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Why this CEO reckons networking is ‘BS’
For Australian Museum boss Kim McKay, work and life are about having meaningful conversations. Social media chit-chat doesn’t cut it.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Union growth is back under Labor after a decade of decline
The ACTU says a return to collective bargaining under the Albanese government has helped unions increase their membership to 13 per cent of the workforce.
- David Marin-Guzman and Michael Read
Melbourne Uni’s $72m deal to settle backpay case sets precedent
The University of Melbourne has agreed to overhaul its compliance systems in an underpayment settlement that the regulator says sets the bar for large employers.
- David Marin-Guzman
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- Queensland votes
Labor paid $30m to union-backed bodies in dying hours of Qld rule
Despite promising the money as part of its re-election bid, the state government paid it to union-backed training organisations a day before entering caretaker mode.
- David Marin-Guzman and James Hall
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- University
Call to ban big uni donors becoming chancellors
Amid a governance crisis in Australian universities, the academics union says big donors should not be named chancellors.
- Julie Hare
Woolworths scrambles to restock shelves after strike ends
A deal has been struck between the supermarket giant and union workers, ending pickets of key warehouses that have left shelves bare for weeks.
- Samantha Lock and Adrian Black
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He’s inked a $24b deal but AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda is only getting started
The AirTrunk founder, who shares the Business Person of the Year title, came from nowhere to inking the global deal of the year in nine years. But he’s not done.
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Weckert stamps her mark on Coles amid tumultuous year for supermarkets
Leah Weckert, one of the Business People of the Year for 2024, has fared well amid a barrage of criticism from politicians over grocery prices.
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Ryan Stokes out-works, out-earns rivals to take SGH to new highs
The SGH chief, one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year for 2024, is renowned as one of the hardest-working CEOs in Australian big business.
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Matt Comyn finds his voice – and delivers for shareholders
The CEO has driven the Commonwealth Bank from strength to strength, propelling him on to the 2024 The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year list.
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This Month
Woolworths has partial win in union blockade leaving shelves bare
The retailer’s win at the Fair Work Commission could dent an indefinite strike that has cost it more than $50 million.
- David Marin-Guzman and Carrie LaFrenz
ANU leaders berate staff over leaks, voice support for Bell
Senior executives at ANU have berated staff for leaking confidential information and say revelations have painted a false picture of the university’s culture.
- Julie Hare
- Investigation
- CFMEU
How builders got captured by the CFMEU’s $1.2b redundancy fund
Master Builders Victoria’s solvency relies on millions of dollars in grants from the John Setka-backed Incolink fund, which whistleblowers say has created a huge conflict of interest.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Builders lobby ‘entirely reliant’ on CFMEU millions
The key employer group for builders in Victoria relies on multimillion-dollar grants to stay afloat, creating potential conflicts of interest in its bargaining with the CFMEU, a whistleblower complaint alleges.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
ANU deans hauled in for ‘change management’ meetings
Three of the Australian National University’s seven college leaders were summoned to meetings this week where they were told the governing council had lost confidence in them.
- Julie Hare
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2024 revealed
Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is Australia’s best-paid CEO for the fourth year in a row.
- Patrick Durkin
Investigation launched into claims ousted CFMEU boss used CCTV to spy
The Fair Work Commission investigation into former NSW union boss Darren Greenfield is the first under Labor’s laws that prevent former officials obstructing the administration of the CFMEU.
- David Marin-Guzman
Trophies and sequins as Australia’s business leaders gonged
A $70,000 Rolex and a sequined jacket show life is sweet for the victors, though the path isn’t always smooth.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
What Cleary and Payne can teach us about winning (and Armstrong can’t)
Penrith Panthers head coach Ivan Cleary, Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne and mindset coach Ben Crowe share their secrets to success.
- Campbell Kwan and Joanne Tran
Khuda’s plan to turn AirTrunk into a $100b-plus company
Robin Khuda believes injecting billions into Asian economies will open more doors to exponential growth for the data centre behemoth.
- Campbell Kwan
Pretty textbook stuff: Life as a lawyer in London
Former Adelaide resident Lucy McKenzie managed to write an 87-page textbook while working in Ashurst’s UK dispute resolution practice. But the best thing about working as a lawyer in London? The leave.
- Daniel Arbon, Maxim Shanahan and Ciara Seccombe
Canva, Cotton On and Atlassian among the top 20 corporate givers
The amount of funds donated by the top 50 corporate philanthropists has jumped to $1.7 billion.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Business Person of the Year
He’s inked a $24b deal but AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda is only getting started
The AirTrunk founder, who shares the Business Person of the Year title, came from nowhere to inking the global deal of the year in nine years. But he’s not done.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Weckert stamps her mark on Coles amid tumultuous year for supermarkets
Leah Weckert, one of the Business People of the Year for 2024, has fared well amid a barrage of criticism from politicians over grocery prices.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Ryan Stokes out-works, out-earns rivals to take SGH to new highs
The SGH chief, one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year for 2024, is renowned as one of the hardest-working CEOs in Australian big business.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Matt Comyn finds his voice – and delivers for shareholders
The CEO has driven the Commonwealth Bank from strength to strength, propelling him on to the 2024 The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year list.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Greg Goodman turns his company into a data centre powerhouse
The billionaire’s push to meet the booming demand for data storage lands him a place on the 2024 The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year list.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht take Canva to the next level
The founders were busier than ever before their bumper US listing, nailing some early challenges to propel them onto the Business People of the Year list.
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Business Person of the Year
‘Focused, consistent’: How milk bar kids built $30b Chemist Warehouse
Chemist Warehouse founders Mario Verrocchi and Jack and Sam Gance have been named joint Business Person of the Year, alongside AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda.
- Anthony Macdonald
