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Indexed articles, last 90 days
35
Latest publication
Sep 17, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Australian Financial Review
Top 50K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Patrick Durkin

    Highest-paid directors in 2026 revealed (opens the original)

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    Mineral Resources non-executive chairman Malcolm Bundey is this year’s highest-paid director, taking home a $14.9 million pay packet that dwarfs the sums paid to the chairs of Australia’s biggest companies. Bundey’s remuneration swamps that of much better-known chairmen, such as John Mullen of Qantas, Brambles and Treasury Wine Estates; Michael Chaney of Wesfarmers; Mark Barnaba of Fortescue; Scott Perkins of Woolworths, and Ross McEwan of BHP. All are among the 10 highest-paid directors, earnin

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Patrick Durkin

    Viva Energy reconsiders decision on Geelong gas terminal (opens the original)

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    Viva Energy’s proposed gas terminal in Victoria’s Geelong is no longer certain to proceed despite clearing state and federal approvals, after the $5 billion listed company warned the Albanese government’s gas reservation plan had created too much uncertainty. The government last week watered down its gas reservation plan – requiring liquefied natural gas exporters to reserve up to 20 per cent of their supply for domestic markets rather than the fixed 20 per cent it originally proposed – but the

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Patrick Durkin

    Victoria is car theft and home invasion capital of Australia (opens the original)

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    New insurance data shows a car is stolen or broken into every 43 minutes in Victoria while a home is broken into every two hours, dwarfing figures in the other states. Insurance Council of Australia data to be released on Thursday reveals that there were 12,300 insurance claims for car thefts in Victoria last financial year, worth a total of $244 million, higher than all the other states combined. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Patrick Durkin

    ‘No angel’: One Nation’s Victorian leader dabbled in drugs, sex (opens the original)

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    One Nation’s Victorian leader, Warren Pickering, says he dabbled in drugs in his 20s, experimented with an open relationship and lost his licence for drink-driving but has turned his life around after joining the army and is proud of the man he has become. In a dramatic and emotional press conference late on Tuesday, a defiant Pickering was joined by his daughter and one of his three stepsons, who fiercely defended their father in the face of allegations by his former partner, Jo Scott, who alle

  5. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Patrick Durkin

    Legal advice finds Victorian Labor’s WFH laws are unconstitutional (opens the original)

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    Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is facing a High Court challenge to his contentious work-from-home laws, with the senior barrister who helped tennis star Novak Djokovic with his Australian visa troubles during COVID-19 providing advice that Labor’s proposed laws are unconstitutional. The Carroll government delayed debate on a bill on WFH laws, which passed the lower house but was expected to return to the upper house on Thursday, with just one more sitting week left before the November 28 state el

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