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CEO wages are falling and golden parachutes have collapsed

Is your pay packet struggling to keep up with inflation? Australia’s top chief executives know how you feel.

  • Colin Kruger

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Palantir boss Alex Karp is an outspoken figure.

This man made $10.5 billion last year from keeping a close eye on Americans

Being CEO is a tough gig, no question. But the pay? It’s fabulous. Even more so when you lead a company that helps the Trump administration collect and compile personal information on millions of Americans.

  • Jeff Sommer
Macquarie Group’s chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said the bank’s businesses had been resilient in an uncertain environment.

Macquarie chief’s pay cut to $24m as ‘millionaires’ factory’ rakes in $3.7b

As Macquarie reported its profits on Friday, the investment bank known for its bumper pay packets also revealed how much its top executives were paid.

  • Clancy Yeates
Directors of the Sydney Fish Market do not believe the relocation to the new building will increase the value of the company.

Sydney Fish Market executives reel in larger salaries as finances sink

The Sydney Fish Market sees so little value in relocating to its new billion-dollar Blackwattle Bay digs that it has written off millions in costs related to the development.

  • Harriet Alexander
Matt Stanton lands the job running Nine Entertainment,

Nine’s new boss faces old challenges, but the rewards are rich

If Matt Stanton gets it right and hits the earnings jackpot, he could make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised at about $2.5 billion.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Elon Musk

‘Pain’: Elon Musk steps up fight to save his $100 billion Tesla payday

The world’s richest person is trying to recover the largest pay package ever awarded to a US executive.

  • Sabrina Willmer and Jef Feeley
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A picture of a rubber duck included in emeritus professor William Maley’s submission to the inquiry on university governance.

Professors hit back at universities that are ‘no longer about education’

As top institutions are accused of putting money before academic integrity, one university has cut back on graduation ceremonies and said it would give students a “coveted” rubber duck.

  • Christopher Harris
Shayne Elliott last month, as he presented ANZ’s full-year results to investors. He has been with the bank since 2009.

ANZ chief Shayne Elliott to forgo $3m bonus after investor revolt

Nearly 40 per cent of the company’s shareholders voted against ANZ’s executive pay scheme at the company’s AGM on Thursday.

  • Dominic Powell
Axon Enterprises CEO and founder Rick Smith started the company with his brother Tom in a garage 31 years ago.

Rick the Taser king started his company aged 23. Now he is a billionaire

Rick Smith says he and his brother came up with the idea for their company after high school football teammates were killed in a shooting.

  • Biz Carson
Alan Joyce stood down early after a series of scandals and growing customer anger.

Qantas forks out another $3.4 million for Joyce as executive pay revealed

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce received $3.4 million for his last two months in the job. In his last two years, he took home nearly $20 million.

  • Amelia McGuire

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