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influential appointmentPremiumSam Walsh joins WA aboriginal corporation board

His appointment to the Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation coincides with fraught relations between miners and traditional landowners after the Juukan Gorge blasts.

Sean Smith

Role modelsCommentsPremiumSport’s lessons for our leaders

Imagine if our politicians were treated the same way as our sports stars. According to Jenna Clarke, athletes make better role models for leadership than the people we pay to lead us.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Pay windfallPremiumBeament among ASX’s top 10 super CEO earners

The former Northern Star Resources chief earned nearly $32m in 2019-20, thanks to share rewards granted three years earlier. SEE WHO MADE THE TOP 10

Sean Smith

Executive changePremiumNew legal eagle at Rio Tinto

Mining giant appoints Isabelle Deschamps to succeed Barbara Levi as chief legal and external affairs officer.

Stuart McKinnon

‘Exciting future’PremiumFormer Orica boss to take reins at AngloGold Ashanti

The South African gold giant has named former Orica boss Alberto Calderon as its new chief executive following a lengthy global recruitment drive.

Stuart McKinnon

On boardPremiumLibby Lyon signs on for aged care reform

Former Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Libby Lyons has taken a new board position as chair of the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council.

Kate Purnell

representation mattersPremiumReconciliation needs a long commitment

WA’s Indigenous business leaders are urging companies to implement long-term reconciliation action plans and increase Aboriginal representation at the board level.

Kate Purnell

Canadian exitPremiumWoodside takes $80m hit on Canadian withdrawal

The company is quitting the proposed Kitimat LNG project in Canada, saying it wants to concentrate on better developments elsewhere.

Sean Smith

Surprising advicePremium‘Forget about saving’: Business chiefs’ top advice for Millennials

Australia’s most well-known bosses have revealed the financial advice they would give to their younger selves, and some of their answers might surprise you.

Lilly Vitorovich

Gaming dilemmaPremiumFrustrated Crown Resorts bidder awaits call

Blackstone has still to engage with the gaming company’s board, six weeks after launching its $8b offer.

Comment, Sean Smith

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Virus comes to Rio Tinto’s aid for AGM

With an absence of protestors and confrontation, it was a quiet day for the miner’s board.

Comment, Sean Smith

Leadership MattersPremiumTreasurer wants tech giants to call Australia home

Josh Frydenberg wants tech giants like Zoom to set up their headquarters in Australia to help the country prepare for the massive role technology will continue to play on the other side of COVID.

Danielle Le Messurier

Australia firstCommentsPremium‘National interest will not be lost in China talks’

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says while the Morrison Government wants an open dialogue and a constructive relationship with China, it will not come at the expense of national interests.

Danielle Le Messurier

Woodside legacyPremiumScarborough decision fills Coleman’s rear vision

Woodside Petroleum’s chief executive will leave without the defining project but comfortable he has left his mark on the oil and gas company.

Sean Smith

Change of plansPremiumWoodside’s Coleman to finish up as CEO early

The company says its boss of 10 years will step down from the board next week, with Meg O’Neill to take the reins of the oil and gas company as interim CEO.

Sean Smith

New top postiePremiumWoolworths’ Paul Graham to lead Australia Post

The grocer’s respected logistics chief succeeds Christina Holgate, who was forced out by the Cartier watches furore in October.

Sean Smith

Golden handcuffsPremiumSantos bonus takes boss out of Woodside contention

Kevin Gallagher has been given a $6m bonus to stay on at the oil and gas company until at least 2025.

Sean Smith

Rio AGMPremiumRio admits it has to be “more in tune with society”

The mining giant faces shareholders publicly in London for the first time since the Juukan Gorge caves blasts that has seriously damaged its reputation.

Stuart McKinnon and Sean Smith

New bossPremiumFleetwood taps construction executive for Sydney move

Bruce Nicholson has been running scaffolding company Waco Kwikform for only about 18 months.

BOSS OUSTEDMark Caruso sacked amid ‘related party matter’ probe

Mineral Commodities has sacked promoter Mark Caruso as CEO five months month after he stepped down as chairman to fight charges.

Leadership coupPremiumThe Agency hires former rival boss

Geoff Lucas finished up with McGrath in August after leading a turnaround that pulled the real estate company back into the black.

Sean Smith

Rail dealPremiumDecmil wins $140m Victorian contract

The work has been awarded as part of a $300m consortium contract given for rail works in Victoria’s Gippsland region.

Sean Smith

AGM protestPremiumClimate change activists line up Woodside again

Two shareholder groups are renewing pressure on the oil and gas company’s climate change credentials by putting forward rebel resolutions at next month’s annual meeting.

Sean Smith

Investment warningRates rise not imminent: RBA boss

Philip Lowe says wages growth is too slow for rates to rise and has expressed concern about persistently weak business investment hampering economic recovery.

Sean Smith