ACIC’s big wigs under the spotlight
Turmoil has erupted within the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, a law enforcement body whose workings are shrouded in more secrecy than the Manhattan Project.
Turmoil has erupted within the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, a law enforcement body whose workings are shrouded in more secrecy than the Manhattan Project.
Fortescue’s now former chief executive, Fiona Hick, apparently didn’t share her boss’s enthusiasm for scrapping diesel subsidies which are a handy little earner for shareholders.
Ex-American Airlines chief Doug Parker has joined Qantas’ board with all expected accolades – but as our airline is on the nose, maybe that’s why his boozy conduct wasn’t mentioned.
Theo Onisforou used to advise Kerry Packer and since 1994 has had a business association with scion James. But apparently that’s all come to and end – and not entirely amicably.
Radio jock Ben Fordham’s pronouncement that Labor’s Chris Minns might become NSW’s longest-serving premier has left that state’s Nats feeling, well, a bit flat.
ABC bosses investigated an incident involving Stan Grant and a senior colleague in the foyer of the broadcaster’s Ultimo HQ in full view of witnesses.
Shares are up, revenue is healthy and there’s a PE buyout offer that would see Energy One founder Vaughan Busby, husband of Sue Cato, pocket $25m. So what’s the hold up?
We told you it was coming and sure enough, FTI’s currently doing very important business – by flying 25 of its most important clients on a ski trip to the land of the long white cloud.
His name may not immediately chime with those trailing the PwC Australia implosion, but this crucial ‘rover’ has not taken kindly to losing his lucrative pension in the scandal wash-up.
There’s nothing like the Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner to break off a snapshot of the nation’s corporate hierarchy, or measure the ego inflation of certain CEOs.
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