@patrickdurkin

Melbourne Bureau Chief @financialreview BOSS Deputy Editor email: [email protected] Open DMs Mobile: 0401226780

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Campaign staff for the Victorian election have been warned not to get complacent about polls showing the Coalition is on track for majority government: afr.com/politics/federal/coa…

Coalition could fall one or two seats short in Victoria

Campaign staff for the Victorian election have been warned not to get complacent about polls showing the Coalition is on track for majority government.

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Heidi Murphy@heidimur17h
Interesting new line from Ben Carroll on SRL on @3AW693 just now: “If Canberra doesn’t put any more money in.. I won’t either.” Goes on to insist he won’t break contracts.. and will be fiscally responsible..:. So… 🤷‍♀️
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Ben Carroll@BenCarrollMPOct 23
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Vic Libs latest attack ad - cnr Nicholson and Alexander Parade #vicvotes
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We've launched these ads across Ben Carroll's electorate. Maybe next time he won't forget to pay, because we're sick of paying for Labor.
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Stephen Koukoulas
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That is very bad news. The ABC has such a low priority on economics & markets that a small team is left to carry the can on the most important issue for society - the economy. Shows like Insiders rarely mention economic issues, let alone debate them. So too podcasts like Politics Now where we know more about the presenters children's thoughts on politics than analysis of what is happening in the economy. The ABC funds juvenile shows like Planet America as part of its saturation coverage of things in the US. Listen to the ABC news - more likely to cover a storm in US mid-west than details of the Australian labour market. Or a random shooter in some wretched town down south. Of course it covers every brain-fart of Trump, but stuff-all on unfolding economic issues in Australia. Bad move ABC, but go well David!
David Chau@ChauDaveOct 22
1: I’m a little sad to say that after 20 years, The Business (which started off as Lateline Business) has been cancelled. The final episode will air on 10 December. I had a lot of fun filing TV stories for this program, guest-hosting it over the years…
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Stephen Mayne
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Interesting piece (pay) by @patrickdurkin on the AGM season: Investor proxies get personal with directors, auditors this AGM season afr.com/work-and-careers/wor…

Investor proxies get personal with directors, auditors this AGM season

The local head of proxy firm ISS says the industry’s recommendations are not personal, but some directors probably feel differently.

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Three former premiers tell us how they would fix the state, from cutting spending and lowering taxes for business to investing health and innovation: afr.com/politics/federal/how…

How Bracks, Brumby and Baillieu would fix Victoria

Three former premiers tell us how they would fix the state, from cutting spending and lowering taxes for business to investing health and innovation.

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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStefOct 22
Once again, the most redeeming thing about the bloke is his willingness to call out those who are in his own tribe.
Kenny Devine
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Andrew Bolt goes rogue and deviates massively from News24's Ben Roberts-Smith script. I'm going for a lie down.
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The piece of advice that saved this $1.3b CEO from burnout. McMillan Shakespeare chief Rob De Luca has had a long and winding career, and has come to think about leadership as a bit like being a parent: afr.com/work-and-careers/lea…

The piece of advice that saved this $1.3b CEO from burnout

McMillan Shakespeare chief Rob De Luca has had a long and winding career, and has come to think about leadership as a bit like being a parent.

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ACSI’s key governance advisor has abruptly left on the eve of AGM season, leading to disquiet among major retirement savings funds as the group’s CEO refuses to explain the reason for his departure: afr.com/wealth/superannuatio…

Instability comes for big super governance advisor ahead of AGM season

The long-time head of governance at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has abruptly left, leading to disquiet among major retirement funds.

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 US warns ATO of backlash from big tech tax grab: A senior US Treasury official says the ATO’s plans to tax foreign tech giants that shift revenue overseas could lead them to pull back on local investment. afr.com/wealth/tax/us-warns-…

US warn ATO it’s tax grab on tech giants will hurt investment

A senior US Treasury official says the ATO’s plans to tax foreign tech giants that shift revenue overseas could lead them to pull back on local investment.

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Corporate leaders including Richard Goyder, Ahmed Fahour, Brian McNamee and Paul Little have abandoned the pretence of impartiality about November’s state election: afr.com/politics/federal/vic…

‘Victoria is broken’: Business abandons Labor

Corporate leaders including Richard Goyder, Ahmed Fahour, Brian McNamee and Paul Little have abandoned the pretence of impartiality about November’s state election.

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The local head of proxy firm ISS says the industry’s recommendations are not personal, but Maxine Brenner, Michelle Hinchliffe and Peter Nash probably feel differently: afr.com/work-and-careers/wor…

Investor proxies get personal with directors, auditors this AGM season

The local head of proxy firm ISS says the industry’s recommendations are not personal, but some directors probably feel differently.

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Sizeable protest vote against Telstra and former Qantas director Maxine Brenner at Telstra AGM today. Good Qs @MayneReport although the CEO still didn’t tell us what her equity holding is!! 😡
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Victoria Racing Club ends five-year run of deficits before Melbourne Cup: @FlemingtonVRC afr.com/companies/sport/how-…
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Maxine Brenner, one of the country’s highest-profile directors, is facing opposition to her bid to be re-elected to the board of Telstra after proxy firm ISS recommended clients vote against her and criticised her legacy at Qantas: afr.com/companies/telecommun…

Ghosts of Qantas haunt Maxine Brenner’s Telstra board seat

Institutional investors have been urged to vote against the re-election of the influential businesswoman over her role in the airline’s governance failings.

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A warehouse and one volunteer: inside One Nation’s Vic campaign HQ: afr.com/politics/federal/a-w…

One Nation’s controversial Victorian leader ridicules his rivals

Warren Pickering is running the party’s campaign from a factory space 60 kilometres outside Melbourne – where voters struggling with mortgages are angry.

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Coalition firms for a majority in #VicVotes @sumeyyailanbey @KosSamaras afr.com/politics/coalition-f…
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Paul Little is selling the wooden point post snapped by “Lethal” Leigh Matthews at Windy Hill in 1982. It’s part of a $500m plus collection of footy memorabilia which Ron Barassi collected now going to auction: afr.com/companies/sport/for-…

For sale: Barassi’s trove of treasures (with handwritten coaching notes)

Billionaire Paul Little is selling football legend Ron Barassi’s personal collection after years of trying to get the AFL – or anyone – to put it in a museum.

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