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NetComm created early Australian dial-up modems and was at one stage one of Australia’s most successful tech company.

After 43 years, local tech pioneer NetComm heads for the scrapheap

Modem maker NetComm Wireless was once a star of the local tech scene. But its Nasdaq-listed owner has filed for bankruptcy after a year of ownership.

September 2024

Tabcorp chairman Bruce Akhurst at Derby Day in 2022.

Tabcorp chairman Bruce Akhurst quits before he is pushed

Investors have been concerned about the wagering giant’s performance, with its shares down 50 per cent since the start of the year.

May 2024

42-year-old Sydney tech company saved with $150m price drop

Casa Systems bought NetComm for $161 million in 2019. Five years later another US company is buying it out of administration for just $US7 million.

September 2020

Former CPA Australia president Richard Petty is a director of Ambition, which owns the search firm running the ABC board recruitment process.

Colourful recruiter behind ABC board search

Korn Ferry has been replaced by Watermark as the search firm hiring directors for the public broadcaster.

November 2019

Michelle Guthrie with chairman turned nemesis Justin Milne in 2018.

Michelle Guthrie joins Catapult board

After giving up roles at Pacific Star Network and Auckland Airport, we're sure she's relieved to get back into the swing of things. 

October 2019

Tabcorp Chair Paula Dwyer at a TAB in Melbourne in 2017.

Pitchforks for Paula Dwyer at Tabcorp AGM

After 14 years, Dwyer wants another two, and ironically, her board’s abysmal succession planning is her very selling point.

June 2019

Justine Milne: now with extra free time.

Three for three: Milne almost done at NetComm

Isn't Justine Milne a magnate for drama. 

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