August
Abernethy’s Clime roasted by ex-CEO
It is highly unorthodox for a CEO to dish the dirt on how excruciating her appointment was, and even more unusual for her chairman to be oblivious to it.
- Myriam Robin
June
Gender, sexuality reveal plan for boards should go further: advocates
A proposal that boards state the sexuality, age, Indigenous heritage and disabilities of directors does not go far enough, say advocacy groups and some directors.
- Sally Patten
May
- Analysis
- Gender equality
They battled blokey workplaces. Now these 33 women enforce the rules
Energy regulator Clare Savage and competition chief Gina Cass-Gottlieb are among 33 women leading Australia’s regulatory bodies, once the domain of male enforcers.
- Tom Burton
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Surgeon hopes to double suburb record with $18m waterfront castle
On Sydney’s Lower North Shore, a regal waterside property has joined the market guiding $18 million.
- Bonnie Campbell
January
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Energy guru takes keys to ex-Star CEO’s record-setting Sydney home
Energy expert Olivia Kember has emerged as the record-setting $13.5 million buyer of former Star Casino boss Matt Bekier’s converted warehouse in Sydney’s inner west.
- Bonnie Campbell
July 2023
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Boards pull back on investment amid slowing economy
BOSS this week met with boardroom heavyweights from some of our largest companies around the country who warned the economy is in “very mixed” shape.
- Patrick Durkin and Anthony Macdonald
Nicola Roxon ‘cross’ that business avoiding the Voice
Australia’s first female Attorney-General and Labor MP turned company director has made an impassioned plea for business not to abrogate its responsibilities on the Voice.
- Patrick Durkin
February 2023
These women made it in business. Now they’re going back to school
BOSS talks to seven female business leaders helping to reshape tertiary education as chancellors of some of the country’s top universities.
- Sally Patten
October 2022
- Exclusive
- NSW residential property
It’s time: NAB’s Ann Sherry reveals why she’s selling iconic home
Business high-flyer Ann Sherry’s exclusive chat on why she’s selling one of Sydney’s most recognisable homes – after bringing it back from the dead.
- Bonnie Campbell
March 2022
Who reads the AFR? Leading Australians share their memories
What influential business people and politicians at the AFR 70th birthday dinner in Sydney said about their history with the newspaper.
Inside the Financial Review’s 70th anniversary gala
Captains of industry mixed with masters of the capital markets who bumped shoulders with prime ministers, treasurers and regulators, each as instantly recognisable as the next.
- Myriam Robin
November 2020
Pipeline of female directors is 'weak'
A fall in the number of women being appointed to senior operational roles threatens to put the brakes on female director appointments.
- Sally Patten
August 2020
Fresh NZ outbreak could scupper 'travel bubble' plans
The Australia-New Zealand 'travel bubble' faces new hurdles from a fresh coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand, where many thought the virus had been eradicated.
- Mark Ludlow and Fiona Carruthers
April 2020
Tele's deputy editor the daughter of Carnival's PR boss
We shouldn't leave anyone with the impression the mega-cruise company, the operator of the Ruby Princess, is now adrift in the media
- Myriam Robin
Lucky break: Ann Sherry no longer Carnival's chairman
The high-profile director hasn't been Carnival Australia's chairman since March 2019. Not that anyone noticed.
- Myriam Robin
August 2019
No respect: STEM jobs 'spit women out'
Some two-thirds of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers say their views or voices are devalued because of their gender while 40 per cent have borne the brunt of sexist jokes or offensive comments.
- Sally Patten