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NBL owner Larry Kestelman says the league has never been in better shape.

‘When will it stop?’: Billionaire basketball dust-up goes to email

The NBL has found its new HQ. The pitch for the property owned by Larry Kestelman has been lashed as a “contrived” charade.

Robyn Denholm, chair of Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Tesla chief is a world away from Musk’s meltdowns

The company’s investors are asking: Where is Robyn Denholm? At the footy!

Tesla Model Y cars in California. The company remains an electric vehicle powerhouse in the US, but its market share is slipping.

Tesla’s market share slides, prompting demands Musk step up to lead

Wall Street analysts are still bullish about the car maker’s prospects, but are urging the company’s Australian chairwoman Robyn Denholm to step in.

June

Dan Fitzgerald

From Farquhar to Denholm, billionaires pile in on this Byron Bay fund

ReGen Ventures has raised almost $100 million to invest in start-ups trying to solve environmental problems, an area of mixed success for venture capitalists.

May

Elon Musk waves as he arrives for a state dinner at the Lusail Palace in Doha, Qatar.

Investors demand Musk work a 40-hour week at Tesla

Shareholders from a group of large pension funds say the EV maker is in “crisis” and call for succession planning.

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump outside the White House.

Tesla board moves to defend Musk’s ‘excessive’ pay package

Tesla chairwomen Robyn Denholm is leading the charge to rework the billionaire’s record 2018 pay package, which has been stuck in a seven-year legal battle.

Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm.

Robyn Denholm made $306m selling Tesla stock as profit fell

Chief executive Elon Musk told his employees to hang onto their stock as the share price declined, but his chairman did not heed the advice.

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ASIC sues Macquarie; CBA profit rises; Ray Dalio’s big worry

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Telstra wants boots on the ground in Silicon Valley so it can absorb the region’s AI research and development

Telstra opens Silicon Valley hub in race to build AI

The telco is putting boots on the ground in Silicon Valley to speed up its adoption of artificial intelligence and embrace the region’s can-do attitude.

Harry Godber, has been stood down from his role at the Tech Council.

Tech Council policy boss stood down after DV charges

Harry Godber, the head of policy at the Scott Farquhar-chaired Tech Council of Australia, has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges.

Australian neurologist and Synchron co-founder Tom Oxley took his company to the US because there wasn’t access to enough funding in Australia.

Labor urged to back science, boost spending on research

Medical technology chiefs want Labor to prioritise science in its second term and stop a slide in Australia’s research and development funding.

The NBL’s war over transparency hit a curveball on a phone this week.

NBL apologises after call that sprung deal on team bosses goes awry

The NBL informed clubs in a phone call it had done a deal with a travel company that may have links to league owner Larry Kestelman. After the reaction, it backpedalled.

Robyn Denholm.

Robyn Denholm says Tesla board isn’t trying to oust Elon Musk

In an interview, the electric carmaker’s Australian chairwoman said that she needed to “make sure the team is focused on what they need to deliver”.

April

Robyn Denholm’s family office wants to help charities.

Robyn Denholm’s ‘simply absurd’ family office legal fight

For someone who has made her career advising tech and telco companies, the Tesla chair is failing at trademark claims.

March

Tesla chairman Robyn Denholm.

As Tesla tanks, Musk’s hand-picked Australian chair is doing just fine

Robyn Denholm has reaped $682 million in cash and stock, which is being criticised as the shares plunge and investors question her oversight of the famous CEO.

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James Murdoch in 2023. He has been a Tesla director since 2018.

Tesla director James Murdoch dumps $21m stake in Musk carmaker

The estranged son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch has been on the board since 2017. Other insiders including chairman Robyn Denholm are also selling down.

Scott Farquhar says he wants to help a new generation of Australian tech start-ups become the country’s biggest companies.

Scott Farquhar to succeed Robyn Denholm as Tech Council chair

The Atlassian co-founder is taking his first major role since stepping down from his company and will become Australia’s top tech lobbyist.

February

Dr James Dunn’s research is using the human experience of remembering faces to train AI.

Australia should punt on bold, unproven ideas: Shergold

The Australian Research Council chairman says this country needs to get behind young researchers whose work takes greater risks but offers larger rewards.

Robyn Denholm, chair of the review of Australia’s R&D system, says over the past 25 years Australia has “slid steeply backwards”.

Australia’s critical slide in R&D is now a national emergency

In a world reshaping through emerging technologies, the nation needs to put innovation at the centre of its competitive DNA to set up its fortunes for decades.

Robyn Denholm says Australia has “been making excuses for 30 years” about the lack of R&D investment.

‘National emergency’ as Australia falls $25b short in R&D

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm and Industry Minister Ed Husic say Australia risks falling behind unless big business spends more on inventing new products and ideas.

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