August
Qantas counsel Andrew Finch joins the exit row
The airline’s pugnacious general counsel is the latest casualty of the end of the Alan Joyce regime.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
RBA should accept its role in inflation rise
Readers’ letters on inflation woes; PwC’s tax scandal; solutions for nuclear waste; caps on foreign students; revoking Alan Joyce’s bonuses.
- Updated
- Aviation
Qantas board failed to challenge Joyce’s ‘command and control’
Qantas’ incoming chairman John Mullen said bonus practices at the airline had been problematic as the board was unable to override “the formulaic results of a compensation scheme” if there was a major scandal.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser and James Thomson
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Indispensable Joyce became excess liability for Qantas
That the former CEO stayed on long enough for hubris to set sad is reality behind an often striking success story.
- The AFR View
How the Qantas board fell for the cult of Alan Joyce
A scathing review of the national carrier’s board tells the story of a highly successful chief executive whose growing power was not adequately challenged. It ended badly for everyone.
- Updated
- James Thomson
June
Selling Sunrise: Inside Qantas’ 22-hour ultra-long-haul flight
Can Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson pull off her predecessor’s dream of non-stop travel between Sydney, Melbourne and London? Getting this right will be key.
- Ayesha de Kretser
May
- Opinion
- Aviation
Qantas’ Hudson takes the chance to shed some Joyce baggage
Vanessa Hudson has finally accepted reality by making a deal with the competition watchdog over ghost flights.
- Jennifer Hewett
March
- Exclusive
- Aviation
Investors’ scepticism grows as Qantas management sells strategy
The airline’s chief executive, Vanessa Hudson, faces her most significant test since taking the top job as she leads discussions with shareholders and brokers.
- Kylar Loussikian and Ayesha de Kretser
February
Qantas upgrades capex bill, pinning returns on new planes
The airline will reward shareholders by extending its buyback, as CEO Vanessa Hudson ramps up spending to woo customers.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Qantas’ Vanessa Hudson delivers a pitch-perfect profit drop
The decline in underlying earnings in the December half will, frankly, be welcome by many in the community as proof the airline is coming back to earth.
- James Thomson
Alan Joyce lands in Sydney after extended absence from Australia
The former Qantas chief executive has been overseas for five months. Last month, he resigned from the chairmanship of the Sydney Theatre Company.
- Ayesha de Kretser
January
- Exclusive
- Aviation
Qantas calls in McKinsey for operational overhaul to fix late flights
The appointment of the global management consultancy comes after BCG was engaged for similar work and follows Vanessa Hudson’s elevation to chief executive.
- Kylar Loussikian and Ayesha de Kretser
Alan Joyce quits Sydney Theatre Company
The former Qantas chief executive says the chairman’s role will require more time than he is willing to give.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Exclusive
- Executive shake-up
Qantas exec renewal under Hudson advances with more exits
There is finally some movement in the departure lounge at Qantas: group executive for corporate affairs Andrew McGinnes is leaving the airline.
- Ayesha de Kretser and Kylar Loussikian
‘It’s not over’: Joe Aston turns to writing a book on Qantas
The former Rear Window editor has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to release a narrative non-fiction book by the end of this year.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Heat on PM over meeting with Joyce
The prime minister met the former Qantas chief executive in late 2022, just six weeks after the airline began urging the government to block Qatar from expanding its services into Australia.
- Jacob Greber
December 2023
The most mentioned figure by politicians this year was...
New data from software company GovConnex show what topics politicians did - and didn’t - want to talk about this year.
- Michael Read
LinkedIn is rotting our leaders, says Alan Joyce’s former speechwriter
Lucinda Holdforth reckons executives should focus on delivering results and ditch the bubble talk about authenticity and vulnerability.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2023
Despite topping the pay ranks, Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is just one of two women on the list.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2023
My ‘empathy’ for Qantas after fight to death with Joyce: ex-Virgin CEO
Pacific National CEO Paul Scurrah says the demise of Virgin Australia taught him the purpose of a CEO.
- Kylar Loussikian