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Fruit bowls and yoga won’t fix the workplaces making staff sick, WA business leaders say. The pressure reaches the top, with one female chief executive revealing extra locks had been installed to protect her.

Workplace MattersPremiumExhaustion is no badge of honour, WA bosses warn

Fruit bowls and yoga won’t fix the workplaces making staff sick, WA business leaders say. The pressure reaches the top, with one female chief executive revealing extra locks had been installed to protect her.

Ryan Johnson

Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison.

MiningPremiumProxy sounds alarm over potential Ellison payout

A key proxy adviser is warning that Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison could get an excessively large golden handshake when he eventually steps down.

Adrian Rauso

Lori Huang and Jensen Huang.

CEOsVideoPremium‘I’m a piece of sh**’: Huang’s final hours as Nvidia CEO

At the end, Jensen Huang looked broken and shattered, his legendary energy depleted. After weeks spent denying the allegations, his surrender late Wednesday night was unconditional. 

Drake Bennett and Ian King

China’s intelligence services have for decades used romantic entanglements to compromise or extract information from prominent people.

Artificial intelligencePremiumHow China’s spy operations play the romance long game

Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman US officials say is a Chinese spy has drawn attention to the role of intimate relationships in espionage.

Lily Kuo

This screengrab from video footage by CTI obtained via AFPTV on November 9, 2026 shows Alice Huang (R), a Chinese executive linked to the data centre company called Megaspeed, attending a dinner hosted by Nvidia's chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang (L in black back facing camera) at a restaurant in Taipei on May 22, 2025, during Computex, the island's top tech expo. Chip giant Nvidia's board announced on November 8, 2026 it opened a probe into Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman US officials say was working for Chinese intelligence. The executive, Alice Huang -- also known as Huang Le, and no relation to 63-year-old Taiwanese-born Jensen Huang -- developed a close relationship with the Nvidia boss, the Times said. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / - Taiwan OUT / - TAIWAN OUT / - TAIWAN OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / CTI VIA AFPTV- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

CNBC newsVideoPremiumAlice Huang tied to Nvidia’s biggest Chinese competitor

Alice Huang, with whom ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had a romantic relationship, has owned stakes in companies that have benefited Huawei, Nvidia’s No. 1 competitor in China.

Eamon Javers and Paige Tortorelli

National Australia Bank CEO Andrew Irvine.

BankingPremiumNAB boss ‘quite bearish’ on Aussie economy next year

National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Irvine says he’s downbeat on the country’s economic prospects, a backdrop that’s challenging lenders’ profitability.

Adam Haigh

Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia

BusinessVideoPremiumBoard prepares to oust CEO after claims of second affair

The Nvidia board is preparing to oust CEO Jenson Huang over claims he had two affairs, one with a suspected Chinese spy.

Emily Williams

Bank bosses face a two-day parliamentary grilling over thousands of AI and offshore job cuts. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

BankingPremiumBank bosses face inquiry over AI and offshore job cuts

Australia's big four bank bosses face a two-day parliamentary grilling over thousands of AI and offshore job cuts despite posting multi-billion dollar profits.

Will Nicholas

Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia

Artificial intelligencePremiumNvidia CEO’s shock confession over affair with Chinese ‘spy’

READ THE MEMO: In a 257-word memo to employees, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang left no doubt that the chip colossus was embroiled in a crisis like none before in its three-decade history.

Ian King

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had a relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. (AP PHOTO)

Artificial intelligencePremiumNvidia to probe CEO's links with alleged Chinese spy

Nvidia says it is investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a Chinese spy.

Sumedha Mukherjee and Chris Thomas

Rio Tinto chief executive Simon Trott could wind up with a maximum remuneration package of $34.6m

MiningPremiumHuge pay jump flagged for Rio Tinto boss Simon Trott

The mining giant has proposed an eye-watering bump to its chief executive's remuneration package as top companies scramble to compete for talent.

Melanie Burton and Clara Denina

CEO Craig Scroggie will not receive any cash or other award in place of his relinquished incentives. 

