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Fairfax: the bid and the bosses’ secret pay

by Michael West | May 7, 2017 | Business

Things moved quickly yesterday. By 6.30 in the evening, Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood had confirmed a $2.2 billion takeover bid by US leveraged buy-out group, TPG Capital. The crew from TPG are asset traders, they are not there for the journalism. In 2006,...

Witch hunt: The Fin’s crusade to destroy CPA boss Alex Malley

by Michael West | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Comment & Analysis

The Australian Financial Review has been tirelessly battering Alex Malley, the head of CPA Australia, for two years. How exquisite is the irony. CPA, a professional body for accountants, lays down million-dollar surpluses year after year, “The Fin” lays...

Domain on sale as Fairfax topples like the Twelve Apostles

by Michael West | Feb 21, 2017 | Business

It is a vile and scurrilous accusation that during Greg Hywood’s time as chairman of Tourism Victoria the Twelve Apostles became Eight. The last of the iconic limestone stacks to collapse was in 2005, just before Greg arrived. It is a damn good gag though and...