February
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones dragged into Super Retail legal saga
An emergency disclosure to Jones about the company’s handling of whistleblower complaints has prompted ASIC to take a closer look.
December 2024
WiseTech founder restructures assets to give wife a share
Richard White’s corporate restructure puts Zena Nasser in the driving seat of one of his private investment vehicles.
November 2024
WiseTech’s Richard White inquiry failed to interview two key women
The investigation into complaints against the billionaire founder has described a process of ‘creative abrasion’ at the company but found he did nothing wrong.
WiseTech awarded equipment contract to White’s lover
The WiseTech board is investigating a series of transactions between the technology company and a former lover of founder Richard White.
The tech billionaire, his wife, her ex-husband and a big property deal
WiseTech Global founder Richard White has invested in many ventures, but a disused industrial site is one of the more surprising. It could be a lucrative one.
October 2024
How Richard White’s humble tech nerd image came undone
Why he clung on to his job at the top of WiseTech despite an $11 billion fortune as his personal life disintegrated is a question only he can answer.
WiseTech chief executive Richard White quits amid scandal
The billionaire businessman will return as a full-time consultant on the same salary he enjoyed as chief executive of the company he founded three decades ago.
Richard White gave $7m mansion to female WiseTech employee
But the billionaire businessman, who is the software firm’s chief executive, said he had disclosed the relationship before she started at the company.
WiseTech director’s scathing assessment of ‘bully’ Richard White
Christine Holman accused the software giant’s chief executive of intimidation, bullying and overseeing poor corporate governance as she quit in 2019.
‘LinkedIn Lecher’: WiseTech board to probe payments to CEO’s ex-lover
An investigation also reveals the businessman approached female entrepreneurs with offers of professional help that shifted into crude or suggestive language.
September 2024
George Alex’s boast: I’m untouchable because CFMEU ‘need money’
The organised crime boss bragged that the union deemed his firms “untouchable” on building sites because union officials needed their “kickers”, according to police surveillance.
CFMEU deals put union in bed with bikies and the underworld
An investigation reveals the relationships that have vaulted companies with links to criminals into favoured positions on the nation’s building sites.
CFMEU administrator says union’s woes ‘worse than reported’
Two weeks after taking on what he calls the toughest job of his life, Mark Irving says he will target both unionists and bosses who have crossed the line.
CFMEU organiser charged with threats to kill
The charges against the senior CFMEU organiser are the first since a joint investigation into the union.
August 2024
Financial failure, missed taxes and deadly history no barrier to CFMEU promotion
Industry insiders claim a scaffolding firm with a chequered past and links to organised crime was still able to secure promotion at the highest levels of the CFMEU.
CFMEU boss’ son Michael Greenfield resigns
The second-most-powerful official in the CFMEU NSW branch has resigned following “extreme” pressure on his family and “relentless” government scrutiny.
The union boss and the building executive
Multiplex executive Amy Pitchford is in a relationship with a CFMEU official being investigated by police, while also advising the Victorian government on industry issues.
CFMEU put Bandidos bikie on its governing board
Marty Albert was a union organiser on Victorian government construction projects and held a senior position in the John Setka-led branch of the CFMEU.
HSU calls on Diana Asmar to stand down over ‘ghost’ services probe
The Health Services Union wants its Victorian leader to stand aside after claims her branch spent more than $3 million for non-existent or “ghost” services.
CFMEU, health union probed over alleged millions spent on ‘ghost printing’
Victoria Police and the Fair Work Commission are investigating a potential multi-million dollar fraud and allegations a top official misspent members’ money.