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ASIC chairman Joe Longo.

Get your house in order, Longo tells scandal-plagued CEOs

After a string of high-profile scandals involving chief executives, ASIC chairman Joe Longo is putting boards on notice.

  • Ronald Mizen

January

Cate and Luke Sayers (middle) attend the 2024 Australian Open.

Very pubic display hangs over Sayers’ PwC pension

The Melbourne man-about-town may have been forced to quit the Carlton presidency, but his friends are still in overdrive on damage control.

  • Hannah Wootton
Former Carlton president Luke Sayers with the man now rumoured to replace him, Josh Frydenberg, in 2019.

Sayers Group considers name change amid lewd photo scandal

The firm was built around Sayer’s personal brand and gathered high-profile Melbourne businesses identities to bankroll the venture when it launched.

  • Hannah Wootton, Mark Di Stefano and Zoe Samios
Luke Sayers has stepped down as president of Carlton Football Club.

Sayers steps down from Carlton after ‘very tough’ few weeks

Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president and said he would take time off work after a “very tough” period that followed a post of a penis on his X account.

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  • Hannah Wootton and Mark Di Stefano
Luke Sayers, pictured with wife Cate, is under scrutiny from the AFL.

Lewd photo scandal sparks AFL investigation for Melbourne’s Mr Teflon

Is this how Luke Sayers, PwC’s youngest CEO and the head of one of Melbourne’s most popular football clubs, finally comes undone?

  • Hannah Wootton
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Carlton president Luke Sayers appears to have sent a dick picture to a female executive on social media.

Carlton president Sayers caught in lewd pic scandal

The former PwC boss Luke Sayers claims a hacker was responsible for a nude picture sent to a female executive on social media.

  • Gus McCubbing

December 2024

Plenary Group CEO David Lamming.

Plenary CEO avoids conviction after guilty plea

Two charges related to resisting and assaulting police were withdrawn after David Lamming’s guilty plea was accepted by the local court.

  • Max Mason and Zoe Samios

November 2024

Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison.

Future Fund questions MinRes’ handling of Ellison claims

The comments from the sovereign wealth fund came after influential proxy advisers said directors needed to be more accountable for the governance failure.

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  • Peter Ker
Opposition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie.

McKenzie failed to declare more than a dozen free flight upgrades

Pressure has been mounting on Senator Bridget McKenzie since it was revealed last week she had written to Qantas, Virgin and Regional Express for more details.

  • Ronald Mizen

October 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has emphatically denied seeking flight upgrades from Qantas.

Inside Qantas’ revolving door with Parliament House

The flight upgrade saga engulfing politics this week has shone a light on the grey areas in which political staffers, lobbyists and government regulations executives operate.

  • Ronald Mizen
Peter Dutton says his office asked to use Gina Rinehart’s private plane.

Dutton admits soliciting free ride on Rinehart’s jet, backs McKenzie

The opposition leader says his office asked to use the mining magnate’s private jet and supports the changing tunes of his transport spokeswoman.

  • Ronald Mizen
Shadow Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie.

Bridget McKenzie launches flight upgrade inquiry – into herself

Senator McKenzie said she had only received one Qantas upgrade but is now reviewing her travel history after the AFR asked about specific flights.

  • Ronald Mizen
Richard White’s personal life didn’t matter to investors … until it did.

Over a $90,000 dispute, Richard White’s down $3b and counting

At what point did WiseTech investors start counting the founder’s libido as a contingent liability?

  • Myriam Robin
Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the McLaren MCL38 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore last month.

Singapore to charge billionaire Ong for scandal over ex-minister

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng worked with the disgraced former minister S. Iswaran to bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to the city state.

  • Low De Wei

July 2024

Workplace Minister Tony Burke addressing the media on Wednesday.

‘Not a threat, it’s very real’: CFMEU retaliation tactics in focus

Victorian firms strong-armed into signing enterprise bargaining agreements say they are too afraid of speaking out against the CFMEU for fear of reprisals.

  • Ronald Mizen
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April 2024

Brittany Higgins outside the Federal Court in Sydney last November, with partner David Sharaz, left, and lawyer Leon Zwier.

Higgins must accept there was no cover-up: Reynolds

Senator Linda Reynolds will proceed with her defamation lawsuit unless Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz accept Federal Court findings there was no cover-up of rape.

  • Ronald Mizen
Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann “was hell-bent on having sex” with Brittany Higgins and went to great lengths to orchestrate a situation that allowed that outcome.

A rape, a cover-up narrative and a political firestorm

“Tonight, claims of rape, roadblocks to a police investigation, and a young woman forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice”. That is how Ten introduced its interview with Brittany Higgins.

  • Ronald Mizen
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Liberal senator Linda Reynolds was vindicated by the defamation judgment.

Higgins, Sharaz should settle with ‘vindicated’ Reynolds: Dutton

The opposition leader says Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz should settle the senator’s defamation actions against them and issue a “full apology”.

  • Ronald Mizen

February 2024

Barnaby Joyce in parliament on Monday.

Joyce an embarrassment like Les Patterson: Labor MP

Labor MP Tania Lawrence likens Barnaby Joyce to Sir Les Patterson and suggests he reconsider his position an MP.

  • Phillip Coorey and Cindy Yin

November 2022

Andrew Wilkie at Parliament on Monday.

Anglo, Peabody, Glencore targeted in fake-coal claims

Some coal giants have rejected allegations of forcing labs to manipulate the results of tests on coal.

  • Liam Walsh

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