‘Someone needs to be held to account’:Shareholders make history at this year’s AGM season

‘Someone needs to be held to account’:Shareholders make history at this year’s AGM season

With Jo Wright’s simple probe,she epitomised the disparity between working-class and corporate Australia.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey

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Consultants? Save your money,advises corporate veteran Graeme Samuel

Consultants? Save your money,advises corporate veteran Graeme Samuel

But PwC assures a parliamentary inquiry the long-awaited Ziggy Switkowski report into its internal culture will be published in time for the footy next week.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Corporate veteran Graeme Samuel has no time for management consultants

Corporate veteran Graeme Samuel has no time for management consultants

The former ACCC chair,sport administrator and investment banker spoke dismissively of the sector in his submission into a parliamentary inquiry on consulting.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic
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Biodiversity

New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic

Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788,Australia has lost about 100 unique flora and fauna species. We lose another one or two animals every decade.

  • The Age's View
New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic
Editorial
Biodiversity

New environmental protection agency must be more than tokenistic

Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788,Australia has lost about 100 unique flora and fauna species. We lose another one or two animals every decade.

  • The Herald's View
‘Nature is being destroyed. Things have to change’:Plibersek flags environmental law overhaul

‘Nature is being destroyed. Things have to change’:Plibersek flags environmental law overhaul

The reforms come after a review of federal environmental protection laws in January last year found major reform was needed as Australia had failed to halt extinctions.

  • byLaura Chung
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After a decade in the wilderness,Labor still lost on the environment

After a decade in the wilderness,Labor still lost on the environment

The Albanese government has emerged from a near decade in opposition without a plan to tackle the slow train wreck that is Australia’s extinction crisis.

  • byMike Foley
Australia sets new daily COVID case record as experts call for more free tests

Australia sets new daily COVID case record as experts call for more free tests

Record numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases are being reported daily,with more than 37,000 confirmed on Monday. But experts say it’s likely to be eclipsed again.

  • byRachel Clun andJennifer Duke
‘Boards are looking for a name’:Ex-ACCC chair says cosy networks limit diversity

‘Boards are looking for a name’:Ex-ACCC chair says cosy networks limit diversity

Graeme Samuel says companies should look wider than the existing networks so that potential leaders are not overlooked for director roles.

  • byAmelia McGuire andAnne Hyland
‘We are pro-forestry’:Minister rejects call to enhance threatened species protections

‘We are pro-forestry’:Minister rejects call to enhance threatened species protections

Jonathon Duniam says he’ll be guided by the forest industry on threatened species law,despite a statutory review’s warning the law was failing wildlife.

  • byMike Foley
Ley introduces national environment standards in pursuit of ‘one-touch’ development approvals

Ley introduces national environment standards in pursuit of ‘one-touch’ development approvals

Critics say the national standards created to help streamline environmental approvals of major developments fall short of what’s needed to save threatened species.

  • byMike Foley