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The “kiss cam” couple, Elon Musk and Richard White helped make 2025 a year to remember on the corporate front.

A golden year for star-crossed lovers and bizarre billionaires

No AI hallucination could have predicted a corporate year dominated by kiss cams, Donald Trump and the rabid cult of Elon.

  • Colin Kruger

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Anne Lloyd (left) has been dumped as the chairwoman of James Hardie, but remains defiant over the Azek buyout and the long-term value creation she says is ahead. Aaron Erter (right) has been CEO since 2022.

How this Aussie giant’s annual meeting turned into a board lynching

By the end of James Hardie’s 17-minute AGM, chair Anne Lloyd and two fellow directors had lost their jobs. As far as shareholder protests go, this was one for the history books.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Anne Lloyd (left) has been dumped as the chairwoman of James Hardie, but remains defiant over the Azek buyout and the long-term value creation she says is ahead. Aaron Erter (right) has been CEO since 2022.

Bloodbath not over for James Hardie as investors sack their chair

James Hardie investors have dumped chairwoman Anne Lloyd and two other board members in an unprecedented display of anger, and its CEO may be next.

  • Colin Kruger
The disaster began with James Hardie CEO Aaron Erter engineering a $14 billion buyout of outdoor decking and railings company Azek in March this year.

James Hardie bloodbath looms after year of hypocrisy, greed and hubris

The $20 billion group’s disgraceful year will come to a head this week as investors try to wrest back control from an underperforming board seeking a huge pay hike.

  • Colin Kruger
James Hardie is seeking more market share.

An Aussie icon is finding new ways to be a corporate disgrace

Even for a company with an ongoing asbestos scandal in its 137-year history, James Hardie’s disastrous week is one for the ages.

  • Colin Kruger
The tech losses are piling up on Wall Street.

ASX cracks 9000-mark for first time; Brambles soars, James Hardie’s horror run continues

The Australian sharemarket rallied past the 9000-mark to an all-time high after a string of solid results buoyed investor demand on one of the busiest days of the reporting season.

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Donald Trump evidently believes he can woo Vladimir Putin away from China if the price is right. Xi Jinping may believe so as well.

Why the trade truce just failed to rock our world

So much for Australia’s sharemarket Trump bump. For local investors it was more a case of Trump glump.

  • Elizabeth Knight
James Hardie boss Aaron Erter (left) with former NFL player Ronde Barber at the launch of the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational last month.

‘It’s a heist’: Why the $14b James Hardie deal has set off alarm bells

Not long before Donald Trump’s tariff armageddon, Australian investors experienced a seismic financial shock on home soil which has reverberated throughout the entire market.

  • Colin Kruger
Wall Street retreated on Tuesday as the Trump trade lost steam.

ASX slides as ‘Trump trade’ peters out on Wall Street; miners, banks fall

The Australian sharemarket remained in the red throughout the day on Wednesday, marking the index’s third consecutive day trading lower.

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Victoria Park in the City of Sydney was fenced off after asbestos was discovered.

Why asbestos mulch crisis is just the tip of a lethal iceberg

If we are to be free of this health scourge, all asbestos must be removed from our built environment and safely disposed of.

  • Matt Peacock