January
How a ‘warrior’ brain surgeon saved his street from fires and looters
It was a scenario the 62-year-old had been preparing for: he had trained, sourced the fire hoses, and briefed his son and neighbour about the course of action.
AI’s next big (risky) thing: Special agents to organise your life
Tasks that would have taken a month can now be done in an hour, but people will be exposing a lot more digital information, raising privacy and security concerns.
The most important lessons these CEOs learnt in 2024
Celebrating your wins, staying grounded and embracing generative AI were some of the key things these top business leaders took away from last year.
CEOs reveal how to fix the productivity problem
Business reckons it’s ready to invest to help bolster living standards for all Australians. It just needs some policy help.
Why the US wants BHP and Rio to get crazy rich in the Congo
BHP and Rio Tinto see just one problem with the big new copper mine Robert Friedland has built in the DRC. But the US government reckons it has the solution
This ‘Wall Street Girly’ wants to make wealth more accessible
Vivian Tu is the latest in a long tradition of women talking to women about economics, business and personal finance – and with TikTok she can reach millions.
December 2024
How Assad secretly sent 21 planeloads of Syria’s cash to Moscow
The near-broke central bank sent almost $400 million in bulk shipments between 2018 and 2019 to Russia when the dictator was indebted to the Kremlin.
Suburban pub grub suits Westpac’s new CEO
Living in Sydney’s inner west makes Anthony Miller an outlier among big bank chiefs. The former investment banker is determined to make his firm stand out, too.
Autocrats rise as Trump scorches the land of the free
Strongman leaders have lit a bonfire of the orthodoxies: the role of the state, neoliberalism, globalisation and the international “rules-based” order.
How CEOs are using AI, from driverless forklifts to bird counts
Everyone’s doing it, but are they doing it properly? Here is a fascinating snapshot of what Australian companies are doing with artificial intelligence.
The CEOs are tripping. Can psychedelics help the C-suite?
A growing cottage industry is dedicated to the theory that mind-altering drugs can improve business leadership.
The signs of poor health that your hands, nails and knuckles reveal
The clues to fighting illness, from eczema and psoriasis to arthritis and Parkinson’s, could be right before your eyes.
The vast spy agency behind Russian general’s death
The assassination of Igor Kirillov marked the latest strike in a shadow war between Kyiv and Moscow. It was carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence service, the SBU.
Six surprising things I learnt from a Gen X gap year in London
We expected this to be a memorable time, but it was the workarounds and unknown unknowns that made it even better than we hoped.
I sent Andrew Forrest 50 hard questions. He invited me to have a talk
After months of reporting, and only carefully worded written responses from Fortescue, I found myself with the iron ore billionaire on the company jet in the Pilbara.
Fortescue’s Game of Thrones moment
When the firm’s troubled Iron Bridge mine blew its budget and fell behind schedule, Andrew Forrest called a meeting likened to the series’ “red wedding” scene.
Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
After a frenetic world tour, the billionaire had to wind back his hydrogen plans. A Financial Review investigation looks at what led to an exodus of executives.
The five-day diet that cuts belly fat
Professor Valter Longo’s eating plan called “Pro-Lon” was awarded the first patent for “promoting longevity and health span”.
Manhattan murder frightens executives everywhere
Many companies view investor meetings such as the one that the UnitedHealthcare boss was walking to as security risks because they are highly publicised.
November 2024
Labor plans to kick with the wind for a second time
The dynamic could not be more different to this time last year when parliament wound up with the government blowing smoke and the PM resembling a shot duck.