This Month
Why this firm’s deal makers work for free
Ten years ago, Audette Exel persuaded some of the country’s top operators to donate their fees to charity. After raising $30 million, she is ready to expand.
Oil dependence is a security risk
Readers’ letters on the Liberals, super tax, Victorian gas policy, oil reserves and Middle East peace.
Former Fortescue executive Fiona Hick to join Barrenjoey board
Despite early scepticism, the Barclays-backed investment bank has recut the local market, winning key mandates and building one of the largest research teams.
How failed architect David Gonski became the chairman of everything
David Gonski has won the Lifetime Achievement Award winner in the inaugural Financial Review BOSS Director Awards.
May
Gonski rejects one-year term idea for directors
Receiving a Lifetime Achievement award at the BOSS Director Awards, David Gonski took the opportunity to do what he has always done: push for change.
Meet the winners of the Financial Review BOSS Director Awards
The inaugural awards celebrate outstanding leadership in enhancing value for investors and strengthening governance.
April
Senior staff depart Art Gallery of NSW amid tension at the top
The chief operating officer and chief of staff have both left the institution following a change of directors.
Yellen and Hockey ride out Trump tariffs at Cafe Sydney
The former US treasury secretary was spotted lunching in Sydney as tariff news roiled global markets.
February
How not to waste Gonski school funding
Additional federal money may unfortunately extend and expand inefficient and ineffective practices rather than lift the quality of teaching.
December 2024
Dutton coy on nuke details; Qantas farewells Goyder; UK schooner row
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
The two things David Gonski will miss as he exits gallery role
The company director ranks getting consensus on the Archibald Prize as one of his toughest gigs, as he hands over the Art Gallery of NSW chairmanship after 16 years.
October 2024
Government has listened to concerns on merger law reform
The targeted and balanced merger bill will see most mergers approved faster, with more time to consider the contentious ones.
September 2024
Philip Lowe is Barrenjoey’s new inside man
The former RBA governor has joined the board of the bank he once lashed out at, putting them in a penalty box.
Big business called an emergency. The hotel obliged.
No sooner had Business Council of Australia CEO Bran Black declared a national emergency than loud sirens began ringing
August 2024
One in three pupils fails to meet baseline literacy, numeracy
The latest NAPLAN results also reveal a stubborn gap between test results of rich and poor children, highlighting the failure of schools to overcome disadvantage.
July 2024
Time running out to fix school funding sticking point
Here we are, 12 years later, with at least one school generation having finished their education, and there’s still no needs-based Gonski funding for disadvantaged students.
June 2024
‘First draft fairy:’ How corporate lawyers are using game-changing AI
Legal eagles inside some of Australia’s best-known companies are training themselves to stay competitive in the AI era.
Portrait of ‘reluctant sitter’ Tim Winton wins Archibald Prize
Sydney artist Laura Jones has won the $100,000 award for her painting of the writer, who says he looks like he has “the weight of the world on his shoulders”.
December 2023
‘Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory’: higher education’s bad year
2023 started well enough but as we hobble to the end of the year vice chancellors are asking: “what the heck just happened”.
October 2023
Gonski and Schott: Chalmers adds firepower to competition review
Highly regarded C-suite alumni Kerry Schott and David Gonski have been appointed to the expert panel advising Treasurer Jim Chalmers on competition.