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Business fights back against ‘right to disconnect’ from work
Employers have come out in opposition to a Labor-Greens deal on a right to disconnect after warning it risks returning workplaces to rigid nine-to-five environments.
- David Marin-Guzman
CFMEU official gets bail over violent home invasion
Construction union organiser Edmond “Monty” Margjini has been accused of attacking a woman with a machete more than a decade ago.
- David Marin-Guzman and Tom Rabe
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Koko Black and Subway ‘gaming the system’ in penalty rate deals: union
Luxury chocolatier Koko Black and Subway franchisees have been accused of trying to shortchange hundreds of workers by using legal loopholes that erode minimum rates.
- David Marin-Guzman
Former Plibersek adviser appointed to top universities job
Luke Sheehy will head Universities Australia just as the first major review of the sector is due to be made public.
- Julie Hare
The security situation is intense: Life as a lawyer in South Africa
Olivia Clark normally works as a lawyer for DLA Piper in London, but is on a secondment in South Africa.
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- Ciara Seccombe and Maxim Shanahan
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Australia’s top CEOs have accepted flexible work is here to stay. But almost four years on from the pandemic, there are growing questions about productivity, culture and career development.
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Culture clash as Baby Boomers and Gen Z stop talking at work
Male managers are so terrified of getting “cancelled” that some are avoiding conversations with their young colleagues altogether.
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Australia’s science curriculum is not broken
The performance of science students has stopped declining as resources from private publishers became available to teachers. Investing more in what is working will be far more productive than starting from scratch.
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Accounting was one of the top five jobs for graduates this year, based on annual growth in hiring activity on the professional networking site LinkedIn.
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Lamb chops, clothes and cars held up in damaging ports dispute
Businesses have lashed governments’ indifference to ongoing port strikes, saying claims of no significant disruption to the economy are “ridiculous”.
- David Marin-Guzman
Brian Schmidt on the double-edged sword of leadership
After eight years at the helm of Australian National University, Brian Schmidt says he’s been hit by everything – except locusts.
- Julie Hare
Rinehart calls for tax cuts, criticises renewables and ‘eyesore’ solar panels
Gina Rinehart, named The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, demanded a cut to taxes, while Boris Johnson spoke in defence of Donald Trump.
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Union official boasts Burke won’t stop port strikes
A senior official from the maritime union has been recorded boasting that Labor has told the union it won’t intervene in the three-month port strikes.
- David Marin-Guzman
Gina Rinehart looks to life beyond the rivers of cash from iron ore
The mining magnate, crowned The Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year, is recognised for the role she has played in shaping Australia’s economy.
- Brad Thompson
Boral adds $2b in value as Kerry Stokes finds right CEO
Vik Bansal has given local managers more decision-making powers and greater accountability for delivering profits and cost-cutting.
- Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review names its Business Person of the Year
Gina Rinehart has capped an extraordinary year of deal-making across the mining, energy, agribusiness and retail sectors by taking out the top honour.
- James Thomson
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Mavericks on top of the Business People of the Year list
This year’s list reflects a world in which Australia’s biggest companies took a cautious approach to investing and dealmaking in an uncertain economic environment.
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How Sam Hupert turned Pro Medicus into an understated giant
With a team of just 115 people and an understated approach to business, the healthtech co-founder has created an Australian success story.
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Lynas CEO snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
Never-say-die Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze says doing right is the best defence when opponents seek to cause mischief.
- Brad Thompson
AusSuper’s Delaney ready to re-shape capital markets
AustralianSuper is a pioneer, builder and now a stirrer after blocking the takeover of Origin Energy. Chief investment officer Mark Delaney has seen it all.
- Anthony Macdonald
AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda super-charges the data centre sector
In the space of eight years, AirTrunk has built 11 data centres in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, with more in the pipeline.
- Nick Lenaghan
The professor, his student and a decade of ‘serious misconduct’
The sacking of star economist Chris Edmond has rocked the establishment. Academics are seeking answers from one of the country’s top universities, and the RBA.
- Mark Di Stefano and Aaron Patrick
How much difference a high ATAR can make to your salary
Analysis of ATO data shows people who left school with very high ATARs go on to earn on average $33,000 a year more than their less brilliant peers by age 30.
- Julie Hare
DP World begs for ‘cool off’ as strikes cause more damage than hack
The stevedore argued for the Fair Work Commission to order a 90-day “cooling off” period to allow for talks with the Maritime Union of Australia
- David Marin-Guzman
