Executive pay
The $459,056 salary at centre of Sydney Metro executive scandal
Transport agencies have been fighting the release of details about investigations into allegations involving senior executives.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Nigel Gladstone
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Macquarie’s $58 million man leaves for greener pastures
Nick O’Kane became a human headline last year when he pocketed more than Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake, who made a (relatively) more modest $32.8 million.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Controversy surrounds law firm CEO’s $63 million payday
Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s partners will be asked to approve a pay deal this week granting CEO Gavin MacLaren a yearly salary of more than $7 million for the next nine years.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘Deeply flawed’: Judge quashes Elon Musk’s $78 billion Tesla pay package
The Tesla CEO suffered a stunning rebuke this week when a US judge voided the pay package that helped make him a billionaire many times over and the world’s wealthiest man.
- by Jack Ewing and Peter Eavis
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$750,000 for a $500,000 job: the lavish salaries planned for Metro staff
Eighteen executives were in line for salaries up to 68 per cent higher than their public-sector peers for similar roles.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Sydney gridlocked but fat cat pay rises keep moving
Transport for NSW executive salaries have surged. The number of employees earning more than $150,000 has ballooned by more than two-thirds, but the roads they are responsible for will be gridlocked over the festival holiday season.
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Warning: Big super wants changes boards won’t like
It is not exactly open warfare, but the country’s biggest industry super funds are flexing the muscles that are constantly pumped up by growth in funds under management.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘Serious misconduct’: Former BP chief takes a $62m hit for misleading board
The British oil giant concluded that former chief Bernard Looney had knowingly misled the board over a string of personal relationships with colleagues.
- by Laura Hurst
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Education
Swinburne’s VC got a sound-proof ensuite, but the uni won’t say how much it cost
A private bathroom for vice chancellor Pascale Quester has become the latest flashpoint in heated negotiations about university staff pay.
- by Sherryn Groch
Former Wallabies skipper almost crash-tackled off Magellan board
Ex-Wallabies star John Eales narrowly survived a vote on his tenure as director of the embattled fund manager as shareholders rejected the firm’s executive pay.
- by Millie Muroi
Tabcorp shareholders protest against ‘excessive’ executive pay
Almost 35 per cent of shareholders voted against the wagering giant’s remuneration plan, arguing it did not match the company’s size and performance since demerging from The Lottery Corporation.
- by Amelia McGuire