6+ hour, 56+ 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…...

10+ hour ago   (79+ words) AFR Former prime minister Scott Morrison has jumped to the defence of his one-time political arch-nemesis Anthony Albanese after his mother’s use of social housing was criticised by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. An emotional prime minister on Sunday said…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Stock pickers must keep believing that the forces reshaping the ASX and smashing their performance are going to turn, eventually. TV’s most famous coach, Ted Lasso, had a sign that simply said “Believe” in his change rooms. Maybe it’s…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (93+ words) AFR Victorian Premier Ben Carroll talked up the significance of the NFL’s first ever regular-season game in Australia as a crowed expected to near 100,000 thronged the MCG and Melbourne came to a near standstill for the event. “It’s going to…...

3+ day, 3+ 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....

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (123+ words) AFR If the ubiquity of global sports encourages Australians youngsters to look overseas for professional sporting careers, the AFL and NRL may find themselves on the losing side of a global war for top sporting talent. About 100,000 spectators will pack…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (97+ words) AFR Victorian Labor has suffered a big setback to its plan to enshrine the right to work from home for most employees in law before the next election, after the opposition and crossbench MPs combined to send the legislation to…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (81+ words) afr.com One Nation’s concerted attacks on Liberal MP Andrew Hastie have exposed a split between Pauline Hanson and her star recruit Barnaby Joyce, who has long harboured concerns about his adopted party’s support for alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (92+ words) AFR ASX-listed Equity Trustees incorrectly categorised the First Guardian scheme, leading the firm to make it available for investment on its wealth management platform, without board approval, and in breach of its rules for managed funds with high exposure to…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (73+ words) AFR Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake says that the building of Australia’s huge $4.8 trillion superannuation pool has made the country complacent about competing for foreign investment. Australia’s superannuation savings made up the fourth-largest saving pool in the world – “way…...