This Month
Richard White’s new entourage has an unlikely retail heir
WiseTech’s largest shareholder continues to attract a new brand of hanger-on.
- Mark Di Stefano
January
Death of DEI won’t stop Sportsbet’s Barni Evans
Australia’s largest online gambling company seems intent on rainbow washing away the misery.
- Mark Di Stefano
Meet Boardy, the ‘Aussie’ AI networker that’s the talk of LinkedIn
An AI agent with a warm Australian accent, created by a US start-up, promises to call, chat and then make professional introductions.
- Tess Bennett
LinkedIn is in danger of being swamped by AI-generated slop
Facebook has Shrimp Jesus, Kindle its nonsense books. But a wave of computer-generated content is coming for a platform long seen as different to the others.
- Tess Bennett
How TikTok, YouTube and X police their platforms
Meta will replace its professional fact-checkers with a “community notes” system. How do other social media companies moderate content?
- Tess Bennett
December 2024
The Year of Brilliant Jerks: Rear Window’s year in review
Trump, Ellison, White, Adgemis, Gupta and that Rinehart portrait. For Rear Window, the end of shame and pretense added up to a ripping year of stories.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Publishers prepare to take on TikTok over news
News publishers have successfully campaigned to have TikTok-owner ByteDance included in the government’s revised media bargaining rules.
- Tess Bennett
Ash Barty, Daniel Ricciardo lose Optus roles
“The decision was taken as we looked to rebuild customer trust and focus on the fundamentals,” the telco’s spokeswoman said.
- Myriam Robin
The ill-fitting nightclub top behind a multimillion-dollar business
When Annabel Hay’s fashion tape let her down on a nightclub dance floor, her wardrobe malfunction became a fast-growing company selling modesty-saving glue.
- Updated
- Amelia McGuire
- Opinion
- Rear Window
WiseTech’s Richard White is out. Now for his joy
Do you think the randy professor’s references hit a little differently now?
- Myriam Robin
Barrenjoey’s bankers are all about founder mode
Founder worship is rarely seen in investment banking. Except at Australia’s favourite finance start-up.
- Mark Di Stefano
November 2024
This ex-big four partner has automated his LinkedIn posts
An AI-driven tool helps former big four consulting partner John Riccio take only about five minutes a week to create and schedule five LinkedIn posts.
- Edmund Tadros
‘Stealth sackings’ are the new workplace trend
As companies try to rein in costs and restrict initiatives that do not help profits, workers are wary of being quietly laid off for seemingly minor violations.
- Anjli Raval
AI now critical for job hunting success, recruiters say
It is becoming acceptable to use the technology to draft letters and CVs — but not to answer assessments.
- Bethan Staton
Airtree’s Craig Blair didn’t mean to defend ‘brilliant jerks’
This is capitalism for and by gods. Or by very naughty boys.
- Myriam Robin
Pratt announces move to the US
One of Australia’s richest men is a member of Donald Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, and has previously voiced admiration for the US president-elect.
- Primrose Riordan
October 2024
LinkedIn still a safe place for WiseTech’s Richard White
How do you know the stories are true, asked Tech Council member and Airwallex founder Jack Zhang.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Governance
Chris Ellison and Richard White should stand aside
MinRes and WiseTech have done the minimum necessary to buy time. The companies are offering crisis management, not good governance.
- Updated
- Helen Bird
Tech Council board picked Richard White over Robin Khuda
One must pity the Tech Council of Australia, newly tied to Richard White, who joined its board in late June.
- Myriam Robin
Reddit’s ‘LinkedIn Lunatics’ shames the platform’s creepiest posts
On the subreddit, 670,000 members lament the rise of “insufferable” content on the Microsoft-owned professional networking site.
- Alicia Tang