October 2023
Whitehaven’s hedge fund bete noir sells down $260m shares
Bell Rock admitted it did control more of the company than it had told investors, at the same time as it dumped half of its stake in the miner.
- Peter Ker
October 2021
Vaile’s nemesis reappointed to Newcastle University
Jennifer Martin’s resignation from Newcastle University’s governing council triggered the departure of its new chancellor Mark Vaile. Now she’s back.
- Julie Hare
September 2021
Cancel culture forgot the Monash chancellor
For tedious sanctimony, does it get any worse than university academics?
- Joe Aston
Switkowski resigns from RMIT as union claims scalp
Ziggy Switkowski is to step down as the university’s chancellor. It follows an open letter calling for his resignation.
- Julie Hare
July 2021
- Opinion
- University
Vaile’s blacklisters hijacked the bedrock idea of a university
Universities champion open inquiry and academic freedom. This fundamental idea is betrayed by special interest groups dictating the exclusion of viewpoints.
- Paul Jeans
June 2021
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Banks spooked by anti-coal activists: Whitehaven
Whitehaven Coal boss Paul Flynn says the big four banks’ divesting from fossil fuels assumes the energy transition process will take years rather than decades.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Climate zealotry and populism reignite carbon wars
The pushing up of Barnaby Joyce to the second top job in Canberra and the pushing out of Mark Vaile from the top job at Newcastle University are the depressing bookends of Australia’s renewed coal wars.
- The AFR View
The inside story of how Mark Vaile fell back to earth
Newcastle is a city dependent on coal. But when a coal chief was appointed chancellor of the local university, all hell broke loose.
- Julie Hare
Vaile resigns as Newcastle Uni chancellor before he even begins
Mark Vaile’s appointment as the next chancellor of Newcastle University has come to an end following protests and anger over his links to coal.
- Julie Hare
Coal mining meets climate activism: Mark Vaile contains multitudes
Mark Vaile chairs Palisade Investment Partners, which has signed a letter calling on phasing out coal. Which wouldn’t be great for Vaile’s Whitehaven.
- Myriam Robin
April 2021
Whitehaven stumble brings Tinkler tensions to the boil
Past and present shareholders in Whitehaven Coal are fuming over a 24 day period punctuated by insider selling and two downgrades to coal sale forecasts.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
October 2020
Whitehaven won’t alter dividend policy despite setbacks
The miner concedes it will be 'a tad more conservative' on payouts in future but still backs a philosophy that rewards investors for sticking through bad times.
- Peter Ker
September 2019
Who attended Channel Nine's Liberal Party fundraiser?
Two former members of federal Cabinet attended the $10,000 a head dinner on the Today Show set, as did two Rich Listers.
- Joe Aston