February 2023
ASIC meets with staff over shake-up, ropes in consultants
The corporate regulator outlined a raft of options for an organisational shake-up at a confidential meeting with senior staff.
Jim Golden-Brown disappears from Indigenous charity chairmanship
Aboriginal Elders & Community Care Services Inc has quietly announced it has brought in a new chairman following a Financial Review investigation.
Government passes buck on controversial Indigenous charity chairman
Departments and regulators have offered a tepid response to revelations of Jim Golden-Brown’s sordid history.
Indigenous charity head’s trail of sackings, probes and misused cash
Jim Golden-Brown – accused of misusing credit cards and overspending at four Aboriginal charities – now chairs a $20 million body caring for elders.
January 2023
Elaine Stead graduates to MMT
It’s too bad there is no tax on hot air, the supply of which is evidently infinite.
Teal MP Monique Ryan sued over sacking for ‘unreasonable hours’
Sally Rugg is suing both the Commonwealth and the teal independent for trying to fire her, which she alleges contravenes the Fair Work Act.
Failed super fund manager’s $5m payout
The manager of a sub-scale superannuation fund rebranded after APRA named and shamed the company and banned it from taking on new members.
‘LinkedIn wants you to be polite to scammers’: John Hempton
Famed short-seller John Hempton says he was briefly banned from professional networking website LinkedIn because he was “rude” to scammers.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Life insurers sail through pandemic
The sector is a useful prism through which to view the country’s experience with the virus – and it’s doing just fine.
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GigSuper sues trustee Diversa over abrupt shutdown
A start-up super fund aimed at self-employed Australians that was shut down after it failed to reach scale has sued its trustee for breach of contract.
New NSX investor has history with Jack Dorsey, Sam Bankman-Fried
Michael Giles, a Melburnian living in the US, has taken a 19.99 per cent stake in the fledgling exchange challenger.
Zip shrinks global executive ranks
Buy now, pay later group Zip Co is shrinking its global executive ranks as it pivots away from aggressive expansion plans.
Diversa Trustees CEO bagged employees, swore excessively: claim
Andrew Peterson allegedly retaliated against an executive concerned about “excessive swearing” and Diversa’s “poor oversight of its regulatory obligations”.
December 2022
GetSwift victims get 1c in the dollar
Class action subscribers on Tuesday were told a settlement sum of $1 million was “the best that can be achieved”.
Andrew Thorburn to quit all board jobs, take a year off
The move follows several months of backlash over the beliefs of the church he attends.
John Karantzis gets Grinched
This is the first time the ACCC has refused to accredit a company seeking to be accredited.
Justin Langer: quintessential board director
Justin Langer can’t wait to bring his “leadership and people and culture experience” to the board of Mineral Resources.
Sally Pitkin steps down as chairman of AICD governance committee
The Star director was sued by the corporate regulator on Tuesday.
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Dishonourable discharge for Star directors
Will a Federal Court lawsuit inspire anyone to hand in their Order of Australia pin? We’ll die holding our breath.