December 2024
- Opinion
- Governance
The good, the bad and the ugly of corporate Australia in 2024
Big deals, big names, big disasters. From AirTrunk to Woolies to our own Nine Entertainment, here are the biggest moments of the year.
- James Thomson
Rear Window’s year in review: scoops, scandals, and power plays
This week on The Fin podcast, Rear Window editor Myriam Robin on the megalomaniac trying to solve Australia’s housing crisis, the column’s scoop of the year and the Clubland rebellion.
- Immersive
- Media & marketing
The surprisingly small details that broke our biggest stories of 2024
Our reporters take you behind the scenes to reveal how they broke some of this year’s most engaging stories.
- Lucy King and Daniel Reti
MinRes asks for gag order on former executive to be lifted
The request, agreed to by the Federal Court, means the company’s board can obtain its own advice and regulators can access previously confidential documents.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Healthcare
Perth’s billionaire set is piling into this little-known medtech
The value of West Australian nerve repair biotech Orthocell has doubled since September as it beefs up its shareholder bases and prepares to break into the US.
- Michael Smith
November 2024
Embattled Ellison a no-show at MinRes-backed Delta AGM
Billionaire MinRes founder Chris Ellison avoided Delta Lithium’s shareholder meeting after quitting as chairman of the mining junior on Monday.
- Mark Wembridge and Elouise Fowler
Chris Ellison quits as Delta Lithium chairman ‘effective immediately’
The businessman said he was leaving the junior explorer to focus on Mineral Resources, where he intends to quit as managing director within 18 months.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Audit quality
MinRes scandal: Where was internal audit?
The non-executive director and former KPMG partner in charge of cleaning up the miner’s conflicts of interest mess will have to review the internal audit work done by KPMG.
- Tony Boyd
Chris Ellison’s MinRes scandal is just not cricket
Less than 24 hours after the embattled miner’s annual general meeting, day one of the Perth test got under way.
- Mark Di Stefano
Inside Chris Ellison’s brutal executive meetings
A whistleblower claims the Mineral Resources founder ordered a female lawyer to stand in front of a meeting and say, “I am a f--ing idiot”. He told another she “just needs a good f--k”.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Exclusive
- WA Parliament
The man who would be the new king of WA
Basil Zempilas is now the most high-profile name in WA politics, and he hasn’t even been elected to parliament.
- Tom Rabe
- Analysis
- Mining
MinRes sidesteps scrutiny despite Ellison’s mea culpa
Chris Ellison did not take any questions from the media or shareholders during the miner’s AGM, marking a change of tone from the usually brash billionaire.
- Mark Wembridge
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chris Ellison remains MinRes’ big unanswered question
The company’s managing director says he knows it’s time to go in 18 months. But like the man himself, some investors see him as the miner’s beating heart.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
MinRes board fails the pub test. Again
The $45 million transaction revealed by the Financial Review – not by the company – underscores questions over the miner’s governance.
- James Thomson
Big super demands MinRes board come clean on founder’s private deals
The influential governance advisor to retirement funds has recommended a vote against its remuneration plan citing a lack of integrity and poor disclosure.
- Peter Ker
MinRes flags role in related-party rent relief scheme
The beleaguered miner sought $158,000 repayment from companies linked to the daughter of billionaire founder Chris Ellison.
- Updated
- Mark Wembridge
- Investigation
- Mining
The $45m MinRes property deal – with the Ellisons on the other side
Investors in the iron ore and lithium miner would have had no idea that MinRes’ joint venture partner in a big Perth real estate play was the company’s founder.
- Neil Chenoweth and Mark Di Stefano
Inside the MinRes investigation: how the secret tax deal came to light
This week, Neil Chenoweth and Mark Di Stefano discuss how Chris Ellison’s secret deal with the ATO came to light and why some investors want the founder to stay on.
MinRes admits it failed to disclose related-party transactions
The West Australian miner says it cannot say why it did not tell shareholders, claiming the board would be “speculating” if it tried to give a reason.
- Mark Wembridge
Meet Chris Ellison’s personal accountant
Yenna Ong, the number cruncher who managed the Mineral Resources founder’s private affairs, rapidly gained great power. Then just as suddenly, she was gone.
- Neil Chenoweth