June 2023
‘You can’t not be here’: Inside ANZ’s India opportunity
ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan and CEO Shayne Elliott say that after many false dawns, the Indian reward for Australian businesses is real this time.
May 2023
Is Labor’s Chris Ketter bound for San Francisco?
Labor is ever-so-slowly “rebalancing” the government’s plum overseas postings to career diplomats, but there are exceptions!
February 2023
Wong’s envoy clean-out hits a snag in India
The foreign minister’s determination to recast some key diplomatic appointments will take longer than expected in New Delhi.
June 2022
Atlassian signs on for closer technology ties with India
Mike Cannon-Brookes says India is key to the software giant’s growth ambitions, as he prepares to lead a bilateral event for business and government.
November 2021
Voters, not ICAC, should judge the business of politics
For all the lurid inquisition before ICAC, it is hard to conclude that Ms Berejiklian is guilty of criminal “corruption” for personal gain as ordinary people define it.
October 2021
Taxpayers lose by pulling ICAC’s teeth
If critics of the anti-corruption watchdog’s powers had their way, confidence in the political process would be the true victim.
February 2021
Time for unfit Crown to go into rehab
A litany of governance, culture, and risk management failures made Patricia Bergin’s task easy, but her remediation plan leaves the door open for Crown.
Crown report exposes ‘power of money’ and lobbying
Former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell and journalists who uncritically backed billionaire James Packer’s Sydney casino dream should feel embarrassed by the Crown inquiry report.
October 2020
State leadership uncertainty comes at a testing time
Gladys Berejiklian's unexpected fall from grace follows Daniel Andrews' travails. The two biggest states are now shaky at the top, right when the pandemic has increased the importance of state governments in Australia’s fight against the virus.
November 2019
Barry O'Farrell to be Australia's next ambassador to India
While federal cabinet is yet to approve the appointment, Scott Morrison is expected to post the former NSW premier to Delhi in 2020.
Bizoids and politicians race for cover in soaked Birdcage
As the rain poured down on a quieter-than-usual Birdcage enclosure on Derby Day, the real action was indoors.