Peter Costello
The after-hours call that spelled Sneesby’s end at Nine
The chief executive’s departure comes less than a week after Nine’s successful month-long Olympics and Paralympics coverage concluded, and with a tough set of financial results in the rearview mirror.
- by Calum Jaspan
Latest
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Nine CEO is out the door and it was only a matter of time
The countdown to Mike Sneesby’s exit from Nine Entertainment started the minute his greatest board ally – former chairman Peter Costello – left in June.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Parliament House
Be more civil, you racist: Why insults should not be banned in parliament
The teals want to raise the tone of debate, but they get the lowest political Scrabble score with the word “racist”.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
CBD feels the love at the Midwinter Ball
Business leaders, lobbyists, media executives and actors have descended on Canberra for a night of shameless networking … sorry, raising money for charity.
- by Stephen Brook
Opinion
Media & marketing
Jarryd Hayne and Peter Costello brought back my PTSD as a photographer
There is little sympathy for a photojournalist with PTSD. I suppose people think it’s all part of an “interesting” day’s work.
- by Sam Mooy
Here we go again with Coal-ition climate idiocy
We have six years to 2030, massive numbers of renewable projects ready to go, yet the Coalition wants to dump Australia’s legally binding climate target.
Opinion
Bruce Gordon
The man who wears the crown in Nine’s Game of Thrones
Billionaire Bruce Gordon began his career juggling apples at his father’s suburban fruit stand – useful experience for any Nine directorial shuffle.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Media & marketing
Who is Nine’s new chair Catherine West?
Nine’s new chair faces a raft of operational and structural challenges beyond the findings of a looming review into the culture in its embattled television division.
- by Calum Jaspan
Costello exit from Nine proves costly with no golden parachute
Peter Costello will forfeit $374,000 in annual remuneration after the former treasurer’s premature resignation from Nine.
- by Calum Jaspan
Editorial
Media & marketing
Peter Costello had to go. And thank goodness he has
It was simply untenable for the chair of a media company to seemingly shove a reporter to the ground, laugh, walk off and carry on in the boardroom as if nothing had happened.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Opinion
Peter Costello’s inglorious end to an almost glorious career
The former treasurer would know more than most that careers in the public eye often end in failure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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