It’s bad news Bears, Perth’s NRL overlords are all east coasters
Who will really be calling the shots when it comes to the new Perth Bears rugby league franchise? Hint: they live on the opposite side of Australia.
Margin Call
50 million reasons to smile: Santos boss’s monster payday from takeover
The Santos chief could have more than $50m riding on whether Jim Chalmersdecides to tick off on Abu Dhabi’s $30bn takeover for the oil and gas giant.
The business opportunity that has a strong whiff of fool’s gold
If you reckon this is a good deal then we have a bridge we can sell to you. What else can be made of Quantum Metals’ offer of digital gold, debit cards, free shares and a cheap deal on beds?
STC donations dive after Palestinian scarf stunt
The Sydney Theatre Company has finally released its financial accounts, confirming what everybody knew – that it would pay a hefty price for the poor handling of that Palestinian scarf fiasco.
Mercedes and Dulux draw the line at blogger’s anti-Semitic posts
There’s no painting over it nicely that Dulux and German motoring marque Merc have slammed the brakes on a Melbourne entrepreneur’s contract thanks to her odious anti-Israeli posts.
Sydney architect sails through the fog of Greta and Gaza
Sensible people everywhere scoffed at Greta Thunberg and her stunt with a troupe of activists aboard a boat bound for Gaza. The exception might be Sydney architect Luigi Rosselli.
Pub baron’s drink-driving charge just the tip of a bigger booze-berg
Pub baron Peter De Angelis’ drink-driving charge went largely unnoticed until Margin Call alerted readers but it turns out he has a habit of disregarding others’ safety.
Just did it: Nike cuts ties with Grace Tame
Sportswear giant Nike has terminated its partnership with former Australian of the Year Grace Tame over inflammatory online posts that attacked Jewish supporters of Israel.
Enemies on the trail of Getswift’s fugitive wannabe influencer
Getswift boss Joel Macdonald’s vanishing act wasn’t confined to his $200m fortune and now a YouTube debut has left clues to his whereabouts for both web sleuths and burnt business associates.
Pub baron in court as family faces meltdown
The small matter of a high range drink-driving charge for hotel baron Peter De Angelis is just one of several wrinkles being ironed out by this storied publican family.
Minerals Council delays annual Canberra bash amid tensions
Bad timing or bad blood? That’s the question as the Minerals Council postpones its flagship event in Canberra.
Sydney power couple raid linked to alleged organised crime target
The emergence on the periphery of a money laundering investigation has raised questions over the provenance of Garrett and Stephanie Jandegian’s staggering wealth.
Child in pond leads to art lover stand-off at National Gallery
Few things get more heated than a blue within the arts crowd and a secret plan to employ, gasp, casuals instead of volunteers at the National Gallery of Australia after a minor incident is one such stoush.
Grace Tame’s Nike contract in jeopardy
The sportswear giant has issued a statement outlining its heightened concerns with the former Australian of the year’s rhetoric towards Israel.
Heavy debts could see racing rivalries set aside to save millions
Very few people believe Melbourne’s three biggest racing clubs would ever agree to a merger, given the historic rivalry. But there’s a bit of evidence the quiet work is underway.
Devil in the detail for new LNG terminal
These LNG tankers are not small, so for all the hoo-ha over Victoria’s new gas import terminal, the fact the shipping channel to the site might not be big enough is surely cause for concern.
Questions for Nike over Tame’s attacks on Jews
Sportswear giant Nike might be regretting its brand ambassador deal with Grace Tame given her recent commentary on Jews and Israel.
Victoria passes gas project despite discomfort with LNG
When it comes to gas, Victoria is more likely to pass wind projects so it’s a surprise Viva’s LNG importation terminal to bring back what we already produce has got the go-ahead.
ACU bets the house on foreign students’ fees
ACU Vice Chancellor Zlatko Skrbis is pretty chuffed with his rebalanced budget but dig a little deeper and the heavy reliance on international student fees raises questions of sustainability.
Did the taxman take the wind out of Palmer’s Trumpet?
When you spend money like Clive Palmer, not much can throw you off your political stride. But perhaps a $60m tax bill might explain a somewhat restrained outlay on Trumpet of Patriots.
At the UWU, united they stand and exhausted they fall
They’re ferocious holding toxic workplaces to task so what can we make of the burnout and psychological distress among United Workers Union staff, according to an internal survey?
Freezing orders on dodgy NDIS housing directors
The courts have finally taken action over allegations that dodgy NDIS housing developer Saorsa Health inappropriately blew millions of their investors’ cash.
Brickbats or bouquets from Nats to Libs?
Is it true love? Or just a troll? Someone sent the Liberal Party a bucket of posies suggesting the two parties should once again hold hands.
Steel sinks Gupta’s life raft plan
Sanjeev Gupta planned to rip $540m out of his flagship Australian steel business to pay off debts elsewhere in his ailing global metals group.
The upside of Cbus chair Wayne Swan’s positive spin
Say something’s great long enough and people will begin to believe you. That’s if the takeaway from a presentation by one of Cbus chair Wayne Swan’s lieutenants is anything to go by.
Clive’s head on a crypto coin no guarantee of success
The unknown founders of a memecoin bearing the image of Clive Palmer thought, wrongly, they would make a motza on the back of the mining billionaire’s election advertising splurge.
Forrest’s lame duck energy boss calls it quits
Call it inevitable, call it what you will, but Fortescue Energy boss Mark Hutchinson has finally left the building, after the retreat from green hydrogen left him with next to nothing to do.
Poker legend Tony G makes Kestelman a neighbour
Amid all the ructions at the NBL, Larry Kestelman’s main business – selling luxury apartments – just keeps powering on, with a card-playing millionaire the latest to move in.
Turmoil at Warren Buffett’s Aussie construction company
Who knew Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owned an Australian crane hire business? And what’s going on there to make so many of its executives quit?
Westpac claws back more money in Bill Papas fraud chase
Westpac is intent on clawing back every dollar it can, with its financial bloodhounds slowly closing in on another asset of the two fraudsters who made off with $500m.
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