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Jane Halton

February 2024

Reunited: Deputy PM Richard Marles and former Liberal politician Christopher Pyne in Parliament’s Great Hall.

Chris Pyne to chair ageing lobby

COTA Australia has appointed the former ageing minister as its new chairman, replacing career bureaucrat Jane Halton.

  • Myriam Robin

January 2023

World number 24 Alex de Minaur.

Craig Tiley dismisses calls to move Australian Open as ‘ridiculous’

Australian Open chief has dismissed suggestions the first grand slam of the year should be rescheduled; Matt Kean says thousands of people in Sydney won’t benefit from Labor’s first home buyer policy. Follow updates live.

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  • Gus McCubbing

September 2022

Young people, self-identified right-wingers who distrust government and Australians from non-English-speaking backgrounds are among the groups least likely to have received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a new study has found.

Right-wingers aren’t getting vaccinated: ANU study

Young people, the poor, right-wingers and Australians from non-English-speaking backgrounds are among the least likely to have received a COVID-19 booster.

  • Michael Read

July 2022

ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott in Brisbane on Monday. “Just as Suncorp probably feels dwarfed by ANZ, we feel dwarfed by CBA,” he told the AFR.

Shayne Elliott, top gun actor

Around the market, people tend to like the ANZ CEO. That’s because he tells them what they want to hear.

  • Joe Aston

December 2021

Switkowski picks up keys to Crown’s corner office

Former telco executive Ziggy Switkowski has officially taken the keys to the chairman’s office at Crown Resorts.

  • Elouise Fowler
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October 2021

Crown’s shareholders have again reprimanded the company at its annual meeting.

Future Fund reveals what it thought of Crown’s board

Australia’s $199 billion sovereign wealth fund has revealed how it voted in the 2020 AGM season, including its votes on Crown’s board.

  • Ronald Mizen
Angry Crown Resorts shareholders hit the board with a second strike against golden handshakes to former executives.

Crown Resorts board survives spill motion

Angry Crown Resorts shareholders hit the board with a second strike against golden handshakes to former executives.

  • Elouise Fowler

September 2021

Helen Coonan: 46 meetings in FY21 alone

Crown’s directors must be thoroughly sick of each other

While some of Crown’s board have been accused of insufficient regulatory scepticism or curiosity, none could be accused of not ... well, turning up. 

  • Myriam Robin

July 2021

Gladys Berejiklian is trying to suggest restrictions may ease but that looks ever less likelyk

Sydney could be in lockdown for months

Gladys Berejiklian insists NSW has not lost control of the virus but Sydney looks likely to be stuck in hard lockdown for months and the federal government will have to find more money to help.

  • Jennifer Hewett

Crown Melbourne CEO job in doubt, inquiry hears

Two Crown Resorts directors have cast doubt on whether Crown Melbourne boss Xavier Walsh is up to the task of reforming Crown Melbourne.

  • Elouise Fowler and Hannah Wootton
Crown Resorts director Jane Halton gives evidence to Victoria’s royal commission into Crown Resorts.

Jane Halton joins Australia’s most expensive sinking ship

Since leaving the public service, the former mandarin has been a favourite appointee of organisations trying to climb their way out of a deep reputational bog.

  • Michael Roddan

June 2021

Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and Health Minister Greg Hunt head towards a press conference in April.

Politicians are elected to lead, not hide behind the boffins

Governments have made a mantra out of following expert advice. Their job is to weigh up expertise, not to pick some and ignore the rest.

  • Saul Eslake

April 2021

Not once in the past five years had the Gaming and Wagering Commission used its powers to reject an application for a licence to work at Crown Perth.

Casino regulator who fished with Crown staff hires lawyer

Key witnesses lock in legal representation for WA royal commission into Crown.

  • Brad Thompson

March 2021

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard receives a COVID-19 vaccination.

Picture worth a thousand jabs as Gillard backs vaccine push

The government is confident the AstraZeneca vaccine will work well and quell any anxiety or suggestions it may not be the best one to offer all Australians as the backbone of its COVID-19 strategy.

  • Jennifer Hewett

February 2021

Premier Daniel Andrews says he will build a new quarantine facility in Victoria.

‘We’re going to build it’: Andrews backs new quarantine camp

A new specialised quarantine facility will be built in Victoria following coronavirus outbreaks from the state’s hotel quarantine program.

  • Ronald Mizen and Patrick Durkin
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The report devoted 19 pages to Andrew Demetriou’s performance, described as “unimpressive” and “bizarre”.

Crown directors ‘unedifying’, ‘inexplicable’, ‘lacklustre’

Plain-speaking Commissioner Patricia Bergin delivers unflinching assessments of Crown directors in her report finding the company not suitable to operate its Barangaroo casino.

  • Jemima Whyte

January 2021

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a visit to the Tully family property Bunginderry Station outside Quilpie, Queensland.

Scott Morrison leaves open chance of international travel before 2022

Australia recorded a fourth day with no community transmission nationally on Tuesday, with further easing of border rules between NSW, Victoria and the ACT continuing.

  • Tom McIlroy and Lucas Baird
An outbreak at the Hotel Grand Chancellor has caused Queensland to completely rethink its quarantine program, but experts are telling them to pump the brakes for now.

Hotel quarantine expert tells states not to panic yet

State and territory leaders are considering their options as Queensland looks to use mining camps for hotel quarantine.

  • Finbar O'Mallon and Andrew Tillett
Vaccine vials during inspection and screening for defects at the Serum Institute of India.

India bans export of COVID-19 vaccine

Two billion doses of the vaccines for developing countries should overcome the delays caused by the Indian move, says global vaccine alliance chief Jane Halton

  • Tom Burton

November 2020

A shorter quarantine period could be a big boost for the economy.

Shorter quarantine would generate big economic benefits

A new model by the Melbourne-based Burnet Institute has found a risk-based approach could cut the quarantine period for travellers in half.

  • Tom Burton and Finbar O'Mallon

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