April 2016
Kevin Rudd heads to Washington as his UN rivals pitch in New York
Kevin Rudd was instead at a fireside chat with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President Jin Liqun.
Greg Medcraft's ASIC extension to give John Brogden-brokered peace a chance
Federal cabinet is expected to determine the length of Greg Medcraft's second term as the chair of the ASIC when it assembles next week.
Kerry Stokes takes on Sam Walsh – and wins
Retiring Rio Tinto chief Sam Walsh's claim on the title of Perth's favourite son has taken a severe battering this week.
Ellie Aitken catches up with Julie Bishop in Perth
The high profile Ellie Aitken was in Kerry Stokes' Perth for the federal cabinet dinner's on Tuesday night.
Meriton billionaire Harry Triguboff drops into ASIC. What's that about?
There has been an interesting recent visitor to ASIC's Sydney HQ: Meriton billionaire Harry Triguboff.
After a three year hiatus, Marius Kloppers has returned to corporate life
In his typically low key manner, former BHP boss Marius Kloppers has returned to the corporate world.
Sydney University's class of 1966: not a bad vintage
Among those in the Chancellor's Room were ABC chair Jim Spigelman, CHAMP's Bill Ferris and Gresham director Tony Berg. The occasion: 50 years since graduating.
Former Liberal Party director Brian Loughnane returns to the stage
Brian Loughnane has scheduled his first major public speech since standing down as the Liberal Party's longtime federal director while Julia Gillard's former head of communications Russell Mahoney has a new gig.
Turnbull wins the West
"She has influence everywhere," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told billionaire Kerry Stokes.
We’ll eat the Wallis inquiry and have a pinot with Murray's FSI
Just in case, we selected a wine to go with the entirety of David Murray's financial system inquiry, which we have promised to eat if the government does not extend the term of Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair Greg Medcraft.
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft to stay on, police corporate Oz and save us from Murray
We are so confident ASIC chair Greg Medcraft's term will be extended that we promise to eat all 320 pages of David Murray's financial systems inquiry if it doesn't happen.
Luminis Partners link up with chancellor David Gonski's UNSW
We were kind of hoping that the Luminis Partners crew would celebrate the business's first birthday by buying a solid gold ping pong table. But no, they've splashed $1 million on a scholarship program. Would never happen at Greenhill.
It's a crab race as UBS, Lazard and Freehills scuttle from Arrium collapse
Since steel group Arrium collapsed last week, the advisers to dismissed chairman Jerry Maycock and his fallen board haven't been able to run away fast enough. It's a crab race worthy of the Tathra Pub.
Bruce Hatcher goes missing as VGI heats up $148 million bid for Brisbane Markets
They are a fun bunch, the directors of Brisbane Markets, the wholesale food business under siege by VGI Partners.
Political strategist Bruce Hawker reborn as a novelist
We got the emphasis all wrong writing about political strategist Bruce Hawker and his old boss, Kevin Rudd, catching up in NYC. Our focus should have been literary.
Joe Hockey pockets $1.5 million and cleans hands of 'Heritage Crusader'
Some peering in from interstate were surprised that Joe Hockey's home in Canberra did not fetch a higher price. Not so the neighbours.
BT boss Brad Cooper gets his Zoolander on
Pity our bankers, toiling away with most of their hard work going entirely unnoticed.
Gladys Liu steals the show at Peter Yates' Liberal fundraiser
The under-siege banking set was also well represented at the Liberal Party's spectacularly profitable election fundraising dinner over the weekend.
Greg Medcraft to chair royal commission into the financial sector?
So, let's say Bill Shorten wins the 2016 federal election. Who does he get to run his royal commission into the Australian financial sector?
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft to woo Kelly O'Dwyer in Washington
Next week the world's ruling class will meet for talks in Washington.