Opinion
Big four
Why did ANZ look past its bench to pick a superstar CEO
The Big Four bank’s decision to fly in an overseas star banker is at the very least curious – and potentially risky.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Big four
Why CBA should be embarrassed for charging for cash withdrawals
Australia’s biggest bank has found out the hard way how quickly a simple and largely benign change to transaction accounts can become a debacle.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Aviation
Can this union veto Virgin’s potential choice of CEO?
Unions in most industries wouldn’t consider buying into an owner or board’s right to appoint a chief executive. But aviation industrial relations stands apart.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Supermarkets
Angry workers, empty shelves put Woolworths in a bind
The supermarket giant needs to resolve the industrial dispute at distribution centres before customers start turning on the brand.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Rupert Murdoch
The odds are stacked: Shareholders stare down Murdoch and lose (yet again)
Dual-class shareholding structures are the antithesis of shareholder democracy – more of a corporate version of a gerrymander. But to get rid of them, you need a shareholder vote.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Workplace culture
‘Guilty by chromosome’: Culture change doesn’t come easy for Rio’s workers
It’s jarring how little progress the mining giant has made in overhauling its workplace culture rife with bullying, racism and sexual harassment - and it’s not for lack of trying.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Supermarkets
Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?
The competition watchdog’s forensic questioning of Woolworths has so far failed to land a punch or leave red-faced supermarket executives squirming.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Investing
These rock-star stock picks could get markets talking next year
From a travel agency battling COVID blues to a Spanish company with 100,000-odd cell towers, you never know where the next big thing might come from.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Superannuation
Cbus scandal revives ghosts of banking royal commission
The allegations against one of the country’s biggest superannuation funds is politically explosive and hugely embarrassing for one of the so-called gamekeepers of governance.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Interest rates
Emptying the cookie jar to pay interest: Borrowers are desperate for rates to fall
There are plenty of white-knuckled borrowers waiting for February in hopes the Reserve Bank will begin down the path of lowering rates. Can they make it that far?
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Aviation
Airlines that love competition: Do you see pigs fly?
If travellers are wondering why they are feeling a bit of a back-pocket sting of late, the ACCC has found “best discount economy” airfares have increased by up to 95 per cent since Rex’s collapse.
- by Elizabeth Knight