This Month
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No mention of Bell’s Intel job in key ANU council meeting minutes
The minutes of a meeting to endorse Genevieve Bell as the next head of ANU appear to undermine the claim her role with Intel was “highlighted”.
- Julie Hare
Julie Bishop hired to advise ASX-listed Greenland explorer
Energy Transition Minerals has become the latest mining client to join the former foreign minister’s consulting stable, which includes Mineral Resources.
- Elouise Fowler and Mark Wembridge
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Bishop declares responsibility for Bell’s Intel role, rebukes council
ANU chancellor Julie Bishop says she was responsible for negotiating Genevieve Bell’s salary package in full knowledge of her second job with Intel.
- Julie Hare
December 2024
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ANU council members say Bell’s second job was never mentioned
Members of ANU’s governing council dispute being told about the vice chancellor’s second job with global technology company Intel.
- Julie Hare
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ANU alumni call on Julie Bishop to stand vice chancellor aside
A leadership crisis at Australian National University isn’t going away after a group of concerned alumni have called for an investigation and audit.
- Julie Hare
Former adviser and trade boffin a frontrunner for Fletcher’s seat
Gisele Kapterian will seek to run in Bradfield, the seat of retiring MP Paul Fletcher. The challenger in the once-safe Liberal seat will be teal Nicolette Boele.
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- Phillip Coorey
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ANU deans hauled in for ‘change management’ meetings
Three of the Australian National University’s seven college leaders were summoned to meetings this week where they were told the governing council had lost confidence in them.
- Julie Hare
Trophies and sequins as Australia’s business leaders gonged
A $70,000 Rolex and a sequined jacket show life is sweet for the victors, though the path isn’t always smooth.
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- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
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- Workplace
I will ‘hunt you down’: ANU staff rebel at its culture of fear
University staff say they feel demoralised by Genevieve Bell’s leadership, calling her proposed overhaul “a corporate-style raid of a national institution”.
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- Julie Hare
November 2024
Chris Ellison’s wife is inside out at MinRes
Tia Ellison appeared in a mystery Perth property deal, which saw MinRes take a $45 million stake.
- Mark Di Stefano
Langer confronts some ‘elite honesty’ as MinRes director
What leads companies, in particular those led by iconoclastic founders, to put well-known faces with few relevant skills into positions of oversight?
- Myriam Robin
October 2024
Gambling lobbying reveals risk to our democracy
Readers’ letters on gambling advertising reform, Australia’s role in the Pacific, nuclear energy and politicians receiving perks from Qantas.
- Opinion
- Mining
MinRes scandal an acute credibility test for Justin Langer
The Chris Ellison-led miner has collected some big names – from the former cricketer to strategic adviser Julie Bishop. Are they merely celebrity figurines?
- Peter Ker
The King & me! Power players jockey for royal attention
Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys is manifesting a Randwick visit from the King this weekend.
- Mark Di Stefano
ANU cuts jobs to save $250m as overseas student cap bites
Chancellor Julie Bishop’s leadership of the Australian National University has been questioned after a major savings plan that will axe at least 50 jobs was announced.
- Julie Hare
September 2024
PM’s secret dinner at mining HQ
Anthony Albanese dined with Chris Ellison and Meg O’Neill on Sunday after the former won a charity prize.
- Mark Di Stefano
August 2024
- Opinion
- China relations
High-level dialogue shows China chill is ending
The resumed annual face-to-face meeting of government and industry has been crucial to stabilising the relationship.
- Craig Emerson
June 2024
Why Cynthia’s uni trip to Silicon Valley was life-changing
Study-abroad programs have become something of a rite of passage for Australian university students, and it can be a life-changing experience.
- Julie Hare
Billionaire Chris Ellison wants his own airline. Are any for sale?
A boss arriving to a Perth office via helicopter can’t expect his employees to be happy waiting for connecting flights from Kalgoorlie.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
May 2024
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- Luxury property
Racing heavyweight lists $5.3m penthouse with three terraces
Steve Rosich, who resigned as CEO of the Victorian Racing Club, is selling his Toorak penthouse, while former David Jones CEO Mark McInnes has completed his mansion upgrade nearby.
- Bonnie Campbell