This Month
Aged care insurance fees jump on threat of fines and jail
Premiums have doubled for some aged care providers and directors, due to potential big fines and jail time for breaching proposed tougher laws.
- John Kehoe
June
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How a shake-up could unlock $40b for Rio Tinto investors
BHP cleaned up its outdated corporate structure and can now do things like bid for Anglo American. There is pressure building on Rio Tinto to consider doing the same.
- Anthony Macdonald
HWL Ebsworth appoints new board
The HWL Ebsworth partnership has elected seven members to its new governance board, which will bring it in line with common practice at other firms.
- Maxim Shanahan
APRA chairman: I won’t be winding back the regulatory clock
John Lonsdale hit back at CEOs seeking relief, declaring current APRA restrictions as deliberate and appropriate, in a speech at an ABA event on Wednesday.
- James Eyers
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Tax cuts will prolong rate pain: directors
Economic uncertainty and the energy transition are among the top issues being debated in our biggest boardrooms.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
ANZ’s openly gay chairman warns on ASX’s sexuality disclosure
Asking boards to disclose the sexuality, age and ethnicity of directors risks encroaching on their privacy and could make them a target for activists, leading directors warn.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
In the end, complexity felled the Lendlease empire
Lendlease was globally recognised for engineering excellence, its ability to build thriving community spaces, and its nurturing of many leading CEOs. Its diminution is instructive as well.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Opinion
What directors should learn from Musk’s massive payout
Tesla’s shareholders still believe in the magic of their chief executive, but critics say the bumper payday has warped some of the company’s decisions.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The cult of Musk is alive and well. Now he needs to deliver
Elon Musk’s massive pay deal has been re-approved by Tesla investors. But the billionaire needs to stop selling the same old blue sky and start delivering.
- James Thomson
‘Chanticleer for a day’ draws out three big issues
Infrastructure planning, boosting equity markets and re-thinking social advocacy by companies are three things these movers and shakers put on Chanticleer’s agenda.
- Anthony Macdonald
ASX investors spooked by rising technology costs
Shares in the equities market operator slumped 8 per cent after it revealed elevated capital expenditure over the medium term, as it continues with the CHESS fix.
- James Eyers
Big business’ Voice advocacy backfired: new Qantas chairman
John Mullen said businesses should not be “completely anaesthetised” on social issues, but warned it can be dangerous for firms to back politicised causes.
- Nick Bonyhady
Gender, sexuality reveal plan for boards should go further: advocates
A proposal that boards state the sexuality, age, Indigenous heritage and disabilities of directors does not go far enough, say advocacy groups and some directors.
- Sally Patten
Peter Costello denies pushing Canberra journalist
The Nine Entertainment chairman says he did not assault a journalist who approached him on Thursday, after video of the incident showed the man falling over.
- Tom McIlroy
Damning Tiwi Island judgment makes bank CEOs wary of in-person visits
Major lenders had promised to send bosses to meet traditional owners near Santos’ Barossa gas project. The Federal Court has made them reconsider.
- James Eyers
Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum
Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
Proposed director disclosures may raise privacy concerns
Leading directors question whether an ASX proposal to recommend board members disclose their sexuality, age, ethnicity and any disabilities would add value.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
In the ESG debate, this is what’s really torching shareholder value
For all the talk about the “E” in “ESG”, what gets CEOs sacked and costs investors money are old-fashioned social licence and governance issues.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Gender equality
ASX warned its race, sexuality push on boards is misguided
Company directors would be asked to disclose their sexuality, any Indigenous heritage and disabilities under controversial updates to diversity reporting rules.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
After the Voice, October 7, should business say less?
How should companies respond to contested social and political issues not directly related to core business?
- Patrick Langrell