December 2024
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Qantas says goodbye to Richard Goyder
The former chairman was toasted by his board, exiting with free flights and a bruised reputation.
- Mark Di Stefano
October 2024
- Exclusive
- Governance
The zombie chairman: How Goyder let Joyce trash Qantas’ reputation
An exclusive extract from Joe Aston’s book The Chairman’s Lounge tells the inside story of how Richard Goyder and his board allowed Alan Joyce to fly Qantas into a reputational disaster.
- Joe Aston
August 2024
The power player who sparked a Melbourne Club feud
Those who regularly traverse the tricky world of club politics speak of it as a blood sport.
- Myriam Robin
Leaders remember Rod Carnegie, the man who shaped Australia
Leaders from mining, business, politics and science gathered at St John’s Anglican Church in Toorak for the memorial service for business giant Sir Rod Carnegie.
- Andrew Clark
May 2024
Melbourne Rebels survive but fight with ATO, Rugby Australia not over
Former Melbourne Rebels director Georgia Widdup said the decision meant plans for a “financially sustainable future” could progress.
- Zoe Samios
April 2024
Leigh Clifford-backed consortium moves to takeover Melbourne Rebels
A group led by the former Qantas chairman is trying to move the rugby union team, which collapsed into administration this year, to the city’s western suburbs.
- Zoe Samios
September 2023
Richard Goyder weighs Qantas positives, Joyce’s payout
The Qantas board led by Richard Goyder will need to weigh up whether to release all shares and bonuses for Alan Joyce worth more than $21 million.
- Mark Di Stefano
July 2023
AFL star-backed Melbourne tech firm gets $45m from NY PE
A Melbourne tech company, that is backed by footballers and has made software for the Super Bowl and the Paris Olympics, has closed its first institutional capital raise.
- Tess Bennett
March 2023
Josh Frydenberg passes No 1 ticket to Dylan Alcott, twice
The AFL didn’t become the nation’s premier football code without exhibiting a certain ruthlessness.
- Myriam Robin
August 2022
Alan Joyce, the man who wasn’t there
The Qantas CEO is just another monopolist, staying at the front of the field and slowing his competitors down.
- Joe Aston
June 2022
Regional visa delays slowing skilled worker arrivals
The median wait time for skilled workers looking to move to regional Australia is up to six months, with some applicants waiting nearly two years.
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
Queen’s Birthday honours for impact investing pioneer
Impact investor Andrew Kuper and corporate veteran Leigh Clifford, along with pandemic leaders, scientists and politicians, were recognised for their work in the Queen’s Birthday awards.
- Edmund Tadros and Tom McIlroy
November 2021
Portsea Polo gives Melbourne’s reduced-capacity summer a miss
The cricket, the polo and the sailing are legal. But large-scale social events – particularly the fancy ones – can’t just be whipped up overnight.
- Myriam Robin
November 2020
I was an expert war fighter, says Sir Peter Cosgrove
The former army chief and governor general shares leadership lessons from his long career.
- Aaron Patrick
September 2020
Keating weak on Rio Tinto deal: Costello
The Keating government waved through the creation of Rio Tinto without strong local content rules, which is why we are still arguing about whether the CEO should be Australian even though 90pc of earnings come from iron ore.
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- The AFR View
It's time Daniel Andrews owned up to his elimination plan
Daniel Andrews' “aggressive suppression” euphemism is extending false hope to lockdown-fatigued Victorians about life, work, and business being back to normal by Christmas.
- The AFR View
Virus experts split on extended lockdown
Melbourne's leading medical, business and cultural figures are backing calls for Victoria's lockdown modelling to be reviewed amid widespread anger the targets are too high and the response is too blunt.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2019
Crestone recruits Qantas, Caltex director to board
Former CBA director Barbara Ward has been appointed non-executive at high net worth advisor Crestone.
- Updated
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd