Today
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.
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.
Yesterday
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.
Steggall shows climate guilt is for others
The Warringah MP gives a climate checklist to her Sydney voters. How is she doing?
This Month
Woolworths’ chair turns remote work into another career
Scott Perkins is being touted as an exciting emerging photography talent.
Di Pilla turns picky amid Healthscope purchase
The banker’s multiverse contains many shareholders, waiting to hear more about his bid for Healthscope.
Yellen and Hockey ride out Trump tariffs at Cafe Sydney
The former US treasury secretary was spotted lunching in Sydney as tariff news roiled global markets.
Phil King’s Regal writes Opthea to zero and backs off risky bets
The veteran stockpicker told investors the firm would review how its $220 million wager on the biotech went so wrong “to ensure it does not occur again”.
March
Teal husband part of the Melbourne Jesuit mafia
Monique Ryan’s husband made headlines this week for trying to nick off with a Liberal corflute.
Budget lunch gets a poor corporate turnout
Westpac’s Anthony Miller was the filling in a power sandwich, but CEOs were thin on the ground at the budget wash-up lunch.
Influencers v has-beens turns the budget into a showdown
Faced with a dire budget set-up, Chalmers threw open the doors to the nation’s social media self-promoters.
Tim Gurner’s health spa has the makings of a tax write-off
The property developer bans phones and laptops at his spa complex, which somehow also doubles as a co-working space.
Citi does a $100m Paladin trade in the pouring rain
The bank’s sizeable trade came less than 24 hours before Paladin announced unseasonable rain at its African mine.
Langer suddenly sees the elephant in the boardroom
The director of MinRes has come to some conclusions about what makes a bad corporate culture.
Kyle Sandilands faces arbiters of the cancel culture
The MFW campaigning group is targeting the shock jock, although they will decide what is offensive.
Gina Rinehart jolts parents at ‘woke’ St Hilda’s
The country’s richest person continues to inspire at her Perth alma mater.
Haul road closure triggers billion dollar debt worries at MinRes
Workplace safety authorities are investigating the crucial link between the miner’s Pilbara iron ore operations and port, raising new questions about shipments.
Mum and dad investors saw right through Goodman Group
Existing shareholders of the ASX-giant were not enthused by its $400 million loyalty program.
Details of Albanese’s pre-cyclone fundraiser revealed
The prime minister dined with donors as millions on the eastern seaboard braced for Cyclone Alfred.
Latest MinRes truck crash heaps more pressure on loss-making miner
A sixth jumbo road train has rolled on the critical haul network in WA’s Pilbara, raising questions over the miner’s ability to hit its shipment targets