August 2024
- Opinion
- Senate estimates
It’s time to civilise the inquisition of Senate estimates
Hearings that were meant to drill into policy detail have become a scattergun questioning of officials used to settle scores, or make cheap political points.
- Laura Tingle
March 2024
- Exclusive
- Business Summit
HESTA pushes for climate-friendly directors at Woodside
The industry super giant is the first to move on what Paul Keating says will be a trend of funds using market power to seek influence on issues like energy transition.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
November 2023
Head of powerful new industry super lobby group is not an insider
Misha Schubert has a background in journalism, advocacy and is currently the head of Science and Technology Australia.
- Hannah Wootton
September 2023
Nicola Roxon to chair new $1.4trn industry super lobby group
The new group combines Industry Super Australia and Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and represents more than $1.4 trillion in assets.
- Hannah Wootton
July 2023
Nicola Roxon ‘cross’ that business avoiding the Voice
Australia’s first female Attorney-General and Labor MP turned company director has made an impassioned plea for business not to abrogate its responsibilities on the Voice.
- Patrick Durkin
July 2020
HESTA, Cbus can hardly lecture AMP on sexual harassment
Industry super has a lamentable record of silence when the wrongdoing is by one of their own
- Joe Aston
Porter kicks off search for next High Court judge
The Attorney-General casts a net for the next High Court judge, lawyers behaving badly and a QC's plea to the PM. It's all Hearsay.
- Michael Pelly
March 2020
The directors buying into their cratering companies
With trading windows wide open, some insiders have had the cash on hand to buy while the going is cheap.
- Myriam Robin
July 2019
Bupa ever hotter after Nicola Roxon's exit
Nicola Roxon has still given no accounting of why she left her chairmanship of the group last month, only 17 months after assuming the role.
- Myriam Robin