6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (110+ words) AFR Ashurst Perkins Coie has plucked seasoned corporate lawyer Ben Plotnik from rival Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as the former seeks to expand its global private capital team following a high-profile transatlantic merger. Freehills’ special counsel Ben Plotnik is heading…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (51+ words) AFR Amber-Jade Sanderson was a matter of hours away from becoming Western Australia’s 31st premier. Within a day of Labor firebrand Mark McGowan’s shock resignation in May 2023, Sanderson won the critical support of the state’s dominant left union to replace him....

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (104+ words) AFR Ask any AFL fan for proof of why Aussie rules is the most popular football code in the country, and they will point to their packed-out stadiums and a match-day buzz the NRL struggles to emulate week to week....

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (90+ words) AFR Melbourne-based builder Kapitol plans to import up to 10,000 modular units from China each year for affordable housing, student accommodation and hotels as local players ramp up their use of prefabrication to reduce high construction costs. Kapitol estimates it can…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (110+ words) AFR Investors are bracing for the global bond storm to wreak havoc on still-elevated share market valuations as a sharp spike in oil prices adds to fears that the Reserve Bank will be forced to tip the economy into recession…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (84+ words) Divorce sets popular pub empire wobbling AFR The bar and restaurant empire of Perth publican John Parker is on the brink after the protracted separation of its two owners left the business struggling to pay its multimillion-dollar debts. Administrators were…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (48+ words) AFR If passed, a constitutional challenge to the Victorian Labor government’s proposed work-from-home laws is all but guaranteed. But some legal experts say the more radical situation may be if the government wins its constitutional argument....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (92+ words) AFR BHP is facing a class action that could force it to pay out millions of dollars for not asking thousands of workers if they wished to work a public holiday, in a case that could serve as a warning…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (109+ words) afr.com The number of first home owners in negative equity after buying their property under the government’s expanded 5 per cent deposit scheme has jumped fivefold within a month, as the intensifying property downturn hits highly leveraged borrowers who bought…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (95+ words) AFR David Solomon is one of millions of long-suffering followers of the New York Jets arguably the least successful American professional sports team of the past 15 years. David Solomon’s occasionally stern demeanour makes more sense when you know he’s a…...