September
Elon Musk opens the door to Robyn Denholm
The Tesla chairman sold another $25 million shares, while her chief executive Elon Musk acts out as the world’s worst internet troll.
- Mark Di Stefano
July
- Exclusive
- Funding
Woolies, Harris Farm, Tesla chair, pile in to back biosecurity start-up
ExoFlare has plans to build a global biosecurity tech firm, modelled on international cybersecurity players, and has big-name backers watching as it helps tackle bird flu.
- Paul Smith
June
Robyn Denholm, Larry Kestelman buy slice of women’s basketball
The WNBL, currently run by Basketball Australia, has struggled to make money for years. The two businesspeople will buy a controlling stake in the league.
- Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Tenacious Ventures lives up to its name with $18m raise in hard market
Members of the Schwartz, Denholm and Murdoch families have committed money to the agricultural technology investor that has overcome hurdle after hurdle.
- Nick Bonyhady
Tesla shareholders approve Musk’s $72b pay package
The shareholder vote is a major win for the Tesla chief executive as he seeks to reassert control over the company.
- Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
May
Tesla slams Glass Lewis after report on Musk mega pay deal
The electric vehicle maker has hit back at the proxy adviser and is urging investors to back Musk’s mega pay deal.
- Nick Bonyhady
Tesla shareholder group slams Elon Musk’s $84b pay package
A coalition of Tesla shareholders that hold a small portion of Tesla stock said Musk is distracted by his commitments to the five other companies he controls.
- Dana Hull
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
AI pioneers pay $12.45m for harbourside penthouse
Appen founders Chris and Julie Vonwiller have joined a trend of “discerning down-sizers” seeking large apartments.
- Bonnie Campbell
Bezos, Zuckerberg lead magnificent seven insider stock sales
Almost a dozen executives and directors at the firms recently boosted their share sales, earning more than $242 million since late 2023.
- Ben Stupples
April
- Exclusive
- Political lobbying
Former Afterpay policy exec named Tech Council CEO
Damian Kassabgi, a former adviser to prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, is the new boss of the most prominent tech industry association.
- Tess Bennett
Nickel miner axes 530 jobs as pressure builds for budget bailout
Resources Minister Madeleine King says government alone cannot solve nickel industry woes as job losses near 2000 since December.
- Brad Thompson
Tesla shareholders brace for worst results in seven years
Investors want to know whether the electric car maker is in the midst of a major change in direction.
- Updated
- Peter Campbell, Harriet Agnew and Arjun Neil Alim
- Opinion
- Pay
Musk wants $87b. Tesla’s Aussie chair is defying a court to help him
Robyn Denholm is asking investors to over-rule a judge who cancelled the biggest pay package in history for an AWOL chief executive.
- Aaron Patrick
February
Tesla chairwoman tackles Canberra on tax breaks for nickel, lithium miners
Robyn Denholm will help spearhead the fight for tax breaks in critical minerals just days after Andrew Forrest calls out Elon Musk for buying Indonesian nickel.
- Brad Thompson
- Updated
- Earnings season
Labor told to fix IR policies before handouts: BHP
Mike Henry says a tax credit may not be enough to save the company’s nickel division from closure, saying wage inflation in Australia was “especially problematic”.
- Peter Ker and Phillip Coorey
‘Travesty’: Cathie Wood blasts court criticism of Denholm
The investor called the Tesla chairwoman a “professional of unquestionable integrity” after she was excoriated in a court judgment over Elon Musk’s pay.
- Nick Bonyhady
January
- Updated
- Executive pay
‘Life-changing wealth’ stopped Denholm standing up to Musk: judge
Robyn Denholm, who earned $426 million, and James Murdoch are among Tesla board members blasted by a US judge for not standing up to Elon Musk’s pay demands.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Court lays bare Denholm’s losing battle with the cult of Musk
Tesla’s Australian chairman, Robyn Denholm, has long faced a tightrope walk between harnessing Elon Musk’s brilliance and reining in his excesses. It just got harder.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Denholm plans $80m Tesla windfall
The Tesla chairwoman finally gets the chance to sell some shares.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Tech Council boss Kate Pounder resigns
Australia’s technology sector loses a powerful voice in Canberra, after the boss of high-profile industry group steps down.
- Tess Bennett