This Month
The gifts from foreign leaders Albanese has kept (and those he hasn’t)
There are strict rules for presents given to the prime minister and senior cabinet ministers. Here’s how the system works.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Regional Express Holdings
Rex donated thousands of dollars in free flights to political parties
The regional airline, which is now under administration, flew party officials for no cost during the last two election campaigns, disclosures show.
- Ronald Mizen
October
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
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
NRL, AFL personally lobbied Anthony Albanese against gambling ad ban
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NRL chairman Peter V’landys have been singing from the same songbook when it comes to gambling advertising. New details suggest why.
- Ronald Mizen
Iemma’s lobby shop going gangbusters amid NSW planning overhaul
Three of Iemma’s current and past clients might appear to benefit from the NSW government’s decision to seize planning controls of eight key Sydney sites.
- Campbell Kwan
Labor insider files suit against Hawker Britton
Three months after flagging his exploration of legal options, Labor insider John-Paul Blandthorn has followed up on the threat.
- Myriam Robin
September
Three ideas to sharpen up the Business Council of Australia’s act
Curiously, given business bangs on about innovation all the time, the BCA has failed to get the memo.
- John Kunkel
- Opinion
- Opinion
How business and economists can become relevant again
A central problem is that good economic policies have not been well communicated and have often been debated in an echo chamber of elites.
- John Kehoe
Tax and debt time bomb will hurt young Aussies, BCA chief warns
Labor and the Coalition are consigning younger generations to a future of higher taxes, ballooning government debt and poorer living standards, Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black will warn.
- John Kehoe
- Exclusive
- Business Council of Australia
Has the Business Council lost its mojo?
The peak body has been a fixture of power for much of its 41 years, but it is now at a crossroads to resurrect its influence.
- John Kehoe and Patrick Durkin
August
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
M&A crackdown: corporates protest in Canberra
Executives from large companies who are worried about planned tougher laws to block corporate mergers have taken their concerns to Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
- John Kehoe and Aaron Weinman
- Exclusive
- Peter Garrett
Jabiluka mining boss sidelined while Albanese met Peter Garrett
Brad Welsh, the chief executive of Energy Resources of Australia, says he was shocked about the abrupt cancellation of the lease announced last month.
- Peter Ker
Stephen Jones shields banks in scam ‘war’
The financial services minister and banking lobby boss Anna Bligh are so aligned on scams that they are repeating each other’s words.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
July
- Exclusive
- Gambling
Meet the lobbyists aiming to keep the gambling dollars rolling in
With the Albanese government’s gambling ad policy still up in the air, the Financial Review looked at who’s been hitting the corridors of power for sports betting firms.
- Ronald Mizen
June
- Exclusive
- Hong Kong protests
Ex-Crosby Textor pollster ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with Hong Kong work
The think tank which commissioned the research was founded by city’s former chief executive who remained a part of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
- Kylar Loussikian
April
- Exclusive
- Robyn Denholm
Former Afterpay policy exec named Tech Council CEO
Damian Kassabgi, a former adviser to prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, is the new boss of the most prominent tech industry association.
- Tess Bennett
The unlikely CEO team tackling Australia’s toughest job
Bran Black and Luke Achterstraat represent business at the opposite ends of the spectrum but are determined to present a united front in Canberra.
- Patrick Durkin
Disclose lobbyist meetings and federal minister’s diaries: NSW ICAC
The policy intervention from the state corruption watchdog comes ahead of its appearance at a Senate Inquiry on Monday probing access to Parliament House by lobbyists.
- Ronald Mizen
March
- Exclusive
- Supermarkets
PM’s former chief adviser guides Woolies through political crisis
Woolworths has hired Anthony Albanese’s former chief of staff, while Coles has a specialist well-known in C-suites and Canberra’s corridors of power.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
Meta flew in top reputation fixer ahead of news bombshell
The tech giants have amassed an army of lobbyists to deal with fights on news and tax. These are the fixers pounding Canberra’s corridors of power.
- Ronald Mizen