This Month
- Analysis
- Government Observed
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.
- Tom Burton
June
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.
- John Kehoe
April
Geoff Wilson wants Bill Ackman’s very online notoriety
Funds management and dividend guru Geoff Wilson has logged on.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Andrew Thorburn lands CEO role at HammondCare
At his new job, the one-time NAB CEO’s Christianity is unlikely to be an issue.
- Myriam Robin
February
- Exclusive
- Governance
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.
- Aaron Patrick, Patrick Durkin and Ronald Mizen
January
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.
- Maxim Shanahan
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.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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?
- Aaron Patrick
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.
- Myriam Robin
September 2023
- Exclusive
- NSW budget
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.
- John Kehoe
August 2023
The ABC’s star investigative reporter packs her things
Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s office at Four Corners has been cleaned out.
- Mark Di Stefano
July 2023
- Exclusive
- Aged care
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.
- Phillip Coorey
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.
- Joanne Tran
March 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
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.
- The AFR View
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
- Samantha Hutchinson
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.
- Scott Bailey
September 2022
NAB fraud trial jury told of anonymous whistleblower letter
Former NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn didn’t believe an anonymous whistleblower letter accusing his trusted chief of staff of illegal financial activity, a jury has been told.
- Margaret Scheikowski
May 2022
Mike Baird to chair Future Generation Australia
The former premier has warned that ESG runs the risk of making responding to community need “head” rather than “heart-based”.
- Jemima Whyte
April 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
The missing middle in the Liberal campaign
The Liberals’ campaign is divided between those inner suburban seats under pressure from independents and Morrison’s preferred territory in outer suburban and regional seats. But without coming together, it’s going to be hard for the Coalition to win enough seats.
- Jennifer Hewett
February 2022
‘Time for action’ to lift aged care wages: Baird
Former NSW premier Mike Baird’s comments come as data shows more than a third of total virus-related deaths in aged care have happened in the first month of 2022.
- Finbar O'Mallon