October
- Opinion
- Competition
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.
- Jim Chalmers
September
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.
- Mark Di Stefano
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
- Myriam Robin
August
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.
- Julie Hare
July
- Opinion
- Education
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.
- Doug Taylor
June
‘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.
- Paul Smith
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”.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
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”.
- Julie Hare
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.
- Ronald Mizen
New Business Council president has a ‘secret sauce’
Sydney Airport boss Geoff Culbert has been appointed to the role as the council refreshes its leadership to navigate crucial policy negotiations with the Albanese government.
- John Kehoe
Australia’s most powerful directors revealed
As AGM season kicks off, the BOSS index of the country’s most influential board members reveals the era of the all-dominating chairman may be coming to an end.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
July 2023
- Opinion
- Education
At last, urgent change for education seems possible
Will there finally be progress improving teacher training to ensure quality becomes the standard in Australia not reliant on the dedication of individual teachers?
- Jennifer Hewett
June 2023
Short, sharp and powerful: Why microcredentials are transformational
Peter Shergold is a central figure in changing the future of education in NSW and says microcredentials are a great benefit to the labour market.
- Julie Hare
Groundbreaking institutes to build generations of job-ready graduates
NSW has launched two new institutes of applied technology that aim to equip graduates with the tools successful careers.
- Mark Eggleton
May 2023
‘I have struggled’: Packer’s $7m mood disorder gift
James Packer’s turbulent personal history with mood disorders and mental health has prompted a generous gift to university research.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
April 2023
Influential directors pledge support for Yes vote
A group of non-executive directors say good governance for Indigenous Australians requires proper consultation and engagement.
- Tom McIlroy
Stay out of court, says outgoing chief justice
Federal Court chief justice James Allsop is leaving the job convinced that smart business people avoid court.
- Michael Pelly
October 2022
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Are new institutes of applied technology the future of training?
The NSW government will next year launch two new training centres that will produce 26,000 people with advanced digital and construction skills within four years.
- Julie Hare
September 2022
- Opinion
- The AFR View
An inquisition into Australia’s great school funding rort
The challenge now is remedial action to help the disadvantaged and other low-performing students that ‘giving a Gonski’ has left behind.
- The AFR View
The two obvious signs ANZ bank is ‘renovating’
ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan sees a new period of change looming with ANZ Plus technology platform and the $5 billion acquisition of Suncorp playing a part.
- James Thomson