This Month
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
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.
Remember the GFC in loan buffer debate
Letters from readers on cutting the 3 per cent serviceability buffer on home loans, a tax holiday for young people, AUKUS, Richard White, Lidia Thorpe and King Charles.
Chris Ellison, hubris? That’s for someone else
If the Dark Lord of Dunedin is a rotten Scrabble player, well, his chairman is all word salad.
- Mark Di Stefano
- 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
December 2022
Justin Langer: quintessential board director
Justin Langer can’t wait to bring his “leadership and people and culture experience” to the board of Mineral Resources.
- Michael Roddan
Justin Langer joins billionaire Ellison’s Mineral Resources board
The former Test opener is joining the board less than a year after an acrimonious end to his time as Australian cricket coach.
- Brad Thompson