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“Money expert” Michael Kodari on Sky News.

TV money expert Michael Kodari runs into ATO ‘discrepancies’

It’s not the first time the “investment luminary’s” business has been served in the Federal Court.

  • Hannah Wootton

This Month

Kerry Stokes at the 2024 AFL Grand Final in the MCG Olympic room.

Who owns the world’s largest TV? It might be Kerry Stokes

The veteran media proprietor has a 30ft television set, which one person guessed was a record breaker.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Then-treasurer Scott Morrison cradles his lump of coal in Question Time in 2017.

Whitehaven, New Hope and Bowen dig deep to revive coal lobbying

From t-shirts to right-wing campaign groups to its own lobbyists and new industry group, the coal industry is getting its mojo back.

  • Hannah Wootton

Is Ramsay Health Care whipping itself into a frenzy?

The private hospital lobby is turning on itself and Labor is making mileage from it.

  • Hannah Wootton
Jun Bei Liu and Jason Todd at the launch of TenCap.

Jun Bei Liu’s new fund carries more than romance risk

The star stock picker still has the support of UniSuper. With the size of its mandate, she needs it.

  • Mark Di Stefano
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Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison.

Chris Ellison begins paying his penalties to MinRes

The Mineral Resources founder was hit with a series of financial charges from the company over his activities over the course of a decade.

  • Mark Di Stefano
James Packer before the Israel prime minister’s address to Congress last year.

Packer moves in with billionaire Mar-a-Lago residents

The Australian businessman has picked up a two-year lease, putting him ever closer to the US president.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Jennifer Nason in the JPMorgan NYC office, where she farewelled the bank after 39 years on Monday.

Banking VIPs farewell Nason from JPMorgan

Australian connections also abounded as one of this country’s most successful investment bankers stepped back from four decades at JPMorgan.

  • Hannah Wootton
Star’s hiring spree defies financial sense.

Teetering Star Entertainment’s hiring drive beggars belief

For a company on the brink of financial collapse, the casino operator seems keen to increase its wages bill.

  • Hannah Wootton
Jun Bei Liu and Jason Todd at the launch of TenCap.

Jun Bei Liu and the art of stock picker disclosure

The star fund manager’s new venture has been set up with a collaborator who is more than just a co-founder.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Wayne Swan and Andrew Bragg appear at odds over what an answer to a question on notice is.

Wayne Swan, Cbus still won’t answer the question

The Labor powerbroker and Cbus chairman and Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg seem at odds on what constitutes an answer to a question on notice.

  • Hannah Wootton
Santos’ 2017 Dassault Falcon has been sold to a US buyer.

Santos’ Kevin Gallagher ejected from the private jet club

The oil and gas giant has sold its 10-seater Dassault Falcon to a US buyer, just as quietly as it bought it originally.

  • Hannah Wootton
Kate Chaney is keen to point out she’s an independent.

Three generations of Holmes a Courts are helping Kate Chaney

The family may provide art, campaign financing and unpaid admin assistance to the Perth MP, but the teals are still independent.

  • Hannah Wootton
Romano Sala Tenna at his Katana office in Cottlesloe.

Chris Ellison’s ally says the quiet part out loud

The managing director of Mineral Resources has been telling investors and anyone who’ll listen that he’s innocent.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Luke Sayers is back in Australia.

Luke Sayers’ firm seeks brand experts, but not for itself

Sayers Group is on a hiring spree for brand and customer experts, but its recently returned co-founder appears to be missing from recruitment efforts.

  • Hannah Wootton
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The Australian Club’s grand facade.

Joe Longo to speak at men-only Australia Club

His attendance is part of a long tradition, several of his predecessors also having given speeches at the institution

  • Myriam Robin
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last Friday.

Labor just emailed out a big hint about the election date

Labor Party material spruiking $5000-a-head events on the night of the slated March 25 budget has been sent out. That would shift the election window to May.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Antoinette Lattouf arrives at the Federal Court on Tuesday.

ABC chief people officer assures staff: Races exist!

Will someone tell ABC chairman Kim Williams that when you’re explaining, you’re losing?

  • Mark Di Stefano
Metcash group chief executive Doug Jones.

Metcash struggles to make its numbers work

The retail conglomerate’s mathematical howlers are piling up.

  • Mark Di Stefano
Former treasurer Peter Costello addresses a property conference last year.

Costello, Abbott, Credlin join global New Right circuit

The global conservative circuit has a growing cohort of Australians.

  • Mark Di Stefano

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