December 2023
‘Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory’: higher education’s bad year
2023 started well enough but as we hobble to the end of the year vice chancellors are asking: “what the heck just happened”.
- Julie Hare
October 2023
Gonski and Schott: Chalmers adds firepower to competition review
Highly regarded C-suite alumni Kerry Schott and David Gonski have been appointed to the expert panel advising Treasurer Jim Chalmers on competition.
- Ronald Mizen
New Business Council president has a ‘secret sauce’
Sydney Airport boss Geoff Culbert has been appointed to the role as the council refreshes its leadership to navigate crucial policy negotiations with the Albanese government.
- John Kehoe
Australia’s most powerful directors revealed
As AGM season kicks off, the BOSS index of the country’s most influential board members reveals the era of the all-dominating chairman may be coming to an end.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
July 2023
- Opinion
- Education
At last, urgent change for education seems possible
Will there finally be progress improving teacher training to ensure quality becomes the standard in Australia not reliant on the dedication of individual teachers?
- Jennifer Hewett
June 2023
Short, sharp and powerful: Why microcredentials are transformational
Peter Shergold is a central figure in changing the future of education in NSW and says microcredentials are a great benefit to the labour market.
- Julie Hare
Groundbreaking institutes to build generations of job-ready graduates
NSW has launched two new institutes of applied technology that aim to equip graduates with the tools successful careers.
- Mark Eggleton
May 2023
‘I have struggled’: Packer’s $7m mood disorder gift
James Packer’s turbulent personal history with mood disorders and mental health has prompted a generous gift to university research.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
April 2023
Influential directors pledge support for Yes vote
A group of non-executive directors say good governance for Indigenous Australians requires proper consultation and engagement.
- Tom McIlroy
Stay out of court, says outgoing chief justice
Federal Court chief justice James Allsop is leaving the job convinced that smart business people avoid court.
- Michael Pelly
October 2022
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Are new institutes of applied technology the future of training?
The NSW government will next year launch two new training centres that will produce 26,000 people with advanced digital and construction skills within four years.
- Julie Hare
September 2022
- Opinion
- The AFR View
An inquisition into Australia’s great school funding rort
The challenge now is remedial action to help the disadvantaged and other low-performing students that ‘giving a Gonski’ has left behind.
- The AFR View
The two obvious signs ANZ bank is ‘renovating’
ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan sees a new period of change looming with ANZ Plus technology platform and the $5 billion acquisition of Suncorp playing a part.
- James Thomson
August 2022
Top university boss’s warning over board member fees
Universities that do not pay fees to board members risk being unable to attract a wide range of experienced individuals, says University of Adelaide’s Catherine Branson.
- Sally Patten
- Exclusive
- Higher Education Summit
Foreign student work visa extension proposed
Education Minister Jason Clare is considering extending the two-year work visa for completing international students to three or four years, rather than creating a separate pathway to permanent residency.
- Tom Burton and Tess Bennett
Gonski pushes for new cyber risk mechanism to protect directors
The prolific company chairman says the lack of guidance on a directors’ liability for cybersecurity breaches is scaring “excellent candidates” off joining boards.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Schools
Jason Clare must mark Australian education much harder
Everyone should hope Education Minister Jason Clare can sort out the continuing failure to improve teaching standards
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Gonski flies back to Sydney Airport
Five months after leaving the transport hub’s board, David Gonski is back – but he will be playing a different, more onerous role under its private ownership.
- Tony Boyd
- Exclusive
- Retirement living
Gonski chairs EQT’s former Stockland retirement portfolio
David Gonski, the veteran business leader will be chairman of Levande, the new name and brand that EQT has given its 58-strong suite of retirement villages.
- Michael Bleby
