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It’s some 13 years since Graeme Samuel mused that he had “another five to 10 years of useful mental ability”.

Consultants? Save your money, advises corporate veteran Graeme Samuel

But PwC assures a parliamentary inquiry the long-awaited Ziggy Switkowski report into its internal culture will be published in time for the footy next week.

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Graeme Samuel, member of the APRA prudential inquiry: “She doesn’t just talk about it - indeed rarely does - she just does it and the results are there for all to see.”

Corporate veteran Graeme Samuel has no time for management consultants

The former ACCC chair, sport administrator and investment banker spoke dismissively of the sector in his submission into a parliamentary inquiry on consulting.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Tanya Plibersek flies to Montreal this week to push for greater efforts to protect biodiversity.

New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic

Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia has lost about 100 unique flora and fauna species. We lose another one or two animals every decade.

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Tanya Plibersek flies to Montreal this week to push for greater efforts to protect biodiversity.

New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic

Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia has lost about 100 unique flora and fauna species. We lose another one or two animals every decade.

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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced sweeping new changes to strengthen environmental laws.

‘Nature is being destroyed. Things have to change’: Plibersek flags environmental law overhaul

The reforms come after a review of federal environmental protection laws in January last year found major reform was needed as Australia had failed to halt extinctions.

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After a decade in the wilderness, Labor still lost on the environment

The Albanese government has emerged from a near decade in opposition without a plan to tackle the slow train wreck that is Australia’s extinction crisis.

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Experts say Omicron case numbers will continue to increase, although rapid testing is hiding the official results.

Australia sets new daily COVID case record as experts call for more free tests

Record numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases are being reported daily, with more than 37,000 confirmed on Monday. But experts say it’s likely to be eclipsed again.

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Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says boards need to look beyond ‘names’.

‘Boards are looking for a name’: Ex-ACCC chair says cosy networks limit diversity

Graeme Samuel says companies should look wider than the existing networks so that potential leaders are not overlooked for director roles.

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Assistant Forestry Minister Jonathon Duniam says he won’t follow the recommendation of a statutory review of federal environment laws to scrap the exemption for native forestry from Commonwealth wildlife protections.

‘We are pro-forestry’: Minister rejects call to enhance threatened species protections

Jonathon Duniam says he’ll be guided by the forest industry on threatened species law, despite a statutory review’s warning the law was failing wildlife.

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