Yesterday
Andrew Liveris’ guide to making friends and money
The ex-Dow chief sees no point in refusing to associate with those doing the precise opposite of what he says he values. And how else could a self-styled “environmentalist” sit on the board of Saudi Aramco?
- Myriam Robin
This Month
Ghost of Ron Brierley returns to haunt Mark Bouris
The ubiquitous businessman hosted Yellow Brick Road shareholders in Sydney, seeking approval to take the lender private. Then a figure from the past showed up.
- Mark Di Stefano
Australian Club’s young fogeys flex their muscle
The prospect of a head-to-head contest for the next president has some reaching for the smelling salts.
- Myriam Robin
Hamish McLennan and a rugby party in Paris
The Rugby Australia chief was among executives and sponsors at a “cocktail party” in Paris.
- Mark Di Stefano
Qatar lobbyist spotted in Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
Eamonn Fitzpatrick went deep behind enemy lines, and didn’t pass unnoticed.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Francesca Packer’s controversial fiancé makes polo appearance
The former Young Rich Lister – founder of failed wellness start-ups and dodger of furious investors – was spotted skirting around the edges of a particularly posh polo pack.
- Jessica Sier
Kerry Stokes gathers the oligarchs to kiss the ring
The media and mining mogul’s Telethon Ball was held in Perth on Saturday, bringing together the country’s richest mining billionaires for a private get-together.
- Mark Di Stefano and Tom Rabe
Fidelity left holding the soiled bag
Rhythm Biosciences executive chairman Otto Buttula sold $6.5 million worth of shares last year. Since then, the stock has cratered.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Senate’s Transparency Warrior flings the invisibility cloak
Former independent senator Rex Patrick has turned the FOI game into a tidy earner, lodging documents for corporates, while shielding identities.
- Mark Di Stefano
Qantas brand guru Todd Sampson given ISS reprieve
This is why proxy advisers send everyone batty. And if Qantas’ in-house sentiment guru doesn’t deserve to walk the plank, who does?
- Myriam Robin
James Mawhinney makes ‘fighting misinformation’ his next big thing
The Mayfair 101 founder is dealing with a lot, but is nothing if not incorrigible.
- Myriam Robin
Albo and the Q-word that shall not be named
The Prime Minister seems intent to ignore the free services Qatar Airways and Virgin put on for Australians fleeing Israel.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
Gina Rinehart’s shock cameo in Netflix horror flick
The Queen of the Pilbara is one of many plutocrats depicted in photos with The Fall of the House of Usher’s ghoulish antagonist.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Judge lashes ABC’s PR strategies
It’s all fun and games to fire off at gadfly commentators. Doing so at judges, even if only by implication, is an altogether dicier proposition.
- Myriam Robin
BoQ belatedly reveals exec’s exposure to $42m in loans
Many finance executives take out home loans with their employer, but few disclose $42 million in commercial loan exposures.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Elite Cranbrook dresses up in RM Williams
The exclusive Sydney school has welcomed girls into the fold, with uniforms courtesy of RM Williams’ former designer.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
Ex-Rio chief’s wife lashes ‘botched’ Indigenous heritage laws
Rio Tinto’s position on Indigenous issues is motivated by the need to distance itself from JS Jacques’ reign. Not that his wife got the memo.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
‘Independent’ Wavish and Mathieson jnr share a stiff drink
Hours after declaring his lack of “close personal ties” to the Mathiesons, Wavish and Mathieson jnr arrived together at a Dan Murphy’s whiskey tasting.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- AFP
Star dealmaker resigns after botched mid-air bathroom prank
A Corrs rainmaker resigned after a practical joke on another partner went wrong on a flight to Hobart.
- Mark Di Stefano
Joe Aston’s farewell column
After 12 years of writing Rear Window, my reward was the belly laughs I got to share with AFR readers as, again and again, we denuded the most fantastic pretenders in the nation.
- Joe Aston
