January
Down cudgels: Baird and Weatherill push for more civility in politics
The 2025 election campaign has begun with insults on both sides of politics. These two former premiers want a better political discourse.
December 2024
Leaked minutes show punting ban repealed to lure “quality” board
“You know what would set this place right? More gambling”, said no one ever. And yet, here we are.
October 2024
Opera, banking and life on the farm: Meet Qld’s would-be treasurer
In his only in-depth interview of the election campaign, the shadow treasurer opens up on his greatest lessons from banking and his plan to drive down debt.
Leading financial reformer Percy Allan dies aged 78
Allan worked under some of the most prominent political figures in NSW, including Labor premiers Neville Wran and Bob Carr, and as a key reformist under Liberal premier Nick Greiner.
September 2024
How to unlock the productivity power of a forgotten sector
There is a renewed push to get better value from the vast array of government services that make up around 20 per cent of the economy.
June 2024
Shock property tax rise hits landlords, holiday homes
Investment properties in NSW will be hit by a $1.5 billion increase in land taxes, which the real estate industry warns could cost thousands of dollars a year and be passed on to renters.
April 2024
Geoff Wilson wants Bill Ackman’s very online notoriety
Funds management and dividend guru Geoff Wilson has logged on.
Andrew Thorburn lands CEO role at HammondCare
At his new job, the one-time NAB CEO’s Christianity is unlikely to be an issue.
February 2024
Trouble at the top: When ASIC went to war with itself
The struggles between ASIC officials made it hard for the government to find a new corporate law enforcement chief.
January 2024
Mike Baird to join KPMG board
The appointment increases the number of independent directors at the firm, as consultancies continue to face scrutiny over their governance models.
South Africa’s genocide case sparks Sharma, Baird, Geminder blow up
Liberal Senator Dave Sharma has taken aim at Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird, urging the former NSW premier to take action against Cricket South Africa, after accusing them of antisemitism.
He called for political integrity. Will he defend a Jewish cricketer?
Cricket Australia chairman Mike Baird wants leaders to do what is right, not popular. So why isn’t he defending a Jewish cricketer who supported Israel?
December 2023
Mike Baird flags HammondCare exit
If Peter Dutton was hoping to recruit Mike Baird to run for the Liberals in a teal-held NSW seat, he had better get started now.
September 2023
NSW’s $108b TCorp faces shake-up under plan to slash debt
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will order a consolidation of six funds and stop borrowing billions of dollars to invest in financial markets.
August 2023
The ABC’s star investigative reporter packs her things
Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s office at Four Corners has been cleaned out.
July 2023
User pays, means testing more likely than a new aged care tax
A high-level taskforce charged with finding a long-term solution to aged care funding is leaning toward greater means testing and increased reliance on user pays.
April 2023
Antipodes’ Jacob Mitchell sticks with big tech and AI
The CIO says artificial intelligence will give companies like Microsoft and Alphabet owner an important competitive edge.
March 2023
Another election slide into bigger spending, debt and government
Australia’s post-2008 political slide continued in NSW on Saturday, without any sign of the microeconomic reform agenda that created the nation’s modern prosperity.
Baird: Voters hate sell-offs, but they love the rewards
The former premier, who steered a NSW privatisation agenda, says political leaders should keep an open mind on asset recycling in the next term
December 2022
Former NSW premier Mike Baird new Cricket Australia chairman
Mr Baird will take over as the organisation’s new boss from February, with his predecessor Lachlan Henderson stepping down after moving back to Perth.