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Hannah Wootton

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Jobs are quietly disappearing at Deloitte.

New Deloitte CEO does a night of long knives on consulting partners

The usually revered consulting division has been quietly decimated by sackings.

Rio Tinto’s former vice-president of corporate relations Brad Haynes confronted by protesters outside the company’s Perth headquarters back in June 2020.

Ex-Rio Indigenous affairs boss’ next job blows up

Corporate affairs consultancy Brad Haynes is finding it as difficult to keep staff as it is to find Australian clients, it seems.

Yesterday

Sodden fans watch on at the F1.

All the bankers at Melbourne’s sodden grand prix

From Luke Sayers to Mike Cannon-Brookes to Matt Comyn, Australia’s biggest business names braved the Melbourne weather on Sunday.

This Month

A carbon farming  near Quilpie in Queensland.

Adamantem Capital doubles down on questionable carbon offsets

Others may be examining the veracity of carbon farming methods, but these private equity vultures have no doubts.

Scott Farquhar has swapped the tech bro t-shirt uniform for lycra.

Farquhar lives his lycra dream as Cannon-Brookes faces bumpy ride

The Atlassian co-founder has gone for a different type of racing to the Grand Prix.

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Antony Catalano is facing opposition to his development plans on multiple fronts.

Catalano’s property drama spills into Byron Bay altercation

Police were called to the altercation outside Raes Hotel on Wategos Beach.

Alex Waislitz doing business during Covid.

Alex Waislitz joins billionaires hosting dinners for Dutton

The Melbourne investor is the latest deep-pocketed businessman to raise money for the opposition leader.

What next for outgoing Virgin boss Jayne Hrdlicka?

Departing Virgin CEO Jayne Hrdlicka loses the Hawaii option

A new deal with Qantas is wiping Virgin’s frequent flyer deals to Hawaii. Noosa probably never looked so good to Hrdlicka.

Andy Vesey probably didn’t expect to have to explain Aussie slang in a recent court case.

Lawyers get to the bottom of the Fortescue mob

Who knew a contract law case could get so spicy?

Men just have more experience capital than women, McKinsey reckons.

McKinsey solves the gender pay gap this International Women’s Day

Once women have earned their own equality, Elizabeth Arden will also help them celebrate with free lipstick applications.

Stagnant super fund boardrooms are about to get a mandatory gust of fresh air.

Who are the super directors facing APRA’s tenure limit?

There will scarcely be a board of a major industry super fund untouched if the prudential regulator comes after these lucrative patronages.

Parents and former Newington College students protest outside the Stanmore campus last year.

Sayers Group the latest beneficiary in Newington co-ed tussle

The Sydney boys school may be winning its battle to admit girls by 2026, but it’s clocked up some expenses doing so.

Christian Sealey at Sodali in happier times.

Crisis PR firm Sodali lurches into its own crisis

CEO whisperer Ross Thornton quit in February, and now local chief executive Christian Sealey has departed. What crisis firm will advise TPG on what to do next?

Senator Jane Hume is a staunch office advocate - now.

Coalition’s Jane Hume was once a flexible work cheerleader

It’s not even three years since the senator was once citing flexible work as core to women’s economic security.

Mary Wooldridge needs to walk the talk.

If only the WGEA gender agency matched its ideals with action

Have an industry-beating gender pay gap or male-heavy leadership team? WGEA might have some work for you.

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The rivalry between Forrest and Rinehart goes way back.

Twiggy takes rivalry with Rinehart to the penthouse

The duo’s Sydney digs are so close they would be able to spot each other across the Sydney skyline.

Ben Roberts-Smith was backed by billionaire Kerry Stokes.

Ben Roberts-Smith gets another (positive) chapter written

Former AFR correspondent and new Nightly writer Aaron Patrick is behind the latest move to rebuild BRS’ reputation.

Slater and Gordon is investigating an email leak.

‘What email?’: Inside Slater and Gordon’s workplace meltdown

An all-staff email featuring the pay details of more than 900 staff has ricocheted around a law firm already torn between its private equity owner and trade union heritage.

February

You wouldn’t know the green hydrogen bubble is bursting from Twiggy

Twiggy’s Time Magazine puff piece: a hat-trick of hot air howlers

You wouldn’t know from the puff piece TIME magazine ran on Andrew Forrest that the green hydrogen dream suffered a hat-trick of setbacks last week.

Law firms are looking for victims of the Slaters leak.

Ambulance chasers circle Slater and Gordon over email leak

Hopefully the firm has learnt something about being on the other side in its long history of fighting similar matters on behalf of workers.

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