February
Richard Goyder and Woodside bathe in absent votes
The chairman of the gas giant has cleverly outlined how opposition to the company’s climate plan is not as big as you think.
January
Banker showdown at the Australian Open men’s final
At the tennis, Jannik Sinner triumphed over Alexander Zverev as three duelling investment banks put on their own show.
Goyder could break the shackles by returning government handouts
Readers’ letters on business welfare dependence, China’s claims to Taiwan, the gift of giving, property prices, Arctic mining, and Donald Trump.
December 2024
The Year of Brilliant Jerks: Rear Window’s year in review
Trump, Ellison, White, Adgemis, Gupta and that Rinehart portrait. For Rear Window, the end of shame and pretense added up to a ripping year of stories.
Dutton coy on nuke details; Qantas farewells Goyder; UK schooner row
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Qantas says goodbye to Richard Goyder
The former chairman was toasted by his board, exiting with free flights and a bruised reputation.
November 2024
Qantas plans lavish farewell for Richard Goyder
He led the company to an excruciating reputational crisis. But he will exit to well-wishes and speeches delivered in one of Sydney’s most salubrious hotels
October 2024
The incredible financial value of a Qantas board seat
The lavish and fudged flight perks of the airline’s executives are revealed in this extract from Joe Aston’s “The Chairman’s Lounge”.
The zombie chairman: How Goyder let Joyce trash Qantas’ reputation
An exclusive extract from Joe Aston’s book The Chairman’s Lounge tells the inside story of how Richard Goyder and his board allowed Alan Joyce to fly Qantas into a reputational disaster.
Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton gather in the court of Kerry Stokes
The Telethon Ball held in Perth on Saturday was the annual pilgrimage for politicians and business figures.
What David Koch did next
One of Australia’s most prominent financial commentators is getting into the capital solutions business.
Qantas to wine and dine journos the week of Aston book launch
For the national carrier, this is the oldest trick in the book.
Slow ASX is an insult to traders
Readers’ letters on tardy trade times for investors; outdated management styles at Qantas; Peter Dutton and the ABC; non-uni pathways to accounting; and AUKUS decisions.
September 2024
Albo keeps it in the family at the AFL commissioner’s lunch
You can’t buy a ticket to Aussie rules’ most exclusive grand final function, so there are few better tests of relevance than trying to score an invitation.
Richard Goyder on his biggest mistake at Qantas
The recently departed Qantas chairman admits he made some mistakes but says people forget how the pandemic changed the game.
Sydney showcases AFL’s travelling circus
It’s one of those years when interstate teams dominating the AFL finals just ever-so-slightly shifts the power axis.
August 2024
40pc of blue-chip company directors lack skin in the game
Of the 22 directors of ASX 300 companies who were paid more than $1 million last year, only three were female, a survey shows.
Richard Goyder’s board was on cruise control
For all its politeness, Tom Saar’s review remains a devastating indictment of Richard Goyder’s board.
Qantas board failed to challenge Joyce’s ‘command and control’
Qantas’ incoming chairman John Mullen said bonus practices at the airline had been problematic as the board was unable to override “the formulaic results of a compensation scheme” if there was a major scandal.
How the Qantas board fell for the cult of Alan Joyce
A scathing review of the national carrier’s board tells the story of a highly successful chief executive whose growing power was not adequately challenged. It ended badly for everyone.