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.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin and Zoe Samios
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.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Dutton coy on nuke details; Qantas farewells Goyder; UK schooner row
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Qantas says goodbye to Richard Goyder
The former chairman was toasted by his board, exiting with free flights and a bruised reputation.
- Mark Di Stefano
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
- Myriam Robin
October 2024
- Exclusive
- Governance
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”.
- Joe Aston
- Exclusive
- Governance
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.
- Joe Aston
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.
- Mark Di Stefano
What David Koch did next
One of Australia’s most prominent financial commentators is getting into the capital solutions business.
- Mark Di Stefano
Qantas to wine and dine journos the week of Aston book launch
For the national carrier, this is the oldest trick in the book.
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- Myriam Robin
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Readers’ letters on tardy trade times for investors; outdated management styles at Qantas; Peter Dutton and the ABC; non-uni pathways to accounting; and AUKUS decisions.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.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- BOSS
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.
- Patrick Durkin
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.
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- Mark Di Stefano
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.
- Sally Patten
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.
- Myriam Robin
- Updated
- Aviation
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.
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- Ayesha de Kretser and James Thomson
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.
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- James Thomson
July 2024
How PwC conjured a FIRB crackdown
PwC continues to answer the bare minimum, opening doors to meaning and revelation.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano