October 2021
Harker quits Westpac board, blaming lung transplant
The departure comes after questions about his ties to a controversial trust-fund business. Sources said health reasons only were behind the resignation.
- Liam Walsh and Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Pandora’s tax haven reputational pitfalls
The Pandora Papers leak shows why wealthy individuals who use offshore structures should push to shut down the havens exploited by criminals and tax dodgers.
- The AFR View
- Investigation
- Pandora Papers
Westpac director’s Samoa fund in leaked papers
Westpac director Steven Harker, who helped oversee the bank’s 2019 response to failures to report money laundering, has maintained a superannuation fund for decades in Samoa administered by a boutique business entangled in tax-avoidance schemes.
- Neil Chenoweth and Liam Walsh
April 2019
- Opinion
- AGL Energy
How a Labor win would affect sharemarket investments
Investment professionals outline how ALP policies – from wages to energy prices, a bank levy and private health insurance – would play out on the ASX.
- Stewart Oldfield