‘Priority target’:The businessman at the top of Australia’s intelligence hit list
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‘Priority target’:The businessman at the top of Australia’s intelligence hit list

The suspect’s identification by intelligence agencies raises big questions for one of Australia’s neighbours and about China’s attempts to wield influence in the Pacific.

  • byNick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger

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This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end

This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end

Australia’s elite boards are still littered with time-served directors who are part of an entitlement club of similarly minded seat warmers.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Freemason halls brought members together,now they’re tearing the organisation apart
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Freemason halls brought members together,now they’re tearing the organisation apart

Expulsions and conflict have beset the fraternal organisation as it looks for a way to survive amid diving membership numbers.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
The man who tried to buy a country

The man who tried to buy a country

Amit Gupta’s home was raided,had his phones tapped and then he was gone. Now authorities can’t get him back.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Guy silence on Freemasons membership raises ‘conflict’ questions

Guy silence on Freemasons membership raises ‘conflict’ questions

Former Victorian planning minister Matthew Guy has never disclosed his involvement with the group,which has pursued significant property projects.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
This vice chancellor’s farewell party cost $127,000. Staff not invited want answers
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This vice chancellor’s farewell party cost $127,000. Staff not invited want answers

The black-tie event at the NGV,featuring a performance by Kate Ceberano,has raised questions from staff,many of whom had their wages stolen.

  • bySherryn Groch
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Banducci and Joyce shared special talents,and one crucial weakness

Banducci and Joyce shared special talents,and one crucial weakness

Brad Banducci,like Alan Joyce before him,was very good at lobbying governments. But the public lost patience with them,so they checked out.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Controversy surrounds law firm CEO’s $63 million payday

Controversy surrounds law firm CEO’s $63 million payday

Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s partners will be asked to approve a pay deal this week granting CEO Gavin MacLaren a yearly salary of more than $7 million for the next nine years.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Deepfake video call scams global firm out of $39 million

Deepfake video call scams global firm out of $39 million

Everybody on the call apart from the victim was a fake representation of a real person,including the boss,police said.

  • byJames Titcomb
Fake coal ‘fraud’:Whistleblower takes aim at EY,Peabody over contracts
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Fake coal ‘fraud’:Whistleblower takes aim at EY,Peabody over contracts

A whistleblower has alleged the global coal player and the consulting giant,along with two testing labs,falsified coal quality.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Corruption left this $1b company dead and buried. Shareholders want to revive it

Corruption left this $1b company dead and buried. Shareholders want to revive it

The board of environmental tech business Phoslock want to dissolve the company amid evidence of major corruption and fraud. But the vast majority of shareholders are refusing to give it up.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey