November
Vale Tom Hughes: Distinguished last cab off the rank
A giant of Australian law, reforming attorney-general and a powerful behind-the-scenes figure, Tom Hughes leaves behind a remarkable legacy.
October
Leading financial reformer Percy Allan dies aged 78
Allan worked under some of the most prominent political figures in NSW, including Labor premiers Neville Wran and Bob Carr, and as a key reformist under Liberal premier Nick Greiner.
August
Leaders remember Rod Carnegie, the man who shaped Australia
Leaders from mining, business, politics and science gathered at St John’s Anglican Church in Toorak for the memorial service for business giant Sir Rod Carnegie.
July
How vicious feuds 50 years ago sowed the seeds of the CFMEU
The evolution of today’s militant construction union can be traced back to the unlikely locale of the leafy Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill.
Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle
Sir Rod Carnegie soared across the corporate sky in the ’70s and ’80s but was thwarted in his attempt to secure full Australian local control of mining giant CRA.
Tributes for Rod Carnegie, driving force for corporate nationalism
Sir Rod Carnegie, who had a major influence over Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91.
May
This could be the biggest local energy shake-up since the late ’70s
The budget leg-up for the ‘Future Made in Australia’ through green metals is ultimately about shoring up Labor’s electoral base.
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Chalmers’ latest effort basks in a green glow
Sit back and behold Jim Chalmers’ big green Australian budget. But making forecasts is easy, and will voters buy the story?
April
Henri Aram: the 101-year-old market gadfly
A reforming pioneer in the investment advice industry, Henri Aram was also outspoken about the operation of finance markets and the behaviour of big corporates.
- Opinion
- Anzac Day
Why young people embrace the emotion of Anzac Day
It’s 109 years since Australian and New Zealand soldiers climbed the steep, craggy hills at Gallipoli, but the day still has a unique hold on the nation’s soul and imagination.
- Analysis
- Crime
‘Violence is coming from the edge’: Sydney’s horror week
The local playing out of foreign conflicts and tensions is also behind a national mood of alarm following 50 hours of horror in Sydney.
Attacks shake Sydney to the core
The NSW capital is reeling in the aftermath of the Bondi Junction massacre and a terror stabbing of a church minister in front of his congregation.
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Sam Mostyn may face a constitutional crisis next year
Electoral and demographic trends could combine to force the new governor-general into a leading role in sorting out a post-election parliamentary deadlock.
March
- Analysis
- Political leadership
The era of majority rule is ending. Here’s what happens next
An ethnically diverse society – less amenable to political labelling – is leading a profound shift from the old two-party divide towards European-style minority government.
Vale Charles Williams, corporate poacher turned gatekeeper
The influential regulator was born, raised and worked in the heart of the Melbourne business establishment but became a key oversight figure.
Why we should revisit the dramas of postwar France
Author Julian Jackson says French history over the last century is full of thrills and spills that have fresh relevance in an era of tawdry politics.
Dick Humphry, inventor of shareholder democracy, dies at 85
A man whose habits and approach were set in the “old school”, Richard Humphry nevertheless led a technology-driven revolution in Australia’s financial markets.
- Analysis
- Byelection
The Dunkley byelection could make history
Byelections are important, but it’s mainly marketing with little policy content in the race for Dunkley.
January
With historic win against Australia, the West Indies are back
The West Indies snatched one of the all-time great Test cricket victories over Australia by eight runs to square the two-match series.
- Opinion
- Test cricket
Australia’s stunning six-month cricket triumph
The nation has entered another golden age of cricket after a remarkable series of victories. But India, which fancies itself as contemporary cricket’s overlord, may still have the last laugh.