Today
Greensill family whacks locals for waste fees
Once you make something free, it’s hard to wind that back. Even at bargain prices.
This Month
UTS pays KPMG $4.8m to tell it how to save money
The consulting firm is also on the hook for “a well-structured and compelling narrative” to help sell the job-cutting plan.
Rest Super plays into its leakers’ hands
A ‘confidential email’ telling staff to stop leaking to the media naturally resulted in more of that very activity.
Former ASIC chairman James Shipton returns to police jurisdiction
A sojourn at Oxford briefly interrupted an investigation into a recorded phone call.
Endeavour hopes Jayne Hrdlicka and Ari Mervis don’t spill more milk
Add the Mathiesons to the equation, and there are some big personalities at Endeavour.
Teal donors revealed: Business leaders bankrolling independents
Allegra Spender is proving popular among investment managers, while stock trader Rob Keldoulis is donating to independents across the country.
April
Pharmacy Guild coming to you from the Chairman’s Lounge
Labor has been remarkably kind to the chemists’ lobby group recently, but we suspect that’s more due to their choice of lobbyist than airline lounge access.
Albanese shows his woeful grasp of public sector salaries
Peter Dutton may not have checked egg prices since 2019, but it seems Albo hasn’t looked at pay rates for department executives since 2006.
UTS chief jets to US amid cost-cutting purge
The lure of alumni events in Los Angeles and New York has Andrew Parfitt flying across the Pacific.
Robyn Denholm’s ‘simply absurd’ family office legal fight
For someone who has made her career advising tech and telco companies, the Tesla chair is failing at trademark claims.
Billionaire Tim Roberts falls behind on his bills
Perhaps the Multiplex heir was just surprised to get an invoice from a business other than Mineral Resources.
Allegra Spender’s money-making from anonymous donors
It’s one thing to push others to be more transparent about the sources of their campaign financing, and another to do this yourself.
Andrew Forrest and Basil Zempilas make sure we know they met the Pope
Pope Francis’ lessons on modesty, service and getting the job done are lost on the rich and not-so-famous.
Macquarie Bank mysteriously disappears from APRA bio
The watchdog, like Macquarie, seems to be trying to scrub last year’s fake trades scandal from the record.
Deloitte taps ex-speaker Tony Smith for ‘advice’
Is Deloitte trying to get into the Coalition’s good books, or does Tony Smith just really love AI?
Hedge fund uses ‘independent journalist’ in fight with Rio Tinto
In the battle to unify Rio’s dual-company structure – or not – the fine print is doing some heavy lifting.
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?
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.
Deloitte partners gripe over pay unit rumours
Even the Cairns sunshine wasn’t enough to stop a litany of complaints from partners.