September
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Chalmers isn’t a fair dinkum fiscal repairer like Keating and Walsh
It’s not unfair to look through Dr Chalmers’ two vanishing surpluses to the bigger budget picture: not enough has been done to tackle Australia’s long-term spending.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Political lobbying
How business and economists can become relevant again
A central problem is that good economic policies have not been well communicated and have often been debated in an echo chamber of elites.
- John Kehoe
Bruce Gordon moves closer to 25pc stake in Nine amid CEO search
The billionaire Rich Lister is close to offloading a NSW TV station that prevents him from wielding a larger voting stake in Nine.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Nine farewells Mike Sneesby after three years and $3b share price slide
His legacy is likely to be remembered in two parts: what he did do at Stan, and what he didn’t do when he took charge of the publishing and broadcasting giant.
- Zoe Samios
The brutal retail politics behind the inflation fight
Relations between the Albanese government and the Reserve Bank of Australia are at an unprecedented low. Only one thing will ease the tension.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Lift RBA target band, Costello dares Chalmers
Peter Costello has challenged Labor to raise the RBA’s target band for inflation rather than attack the bank over monetary policy, after Wayne Swan’s accusations.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom McIlroy
BHP’s Labor whisperer goes global
George Wright was most recently the Big Australian’s group corporate affairs officer. But no more.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
August
Diggers & Dealers lavishes riches upon favoured scribes
The award handed out at the annual Diggers & Dealers conference is on current gold prices worth nearly $4000.
- Myriam Robin
July
Deloitte 1, Jim Chalmers 0
Deloitte is sceptical of the government’s Future Made in Australia policy. Did that lead Jim Chalmers to slap down its economic forecasting too?
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
June
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Bruce Gordon backs Nine as $550m stake fuels succession questions
The billionaire says the publishing and broadcast giant is a company “worth investing in” despite turmoil, controversy and the abrupt departure of its chairman.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Catherine West takes Nine’s helm – and crisis – from Peter Costello
The broadcast and publishing giant’s new chair is in the biggest role of her life, steering a company reeling through an uncertain future. Is she up for it?
- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Nine’s needed tough calls
After Peter Costello’s self-destruction, new chairman Catherine West’s challenge is to turn around Nine into a growth business.
- The AFR View
Bruce Gordon, 95, bulks up interest in Nine
The billionaire increased his interest in Nine to more than 25 per cent, giving the billionaire businessman outsize influence just hours before a board meeting that resulted in the resignation of the company’s chairman Peter Costello.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Peter Costello’s sudden last dance
The Nine chairman didn’t seem to be too concerned about board succession before his brain snap at Canberra Airport.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Costello departure won’t end questions hanging over Nine
The media giant’s cultural crisis is far from over, but CEO Mike Sneesby and new chairman Catherine West have a long list of strategic questions to reckon with.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Far-right surges in EU elections | 2000 education jobs lost already | Questions still hang over Nine
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Peter Costello resigns as Nine Entertainment chairman
The former federal treasurer’s position had been in the air after a run-in with a reporter at Canberra Airport last week.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Nine board meets hours after Costello incident with journalist
Nine Entertainment’s board met on Friday morning to discuss an altercation between its chairman and a journalist the night before.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Peter Costello denies pushing Canberra journalist
The Nine Entertainment chairman says he did not assault a journalist who approached him on Thursday, after video of the incident showed the man falling over.
- Tom McIlroy
May
Nine Entertainment backs CEO, says TV newsroom needs culture rebuild
After a three-hour board meeting, Peter Costello co-signed a note to staff announcing a set of initiatives to improve the media giant’s workplace culture.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
