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Can Meg O’Neill deliver Woodside’s $100b gamble?

The ambitious chief executive is on the front line of the climate change wars. And she has big plans to turn the local LNG giant into a global powerhouse.

Jake Klein has stood down as executive chairman of Evolution Mining but he will remain a non-executive chairman and an investor.

This exec has built two companies worth billions. He is doing it again

Jake Klein, who has just spent 15 years developing Evolution Mining and who is ranked 39th on the 2025 Rich Bosses list, is addicted to building businesses.

Who’s to blame for pricey coffee? Find out in our weekly quiz

Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

The ASX had told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission earlier this year it was “out of step with other major markets by not allowing dual-class shares”.

Major funds at odds over ASX’s hopes for dual-class share schemes

Some investors say allowing founders a powerful say over their companies after a listing makes a lot of sense; others see a governance disaster in waiting.

President Donald Trump disrupted markets, but it was still possible to secure a bigger retirement nest egg.

How my SMSF beat big super without buying CBA

Donald Trump’s raucous disruption to global markets did not stop this SMSF from recording its third-best performance in a decade.

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Who’s behind the recent airline hacks? Take our weekly quiz

Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

Kim Jackson wants to position Skip Capital as Australia’s answwr to Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway

Former rock star and banker Kim Jackson wants to be the next Buffett

A Google search will say she’s Atlassian billionaire Scott Farquhar’s wife. But this veteran dealmaker has plenty of main character energy.

Kent Robbins head of property UniSuper.

Why this $140b industry super fund likes shopping malls so much

By 2030, a growing population will need much more retail space to cater for its shopping needs. Even allowing for online buying, we are running out of malls.

June

AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder.

AustralianSuper found another $60m behind the couch

The country’s largest super fund’s disclosure of more shares in Queensland coal producer Whitehaven came late to the market.

Australian Super CEO Paul Schroder.

AustralianSuper’s $298m bet on coal

The country’s largest super fund has become the second-largest shareholder in Queensland coal producer Whitehaven.

Big super’s cold feet stall Labor’s $10b low-cost housing plan

More than two years after pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to the flagship scheme, some pension funds are dragging their feet in financing developments.

AustralianSuper boss Paul Schroder oversees $365 billion of retirement savings.

Admin mess led to AusSuper’s alleged fees-for-no-service failure

AustralianSuper is refunding around $4.2 million to the relatives of affected members over the problems.

May

MinRes is spending $230m to repair and resurface its damaged Onslow haul road.

Ellison shrugs off MinRes downgrade for haul road charm offensive

The embattled mining magnate personally showed shareholders around Mineral Resources’ $3b Onslow Iron project, shortly after cutting its production forecast.

ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the ignorance of super fund boards extends to other critical areas such as fraud protection and  cybersecurity.

ASIC steps up attack on ‘complacent’ superannuation boards

Superannuation fund boards are in the regulator’s crosshairs for oversight failings over late death benefit payments.

US President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill aims to ram through much of his economic agenda in one go.

Trump tax hike threatens to raid Australians’ superannuation savings

Republicans are pushing for investors from countries deemed to discriminate against American businesses to pay more as part of the White House’s budget bill.

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Malcolm Bundey and Chris Ellison. Bundey will become MinRes’ new chairman on July 1.

Can MinRes’ cleanskin chairman tame the Chris Ellison show?

Malcolm Bundey will have one of the biggest governance mop-up jobs in years, with the heavily indebted miner facing investigation by the corporate regulator.

Jim Chalmers decided to play the man while to defending Labor’s controversial superannuation tax proposals.

Labor shouldn’t crash through on super taxes like the Voice

The government’s failure to heed advice from many parts of the community that the super tax policy is flawed ominously echoes the defeat of the referendum.

Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu and Square Peg’s Paul Basset.

Massive Airwallex cash exposes VC herding

The mega round featured Blackbird and Airtree, whose appearance speaks more to their own past bets.

Garry Weaven says paying more tax is fair for high balance accounts.

Superannuation tax hike on me is ‘fair’: industry super godfather

One of the founders of industry super, Garry Weaven, has backed the plan to impose extra tax on $3 million-plus super balances, even though he’ll be affected.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is sticking by his new tax.

Industry super pushes for Chalmers to change retirement tax hike plan

The country’s two largest pension funds have privately lobbied the government to index the tax’s $3 million threshold to inflation to maintain confidence.

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