This Month
The man who got the better of Keating: ex-NAB boss Nobby Clark dies
Former NAB chief executive Neil Rex “Nobby” Clark, who has died at 96, laid the foundations for modern Australian banking – and was frank, fearless and principled.
Australia Post again reveals eye-watering salaries for execs
It was once surprising you could get this sort of money for a government organisation barely back in black, but at AusPost it’s become the norm.
August
Labor WFH plan risks entrenching anti-business feeling in Victoria
The chairman of Premier Jacinta Allan’s handpicked business council says blanket edicts harm productivity and confidence.
July
NAB directors met to discuss Andrew Irvine, urging him to smarten up
The Phil Chronican-led board informally convened this week amid disquiet from institutional investors about the bank CEO’s management style, sources said.
March
‘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.
November 2024
Billionaire splashes $22m on restaurateurs’ Toorak mansion
Melbourne’s billionaire Heine family have snapped up a grand art deco home in Toorak owned by famed restaurateurs Andrew McConnell and Jo McGann.
April 2024
Albanese’s new fund manager CEO doubles down on meetings
The new $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is already doing strange things, including holding its first two board meetings on the same day.
February 2024
Christine Holgate still gunning for Australia Post
Making Australia Post cheaply distribute its competitors’ parcels would hamper Australia Post’s finances. For Christine Holgate, that might be a bonus.
December 2023
Bonfire of the CEOs: Rear Window’s 2023 year in review
The year ended with a lecture from the mining establishment, but not before a carry-on of CEOs joined the unemployment queue.
September 2023
Rich Lister Raphael Geminder’s other packaging disaster
The billionaire wants to take Pact Group off the ASX, but another listed group in which he owns 66pc has also suffered a big slide.
August 2023
Australia Post ‘horror movie’ headed for multibillion-dollar bailout
The government-owned business enterprise says losses are forecast to continue unless services are drastically cut back, including phasing out letter delivery.
Business must maximise reconstruction fund wins: O’Dwyer
The former Liberal minister says a landmark $15 billion investment vehicle is an opportunity to boost Australia’s sovereign capability.
May 2023
Christine Holgate can’t let go of Australia Post
She may no longer be the CEO, but she still has Australia Post on her liver.
April 2023
Coles credit card customers exposed in Latitude data breach
The supermarket retailer said cardholders before 2018 could be impacted, adding the financial services firm had not provided further details.
March 2023
Latitude breach now one of the biggest in Australian history
What was first reported as the theft of 330,000 customer records is now up to 14 million records, and counting.
Latitude is Ahmed Fahour’s big miss
Over his career, Fahour’s principal aptitude was securing for himself remuneration packages of almost sublime immensity.
Latitude says cyberattack ongoing, more customers may be affected
The non-bank lender says it is not taking on any new customers after being forced to “isolate” some of its technology platforms.
February 2023
The reality-defying optimism of ASX CEOs
The gap between how some CEOs describe their company’s performance, and reality, seems to have become unusually large.
Latitude profit plunges, Fahour to leave in April
The steep rise in interest rates is hitting consumer lenders, but Latitude staved off the crunch by passing through higher rates to its customers.
Can Chinese tourists help save Australian retailers?
Chinese tourists spent $12 billion in Australia annually before the pandemic and there’s hope that much of that spending will slowly return.