Awesome to have the great David Rowe working from the Melb Financial Review office today, and a sneak peek of his minimum wage, inflation dragon inspired cartoon for tomorrow Sally McManus Jim Chalmers MP

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Thanks to ⁦Patrick Durkin⁩ for talking to me for today’s ⁦Financial Review⁩ afr.com/work-and-caree…

Vic Treasurer Jaclyn Symes has set aside more than $81m for economic and policy advice this year. Economist Saul Eslake says she should’ve given him a call: afr.com/policy/economy…

Victoria uses 13% of entire year’s gas budget in just three days: afr.com/companies/ener…

Former CBA chairwoman Catherine Livingstone will be part of a four-person review of the ASX’s corporate governance council to mop up after its failed bid to overhaul reporting rules for listed companies that included contentious diversity disclosures: afr.com/markets/equity…

Israel has targeted Iran’s nuclear weapons and killed the country’s 3 top military commanders in a wave of airstrikes, heightening fears the Middle East is on the brink of a full-scale war in the region: afr.com/world/middle-e…

It wasn’t until the final siren blew at the MCG last Saturday night that AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon made Sydney Swans boss Tom Harley the offer he hoped would pull the sport out of its self-inflicted crisis: afr.com/companies/spor…

AFR’s ESG summit on tomorrow, wrote this preview. Directors’ club open to annual elections. Good idea or not? afr.com/work-and-caree…

Great to moderate two of the interesting panels at Financial Review ESG Summit in Sydney on Tuesday. Thanks to all the panelists and you can read our coverage here: afr.com/afrlive/esg-su…

Top 100 CEO pay has fallen from 71 times average worker pay in 2014 to 55, compared to 348 times in US and 71 times in UK. Shareholder powers introduced after the GFC have been key: ⁦⁦Financial Review⁩ ⁦ACSI⁩ ⁦⁦Ownership Matters⁩ afr.com/work-and-caree…

The other nugget in this report is the always curious gap between reported and realised take home pay. Under fire Mineral Resources CEO Chris Ellison’s reported pay was $1.6 million last year but he actually took home $14.75 million

Iran doing everything conceivable to telegraph to US they don’t want further escalation. Directly warning with US base officials, using a minimal number of missiles, and publishing a communique on the strikes symbolism. Whether Trump’s sees it as that is a different matter.

Someone take his phone away 🤦🏼‍♂️

As Iran has repeatedly made clear: Israel launched war on Iran, not the other way around. As of now, there is NO "agreement" on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations. However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no

The Vic Treasurer will sit on an independent cost-cutting review for months, despite receiving the report at the end of June, promising to release it asap, and using it to stave off the global credit rating agencies: #springst #auspol afr.com/politics/feder…

Trump’s trade threats could send coffee to $8 a cup in Australia: afr.com/companies/reta…

So the guy in the van who took police on a wild ride through Melbourne and put many lives at risk was on bail . Well I will be buttered on all four sides .

Peter Ryan was a legend of Australian journalism. An ABC mainstay for more than four decades, Peter was a trusted voice on business and a cherished mentor to younger journalists. Vale Peter.

Statement on the recognition of the State of Palestine.