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Christine Holman at the ACSI conference on Wednesday was told she would never get another board role in Australia.

WiseTech whistleblower warned she would never get another board role

ASIC boss Joe Longo warned of an outbreak of “issues in the bedroom migrating to the boardroom” as Christine Holman revealed the threat made to her.

Murray Watt said Labor’s non-compete ban could extend to finance and IT workers who make more than $175,000 when including bonuses.

Non-compete ban may free big earners in tech and finance

Labor’s new rules could extend to white-collar workers who make more than $175,000 when including bonuses.

March

Pru Goward in her offices.
18th January 2019
Photo: Steven Siewert

New diversity law granting ministerial power is overreach: Goward

A bill that could lock employers out and give ministerial powers to set DEI targets may discourage investment, says the former sex discrimination commissioner.

 SPC CEO Robert Iervasi

SPC chief’s battle to remake the household brand

The ambitious Robert Iervasi is transforming his company, but faces sceptical investors, nervous suppliers and international trade winds.

The real story behind Jacinta Allan’s horror week

If Labor goes badly in Victoria in the federal election, the state’s scandal-prone premier will be blamed. Then it will be game on, insiders say.

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Gas is a key source of planet-warming emissions but remains widely used in Victoria and NSW.

Victoria’s gas switch to cost households $5.8b: report

The Allan government’s plan to force people to replace broken down appliances with electric ones could cost more than first thought, according to new research.

AirBnB operators in Victoria could be exposed to land tax under state government changes.

Victoria starts handing out hefty bills in land tax ‘grab’

More than 400,000 people who run a small business or Airbnb from their home have been hit with hefty land tax bills under the government’s plans to rein in debt.

Dutton backs US-style racketeering laws to tackle CFMEU

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton brands Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s response to reports of CFMEU and bikie misconduct on government projects as “a wet lettuce”.

Aston Martin Driver Lance Stroll with his new helmet presented by Tamas Szabo is the CEO of Pepperstone.

What it costs to get a company’s name on an F1 driver’s helmet

What are candlestick chart trading patterns doing on the headgear of F1 driver Lance Stroll? It’s just part of the big money sponsors are rushing to spend.

The highest-paid company directors include (top, left) Hamish McLennan, Scott Perkins and Steven Gregg and Richard Goyder, Michael Wilkins and Ken MacKenzie.

The country’s highest-paid directors revealed

Here are the 18 male and two female directors in Australia paid more than $1 million a year in board fees.

Patrick Hill, Jacobs COO.

How this Melbourne engineer became a boss at a $24b global giant

The global president of engineering firm Jacobs is based in Melbourne and is the first member of the executive team to live outside the US.

Oscar Piastri is taking his new found fame and fortune in his stride.

Oscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success

The Australian Formula 1 driver says his race day routine involves the same lunch, no matter where he is.

ASIC chairman Joe Longo

ASIC kickstarts deregulation agenda to lighten director loads

The chairman of the corporate regulator, Joe Longo, will also on Wednesday call for more science and technology experience in the boardroom.

Yasmin Allen says sitting on large founder-led boards is less interesting if there is no robust discussion.

Some founders regard directors as ‘something to be tolerated’

The scandals that have rocked high-profile founder led companies such as WiseTech and Mineral Resources are a wake-up call for all board members to conduct thorough due diligence, say top directors.

Jane Marshall is a Labor turned Liberal voter in th federal seat of Dunkley, south-east of Melbourne.

‘Basket case’: Why Victoria is ground zero for Labor

Labor could be heading for an electoral disaster in Victoria where the party’s brand is “in the toilet” and the economy is in a parlous financial state.

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Alex Waisilitz, founder of Thorney Investments at his Collins Street office in Melbourne, but has plans to spend more time in New York and Israel.

‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad bets

The billionaire investor is mired in clashes with his ex-wife, future sister-in-law and developer Tim Gurner. But he’s up for it, he says.

Energy price crisis needs a major intervention.

Victorians warned to expect energy shortages and higher prices

Victorians face a catastrophic risk of energy shortfalls and more than doubling of prices over the next 10 years, according to modelling released by Infrastructure Victoria. 

Alex Waislitz and Heloise Pratt are fighting in the Supreme Court of Victoria over the control of Thorney Investment.

Billionaire Waislitz rejects claim of $21m in improper loans

Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz has denied his ex-wife Heloise Pratt’s claims that he improperly made $21 million in loans to spend on his fiancee.

Star of the South, 10 kilometres off Gippsland’s south coast, is the most advanced offshore wind project in Australia.

Victoria warned about risky funding to revive wind farm plans

The Allan government is being warned not to use a contracts-for-difference funding model to revive its plans for the struggling Gippsland offshore wind farm zone.

Carolyn Sanders from Flotation Energy, says the project they have worked on for 5 years was killed by Chris Bowen on Friday.

Victoria’s offshore wind plans in chaos after Bowen’s rejection

The Victorian opposition warns the state’s $100 billion offshore wind rollout is in chaos after federal Labor rejected the country’s second-most advanced project in Gippsland.

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