This Month
CFMEU boss allegedly boasted of corrupt connections to $94b Cbus
Police allege a CFMEU official told corrupt building firms he could secure them lucrative jobs on projects financed by the superannuation giant.
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
CFMEU scandal should force rethink on super fund boards
Union-backed industry super funds have pushed hard to lift governance and accountability at public companies. Shouldn’t they want to improve their own governance, too?
- Updated
- James Thomson
The ties that bind John Setka to Cbus and the ALP
With the CFMEU now in a spotlight so bright even the indestructible John Setka couldn’t ride it out, ties like these drag everyone else into the glare.
- Myriam Robin
‘Stay tuned’: Payman open to forming a new party
First-term senator Fatima Payman has not ruled out forming her own political party after she quit the ALP, citing its “indifference” to the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
June
Trump, Biden spar; ANZ-Suncorp deal gets nod; RBA’s rates humiliation
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
NDIS ‘unsustainable’ and ‘out of control’: Wayne Swan
Mr Swan was one of the architects of the NDIS, which is growing at 20 per cent per year and on track to become the most expensive area of government spending.
- Michael Read
The leak that got away: Chanticleer on Foxtel’s $2b losses
Seven former Chanticleer columnists reminisced about their biggest stories on Thursday to celebrate the column’s 50th anniversary. Here’s what they said.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May
Labor premiers leave Miles on his own with Dutton on immigration
Former treasurer Wayne Swan has accused Peter Dutton of “dog whistling on migration”.
- Tom McIlroy, Gus McCubbing and Tom Rabe
Bull and the budget: supplicants take over Canberra
As the treasurer hands down his third budget, hasn’t he aroused a stupendous chorus of critics?
- Updated
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
April
Wayne Swan’s ASX sand crusade starts to crystallise
The former treasurer’s public support for local solar panel subsidies comes as he tries to consolidate the sand industry.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
Wayne Swan plays the (wo)man, drops the ball
Behold the ferocity with which the Labor Party’s National President attacked the two women who critiqued the government’s new industrial policy.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
PM’s Made in Australia green plan a ‘slippery slope’
Former Productivity Commission heads back Danielle Wood’s concerns that the government’s proposal needs clearly defined objectives and exit strategies.
- Phillip Coorey, John Kehoe and Michael Read
March
- Analysis
- Tax reform
Why Comyn went ‘off script’ and called for a major tax shake-up
The Commonwealth Bank chief executive spoke out for income tax cuts and a higher GST in what he described as “heart in your mouth sort of stuff” for his advisers.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Chalmers’ third budget will fight and stoke inflation and growth
Timing for the next election will be about picking a sweet spot between things getting better and things getting worse.
- Phillip Coorey
Australian politicians mob Alastair Campbell
As a way for a veritably antique ex-politico to pay the bills, this sure must beat lobbying.
- Myriam Robin
February
Wayne Swan sinking in ASX sand
The former treasurer’s small-cap sand miner commits a classroom M&A snafu.
- Mark Di Stefano
Cbus could invest more than $500m in affordable housing: Wayne Swan
The boss of the industry super fund says it is comfortable with the risks of a new asset class and wants to play a role in resolving Australia’s housing crisis.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The numbers are pointing in the right direction for Labor
Tax cuts, falling inflation, higher wages and interest rates cuts are set to favour Labor leading into what could be an early election.
- Phillip Coorey
December 2023
Big capital comes to Canberra. See the full list here
Big bank CEOs, super fund bosses and venture capital executives are at Parliament House to hear Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ push for them to invest in national priorities.
- Ronald Mizen
How big super ‘sponsors’ Australia’s unions
Australia’s superannuation funds have for the first time had to reveal itemised disclosures of their marketing, sponsorship and partnership spending.
- Myriam Robin