Executive pay

Warner Bros chief David Zaslav’s pay packets have caused a stir in the past.

Mergers & acquisitions

Billionaire boss: The eye-watering payday for Warner Bros CEO after Paramount deal

David Zaslav is being rewarded handsomely after overseeing the blockbuster takeover by Paramount.

9 days ago
James Warrington

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Big four

Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott drops legal action against bank

Elliott was denied $13.5 million in bonuses following a string of regulatory woes at the big four giant.

February 24, 2026
Clancy Yeates

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Sydney councils

The nine Sydney councils where the CEOs are paid more than $500,000

More than four in five chief executives take home more than NSW Premier Chris Minns. Find out how much your area’s top boss is paid.

December 30, 2025
Cindy Yin

Elon Musk

Elon Musk wins legal fight to keep $210 billion pay deal

The world’s richest person had a major victory in court, entitling him to a 2018 pay plan that added to debate over whether corporate chieftains are overpaid.

December 21, 2025
Emmett Lindner, Peter Eavis and Rebecca F. Elliott

ANZ chairman Paul O’Sullivan (left) with chief executive Nuno Matos.

Big four

ANZ won’t hesitate to wrest more bonuses from executives, says chair

Paul O’Sullivan told shareholders ANZ would continue to make decisions regarding unvested equity for its former executives “where appropriate”.

December 18, 2025
Dominic Powell

Former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott outside the Federal Court in October.

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Big four

Former ANZ boss sues bank after losing $13.5 million in bonuses

Former ANZ boss Shayne Elliott has lodged legal action against the bank after it denied him millions of dollars in bonuses.

December 12, 2025
Clancy Yeates

Former ANZ retail boss Maile Carnegie (L), former chief executive Shayne Elliot, and Mark Whelan, ANZ’s current head of institutional bank (R), have all lost their bonuses.

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Opinion

Clawing back millions from top bosses isn’t easy but one bank just did it

A former ANZ boss has had his bonus payment ransacked to the tune of $13.5 million in another sign that his successor is serious about cleaning house at the big bank.

November 10, 2025
Elizabeth Knight

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Billionaires

‘I super appreciate it’: Elon Musk wins $US1 trillion Tesla pay deal despite backlash

The pay agreement clears a path for the world’s richest person to become the first-ever trillionaire.

November 7, 2025
Kara Carlson and Tom Maloney

Musk’s pay has long been a source of controversy at Tesla. He does not receive a salary or bonus but is instead rewarded through tailor-made pay schemes.

Tesla

Elon Musk might leave Tesla if $US1 trillion pay deal rejected, warns Australian powerbroker

Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has sent an open letter to the company’s shareholders, urging them to give Elon Musk’s controversial pay deal the green light.