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‘Conditions are favourable’: NAB chief sees economy in good shape ahead of rate cuts

National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Irvine says the nation’s economy is in “reasonable shape” and he’s optimistic about trading conditions in 2025 as interest rates decline. 

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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Who is holding companies to account?

From endangered fish to price gouging: What will boards cop this AGM season

While 2023 was a vintage year for governance issues, with Qantas the lightning rod for shareholder anger, investors will have plenty of targets this year.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Glencore has shelved plans to spin off its coal unit to keep reaping profits from the dirtiest fossil fuel.

Coal is cash, but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business

Glencore has scrapped plans to spin off its coal business, with an unlikely coalition of investors and activists all opposed to the plan.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Exxon Mobil seeks to dump activist resolutions.

Exxon’s battle against climate activism comes to a head tonight

The future of climate-related shareholder activism may be at stake when Exxon shareholders meet for the company’s annual general meeting overnight.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Render of the $1.2 billion Victoria Cross Station tower at North Sydney being developed by Lendlease.

Why this property giant’s shareholders staged a strategy coup

The hulking-out of Lendlease shareholders not only demonstrates just how aggrieved they were, but it is also a reminder that investors are the owners and in theory the board works for them.

  • Elizabeth Knight
LendLease developments in Melbourne .

Lendlease investors to demand answers at Monday showdown

Embattled chief executive Tony Lombardo will outline the global property giant’s direction, with investors bracing for a barrage of changes.

  • Carolyn Cummins and Simon Johanson
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Richard Goyder speaking to Woodside’s annual general meeting in Perth on Wednesday.

Why Goyder survived even though his climate plan was panned

For large investors such as pension and superannuation funds, a vote against what climate activists and experts and some shareholders believe is a vague and feeble plan to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement is a no-brainer.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Woodside's Karratha gas plant.

Biggest climate revolt rocks Woodside as investors turn up heat on emissions

Australia’s largest oil and gas company has been hit with an unprecedented investor uprising demanding greater action on climate change.

  • Nick Toscano and Peter Milne
Counting the votes; Richard Goyder will likely survive as chairman of Woodside.

Qantas baggage haunts under-pressure Goyder at Woodside

After chairing Qantas during a period when it fell from grace, Richard Goyder is under intense pressure for the second time in less than a year.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Richard Goyder is the chairman of Australian oil and gas giant Woodside.

Push to remove Goyder as Woodside faces investor climate heat

Australia’s largest oil and gas company is at risk of facing an investor backlash over its response to climate change at an upcoming shareholder vote.

  • Nick Toscano

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