Universities in crisis amid savage cuts to staff and services but, hey, big profits are back
Australian universities have banked billions in profits despite the pandemic, with the elite Group of Eight making ...
Michael Sainsbury
Michael Sainsbury is a former China correspondent who has lived and worked across North, Southeast and South Asia for 11 years. Now based in regional Australia, he has more than 25 years’ experience writing about business, politics and human rights in Australia and the Indo-Pacific. He has worked for News Corp, Fairfax, Nikkei and a range of independent media outlets and has won multiple awards in Australia and Asia for his reporting. He is a fierce believer in the importance of independent media.
Winged again: latest chapter of Alan Joyce’s ruinous reign at Qantas laid bare
Qantas has posted a loss of $860 million for the 2021-22 financial year bringing total losses under the reign of ...
Joyce is spoiling for a fight with unions (pity about Qantas customers)
Qantas is gearing up to inflict even more chaos on its long-suffering customers. Its union-loathing chief ...
James Packer’s email spray is more than a falling out among casino mates
The grubby nexus between Australian business, politics and the mainstream media has been laid bare in a leaked ...
Westacott joins academic gravy train as VC salaries go up and profits soar
Jennifer Westacott's appointment to lead the University of Western Sydney only emphasises the tightening grip of ...
Ciao Roma, but it’s soggy pasta for the limping kangaroo
The carrier has hiked fares and dropped travel agent commissions, as airport and online booking chaos – including ...
Rooing the day: Qantas passengers and crew taken for a ride by the board
The Qantas board is offering staff an $87m bribe as it slashes real wages and conditions. As ever, shareholders ...
Big Four global shake-up in wings as EY moves to spin off its audit business
Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young is moving to spin off its audit business, in a global corporate move which ...
Information wars: are we getting a fair view of China’s treatment of Uyghurs?
Genocide or puffery and clickbait? Independent journalism is the touchstone of MWM. So when a widespread narrative ...
Are we being served? Restaurateurs swamped by labour rout in wake of bruising lockdowns
The world of work has changed dramatically in the past two years of pandemic. Emergency measures have sent ...
Male, Pale & Stale: uni governance in spotlight again after Adelaide sex scandal
Michael Sainsbury looks at the sector’s tendency to mimic corporate Australia’s “male, pale and stale” Jurassic ...
Australia’s universities: bosses reel in $1m-plus salaries, $1bn profit on back of staff underpayment
The rampant commercialisation of Australia’s public universities has been laid bare with behaviour more expected ...
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