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Newsmax chief executive Chris Ruddy, has turned the cable channel into a pure vehicle for Trumpism, attacking Fox News for including occasional dissenting voices.

Trump-loving cable network Newsmax to launch in Australia

ADH TV, launched by former broadcaster Alan Jones, will bring the right-wing news channel by expanding under the Newsmax Australia brand.

  • Kylar Loussikian

November

Maurice Newman is part of a bid to buy Southern Cross Austereo’s 96 TV stations.

Alan Jones’ old media company eyes Southern Cross regional TV assets

Australian Digital Holdings TV, chaired by former ABC board member Maurice Newman, said it would commit to making more local shows.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

March

Dick Humphry back in 1998.

Dick Humphry, inventor of shareholder democracy, dies at 85

A man whose habits and approach were set in the “old school”, Richard Humphry nevertheless led a technology-driven revolution in Australia’s financial markets.

  • Andrew Clark

January

emily lee in melbourne

Taiwanese-Australians worry about war and the cost of living

Thousands of Taiwanese-Australians are expected to make the trip to the 23-million-strong island to vote in what will be a hotly contested election.

  • Gus McCubbing

July 2023

Billionaire James Packer, who has invested in Alan Jones’ online talk network ADH TV.

James Packer returns to media, backing Alan Jones

James Packer has returned to the world of media, emerging as a key, multimillion-dollar investor in Alan Jones’ Australian Digital Holdings, now said to be valued at more than $20 million.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
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May 2023

Maurice Newman, former investment banker and chair of the ABC.

Australia’s top WeWork still an ‘Old Farts Club’

O’Connell St Associates has been getting more diverse. There are still some holding back the exclusive board members club.

  • Mark Di Stefano
ADH TV chief executive Jack Bulfin, who plans to build the Alan Jones-backed TV station into an opinion hub for right-wing audiences.

Inside Australia’s Newsmax, the Alan Jones-backed outrage network

The chief executive of ADH TV, Jack Bulfin, says the online media broadcaster is aiming to capture the libertarian, conservative opinion market.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

March 2023

Wild Futures project, is a joint philanthropic project between Taronga and the NSW State Government. (left to right) Cameron Adams , Malcolm Turnbull, Lucy Turnbull, Markus Kahlbetzer, Cameron Kerr, CEO of Taronga, Peter Wiggs, Electra Wiggs and David Paradice, Chairman of Taronga Foundation. Photo taken in the Taronga Institute of Science and Learning, which was jointly funded by Taronga, the NSW state Government and philanthropic donors.Friday 24th February 2023 AFR photo Louie Douvis

Crisis forces Taronga Zoo to turn to Rich Listers for $40m goal

The Taronga Foundation has raised 80 per cent of its $40 million target and is looking for more donors to chip in to save native wildlife.

  • Lucy Dean

July 2022

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Lobbyists will be lobbyists...

The entire influence-peddling industry is tying itself in knots over the Coaldrake review in Queensland.

  • Joe Aston

December 2021

All smiles: Maurice Newman and Alan Jones at Friday’s press conference.

Jones now at YouTube’s mercy

What happens the next time Alan Jones critiques coronavirus death tolls, or calls it a giant hoax? You don’t have to guess.

  • Myriam Robin

November 2021

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 16: Rockpool Bar & Grill restaurant on JULY 16, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)

Lunch watch: Rockpool draws mercantile crowd

The power lunch hour at Sydney’s Rockpool Bar & Grill starts earlier each week.

  • Joe Aston

May 2021

Senate committee chairman Andrew Bragg.

Super funds should butt out of companies’ lobbying: Bragg

Senator Andrew Bragg said it was crucial for companies to have a plan on how to mitigate climate risks, but parts of a recent push by ACSI went too far.

  • Michael Read

September 2020

AMP is exploring options to spin off parts of the company.

AMP's fall is a bad day for Australian icons

A reverend, a businessman and a wool trader walk into a bar. AMP's history is inextricable with that of modern Australia, but has fallen hard as it looks towards a potential break-up.

  • Michael Roddan and Jonathan Shapiro

August 2020

David Murray opposed a social license to operate.

David Murray lacks 2020 board vision

The former AMP chairman did not accept the ESG demands that are now essential to shareholder value.

  • Brynn O'Brien

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