hundreds, partners enjoyed the Cairns sun.
Australia’s biggest billionaire feud is over
The pair have been at loggerheads since 2022 over what Andrew Forrest claims was Kerry Stokes’ anger over mining trucks.
Barrister Julian Burnside shows Kooyong’s shifting sands
Securing the support of progressive voters’ favourite barrister is quite the coup for Monique Ryan.
MinRes and Chris Ellison careening down its Fury Road
The Perth miner faces a labor shortage on its marquee iron ore project.
Tax Practitioners Board and former PwC CEO can’t get on the same page
Tom Seymour may be trying to tick every box now, but the tax professionals watchdog isn’t helping.
Martin Pakula’s sporting conflicts branch in a new direction
Daniel Andrews’ former offsider has added Sportsbet to his hefty workload.
Cbus insists Wayne Swan is at the wheel
After backtracking on declarations it had not, in fact, been hacked, Cbus is now investigating its own “cyber incident”.
Star CEO’s $10m loan fee farce
The distressed Star Entertainment will pay up to $10 million to a US hedge fund for a debt facility that was never used, or signed-off on.
Laurence Escalante gets real deep on Instagram bender
From Below Deck to righteously correcting injustice to philosophy, the Rich Lister’s recent social media rant covered it all.
James Hardie CEO parties in Florida as shareholders seethe
Aaron Erter was on a Boca Raton pool deck as James Hardie shareholders were left furious by the company’s latest acquisition.
Rinehart down $280m (and counting) in Trump market rout
Australia’s richest person made a massive $2 billion bet on the US stock market last year.
