Lendlease sells down Asian asset ahead of investor showdown

Lendlease sells down Asian asset ahead of investor showdown

The property giant has moved to simplify its business with the sale of life sciences interests in Asia,with chairman Michael Ullmer reportedly on his way out.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Why investors want to tear down this corporate giant

Why investors want to tear down this corporate giant

Lendlease,the company that built Barangaroo in Sydney and the Melbourne Quarter,“is a plaything”,says activist shareholder John Wylie.

  • byElizabeth Knight
One code to rule them – why soccer may be the last survivor in world footy

One code to rule them – why soccer may be the last survivor in world footy

It may take a century,but soccer is on a path to turning league,union and AFL into niche sports in Australia.

  • byRoy Masters
Ghosted Games:Officials asked why top bureaucrat was visiting,but got no answer

Ghosted Games:Officials asked why top bureaucrat was visiting,but got no answer

UK-based Commonwealth Games officials had asked why the Department of Premier and Cabinet secretary was visiting before Victoria cancelled the regional event.

  • byRachel Eddie andAnnika Smethurst
‘It’s not just sport’:Wylie slams Andrews for damaging Victoria’s reputation

‘It’s not just sport’:Wylie slams Andrews for damaging Victoria’s reputation

Victoria’s reputation in business,not just as a sporting host,has suffered irreparable damage from the decision to scrap the Games,says former ASC head,John Wylie.

  • byGreg Baum,Michael Gleeson andRoy Masters
Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Former health minister wants focus back on COVID as he embarks on new job

Greg Hunt is on a mission to make Melbourne the new Boston or Cambridge,but in his first interview since leaving politics,he also draws attention to COVID deaths and calls for Liberal Party diversity.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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States make case to look beyond Cricket Australia for next board chair

States make case to look beyond Cricket Australia for next board chair

An external choice as the next Cricket Australia chair has become a more likely possibility after the state association owners articulated their opposition to a current director.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Australian cricket’s quest for unifying leader begins

Australian cricket’s quest for unifying leader begins

A consensus supremo for Australian cricket,parachuted independently onto the Cricket Australia board,is a live option to end years of conflict between the governing body and the states.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘Ownership mentality’:Board directors need bigger stakes in their companies,say investors

‘Ownership mentality’:Board directors need bigger stakes in their companies,say investors

Influential investors say board directors need to think more like shareholders rather than just guns for hire,and think twice before pressing the button on dilutive capital equity raisings.

  • byAnne Hyland
John Wylie turns page on State Library of Victoria

John Wylie turns page on State Library of Victoria

Who’s our hot tip on a replacement for State Library of Victoria chair John Wylie?

  • byStephen Brook andSamantha Hutchinson
Wylie departs Sport Australia,having forced lasting change

Wylie departs Sport Australia,having forced lasting change

Outgoing Sport Australia chairman John Wylie leaves with government funding for sport in marginally better shape than he found it.

  • byChip Le Grand