Rex appointed administrators on July 31. Six days earlier on July 25, it changed its CEOs contract to extend his termination payments. Tomorrow's column: afr.com/rear-window/re…

A year has passed since Mark McGowan quit politics citing exhaustion. Today he announced his *fifth* job, chairman for an energy company where the largest shareholder he met privately after a charity auction. Tomorrow's column: afr.com/rear-window/pr…

PM Anthony Albanese is scheduled to be dining with Airtrunk CEO Robin Khuda at the Perth home of Fortescue deputy chairman Mark Barnaba tonight. Khuda has flown into WA for the occasion, having just celebrated the $23b sale of the company he founded. afr.com/companies/mini…

Jarrod Berry has worn the agony of last year’s Grand Final for 12 months. Raw emotion in the rooms tonight:

💬 “If you guys didn’t take a chance on me, I don’t know if I’d actually be in the league today.”

Extraordinary number of ships at #singapore. All bunched up here because of Red Sea disruption to shipping and shifts in way things are being shipped. Fascinating. This is where commerce and geo politics come face to face

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MinRes has confirmed that CEO Chris Ellison operated an offshore tax evasion scheme & did a deal with the Tax Office but says it’s all OK and the board has complete faith in him. afr.com/companies/mini…

This chart... via Financial Times ft.com/content/392e1e…

Scoop by Tom Rabe: Well I'll be, the company who ran the poll is run by Basil Zempilas' ex campaign manager afr.com/politics/feder…

I don’t think it’s hyperbole the best investigative business journalist Australia has ever produced Neil Chenoweth is retiring today. His intelligence is only matched with his humility. I’ll never forget I got to work with the great man. We are all going to miss him terribly.

✈️ 💸 There are now calls for a review of a WA government scheme subsidising air travel for regional residents after the AFR revealed the program has quadrupled in cost + raised concerns people could be using it for business in the Pilbara. Story: afr.com/politics/feder…

The NRL needs WA, not the other way around, premier Roger Cook says. afr.com/politics/feder… w/Zoë Samios

Happy golden goal day 🇨🇦 15 years ago today…

would legit be the funniest reason if aukus is cancelled

uh oh