Elizabeth Knight

The James Packer-backed casino’s full-year results were as diabolical as they were meaningless.

He lent his credentials to Crown to enhance the casino group’s damaged governance reputation. But it has cost the former chief executive of Telstra and Optus dearly.

Rio Tinto can only be thankful that Mongolia is not home to an unvaccinated tennis star who was denied the opportunity to play in the Australian Open.

This is James Packer’s eureka moment. He has been chasing a mega pay day for three years and is now ready to play ball with Blackstone.

While the KPMG report may have been inconsistent with other audits, it clearly identified shortcomings in Star’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism risk procedures that needed to be addressed.

AGL, which regularly trawls its own share register, quickly found an unusually named new shareholder and smelt a rat.

The four public inquiries over the past three years into Star and Crown now feel like a circus designed to entertain the media and the public.

Yvon Chouinard’s dissent is a useful reminder that the days of companies justifying almost anything for profits may be numbered.

It seems fitting that in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, one of the biggest roles in corporate Australia has been entrusted to 43-year-old mother of two, Leah Weckert.

Gaming and pub king Bruce Mathieson didn’t get rich overpaying for assets, and clearly thinks there is money to be made in Australians’ love of a punt and a drink.