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Matt Daniel, Peter Dutton and Simon Kennedy in Sydney.

Peter Dutton spotted with colourful Liberal-aligned property developer

Matt Daniel, a controversial Liberal party powerbroker, was alongside the federal opposition leader in the Sutherland Shire.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell

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Health Minister Mark Butler and Professor Jane Halton.

Australia facing mRNA vaccine shortfall in global race for latest jabs

Australia risks being at the back of the global queue for variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines, with the government yet to strike a deal with Moderna for supply next year.

  • Dana Daniel
Crown board members leave the building.

Heavy are the heads that wore the crown

With Crown finally being granted a casino licence at Barangaroo and the company being taken private, spare a thought for the poor former board members.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take a plan for more free rapid antigen kits to national cabinet.

Chronic rapid test shortage to continue for days as PM offers states more free kits

Australia’s chronic shortage of rapid antigen tests will continue for up to a week as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares a plan to give states and territories more free kits.

  • Rachel Clun
Jane Halton says a new WHO treaty could be used to resolve the vaccine patent dispute.

New WHO treaty must resolve vaccine patent stand-off: Halton

Former health department secretary Jane Halton says a stoush over patent waivers sought by developing nations is holding up efforts to vaccinate the world.

  • Dana Daniel
Jane Halton said the quarantine system was generally working well but needed to continue to evolve.

How Jane Halton’s ‘habit of running towards the fire’ has defined her corporate career

Veteran public servant turned ANZ and Crown board director Jane Halton is no stranger to controversy.

  • Charlotte Grieve
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Former Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski has been appointed to the Westpac review panel.

Ziggy Switkowski to replace Coonan as Crown chair

Crisis-stricken casino giant Crown Resorts has appointed former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski as its next chairman to replace Helen Coonan, who will resign from the company on Friday.

  • Patrick Hatch
Item item Jane Halton, the former secretary of the Federal Health department has just joined the board of the Naval Group.

Halton makes bank putting on another pandemic hat

Move over Eddie Everywhere, Jane Halton has done it again.

  • Samantha Hutchinson and Stephen Brook
Jane Halton retired from the public service to sit on several high powered corporate boards.

Hotel quarantine reviewer appointed to steady Australia’s $90 billion submarine build

Concerns about schedule slippages and cost blowouts prompted officials to look at alternatives to the strategically important project, but the French contractor is hoping to mend fences.

  • Nick Bonyhady
WA’s hotel quarantine system is headed for an overhaul.

We’re stuck with quarantine hotels. But can we fix the breaches?

Quarantine hotels have been described as “coronavirus distribution centres” that cause massive lockdowns instead of keeping Australia safe. But who is responsible for fixing it?

  • David Crowe

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