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Executive payAdvertisementUpdatedMacquarie GroupMacquarie chief’s pay cut to $24m as ‘millionaires’ factory’ rakes in $3.7b As Macquarie reported its profits on Friday, the investment bank
known for its bumper pay packets also revealed how much its top executives were paid.
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billion-dollar Blackwattle Bay digs that it has written off millions in costs related to the development.
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make $6 million a year. That’s rich pickings for running a company capitalised at about $2.5 billion.
March 13, 2025Elizabeth KnightElon Musk‘Pain’: Elon Musk steps up fight to save his $100 billion Tesla payday The world’s richest person is trying to recover the largest pay package ever
awarded to a US executive.
March 13, 2025Sabrina Willmer and Jef FeeleyUniversityProfessors hit back at universities that are ‘no longer about education’ As top institutions are accused of putting money before
academic integrity, one university has cut back on graduation ceremonies and said it would give students a “coveted” rubber duck.
March 12, 2025Christopher HarrisBig fourANZ chief Shayne Elliott to forgo $3m bonus after investor revolt Nearly 40 per cent of the company’s shareholders voted against ANZ’s executive pay
scheme at the company’s AGM on Thursday.
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their company after high school football teammates were killed in a shooting.
December 6, 2024Biz CarsonAviationQantas forks out another $3.4 million for Joyce as executive pay revealed Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce received $3.4 million for his last two months in the
job. In his last two years, he took home nearly $20 million.
September 12, 2024Amelia McGuireOpinionAviationHow the Napoleon of aviation lost the Qantas pay battle The financial successes that spawned Alan Joyce’s cult-like following among investors
ultimately led to the former CEO having largely unfettered decision-making power.
August 8, 2024Elizabeth KnightUpdatedQantasQantas cuts former CEO Alan Joyce’s pay by $9.3 million following damning review Qantas had been under pressure from politicians, investors,
employees and customers to claw back about $11 million of Joyce’s bonuses from his final pay packet.
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