Yesterday
Samuel’s big four fix: ban firms consulting to audit clients
Former competition watchdog Graeme Samuel also said ASIC should resume naming and shaming firms with poor audit quality.
- Edmund Tadros
This Month
Graeme Samuel’s guide to (avoiding) regulatory capture
Rubbing shoulders with the great and the good holds a dangerous attraction for any regulator.
- Myriam Robin
February
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The only thing new about Jim Chalmers’ economic model is the name
The treasurer has been busy explaining his new economic model. But one man’s “values-based capitalism” is another man’s corporate philanthropy model - just ask John Howard.
- Phillip Coorey
January
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Chalmers’ essay upends Friedman’s thesis
The treasurer is proposing a model of capitalism underpinned by social values that are being increasingly demanded of governments and business by the community.
- Graeme Samuel
Former ACCC boss hits back at ACTU Productivity Commission attack
Former competition watchdog head Graeme Samuel staunchly defended his former colleague, economist Stephen King, who has faced criticism from the union peak body.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2022
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Labor set to join global 2030 deforestation ban in carbon credit boost
Australia is being urged to create an opportunity cost for farmers and forestry industries undertaking “business-as-usual” land clearing.
- Jacob Greber
June 2022
Housing affordability ‘crisis’ needs business solutions
Former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says business leaders should be more vocal in the housing crisis conversation.
- Updated
- John Kehoe
March 2022
A gutsy lawyer with ‘extraordinary knowledge’: Meet the new ACCC boss
Both Graeme Samuel and Allan Fels tried to lure Gina Cass-Gottlieb to the regulator during their tenures. Now she’s the boss at the ACCC.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Regulation
Sims says business not to blame for price rises
The outgoing head of the competition watchdog, Rod Sims, warns that business is being unfairly scapegoated over price rises being driven by factors beyond Australia’s control.
- Patrick Durkin
February 2022
Tax drags on business and wages, Allegra Spender says
Independent candidate Allegra Spender says business taxes are ‘high’, as she pushes for a broad review of the tax system to lift people’s wages and productivity.
- John Kehoe
‘No choice’: Broken taxes must be fixed
The levies slug workers too heavily, deter investment and penalise home owners relocating for jobs. Ken Henry says the election winner must reform them.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Both sides of politics should declare for tax reform
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese must explain why they are putting political expediency before the national interest and the pro-growth solutions for Australia’s tax system problems.
- The AFR View
January 2022
- From The Archives
- Platinum Year
Graeme Samuel, a ‘very aggressive operator’ for 40 years
AFR Classic | In January 1986, Robert MacDonald spoke to Macquarie’s Melbourne boss Graeme Samuel, “a very aggressive operator who pulls no punches”.
- Updated
‘Aggro’ Graeme Samuel still speaks his mind 36 years on
The former ACCC chairman wants this understood: he has never sought to be offensive, just direct, and he rejects criticisms by some that he is arrogant.
- Max Mason
December 2021
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Heads did roll: Rear Window’s 2021 in review
A year that started in court has had plenty of victims, some unlikely saviours, and the greatest boondoggle ever.
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Regulation
What the new ACCC chairwoman means for business
The nomination of Gina Cass-Gottlieb to head the competition watchdog and succeed economist Rod Sims sends three important signals to business, writes John Kehoe.
- John Kehoe
November 2021
- Updated
- Infrastructure
Mega Sydney airport deal faces ACCC heat
Sydney Airport and suitor IFM Investors face a potential battle with the competition watchdog and small shareholders after agreeing a $23.6 billion takeover.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh and Elouise Fowler
September 2021
John Karantzis is a big deal in Saudi Arabia
He’s the biggest (Greek) name in Australian business to launch into the Saudi Kingdom since Andrew Liveris.
- Joe Aston
- Exclusive
- Property market
Agency fined for underquoting $5.8m Melbourne home
Kay & Burton has been slapped with penalties for sales overseen by the son of former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel.
- Michael Bleby
Ex-ACCC chief Samuel labels Sims’ merger reform proposal ‘a quagmire’
Former competition tsar Graeme Samuel suggests the ACCC’s push for reform was likely driven by its court losses in merger cases rather than genuine need.
- Hannah Wootton