Artificial intelligencePremiumNextDC boss to forgo bonus after Melbourne data centre delay

NextDC’s chief executive will give up his FY27 short-term incentive and long-term incentive opportunities after the data centre developer cut its earnings guidance.

Keira Wright

About one in nine Australian mortgages go through AFG’s network of more than 4300 brokers and 80-plus lenders, while brokers now write 81 per cent of residential loans.

Housing MarketPremiumSpring warning: AFG lashes Labor as WA home loans slide

Perth mortgage giant AFG has warned of one of the quietest spring property markets in years and lashed Labor’s housing reforms, as shareholders demand answers over its battered share price.

Ryan Johnson

CBA boss Matt Comyn’s $9.1 million payday and the bank’s treatment of staff also came under scrutiny.

BankingPremium$9m pay for CBA boss under fire amid 147,000 hardship deals

Commonwealth Bank arranged payment relief 147,000 times for struggling customers while posting a record profit, as Matt Comyn warned inflation remained too high and economic growth was slowing.

Ryan Johnson

In the past year, 12 women took the helm of an ASX300 company, including Tania Archibald at BlueScope, Jayne Hrdlicka at Endeavour and Liz Westcott at Woodside

Workplace MattersPremiumSenior women leaders report rising backlash to gender equity

There is growing opposition to gender equity in workplaces, according to damning new figures that also reveal progress for women in executive leadership has gone backwards.

Cheyanne Enciso

Telstra boss Vicki Brady has apologised again for the outage.

BusinessVideoPremium‘Like a politician’: Telstra chair cops shareholder grilling

Telstra’s board is defending its response to July’s nationwide outage as shareholders weighed if a $607,000 cut to chief executive Vicki Brady’s bonus is enough to hold executives to account.

Ryan Johnson

The West Australian has compiled its annual list of WA’s best-paid executives, with the pay packet of one little-known CEO streets ahead of the usual corporate rich-listers.

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Cha-ching! Little-known WA CEO amasses a $24m pay packet

SEE THE FULL LIST: The West Australian has compiled its annual list of WA’s best-paid ASX executives, with the pay packet of one little-known CEO streets ahead of the usual corporate rich-listers.

Sean Smith

The need to protect employees from psychosocial hazards and support their mental wellbeing is now equally important.

Workplace MattersPremiumWhy our WA leaders also need to move with the times

High levels of emotional intelligence will be critical for future success while leaders will also need to recognise that one size no longer fits all when it comes to ways of working. 

Gary Martin

Participants in the latest CEO Voice event at the Australian Institute of Management WA.

CEOsPremiumFuture-proofing the next generation of WA workers

From AI and skills shortages to mental health claims and workplace laws, some of WA’s senior business leaders have weighed what the next generation of bosses needs to learn.

Ryan Johnson

Woodside Energy CEO Liz Westcott on Thursday.

EnergyPremiumWoodside boss says investment blitz to determine legacy

With the $16 billion Scarborough LNG project off northern WA near complete, Woodside is now focused on a busy offshore development schedule in the US and Mexico.

Sean Smith

Woodside CEO Liz Westcott pictured in Sydney on August 25, 2026.

Leadership MattersPremium‘Through thick and thin’: Woodside to play on with Dockers

Liz Westcott commits the energy giant to pursuing a renewal of its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of the Fremantle Dockers, suggesting it will not be pressured into quitting the AFL grand finalists

Sean Smith

Woodside CEO Liz Westcott.

BusinessPremiumWoodside boss backs gas as future for data and defence

Woodside Energy boss Liz Westcott says the Browse gas project has the potential to underpin WA’s burgeoning defence industry and guarantee power for AI-hungry data centres.

Ben Harvey

Leading AI companies are calling for slowing development of increasingly capable systems. (AP PHOTO)

CEOsPremiumTrump's AI meeting with tech CEOs to focus on AI balance

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Greg Brockman and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will attend a meeting on AI at the White House.

Katharine Jackson and Karen Freifeld

Core Lithium CEO Paul Brown

MiningPremiumPay bump and new bonus dangled in front of lithium CEO

Core Lithium’s boss has been handed a $139,875 base salary increase plus a new bonus worth up $1.38 million over three years. 

Adrian Rauso