This Month
CEOs are having pay docked. They still may be getting off lightly
ASX boards are responding to pressure from regulators and investors to make executives accountable for failures in risk management. But is it enough?
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2025 revealed
Mining company chief executives scooped the pool this year as the surging gold price lifted company stocks and executive pay.
Worley board to face investor wrath over executive pay, performance
The global engineering group, which narrowly avoided a first strike last year, is facing a protest vote against its remuneration report for the second year in a row.
Former Olympian Grant Hackett’s gold-medal payday hits turbulence
A sharemarket bolter roaring towards the top-100 stocks wants to reward its top executives with shares and rights-heavy pay packets. But not everyone is buying it.
Shareholders rebuke NextDC for CEO’s $112m bonus plan
An overwhelming majority voted against the data centre provider’s remuneration report at its annual general meeting on Thursday.
ANZ executives lose $32m in bonuses over ASIC failings
The leadership team has been punished with bonus cuts, but the bank’s board has been spared any such accountability for its part in the $240 million scandal.
NextDC boss faces ‘excessive’ pay package battle
Two influential proxy firms have advised investors in the data centre company to vote against a new remuneration package for chief executive Craig Scroggie.
Norway fund votes against Musk’s $1.5trn pay deal
Norges Bank Investment Management said while it appreciates the significant value created by Elon Musk, it was concerned about the total size of the award.
Unelected council chiefs earn more than MPs. Here’s what yours is paid
NSW’s local government minister acknowledged community concern about excessive pay with the highest-paid council CEO earning almost as much as the prime minister.
Australia Post again reveals eye-watering salaries for execs
It was once surprising you could get this sort of money for a government organisation barely back in black, but at AusPost it’s become the norm.
October
Robyn Denholm warns Musk could quit over $1.5trn pay
The Tesla chairwoman has stepped up her campaign for investors to support the billionaire chief’s pay package ahead of a crucial shareholder vote on November 6.
Why Australia’s only listed family office prefers working-class staff
Todd Barlow, who leads $14 billion company Soul Patts, discusses why you should never tell him you are doing your job – and being compared to Warren Buffett.
$1m CEO salaries disappear from family offices
A new report reveals that family office CEO base salaries sit around $500,000 to $625,000 plus substantial bonuses, but the top end of the market has softened.
ASX set to avoid pay strike, spill as proxy advisers back the board
Irate investors delivered the market operator a strike at last year’s annual meeting, and a second would have raised the prospect of directors getting rolled.
Fundies take aim at proxy firms’ ‘academic view’ of Xero CEO pay
Investors say the advisers failed to see the business operates in a global market, after almost half of shareholders voted against the pay package.
‘Ultimately responsible’: Proxy adviser targets James Hardie chair
A second powerful advisory firm has recommended shareholders vote against Anne Lloyd and protest against the company’s executive pay rates.
Diversa boss bags $770k bonus despite $250m First Guardian exposure
Financial accounts reveal the superannuation group with the biggest exposure to the failed investment scheme paid CEO Andrew Peterson a surprising amount.
This Aussie exec was once sued over a new job. He’s safe this time
GSK’s new CEO, Luke Miels, will avoid gardening leave, but has different challenges with his latest role.
‘American’ James Hardie hits back at pay packet anger
The building products group has defended its decision to lower hurdles for incentive packages as chief executive Aaron Erter stands to earn $13 million.
September
WiseTech billionaire founder Richard White cashes out $240m
The executive chairman has sold 2.48 million shares in the past four weeks after a six-month hiatus from selling his stake.