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Luke Sayers, former PwC Australia CEO, during a hearing with the finance and public administration references commitee, at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Carlton president Luke Sayers was Mathias Cormann’s back-up plan, inquiry reveals

The former finance minister saw a job at ex-PwC boss Sayers’ group as a plan B, if he didn’t become secretary-general of the OECD.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Mathias Cormann hadn’t expected to be swapping Paris for Perth, but is enjoying his job at the OECD.

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When the idea of becoming the OECD boss was first run by him, Mathias Cormann said no. Now he’s travelling to war zones.

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OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann addressing the Delphi Economic Forum in Delphi.

Cormann warns the West that decoupling from China would be a costly mistake

The OECD head says while it is “entirely sensible” to de-risk supply lines from being dependent on China, total decoupling by the West would leave the world poorer.

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Scott Morrison (right) and Alex Hawke in parliament on Wednesday.

ScoMo to give talk to Murdoch’s Hudson hawks

Fresh from Wednesday’s historic parliamentary censure, the former prime minister is off to Washington for a lucrative speaking gig to a Murdoch-backed think tank.

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Martin Pakula is now a non-executive director at Helloworld.

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The former Victorian state Labor tourism minister joins Helloworld as a non-executive director.

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Former prime minister Scott Morrison during Question Time on Wednesday.

Albanese cabinet to decide if Morrison will be censured over damning secret ministry report

The former PM has defended his decisions to take on multiple portfolios, saying they were taken during an extremely challenging period.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest.

Andrew Forrest’s $740 million bet on Ukraine

The Australian miner’s investment will be the first tranche of a $100 billion fund that has been described as Ukraine’s “Marshall Plan”.

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Scott Morrison defended his actions at a press conference in Sydney on Wednesday.

Morrison shamed into apologising to Karen Andrews on national TV

Former PM Scott Morrison has lost face across the nation and in his party, but has been singled out at the Ernies for sexist behaviour.

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